from Doug Perry – FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com – 5/23/08

Some belong to God, some to the enemy. If the enemy has weapons, they are surely just cheap imitations of whatever God has!  Yet these ARE spiritual weapons nonetheless.

2 Cor 10:4 – For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;

WEAPONS – plural – many kinds, many uses. All spiritual. All mighty through God.The argument being made is that the “Sword of the Spirit” is the Word of God and that is the only offensive weapon that we have. Not only that, but these folks use the “Word of God” to mean quoting scripture, that is the Bible is the Sword.  This is based on a quote from Ephesians 6, yet the Bible self-interprets by the testimony of two witnesses.  That single passage, taken alone to describe our weapons and armor is WOEFULLY inadequate to describe the fullness of our inheritance.  This study should show that the Lord has MANY weapons and that they are at our disposal as priests/kings and adopted sons (but only as He leads and empowers).

Consider that, if the “word” is a sword, then this verse directly contradicts the Ephesians 6 verse:

Jeremiah 23:29 – Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Here the Word of God is described as a fire and a hammer, not a sword.  So clearly it can be other things. Also, is this verse describing the Torah or the spoken word and intents of God?   John 1 says that “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”  So is the Word that is the Sword, the Bible – or Jesus Himself?  In Revelation, the Sword proceeds out of His mouth at the second coming. Is that His spoken commands or a Bible?  His Word does not return void? Are those the Rhema words of God given by the Spirit to us daily or just the written word of the Bible?  The Ephesians 6:17 Greek word used is RHEMA, not LOGOS. That is the Spirit-breathed word.Below are just A FEW of the verses that describe God’s spiritual weapons. We’ve tried to avoid “natural” verses (“Saul gave David his sword”) and focus on verses that seem to have a spiritual application beyond just being a history lesson.  Dispute one or two if you like, but the main point is that God has a full ARMORY of weapons and these are described using the terminology of the day.  Paul tried to encourage the Christians by showing them that they were equipped spiritual just as well or better than the meanest, toughest, scariest army of the day.  If Paul were here today, describing Roman armor to encourage modern Christians would not be much comfort. The argument is often made that if it’s not in the Bible, they we’re making up stuff.  And yet, giraffes and elephants and cars and microwaves and steeples and offering plates and Seeker Friendly services and all kinds of things aren’t in the Bible.  And, in fact, if you’re going to get literal, unicorns ARE!  (KJV Job 39:9, Num. 24:8,  Ps. 29:6, Ps. 92:10, and elsewhere.)  Why can’t we just understand that the Lord can do abundantly beyond anything we can think or imagine?! Was Nahum seeing cars in this verse and didn’t have the language to describe them?

Nahum 2:4 – The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

If you look carefully at his description of doomed Nineveh, it sure fits the United State of America!So let’s take a hard look at ALL the different kinds of stuff in His armory. Comments in {comments}.Flaming or Glittering Swords (Light sabers?)

Gen 3:24 (KJV)-  24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.Deut 32:41-42 (KJV) – 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.  {This is God talking.}

Swords (regular)

Num 22:23 (KJV) – 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.Josh 5:13-14 (KJV) – 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?Judges 7:18 (KJV) – 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.1 Chron 21:27,30 (KJV) – 27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.  30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.Psalms 7:11-13 (KJV) – 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he {GOD} will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.Psalms 22:20 (KJV) – 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
{A sword that can afflict a “soul” MUST be spiritual.}Psalms 45:3-5 (KJV) – 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.Psalms 63:8-10 (KJV) – 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.  {Spiritual warfare again.}Isaiah 14:19 (KJV) – 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.  {This must be a spiritual sword, because it’s talking about Lucifer and others in the pit.}Isaiah 27:1 (KJV) – 1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.   {This is about satan again, the Red Dragon.}Isaiah 34:5-6 (KJV) – 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.Jer 4:10 (KJV) – 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.Jer 12:12 (KJV) – 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.Jer 15:3 (KJV) – 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.  {Four weapons to destroy you utterly.}Jer 25:27-29 (KJV) – 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.Jer 47:6 (KJV) – 6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. Ezek 14:17-18 (KJV)- Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. {He wields the sword by His WORDS. That doesn’t mean the Torah, that means His spoken commands.}Ezek 21:3-5 (KJV) – 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.Ezek 29:8-9 (KJV) – 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.Matt 10:34 (KJV) – 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Romans 13:4 (KJV) – 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. {These CANNOT be civil governmental rulers, these are spiritual authorities set in place by God.}Eph 6:13-17 (KJV) – 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:   {This “word” is RHEMA, not LOGOS. Do you know the difference?}Heb 4:12 (KJV) – 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. {Now, that one is LOGOS. So BOTH have power.}Rev 1:16 (KJV) – 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. {Note that if the word from His mouth continues to be a twoedged sword, then it’s not the BIBLE we’re talking about here, it’s the ongoing, continuing WORD of God. He IS the Word of God. And when He speaks, it will not return void.}Rev 2:12,16 (KJV) – 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;  …  16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.Rev 6:3-4 (KJV) – 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. {Evidently the bad guys have weapons, too. But they were given by God. He held a sword in his hand, but it did not come out of his mouth.}Rev 19:13-15 (KJV) – 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  {Here we see that the Bible is not “The Word” – rather, JESUS HIMSELF is “The Word of God.” The Bible is the written piece of The Word.}Rev 19:21 (KJV) – 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Bow and/or Arrows

Deut 32:41-42 (KJV) – 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.  {This is God talking to Moses on Sinai.}Psalms 7:11-13 (KJV) – 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.  {Other instruments?}Psalms 37:14-15 (KJV) – 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.  {The bad guys got stuff too, but they self-destruct.}Psalms 45:3-5 (KJV) – 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.Psalms 57:4 (KJV) – 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.Psalms 91:5 (KJV) – 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Psalms 144:5-6 (KJV) – 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. Eph 6:16 (KJV) – 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.  {Our shields are better than their puny darts!}

Shields   (a shield is a large covering, particularly against airborne weapons)

Gen 15:1 (KJV) –  After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.Deut 33:29 (KJV) – 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.Psalms 3:1-3 (KJV) – 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.Psalms 5:12 (KJV) – 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.  {“Compass him” means ALL THE WAY AROUND – not a little thing on your arm! That’s a SPHERE.}Psalms 33:20 (KJV) – 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Psalms 144:1-2 (KJV) – 1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.Eph 6:13-17 (KJV) – 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:Job 1:8-10 (KJV) – 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. {This is ABSOLUTELY a reality in the spirit or else Satan himself wouldn’t acknowledge it was working! Shielded on EVERY side and impenetrable around a righteous man unless the Lord gave permission.}

LOTS MORE THERE – hedges, shields, under His wings, feathers, pinions. Look it up.Buckler  (A buckler is a small offensive shield used on the arm, not good for arrows, but good for swords. Again, can be used offensively. Not the same as a shield since they are mentioned concurrently.)

Psalms 18:1-2 (KJV) – 1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.Psalms 18:30 (KJV) –  30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Psalms 35:1-2 (KJV) – 1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.Psalms 91:4 (KJV) – 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Armour

Romans 13:11-12 (KJV) – 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.  {Made of LIGHT.}2 Cor 6:7 (KJV) –  By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,  {Right and left, all around.}Eph 6:11-13 (KJV) – 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.  {The WHOLE armour is more than just Ephesians 6:14-17!}

Breastplate

1 Thess 5:8 (KJV) – 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.Eph 6:14 (KJV) – 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Weapons (Generic or unspecified)

Isaiah 54:17 (KJV) – 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. {If a tongue is one of the things here described as a weapon, then it’s spiritual, not natural warfare.}Isaiah 13:5 (KJV) – 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.Jer 50:25 (KJV) – 25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.Ezek 9:1-2 (KJV) – 1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. 2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. {We don’t know exactly what these killing weapons are, but these seem to be angels, not men.}Eccl 9:18 (KJV) – 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. 2 Cor 10:4 (KJV) – 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Spear

Psalms 35:3 (KJV) – 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Hab 3:11-12 (KJV) – 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.  {The sight of God’s glittering spear stops the sun and moon!!}

Hammer / Maul

Prov 25:18 (KJV) – 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Jer 23:29 (KJV) – 29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Axe / Battle Axe

Jer 51:20 (KJV) – 20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; Matt 3:10 (KJV) – 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  {See also Luke 3:9}

Miscellaneous Weapons of War or Instruments of Death

Psalms 7:11-13 (KJV) – 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.Isaiah 41:14-15 (KJV) – 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.  {Make OF thee, not make FOR thee.}

Extreme Heat / Fire  – (Flame throwers?)

Deut 28:22 (KJV) – 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.  {Burning may mean “fever” or it may be spiritual.}Job 20:23-29 (KJV) – 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown {seething fire, uncontained} shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.  {God destroys with FIRE.}Isaiah 66:15-16 (KJV) – 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.Zech 13:7-9 (KJV) – Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Lightning

Psalms 144:5-6 (KJV) – 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. 2 Sam 22:14-15 (KJV) – 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.Zech 9:14 (KJV) – 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

Blasting – (Explosives, Shockwave, Strong wind)

Deut 28:22 (KJV) – 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.Isaiah 37:7 (KJV) – 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.Isaiah 41:16 (KJV) – 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.Psalms 35:5 (KJV) – 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Snares / Traps / Pits / Nets

Psalms 35:7-8 (KJV) – 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.Psalms 57:6 (KJV) – 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.Psalms 91:3 (KJV) – 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Strategies or Techniques of Spiritual Warfare

Blindness/Stupor/Madness / Sleep

Deut 28:28-29 (KJV) – 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.Deut 28:34 (KJV) – 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. Psalms 76:5-6 (KJV) – 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.Jer 25:15-17 (KJV) – 15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: {NOTE: Jeremiah wielded the cup himself on behalf of the Lord.}2 Kings 6:18-20 (KJV) – 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

Angels used to Help (or hurt)

Psalms 35:5-6 (KJV) – 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. Psalms 91:11-12 (KJV) – 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.Psalms 78:49 (KJV) – 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

Training / Strengthening / Empowering / Imparting

Psalms 18:32-34 (KJV) – 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.  34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.   {This chapter is all about spiritual warfare, not so much carnal.}Psalms 18:39 (KJV) – 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.Psalms 144:1 (KJV) – 1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: Isaiah 41:10 (KJV) – 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Ezek 30:24-25 (KJV) – 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.Romans 1:11 (KJV) – 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;   2 Tim 1:6 (KJV) – 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

Speed / Agility / Steadiness (in the Natural or in the Spirit)

Psalms 18:29 (KJV) – For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. Psalms 18:33 (KJV) – He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 1 Kings 18:44-46 (KJV) – 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Theoportation  (picked up and plopped down elsewhere by the Spirit of God)

1 Kings 18:11-12 (KJV) – 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.2 Kings 2:16-17 (KJV) – 16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.Acts 8:39 (KJV) – 39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

“Dialing Up” or Enlarging in the Spirit

Psalms 18:35-36 (KJV) – 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. Psalms 119:30-32 (KJV) – 30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Psalms 92:12 (KJV) The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Eph 4:15 (KJV) – But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Hiding in a Secret Place / Cloaking

Psalms 17:8-9 (KJV) – 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.Psalms 27:5 (KJV) – 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.Psalms 91:1-2 (KJV) – 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.Psalms 64:2 (KJV) – 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

{Many others: look it up. Study to show thyself approved.}

Confusion / Fear

Deut 28:20 (KJV) – 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.Deut 28:65-67 (KJV) – 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.Ezra 9:7 (KJV) – 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.Psalms 35:4 (KJV) – 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Drop Shields / Remove Hedges or Walls / Turn them over to satan

Deut 28:52 (KJV) – 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. {See that this is spiritual & against HIS children!}Psalms 89:40 (KJV) – 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 1 Tim 1:18-20 (KJV) – 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.1 Cor 5:3-5 (KJV) – 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Communication Jamming (Prayer blocking)

Deut 28:23 (KJV) – 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron Psalms 18:41 (KJV) – 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

God Forcing other people to obey you

Psalms 18:43-44 (KJV) – 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

Other Spiritual Weapons of God

Germ Warfare

Deut 28:22 (KJV) – 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

Pestilence / Plagues

Deut 28:21 (KJV) – 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.Deut 28:59 (KJV) – 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.Jer 24:10 (KJV) – 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.Ezek 14:19-20 (KJV) – Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Famine

Ezek 14:21 (KJV) – 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

Animal Warfare (bugs, beasts, snakes, etc.)

Deut 28:38-40 (KJV) – 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.Deut 28:42 (KJV) – 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. Jer 15:3 (KJV) – 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.Ezek 14:15-16 (KJV) – 15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.Num 21:6 (KJV) – 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Lev 26:22 (KJV) – 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

Wasting Diseases

Deut 28:22 (KJV) – 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.Deut 28:27 (KJV) – 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods {hemorrhoids}, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.Deut 28:35 (KJV) – 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

Infertility/Birth Defects

Deut 28:18 (KJV) – 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Weather Weapons / Weather Control

Deut 28:24 (KJV) – 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.Mark 4:39-40 (KJV) – 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

Theft by Enemies

Deut 28:30-33 (KJV) – 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

Imprisonment/Captivity

Deut 28:36 (KJV) – 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.Deut 28:41 (KJV) – 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. Deut 28:48 (KJV) – 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Embarrassment

Deut 28:37 (KJV) – 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.Psalms 78:66 (KJV) – 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. Jer 24:9 (KJV) – 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.Psalms 35:4 (KJV) – 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Cannibalism of your own children  (Ewww!)

Deut 28:53-57 (KJV) – 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Forced worship of other gods

Deut 28:64 (KJV) – 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

WHY GOD DOES THIS STUFF?!

Job 5:17 (KJV) – 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

BONUS!!!   Red Dragon and Leviathan verses

DRAGONS

Isaiah 27:1 (KJV) – In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.Psalms 91:13 (KJV) – Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Isaiah 51:9 (KJV) – Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?Rev 12:3-11 (KJV) – 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.Rev 12:13-17 (KJV) – 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.Rev 13:2-4 (KJV) And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?Rev 13:11-14 (KJV) – 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.Rev 20:1-2 (KJV) – 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

LEVIATHAN

Job 41:1-34 (KJV) – 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

This is the Red Dragon. He is immovable without God. He is the king over the children of PRIDE. He is NOT something to be toyed with.  If you have pride, he is your king, and your only hope is GOD!

Psalms 78:49 (KJV) – 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

God WILL use the enemy of our souls to chasten, stretch, rebuke or destroy us.  Be afraid.  www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com