LayGuy

We all know the Lord’s prayer. When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, amongst other things, He uttered, “on earth as it is in heaven”. Now anyone with half a brain will realise that Jesus was referring to the Father’s will being replicated on earth - as it is in heaven.

But what I want to focus on is the parallel realities of the spiritual and the physical. Modern science is alluding to the spiritual realm as “meta-physical” - a reality beyond our five sense. Beyond the laws of physics and yet so real, that it defines our physical reality.

“Curled beyond the Planck length” is scientific drivel for the meta physical realm. Quantum physics has reached the edge of reality and knows that to step beyond it, is to enter the meta physical. A reality so far beyond that of which we now exist.

The best brains on the planet are head butting a brick wall to come up with a theory to unify multiple levels of reality to one comprehensive and unifying formula. Once they crack this, God will be exposed to the mind of man.

Selah.

But what I find disturbing is that this meta physical realm is at war. Think of it for a second. In a realm above what you and I experience on a daily basis, something far superior then we could imagine, instead of peace and unity, a war is raging…

“Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ” Rev 12:7-8

You want to know what disturbs me most about this war? The beings we are talking about are eternal and, by nature, cannot be destroyed. Beings in the meta physical cannot die. The breath of life cannot be snuffed out like it can with us.

Imagine for a second the nature of this war. What does it mean to be defeated? How did Michael et al devise a plan and execute it with precision, to the extent that the Devil was defeated?

Switching from the meta physical to the physical, who are we to think that our reality will be void of war if the reality above us is engaged in a war beyond our ability to understand? And the plot thickens the more you look into it…

“And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.” Rev 12:9-11

I thought it was Michael et al who defeated the devil in the war in heaven. I also thought it was Jesus who defeated the devil once He died on the cross.

Apparently I was right and wrong in many places. Michael did defeat the Devil in the war in heaven. He did so by being armed with the blood of the Lamb and by testimony of someone who didn’t shrink from death. Is this mankind or is it Jesus? You do the math.

As the meta physical is not bound by time as we are, this war didn’t happen yesterday, or will occur tomorrow. It is perpetual as eternity, being devoid of time, has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is consumed by “now”.

When eternity burst onto the physical realm, we see the Dragon…

“And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.” Rev 12:13-17

Here we see Satan declaring war on God’s plan on earth. God was always going to bring His Messiah through mankind - namely the Jews. Satan failed to prevent this from occurring. Jesus was born and in His life in the physical realm, He was able to execute the plan that destroyed Satan in the meta physical realm.

The Devil, figuring out that he has just been shafted, makes war on those that follow Jesus.

War.

It occurs in heavenly - meta physical - places.

It spills out into our physical reality and is the root cause of man’s problems.

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Eph 6:12

We will never be rid of it until the Prince of peace comes back. Until then, put on the Armour of God for we are in a war.

On earth - as it is in heaven.

Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Archangel, Satan, Devil, God, Jesus