I'm working out a thesis now on my own and plan to do a little writing to clarify it for myself and I'll maybe share with some others too. It's about the enemy and how we should view him. In Revelations 13 where the "first beast" is mentioned, he has many heads and crowns and horns. I think think the most important truth to gleen from that is not what each head, horn, or crown is, but that they have one body on one beast.
Our enemy may take many forms, but it is still one enemy. How does this relate? Regardless of what "ememy" is attacking us at this moment in time, it is really the same enemy as yesterday.
Yesterday, my friend was attacked by the HOA. The other day I was attacked by non-Christians at work. The national media posted an article about how religious extremists (talking about conservative evangelical Christians) are going to basically disolve and can't go on.
All of these things aren't physical attacks. But as Christians we should view them as attacks none-the-less. Our faith is being attacked at every front by some many different enemies and it can become quite confusing to try and keep track of it all. What I'm proposing is that we stop trying to keep track of all the enemies of Christianity in the world and realize from the example given in Revelation 13 that although there are many heads, there is still just one enemy.
This is where Satan is most successful because he comes at us from so many different angles. And really it is still just one enemy.
Today we need to start recognizing this. When we do it will help us get our focus back and even help us in fulfilling our own commission from God.
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