WEAPONS OF WARFARE - NYOBS 81.02

WEAPONS OF WARFARE

The Invisible War – The Armor of God – The Weapons of Kick Butt Destruction

First Word

·         EARLY WAR FARE has always been both Defensive and Offensive; where Defensive weapons were held in the left hand to defend yourself, and Offensive weapons held in the right hand to engage and attack the enemy. – The shoes were made with cleats of hobnails on the bottom to give a firm footing. – The shield was made of wood covered with leather to prevent the fiery darts of the enemy from burning them. – Imagine reaching around and pulling out a burning arrow that is stuck in your shield. – Today both soldiers and Law enforcement wear body armor to stop bullets and shrapnel from disabling them.

·         Weapons usually included a dagger and sword held securely about the waist with a leather girdle or belt which also protected the loins; the private parts of the body. - The belt also held the tunic which was a garment that reached from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and ankles. Over that was a breastplate of body armor made of interwoven chains which covered the vital organs. It was the strong LEATHER belt that held it all together.

·         In Christian warfare, it is the belt of INTEGRITY that holds everything together. – EVERY DAY we must put on the WHOLE ARMOR of God WHICH HE HAS PROVIDED so we can stand against the mighty powers of the unseen spiritual world, against Satan’s lies and his TEMPTATIONS that undermine our faith.  In The Lord’s Prayer Jesus prayed we would not be led into TEMPTATION.  –

·         Oddly enough, God does all the fighting for us, all we do is just stand.  There is nothing covering our back side as that is where the God of Angel Armies is; GOD HAS OUR BACK.  

– It’s in the Book –

2 Corinthians 6:7 – Right hand to attack; left hand to defend
⁷ We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us. We use the WEAPONS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS in the RIGHT HAND for attack and the LEFT HAND for defense.

(NLT)

Isaiah 11:5 – Integrity and Righteousness is our Belt
⁵ He will wear righteousness like a BELT and truth like an UNDERGARMENT. (NLT)

1 Thessalonians 5:8 – Armor of Faith; Helmet of confidence
⁸ But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the ARMOR of faith and love, and wearing as our HELMET the confidence of our salvation. (NLT)

Isaiah 59:17 – Robe of Vengeance – Cloak of divine passion
¹⁷ He put on righteousness as his BODY ARMOR and placed the HELMET of salvation on his head. He clothed himself with a ROBE of vengeance and wrapped himself in a CLOAK of divine passion. (NLT)

Luke 11:4 – Don’t let us be led into temptation
⁴ Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” (NIV2011)

Invisible War

·         As spooky as it sounds, there is an UNSEEN INVISIBLE WAR GOING ON between the forces of light and the forces of darkness, between good and evil.  It’s not something spooky, it’s a REAL WAR going on right NOW. – In your unbelief you will try to POOH POOH this, but I am telling you that the Book says that we are NOT fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against spiritual evil rulers and authorities of the unseen spiritual world, against mighty spiritual powers in this dark world, and against spiritual evil spirits in the heavenly places. Since this is an unseen spiritual war, our Defense and Offense weapons must be and are also spiritual.

Ø  DEFENSE weapons; Our BELT that holds everything together is truth; and our BODY ARMOR is our integrity, purity and righteousness. - Our SHOES is the READINESS and MOTIVATION to share the peace and tranquility that comes from knowing the Good News of the Gospel.  Our SHIELD is our Faith of certainty in Jesus Christ knowing that He will stop Satan’s fiery arrows of TEMPTATION that can erode our faith.

·         Our HELMET is our salvation that gives us the Mind of Christ; our sanity, an ALERTNESS that protects us from DOUBT and will defeat Satan’s Lies, his web of deception, his web of doubt and fear; Our Helmet is our confidence that we can know we already have the ultimate victory.

Ø  OFFENCE weapons; Our SWORD is the Word of God which is living and active, and changes us from victims to victors. -  It’s sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of SOUL and SPIRIT, of both joints and marrow (BODY), and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. – When Jesus was challenged by Satan, He just quoted the Word, “IT IS WRITTEN”. - Our second weapon is PRAYER; our communications with the Commander and Chief of the angel armies.  We pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Staying alert, persistent in prayers for all believers everywhere. – Prayer is warfare, put forth while driving your car or making coffee. The Word of God and Prayer is the stockpile of AMMUNITION to stand against the schemes of Satan. – NYOBS 08.02 – SPEAKING IN TONGUES -   I encourage you to get a copy of the book The Invisible War by Donald Gray. Barnhouse.

Ephesians 6:12-18 – The Full Gospel Armor
¹² For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against (SPIRITUAL) evil rulers and (SPIRITUAL) authorities of the unseen (SPIRITUAL) world, against mighty (SPIRITUAL) powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the (SPIRITUAL) heavenly places.
¹³ Therefore, put on every piece of God’s (SPIRITUAL) armor so you will be able to resist the (SPIRITUAL) enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be STANDING firm.
¹⁴ STAND your (SPIRITUAL) ground, putting on the (SPIRITUAL) BELT of truth and the (SPIRITUAL) BODY ARMOR of God’s righteousness.
¹⁵ For (SPIRITUAL) SHOES, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.  
¹⁶ In addition to all of these, hold up the (SPIRITUAL) SHIELD of faith to stop the (SPIRITUAL) fiery arrows of the devil.
¹⁷ Put on salvation as your (SPIRITUAL) HELMET, and take the (SPIRITUAL) SWORD of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  
¹⁸ PRAY in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

(NLT)

1 Samuel 4:4 – GOD is the God-of-the-angel-armies
⁴ So the army sent orders to Shiloh. They brought the Chest of the Covenant of GOD, the GOD-OF-THE-ANGEL-ARMIES, the Cherubim-Enthroned-GOD. Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, accompanied the Chest of the Covenant of God.

(MSG)

Hebrews 4:12 – Word of God is sharper than a two edge sword
¹² For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of SOUL and SPIRIT, of both joints and marrow (BODY), and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. (ASV)

Luke 4:1-13 - It is written - It is written - It is written
¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
² for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
³ The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
⁴ And Jesus answered him, “IT IS WRITTEN, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”
⁵ And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
⁶  and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
⁷ If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”
⁸ And Jesus answered him, “IT IS WRITTEN, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
⁹ And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
¹⁰ for IT IS WRITTEN, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’
¹¹ and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
¹² And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
¹³ And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. (ESV) 

Kick Butt Weapons

·         Sometimes God goes before us into the battle and we become a part of His plan.

·         NATURE was used to fight the battle by sending in HORNETS to drive out the enemy. 

·         DAVID used a SMOOTH STONE from the river to kill the giant Goliath.

·         SAMPSON used a JAWBONE OF AN ASS to defeat the enemy.

·         PRIEST blew RAMS’ HORNS to knock the walls of Jericho down flat.  

·         JAEL took a TENT PEG and ended the war.

·         WOMAN used a MILLSTONE to do the dastardly deed.

·         You should not be surprised that God will use the simplest of things to turn the battle in your favor, if He can use the Jawbone of an ASS, He can certainly use YOU.

Exodus 23:23-28 – God used some Hornets
²³ When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,
²⁸ And I will send HORNETS before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you. (ESV)

Joshua 24:12-14 – God used some Hornets
¹² And I sent the HORNET before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.
¹³ I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.’
¹⁴ Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. (ESV)

1 Samuel 17:40-49 – David took five smooth stones
⁴⁰Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five SMOOTH STONES from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.
⁴⁹ And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

(ESV)

Judges 15:15 – Sampson used the Jawbone of an Ass
¹⁵ And he found a new JAWBONE OF AN ASS, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. (KJV)

Joshua 6:5-20 – The Priest used Rams’ Horns
⁵ When you hear the priests give one long blast on the RAMS’ HORNS, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.” (NLT)
²⁰ When the people heard the sound of the RAMS’ HORNS, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it. (NLT)

Judges 4:18-21 - Jael used a Tent Peg
¹⁸ And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
¹⁹ And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.
²⁰ And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’”
²¹ But Jael the wife of Heber took a TENT PEG, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. (ESV)

Judges 5:24-27 – Jael used a Tent Peg
²⁴ Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
²⁵ He asked for water and she gave him milk; she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl.
²⁶ She sent her hand to the TENT PEG and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple.
²⁷ Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead. (ESV)

Judges 9:50-53 – Woman used a Millstone
⁵⁰ Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez and captured it.
⁵¹ But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women and all the leaders of the city fled to it and shut themselves in, and they went up to the roof of the tower.
⁵² And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
⁵³ And a certain woman threw an upper MILLSTONE on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

(ESV)

2 Samuel 11:18-21 – Woman used a Millstone
¹⁸ Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting.
¹⁹ And he instructed the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,
²⁰ then, if the king’s anger rises, and if he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
²¹ Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper MILLSTONE on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’” (ESV)

Law of Retribution

Ø  Be careful of how you handle God’s Word; the law of retribution is in effect; an Eye for an Eye,  Sometimes God takes the enemy’s plan and turns it against them, also known as “what goes around comes around”

·         PHARAOH ordered all the Hebrew babies to be drowned in the Nile.  Later it would be Pharaoh’s army that drowned in the sea.

·         HAMAN made a gallows fifty cubits high to hang Mordecai the Jew on, instead, God had Haman hanged on the same gallows that was constructed for Mordecai.

·         JEZEBEL had Naboth killed so the king could have his garden… Jezebel dies and the dogs lick up her blood in the same place that she had Naboth killed.

·         KORAH conspired with 250 other leaders of the community OPENING A CLEFT in the congregation by inciting a rebellion against Moses. - GOD MADE A CLEFT in the earth and opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.  - They all went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

·         PAUL also known as Saul approvingly held the garments of those who were stoning Stephen to death and later Paul got to feel what Stephen felt as he himself was stoned and God did not stop there, HE LET HIM LIVE, but three times Paul was beaten with rods. Three times he was shipwrecked; a night and a day he was adrift at sea; and on frequent journeys he was in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from his own people, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, in danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure, then God let Satan plague him with a Thorn in the Flesh just to buffet him.

·         God will amaze us with how He will fight our battles.  Since the world began, no ear has heard, and no eye has seen a God like ours, who WORKS FOR THOSE who wait for Him.

Exodus 21:23-25 – The Law of Retribution
²³ But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury: a life for a life,
²⁴ an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
²⁵ a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.

(NLT)

Exodus 1:22 – Pharaoh ordered the Hebrew boys drowned
²² Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.” (NLT)

Isaiah 10:26 -  God drowned Pharaoh’s army in the sea
²⁶ The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea. (NLT)

Esther 5:14 – Haman makes a gallows to hang Mordechai
¹⁴ Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made. (ESV)

Esther 7:10 – Haman hanged on Mordechai gallows
¹⁰ And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated. (ESV)

Acts 7:58-59 - Saul/Paul approved of the stoning of Stephen
⁵⁸ Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
⁵⁹ And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

(ESV)

1 Kings 21:7-10 – Jezebel killed Naboth to get his garden
⁷ Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry about it. I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard!”
⁸ So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived.
⁹ In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer, and give Naboth a place of honor.
¹⁰ And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

(NLT)

1 Kings 21:19 – Jezebel dies; dogs lick up her blood same place
¹⁹ Give him this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!’”

NLT)

Numbers 16:1-2 – Korah makes cleft in congregation of Israel
¹ One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben.
² They incited a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 other leaders of the community, all prominent members of the assembly. (NLT)

Numbers 16:32-33 God opens cleft and swallows Korah’ family
³² The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.
³³ So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

(NLT)

Acts 14:19 – Paul got stoned almost unto death
¹⁹ But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

(ASV)

2 Corinthians 11:25-27 (ESV)
²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;
²⁶ on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;
²⁷  in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Isaiah 64:4 – Man cannot perceive what God will do for you
⁴ For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

(NKJV)

The Take Away

·         When God created man and angels, he gave them both FREE WILL to do the greatest good or if they chose; to do the greatest evil. - He made Angels Immortal but made man Mortal, however He gave man something that He did not give to Angels, He gave man a SOUL - A sinful Angel cannot be redeemed, but a sinful man can be if by FREE WILL he chooses. – God is LOVE and made a creation that was capable of returning His love just because they wanted to; because they CHOSE to, NOT because they were required to. – Picture returning home and your puppy greats you with tail wagging, tongue licking with howls of delight… That’s the LOVE that God imparts to us because HE WANTS TO.

·         Adam and Eve were created perfect and placed in a perfect Garden of peace, surrounded with the perfection of nature. They were created with a perfect mind with FREE WILL just like His.  They were created with the possibility of living forever just like the Angels. - He placed two trees in the garden; the TREE OF LIFE and THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, with only ONE COMMANDMENT; do not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, if you do you will no longer live forever, but will surely die.

·          The all-knowing God knew that man would sin and would be SEPARATED from Him and the Tree of Life, and already had the Plan of Salvation in place for him to find his way back to Him and the Tree of Life if he chose to. – NYOBS 80.08 – EVE TEMPTED HUMBLED REDEEMED

·         What Adam and Eve did not know was that the Angel Satan had been in this same garden eons before when he was the guardian and protector of the earth and ruled from there.  - Back then the garden was called the Garden of God. – NOTE: the original sin started with an Immortal Angel named Lucifer, Satan, the Devil who rebelled by stealing from God, usurping His authority and stealing His worship; so God removed him from the garden and took away his authority.   He replaced this fallen Angel, who could NOT be redeemed with a man who could be redeemed if he chose to.

·         An Invisible War began over Adam and Eve and all of their generations; a spiritual war in a dimension that we cannot see.  Jesus the creator and sinless Son of God, loved man, His greatest creation so much that He chose to give up His throne in Heaven surrounded with deity and royalty to come to earth to show man “THE WAY” back to the TREE OF LIFE.

·         We as humans don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

·         God gave us the SPIRITUAL weapons of warfare for this battle, the weapons that we need to resist the lies and TEMPTATION from Satan; to win we must put on the Full Gospel Armor every day. – LISTEN; Satan’s bag of tricks is TEMPTATION and all you have to do is; every day PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR AND YOU WIN. – The Make Believer will talk about it, but the Believer will do it; you might even be given the opportunity to grab up your trumpet, your slingshot, a tent peg, or the jawbone of an Ass and take the lead. –

·         If one word could describe our weapons of warfare it would be OBEDIENCE.  Study, Meditate and Quote the Word of God; “IT IS WRITTEN” - The Weapon that silences the enemy’s TEMPTATIONS is PRAISE. -  Rejoice in it, Hum it, Sing in the Spirit, Sing in the Understanding, Shout it, Cut Loose and Dance it, Make Music, Make a joyful Noise; God inhabits the praises of His people and THE ENEMY IS SILENCED. -  It’s in the Book

- LIFE IS CHOICE DRIVEN –

Ezekiel 31:9 – Garden of God and the Garden of Eden
⁹ I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, And all the TREES OF EDEN, which were in the GARDEN OF GOD, were jealous of it. (NASB)

Genesis 2:7 – God’s breath made man a living SOUL
⁷ And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and

MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL. (ASV)

John 14:6 - I am THE WAY, and the truth, and the life
⁶ Jesus said to him, “I AM THE WAY, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (ESV)

Revelation 22:14 – The Tree of Life is in Heaven
¹⁴ Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from

THE TREE OF LIFE. (NLT)

2 Thessalonians 2:13 – God picked man for the Plan of Salvation
¹³ Meanwhile, we've got our hands full continually thanking God for you, our good friends—so loved by God! God picked you out as His from the very start. Think of it: included in God's original PLAN OF SALVATION by the bond of faith in the living truth. (MSG)

1 John 5:4-5 – Only those that believe can win the battle
⁴ For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
⁵ And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. (NLT)

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 – Destroy stronghold of Human reasoning
³ We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do.
⁴ We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments … destroy every proud obstacle … capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. (NLT)

2 Chronicles 20:21-22 – Praises to God won the war
²¹ After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what THEY SANG: “GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD; HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!”
²² At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves. …killed every one of them. (NLT)

Hebrews 13:15 – Offer sacrifices of PRAISE
¹⁵ Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual SACRIFICE OF PRAISE to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name. (NLT)

Psalm 8:2 – Praise silences the enemy
² Through the PRAISE OF CHILDREN AND INFANTS you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to

SILENCE THE FOE AND THE AVENGER. (NIV2011)

Psalm 95:1-2 - Make a joyful noise with thanksgiving
¹ Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE to the rock of our salvation. (ASV)

In the multitude of counselors,

there is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:14

I am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical

information, and scripture verses.  Because of them I can stand on their shoulders

                         and see further that I otherwise ever could have.              

                                                                                                                                     

A Commentary; Critical, Experimental and Practical - Eerdmans

Antiquity of the Jews – Flavius Josephus Matthias

Apocrypha – Goodspeed

Baker Commentary on the Bible – Elwell

Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White

Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer

Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row

Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s

Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake

English Standard Version Bible – ESV

Expositor’s Bible Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein

Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World

Gospels Interwoven; The – Karmit Zarley

Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale

Interlinear Greek-English New Testament – Baker

Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse

King James Version Bible – KJV

Lost Books of the Bible; The - World

Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell

Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan

Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press

Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest

Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson

Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan

New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas - Tenney

New International Version Bible (2011) – NIV

NOTE: The “new” NIV has been corrupted & made gender neutral.  AVOID IT.

New Living Translation Bible - NLT

Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield

Thru the Bible – J. Vernon McGee

Vincent’s Word Studies of the New Testament – Mac Donald

Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner

Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer & Harrison

Wikipedia –

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney