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“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”(Ephesians 6:12, NASB 1995) Every empire crumbles. Every age changes. Kings rise, nations fall, and generations pass like grass in the wind. Yet
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“Deal generously with Your servant,That I may live and keep Your word.Open my eyes, that I may beholdWonderful things from Your Law.” “I am a stranger on the earth;Do not hide Your commandments from me.My soul is crushed with longingFor Your ordinances at all times.” “You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed,Who wander from Your commandments.Take
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“And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world…”(Revelation 12:9, NASB 1995) From Eden’s garden to Babel’s tower, from Pharaoh’s throne to Caesar’s empire, the adversary has always labored to weave his designs into the fabric of human history. The Domain
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“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned—”— Romans 5:12, NASB95 The serpent’s voice in Eden was not the beginning. It was the continuation of a rebellion perfected long before in another realm. The trader had been cast
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“Blessed are those whose way is blameless,Who walk in the Law of the Lord.Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies,And seek Him with all their heart.They also do no injustice;They walk in His ways.” “You have ordained Your precepts,That we are to keep them diligently.Oh that my ways may be establishedTo keep Your statutes!”
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Every rebellion has a beginning.Before the serpent spoke in Eden, before humanity’s first choice, there was another choice — made in the courts of heaven. A guardian became a trader, a servant became an adversary, and the first blueprint of deception was drawn. “You were the anointed cherub who covers,And I placed you there.You were
