Spiritual Warfare (Also See Warfare)

If you’re going to go to war, you’re going to have to have a hatred for your
enemy. Stuart Gramenz
It was 1944, World War 2. Sub-Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Imperial
Japanese army was ordered to stay on Lubang Island in the Philippines and
hold it for the glory of the Emperor. So he did. The following year, the Allies
bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrendered. Shortly after,
the war ended, but unfortunately he didn’t know. He kept on fighting the next
year, and the next year, and was still fighting 29 years after the end of World
War 2. He was totally unaware that the war had finished long ago. Even when
the police searched through the jungle using megaphones to ask him to
surrender and stop shooting the locals, he refused to give up. It wasn’t until
1974 when they brought in his wartime commanding officer, to order him to
surrender, that he finally stopped fighting. Do you know that it’s over for
Satan? That he’s been defeated? Do you apply the victory of the Cross in your
daily life?
If you put soldiers in a barracks and leave them there for long enough, they’ll
eventually start fighting among themselves.
Back in the American Civil War, a soldier was wounded in the arm. Seeing
that he was hurt, his commanding officer yelled, “Gimme your rifle, private,
and run to the rear!” The private did as he was told, relieved to be headed for
safety. But after heading south for only a small distance, he found himself in
the middle of another fight. He then ran west and stumbled into another
scuffle. So he ran east but found fighting there too. Finally, he retraced his
steps to the front lines shouting, “Captain, I need my rifle back. There ain’t no
rear to this battle!”
Jesus’ purpose was to destroy the works of the devil. Jesus is gone but we still
have the works of the devil. Whose job is it now? G.F. Watkins
It’s been estimated that between 1945 and 1989, around 20 million people
were killed in 91 wars. During the same period, there were 208 coups and
revolutions. One country (Bolivia) had 192 coups between 1825 and 1981.
Ever since God created this planet, it’s been a war zone – and right now we’re
in the middle of a battle.
In December 1940, Major General Richard O’Connor attacked the Italian army
stationed in Egypt. What made this so extraordinary was that the British had
comparatively few troops whereas the Italians had 250,000 men there.
O’Connor attacked anyway and had fewer than 2,000 casualties. In the
process they destroyed 10 Italian divisions, took 170,000 prisoners and
captured 400 tanks and 850 guns – one of the most remarkable feats of arms in
history. The decisive factor in the Italian loss was their low morale – because
they weren’t happy with the alliance with Germany, and they certainly weren’t
prepared to die for Mussolini. So they broke and retreated at a crucial
moment. Discouragement was the key.
Interestingly enough, the Roman armour was designed to protect the front of the
warrior, not the back. Apparently the assumption was that when the enemies
were near, the soldiers were moving towards them, not running away.