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The Angelic Conflict - Part 18 -

The Angelic Conflict - Part 18 -
The opportunity to glorify God in the angelic conflict comes quickly, when least expected, when the believer has reached a peak in his spiritual life, so it is totally undeserved suffering.

When passed by the mature believer, it results in a great phenomenon that occurs perhaps only once or twice in every generation: a doubling of escrow blessings, Job 42:12!

Job 2 - Satan does not admit that he was wrong about Job.

Satan’s blind arrogance has led him to the conclusion that he not only knows better, but is better!

Satan is saying that if God would just take away his health that Job would collapse and fail.

There is no one who is more inconsistent in his thinking than the super-genius of all time, Satan!

In this second test, Satan was able to inflict upon Job loss of health, but he was not allowed the power to take his life!

Satan is the source of certain diseases, Job 2:6-8; Mat 12:22; Luk 13:16; Act 10:38.

“present” = jatsab = to take one’s stand or to set oneself against another, to oppose.

“And he (Job) still holds fast his integrity although you (Satan) ignited Me against him to ruin him without cause”

This is evidence testing and suffering for blessing for no reason except the glorification of God - the main reason why we are here!

When a believer has the doctrine and has attained what Job has attained, that believer has what it takes to handle and pass the test!

Whenever there’s any physical pain, emotional pain, mental pain, and loss of health - Bible doctrine is the soul is far far greater!!

One of the greatest moments of spirituality in all of human history was when Job felt so bad, emotionally and physically.

Bible doctrine in your soul, metabolized doctrine, is far greater than any adversity of life!

You may not be able to handle this now, but when you can handle it you will have the experience!

Not only is Job in pain but he is also socially ostracized!

No woman can love a man unless she has something in her soul far greater than the mere superficialities of physical attraction toward him.

What brings out the best in Job brings out the worst in his wife!

Manhood is not muscle and macho, manhood is integrity! True love for a man should be based upon his integrity!

He is going to accept this as a gift from God just as he accepted all the prosperity!

JOB 42:10 “The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold.”

Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries

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The Angelic Conflict - Part 1 -

Pastor Robert R. McLaughlin

The Angelic Conflict - Part 1 - 1Ti 5:21 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels Angels observe believers as a result of the angelic conflict. pres/mid/ind - [Diamarturomai] = to solemnly warn, to solemnly charge someone [enopion] = in the presence of God the Father, TLJC, and the elect angels Angels observe members of the Royal Family of God in their failure or success to execute and fulfill the predesigned plan of God. 1Co 4:9 we have become a spectacle [theatron] to to the world, both to angels and to men. Eph 3:10 in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 1Pe 1:12 - the angels desire and long to look into the doctrines Church-age believers learn. 1Pe 1:12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven - things into which angels long to look. Angels observe the attitude of respect a woman has toward her husband as a symbol of her love for him, 1Co 11:3-10. Point 1. - Definition - The angelic conflict is the result of prehistoric creatures being in opposition to God, which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God. It refers to two trials of Satan and the fallen angels, one in prehistoric times, the other during human history. Point 2. - The Existence of Rational Creatures - There are only two categories of rational creatures. The prehistorical category - angels, Psa 8:4-6; Heb 2:6,7; 2Pe 2:11. Psa 8:4-5 What is man, that thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that thou dost care for him? Yet thou hast made him a little lower than the angels. Heb 2:7 Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels. 2Pe 2:11 Whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord. The first category of rational creatures is the superior category; angels are superior to mankind. Angels were created in eternity past, before the creation of the human race, prehistoric times. Psa 148:2-5 “Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Let them praise the name of the Lord, For He commanded and they were created.” The second category of rational creatures is the historical category called human beings, mankind, or man. We have in common with angels the structure of our souls; the two are very similar. Satan is the most brilliant, most attractive, most personable creature who has ever lived. He has the greatest personality that has ever existed in a creature. His real name is Lucifer, the son of the morning, the anointed cherub! Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries All Rights Reserved Robert R. McLaughlin 2001

The Angelic Conflict - Part 1 -

Pastor Robert R. McLaughlin

The Angelic Conflict - Part 2 -

Pastor Robert R. McLaughlin

The Angelic Conflict - Part 2 - 1Ti 5:21 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality. Elect and fallen angels observe the human race and human history. The angelic conflict is the result of prehistoric creatures being in opposition to God, which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God. It refers to two trials of Satan and the fallen angels, one in prehistoric times, the other during human history. The devil is not interested in getting people to sin. He is vitally interested in getting people to perform human good. 2Co 2:11 in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. Satan is actively interested in attacking any believer anywhere who knows Bible doctrine. Immorality is embarrassing to Satan because he is the ruler of this world. As the greatest creature ever created, this world is an insult to his leadership. Human good appeals to approbation lust, to power lust, and to the area of strength of the old sin nature. Government, morals, education, art, commercialism, vast enterprises and organizations, and religious activity are included in the Satan’s plan to deceive the human race. The presence evil in the world is not due to Satan’s intention to have it so but his inability to control the human race. Government, morals, education, art, commercialism, vast enterprises and organizations, and religious activity are included in the Satan’s plan to deceive the human race. God’s plan for the human race is not to clean up the devil’s world; it is to offer salvation to the unbeliever and knowledge of doctrine to the believer. 1Ti 2:4 He desires all men to be saved and to come to the epignosis knowledge of the truth. The devil, through his cosmic control, will give advancing believers a great deal of attention, because they constitute the greatest threat to his cosmic system. Point 2. - The Existence of Rational Creatures - The prehistorical category - angels, Psa 8:4-6; Heb 2:6,7; 2Pe 2:11. The historical category - human beings, mankind, man. Satan is the most brilliant, most attractive, most personable creature who has ever lived. He has the greatest personality that has ever existed in a creature. His real name is Lucifer, the son of the morning, the anointed cherub! He was at that time the highest of all creatures. The cherub at that time was the highest and most superior form of angelic life. Satan was the greatest of the cherubs. Today the seraphim are the highest ranking angels, above the cherubs. Anyone who believes on TLJC actually becomes greater than Adam, who was created perfect, because believers have the very righteousness of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Jo 3:9 “No one who is born of God sins, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” 1Pe 1:23 “for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God.” Rom 7:17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin [the sin nature] which indwells me. Rom 7:20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. Adam was created perfect, but after his fall a higher category of humans came into existence, called the children of God. The same is true in the angelic realm. Lucifer, the son of the morning, the anointed cherub, was created perfect and was the highest ranking angel at that time. Just as anyone who follows God will become greater than Adam, so certain angels who followed God were rewarded with a higher rank than Satan! That higher rank is called seraphim, angels with 6 wings. Because of God’s perfect justice, righteousness, and immutability, we are forced to the conclusion - just as members of the human race are rewarded for faithfulness to TLJC, so angels were given rewards for living in something similar to our PPOG. 1Co 15:40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 1Co 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for stars differ from stars in glory 1Co 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead God never has and never will coerce or force angelic or human volition to make choices. Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries All Rights Reserved Robert R. McLaughlin 2001