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The apostle Paul tells us of the Spiritual Battle we are in:
Ephesians 6:12-16 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
First we need to Stand Fast:
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Put on the Armour:
Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
2 Corinthians 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Then fight:
1 Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
To fight we must know what we believe:
1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Paul believed Christ would return in His lifetime. But then realized it wouldn’t, so he writes to Timothy:
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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Job speaks of war:
Job 5:20, Job 10:17, Job 38:23
The Psalms also teaches about war and whence it comes:
Psalm 18:34, 27:3, 46:9, 55:21, 68:30, 120:7, 140:2 , 144:1
The Proverbs also speaks of war
Proverbs 20:18, 24:6
In Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 3:8, 8:8, 9:18
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 3:8
Isaiah warns of war:
Isaiah 2:4, 3:2, 3:25, 7:1, 37:8-9, 40:2, 41:12-13
Jeremiah warns of war:
Jeremiah 4:19, 6:4, 6:23, 21:2, 21:4, 28:8, 38:4, 39:4, 41:3, 41:16, 42:14, 48:14 Jeremiah 49:2, 49:26, 50:30, 51:20, 51:32, 52:7, 52:25
Ezekiel also warns of wars
Ezekiel 17:17, 26:9, 27:10, 27:27, 32:27, 39:20
Daniel tells of coming war
Daniel 7:21, 9:26
Joel tells of coming war
Joel 2:7, 3:9
And from Micah
Micah 2:8, 3:5, 4:3

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Moses continues his instructions, from the lord about war.
Deuteronomy 1:41, 2:14,16, 3:18, 4:34, 20:12,19-20, 21:10
Interesting: Deuteronomy 24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
As they enter the promise land, a new leader: Joshua to take the land.
Joshua 4:13, 5:4,6, 6:3, 8:1,3,11, 10:5,7,24, 11:7,18,23, 14:11,15, 17:1, 22:12, 24:9
Then the time of the Judges:
Judges 3:1-2,10, 5:8, 11:4-5, 11:27, 18:16-17, 20:17, 21:22
The wars continued during the time Israel had Kings:
1 Samuel 8:12, 14:52, 16:18, 17:33, 18:5, 19:8, 23:8, 28:1,15
2 Samuel 1:27, 3:1,6, 8:10, 11:7,18-19, 17:8 21:15, 22:35
1 Kings 2:5, 5:3, 9:22, 14:19,30, 15:6-716,32, 20:1,18, 22:1,45
2 Kings 6:8, 8:28, 13:25, 14:7,28, 16:5, 1:20, 19:8, 24:16, 25:4,19,
1 Chronicles 5:10,18-19,22, 7:4,11,40, 12:1,8,23-25,33,35-38, 18:10, 20:4-6, 22:8, 28:3, 6:34, 8:9, 12:15, 13:2-3, 14:6, 15:19, 16:9, 17:10,13,18, 18:3, 22:5, 25:5, 26:6,11,13, 27:7, 28:12, 32:6, 33:14, 35:21

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In the Gospels:
Matthew 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Mark 13:7, Luke 21:9
Luke 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
Paul The Apostle:
1 Corinthians 9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
1 Timothy 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
James and Peter:
James 4:1-2 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Revelation speaks of two wars, Armageddon (Revelation 16:16),
at the end of Tribulation and the Final war at the end of the millilumen (Revelation 20:7-9).
Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Revelation 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

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1 Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Revelation 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

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Requirements to go to war for Israel:
Numbers 1:3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Young Men from each of the 12 tribes:
Numbers 1:20 And the children of Reuben, …
Numbers 1:22 Of the children of Simeon, …
Numbers 1:24 Of the children of Gad, …
Numbers 1:26 Of the children of Judah, …
Numbers 1:28 Of the children of Issachar, …
Numbers 1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, …
Numbers 1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, …
Numbers 1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, …
Numbers 1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, …
Numbers 1:38 Of the children of Dan, …
Numbers 1:40 Of the children of Asher, …
Numbers 1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, …
Interestingly it does not match the order above. The twelve sons in the order from oldest to youngest: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Numbers 1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Repeats: Moses reminds the people that God is leading them:
Numbers 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
Repeats: Young Men from each of the 12 tribes:
Numbers 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
Moses gets the people ready for war as the march onward to the promise land:
Numbers 31:3-7 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Numbers 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
Numbers 31:27-28 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
Numbers 31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Numbers 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Numbers 31:42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Numbers 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Numbers 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Numbers 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

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Appears in Job (4)
Job 15:24, 38:23, 39:25, 41:8
Appears in Psalm (7)
Psalm 18:39, 24:8, 55:18, 76:3 , 78:9 , 89:43 , 140:7
Appears in Proverbs (1)
Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Appears in Ecclesiastes (1)
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Appears in Isaiah (6)
Isaiah 9:5, 13:4 , 22:2 , 27:4 , 28:6 , 42:25
Appears in Jeremiah (7)
Jeremiah 8:6, 18:21 , 46:3 , 49:14 , 50:22 , 50:42 , 51:20
Appears in Ezekiel (2)
Ezekiel 7:14, 13:5
Appears in Daniel (2)
Daniel 11:20 , 11:25
Appears in Hosea (4)
Hosea 1:7, 2:18 , 10:9 , 10:14
Appears in Joel (1)
Joel 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Appears in Amos (1)
Amos 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Appears in Obadiah (1)
Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Appears in Zechariah (6)
Zechariah 9:10, 10:3-5 ,14:2-3

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A body of forces, or division of an army. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear. To give battle, is to attack an enemy; to join battle, is properly to meet the attack; but perhaps this distinction is not always observed.
Battles make up smaller components of the bigger picture; WAR. As one studies these Battles (and Wars_ it is evident that God directly was involved).

Abraham deals with the first Battle recorded in Scripture:
Genesis 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Appears in Numbers (7)
Numbers 21:33, 31:14, 31:21, 31:27, 32:27, 32:29
Appears in Deuteronomy (10)
Deuteronomy 2:9, 2:24, 3:1, 20:1-7, 29:7
Appears in Joshua (5)
Joshua 4:13, 8:14, 11:19, 11:20, 22:33,
Appears in Judges (10)
Judges 8:13, 20:14, 20:18, 20:20-28, 20:34, 20:39, 20:42
Appears in 1 Samuel (21)
1 Samuel 4:1-2, 7:10, 13:22, 14:20, 14:22-23, 17:1-2, 17:8, 17:13, 17:20-21,
1 Samuel 17:28, 17:47, 26:10, 28:1, 29:4, 29:9, 30:24, 31:3
Appears in 1 Samuel (21)
2 Samuel 1:4, 1:25, 2:17, 3:30, 10:8-9, 10:13, 11:1, 11:15, 11:25, 17:11
2 Samuel 18:6-8, 19:3, 19:10, 21:17-20, 22:40, 23:9
Appears in 1 Kings (9)
1 Kings 8:44, 20:14, 20:29, 20:39, 22:4, 22:6, 22:15, 22:30, 22:35
Appears in 2 Kings (2)
2 Kings 3:7, 3:26
Appears in 1 Chronicles (17)
1 Chronicles 5:20, 7:11, 7:40, 10:3, 11:13, 12:8, 12:19, 12:33, 12:36-37, 14:15
1 Chronicles 19:7-10, 19:14, 19:17, 20:1
2 Chronicles 13:3, 13:14, 14:10, 18:5, 18:14, 18:29, 18:34, 20:1, 20:15, 20:17
2 Chronicles 25:8, 25:13

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There are church traditions on suicide which can confuse the issue. Some, even teaching that a person who commits suicide can not go to Heaven. A Look are those who took their own lives:
Wicked Abimelech committed suicide, persuading another man to help.
Judges 9:54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died.”
Samson feeling all was lost pulled down the house:
Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
King Saul also wanted his servant to kill him, but had do to it himself.
1 Samuel 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
Feeling all lost, the servant followed his King:
1 Samuel 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
Ahithophel so depressed by events that happened in his family.
2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
The sins of Zimri (16:19) overcame him:
1 Kings 16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died.
Judas so depressed by his actions:
Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
The jailer would have BUT Paul stopped him:
Acts 16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled
Yes, suicide is a terrible tragedy, a sin even, but it does not negate the Lord’s act of redemption. Did any of the seven go to Heaven? It depends on what they believed, NOT what they did! When one becomes a Believer, they have Eternal life.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
This is a promise from God. The Lord Jesus said:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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