2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Observe how God is more and more putting His enemies under the feet of Christ, just as Hebrews 2:8 says: “[God] put
everything under his feet. In putting everything under him [Jesus], God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at
present we do not see everything subject to him.”

The writer goes on to say that Jesus “sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time he waits for his enemies
to be made his footstool” (Hebrews 10:12-13).
These verses clearly show that the spiritual battle, the subjection of the devil’s empire to the kingdom of God, is a process
being carried on throughout time. Although Jesus completely finished the work of redemption on the Cross of Calvary, He
gives us the privilege of being part of His great victory, clothing us in His power so we can take the whole satanic army
captive. Truly “his intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the
rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 3:10).

Jesus asked, “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8). W ithout a doubt, satan is
attacking with all he has in these last days. This is one of the primary reasons why it is so important to define the
functions of an army and the strategies for each battle.
In order to fully comprehend what the Holy Spirit wants to do and when He wants to do it, we need to have vision and
understanding.
The Intelligence Corps
God’s intelligence corps consists of His spies, who examine history and are aware of all the attacks the devil wants to
undertake. Soldiers in the divine intelligence corps are up-to-date with the latest news in the mass media.
They analyse maps and discover the places where the devil has established what we call pillars of iniquity—places of
intense sinful activity within the population. These are the soldiers who do the spiritual mapping.

The Artillery Brigade
In the natural world, the light artillery consists of grenadiers and those who carry the cannons, machine guns, etc. In the
spiritual world, these are ministers of praise, groups of tambourine players that encourage the fighters and ministers of
war dances.
Prayer vigils also make up part of the artillery corps, since it is through powerful prayer that God weakens strongholds
that His people are trying to capture.
Prophetic Acts and Symbols in Spiritual Warfare (Intelligence)
The person of Christ revealed in many ways, from the door to the sheepfold (see John 10:7) to the rock in the desert (see
1 Corinthians 10:4), the Tabernacle (see Hebrews 9:1-11) and the bronze serpent (see John 3:14). From the simple to the
most complex, these are all symbols, which speak to us of Christ.

We see symbols of the Holy Spirit, such as rivers of water, a pillar of fire and smoke.
There are symbols of the kingdom of God, such as a flock, a city and a banquet.

The people of Israel are portrayed as a fig tree or an unfaithful wife; and the Church is symbolized as a bride and as a
building made of living stones.

Symbols are used widely in both the Old and the New Testaments. A symbol is something of earthly origin that links the
spiritual world with the natural realm. Many times God moves through them to loose His power and truth to us and the
surrounding world.
For example, God told Moses to lift up a bronze serpent in the desert so that everyone who looked at it could be healed
(see Numbers 21:9). Through this symbol, to which Christ is later compared (see John 3:14), God took the sin and sickness
of the people upon Himself and released divine healing.
Elisha told Naaman to bathe seven times in the Jordan River to be healed of leprosy (see 2 Kings 5). The river in and of
itself did not have healing powers, but it was an important symbol of how obedience to the spoken word of the prophet
God would release His healing power. In addition to bathing’s symbolizing the washing away of sin and disease, the
number seven symbolized the completion of the word of wisdom God gave to Elisha.
The creation of the world also was completed in seven days. At the bitter waters of Marah, Moses threw a branch of a
tree into the water, and it was made sweet (see Exodus 15). What better way to symbolize the sweetening power of
Christ in redeeming us from the bitter waters of sin? In the New Testament we have baptism in water, a symbol of
renewal of the spirit and cleansing. The waters are not magic and have no inherent power; it is God who moves through
this act of obedience and destroys through baptism the power of sin in our lives (see 1 Peter 3:21). We are commanded
to anoint the sick with oil (see James 5:14-15). The oil in and of itself does not have any power; but the Holy Spirit,
symbolized by the oil, works through this act of obedience.

Multiplied Layers of Evil
A society that is founded on the remains of a previous civilization continues to accumulate the sin of both. Even if a city or
nation is physically destroyed, in the heavenlies they will continue to be a part of a macrostructure that progressively
gains more strength.

In the Bible, this process of building upon previous kingdoms and covenants is clearly shown in the passage where Daniel
describes a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar:
You looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue —an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.
The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly, and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron,
its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It
struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the
gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The windswept
them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole
earth Daniel 2:31-35.
Daniel Interprets the dream as follows;
You are that head of gold. After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will
rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes
everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and
toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of
iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly
strong and partly briale. And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will no
remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay Daniel 2:38-43
This prophecy, which was fulfilled in the successive rise to power of the Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires,
sheds light on the way in which satan’s empire becomes progressively stronger. Note that Daniel did not see this
sequence of kingdoms as four independent figures, although each one was very different from the previous kingdom. The
fact that the four kingdoms make up only one statue tells us that far from being destroyed by successive conquests, the

statue continued to gain in strength and shape. That is, the destruction of one kingdom by the next did not destroy the
statue. The only thing that can do this is the deadly strike of God’s kingdom at the statue’s base.