Zion's Armoury

Studying history, what an awesome pastime – it not only keeps you grounded in reality, but it allows you to take a ‘glimpse’ at the world around you, in the present time as well as to witness those who have come before you - how the world is shaped by the ‘chain of events’ spoken about in my previous blogs; how the sacrifice of one person can make so much difference for many unborn generations to follow.
History not only makes for good reading, but once you get started, you really do become humbled by the insignificance of your human life in this world – what were once battles fervently fought over become biases not even worth mentioning.

Curious, that while the Bible speaks of Man as “nothing more than vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes”, the Bible also speaks about Man as ‘important’ enough ‘…for God to send his Son into the world in order to redeem them’. It seems to me that the former verse opposes the proud - elect or otherwise - and the latter message:- to those who live in despair through no fault of their own (Luke 16:19 ff). In that latter context, it makes perfect sense that Jesus said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

On the topic of battles worth fighting for, Morpheus in The Matrix Revolutions uttered these words: “What if you knew that the War would be over tomorrow? Would it be worth fighting for? Would it be worth dying for?”

Yes. To both questions. We are fighting a war, an unseen war that has eternal consequences (yes you read that right.) I dare say that most of the Western world is sleeping in this war - impotent to resist the enemy; ignorant towards enemy blitzkriegs reigning; basically too apathetic to give a damn.

...“In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.”

Jesus was made perfect through suffering. Should his saints expect any different?
The Reformers didn’t, we shall not either.

Ephesians 6:13ff - For all of you who have been called to be one of the elect.