The Ancient Paths : Rightly Dividing the Word — Revelation & Application

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16.

I get more and more questions in these days about how to increase in Wisdom.

This makes sense, since, in my conviction, we live in a generation where both the wisdom of man, as well as the Wisdom of God, is less and less visible on the Earth.

One of the principles our spiritual forefathers were adept at in generations past, was the ability to distinguish between the Word of God revealing revelation, verses the Word of God teaching proper application of a kingdom reality.

Simple put, when they read The Bible, they knew the difference between reading revelation, or reading application.

Revelation & Application

Scripture is either revealing something about our Father’s Kingdom, or giving us a grid on how to apply His Kingdom.

Much of the body forfeits the invitation to greater realms of intimacy and union because we confuse revelation with application, and vice versa.

An example of this is found in Ephesian 6:1118, 2 Corinthians 10:4, Romans12:2, and finally 2 Corinthians 10:5.

These 4 verses, collectively give us the following Kingdom revelation and application that may be summarized like this:

“Applying the armor of God and changing your belief system will defeat Satan at every turn and greatly increase the depth and richness of your walk with God.”

I am going to use the topic of armor as an example because true, spiritually grounded, mature warfare is rarely taught today.

• Ephesians 6:11-18 — The Revelation: The armor of God destroys every work of the enemy.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4 — The Revelation: Destruction of the enemy is a spiritual battle, not physical.
• Romans 12:2 — The Revelation: Our thinking is what needs to be changed.
• 2 Corinthians 10:5 — The Application: Ruthlessly examine your thoughts and beliefs.

What many of us miss is the reality that those first 3 verses above, do not, in any way, tell us how to apply these revelations. They are revelation only.

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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.” Ephesians 6:11-13.

We continue:

“Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;” Ephesians 6:14-18.

I grew up hearing this all the time. Even today, I hear parents telling their little ones “OK, guys, how do we put on the armor of God?”

Then I watch them quote the verses, while the children mimic putting on armor.

In reality, Ephesians 6 is a Kingdom Revelation; a principle that the Holy Spirit is inviting us to re-discover — an ancient path lost long before John the Baptizer entered the eternal scene on Earth.

Think about it. How does saying “I put on the helmet of salvation” in reality, train our children to defeat a demonic assignment set against them?

What does that look like in the spirit realm? Are we suggesting we can “put on” salvation?

No. Every aspect of the “armor’ reveals an area of our walk that we can bring into kingdom authority. It is not about the specific piece of armor mentioned (after all, 1 Thessalonians 5:8 refers to the breastplate as faith and love, not righteousness. Now what?!

Kingdom “Righteousness“, and understanding what this even means, is in reality what we need a deeper revelation of.

Then, and only then, can we apply that doctrinal reality to our personal walk, and have dominion as an experiential reality.

Only then can we teach this to our children. Only then.

Ephesian 6 is telling the ekklesia to go back. Go back to the beginning. Go back to the garden where sin first entered the world and our true, God-given identity was forfeited to Satan.

Now… the application of how to actually DO that is found in this next verse (this is the fun part):

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5.

This verse is telling us we cannot defeat the spiritual battle unless we tear down the lies that all the levels of demonic authority are throwing at us.

We transform, we mature, we conquer… through repentance and application of our belief system ( dangit — my apologies. I used a word that has “repent” embedded in it )…

The “armor” of Ephesian 6: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Faith, Salvation, and Scripture ( I capitalize these words to point out they are ALL aspects of the nature of Jesus) are pillars in our Father’s Kingdom that have been revealed to us.

That revelation, accessed through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, needs to be rightly divided and applied.

Otherwise, well… we know what James 2 says about conviction without application, right?

Do we long for a more spiritual walk, filled with intimacy, holiness, power and authority? Here is a good place to start.

Summary

This was by no means meant to be a comprehensive study on warfare; merely an example of revelation and application.

I encourage us all to get into the habit when we read the Word; stop and ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate.

“Holy Spirit, give me revelation and application.” Ask Him to teach you which you are being shown.

This is a key to deep, powerful crossroads with The LORD. It is an Ancient Path.

The Carthaginians knew it; the Elves knew it. Now you know it ( — that was a joke!).

The Epoch is now upon us, where people, and I am talking about the Living Church as much as the Lost, are seeking those who understand the Times, and who can go to the throne-room and come back with God-breathed course of action.

Not by spiritual intellect, but through the ability to think, see, and feel what our Commander-In-Chief is saying in that moment.

My prayer is that this writing may be a tool to help us all in our ability to live this reality daily.

May this point you to HIM.

 

Shalom
~ David Murry

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David Murry ~ One of the ways Father God has asked David to serve the Body is in sharing the amazing truths about what it means to have been made the Righteousness of Christ, and applying that truth to how we view God, ourselves and others. Restoration of the Body back to the heart and nature of the Ancient of Days (who just happens to be our Dad) starts with understanding what truly occurred at the cross on our behalf. It is an honor and joy for David to help the body return to the heart of our Father… in all our ways.
Contact David at: dwmurry.com or email him at: dwmurry@gmail.com

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