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===The Sealed Battle Plan of God===

Later in the Book of Daniel, the angel told Daniel to seal up the prophecy given to him. <span style="color:darkred"> "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased"</span style="color:darkred"> (Daniel 12:4). Why would the LORD go through all the trouble of revealing His prophetic program to Daniel, only to tell Daniel to <span style="color:darkred">"shut up the words, and seal the book"</span style="color:darkred">? 

It appears that the LORD will divulge His battle plans only on a "need-to-know" basis. <span style="color:darkred">"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand"</span style="color:darkred"> (Daniel 12:10). Those hypocritical that are truly not seeking the LORD will be unaware of what the LORD is accomplishing in the affairs of man. <span style="color:darkred">"O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?" </span style="color:darkred"> (Matthew 16:3). Again, <span style="color:darkred">"None of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the LORD of Glory"</span style="color:darkred"> (1Corinthians 2:8).

Unfortunately, the world has taught its own to value all the wrong things, i.e., <span style="color:darkred">"the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life"</span style="color:darkred"> (1John 2:16). With this warped sense of reality, the world system has produced generations of <span style="color:darkred">"murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage"</span style="color:darkred"> (Jude 16). How can such an evil generation understand or appreciate the <span style="color:darkred">"manifold Wisdom of God"</span style="color:darkred"> (Ephesians 3:10)? They will not understand. Again, <span style="color:darkred">"None of the wicked shall understand"</span style="color:darkred"> (Daniel 12:10). Just look at those who are "at home" in this world. They are completely deceived. <span style="color:darkred">"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape"</span style="color:darkred"> (1Thessalonians 5:3).

The Holy Spirit is the source of teaching for the Saints. <span style="color:darkred">"But the Anointing</span style="color:darkred"> [the Holy Spirit] <span style="color:darkred">which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same Anointing teacheth you of all things, and is Truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him"</span style="color:darkred"> (1John 2:27). Knowledge of God's prophetic battle plan is dispensed only by the Spirit of God. 

<span style="color:darkred">"Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all Truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come"</span style="color:darkred"> (John 16:13). The same Spirit that shows the Saints <span style="color:darkred">"things to come"</span style="color:darkred">, prevents the enemy from obtaining Understanding of His battle plans-- even though the enemy has access to the same Scripture of Truth, which the Saints possess. <span style="color:darkred">"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are Spiritually discerned" </span style="color:darkred"> (1Corinthians 2:14).

Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, faced an overwhelming enemy, that the LORD promised to defeat, if they would <span style="color:darkred">"believe in the LORD</span style="color:darkred"> [their] <span style="color:darkred">God"</span style="color:darkred"> (2Chronicles 20:20). Even as the LORD gives His people deliverance and peace, He gives '''confusion to the enemy!''' "22 <span style="color:darkred">And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. </span style="color:darkred"> 23 <span style="color:darkred">For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir</span style="color:darkred"> [who were supposedly allies], <span style="color:darkred"> utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another </span style="color:darkred"> [self-destruction]" (2Chronicles 20:22-23). 


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