Col 2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.<\/p>\n
The historical background to this was a triumph parade into Rome by a victorious general. Victorious generals paraded their captives and the seized treasure behind them. Sweet incense was offered. The citizens saw and smelled evidence of victory.<\/p>\n
This is what Christ did when he died on the cross and rose again. He disarmed these principalities and powers. He humiliated these spiritual rulers of darkness in a public spectacle of shame and defeat. Having disarmed them, he paraded them in public behind him in his triumphal procession!<\/p>\n
Christian friends, we fight from victory and not for victory. We face a formidable but a defeated foe. The weakest of all believers has the power and the capacity to overcome the forces of wickedness raised against him. Rom 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<\/p>\n
Further readings:
\nLuk 10:18,19
\nGal 2:20
\nEph 6:12<\/p>\n
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