The Word of God, the holy scriptures, are called the sword of the Spirit which is God’s tool that He puts in our hands. The Word of God helps us to judge and see clearly what would otherwise be hidden. The Word is here called a flaming sword, the flame being the flame of judgement wherewith we can judge ourselves as we reach for that tree of life.
Jesus uses the Word of the Lord, that flaming sword, to judge the world. We are judged by what is written in the books of the Bible, that flaming sword. Jesus will use the Word of God to smite and rule the nations. The beast, the false prophet, the kings and all are judged by the Word of God, His sword of judgement.
Eph 6:16-20 KJV
(16) Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
(17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
(18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
(19) And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
(20) For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Heb 4:11-13 KJV
(11) Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
(12) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
(13) Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
The Word of God helps us to judge and see clearly what would otherwise be hidden.
Gen 3:23-24 KJV
(23) Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
(24) So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Rev 1:12-16 KJV
(12) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
(13) And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
(14) His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
(15) And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
(16) And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Jesus uses the Word of the Lord, that flaming sword, to judge the world.
Rev 20:11-12 RV
(11) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
(12) And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
We are judged by what is written in the books of the Bible, that flaming sword of the Spirit.
Rev 2:14-16 RV
(14) But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
(15) So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
(16) Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Rev 19:11-15 RV
(11) And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon, called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
(12) And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written, which no one knoweth but he himself.
(13) And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
(14) And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.
(15) And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
Jesus will use the Word of God to smite and rule the nations.
Rev 19:19-21 RV
(19) And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.
(20) And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image: they twain were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
(21) and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, even the sword which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
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