Putting on the Whole and Complete Armor of God
Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." What does it mean to put on the full armor of God? As we unravel this mystery, we must look past our carnal understanding of armor. Each piece of armor is a tool that is working toward manifesting the fullness of Yahshua and with it we bring Salvation to our God. The New Creation or the God that is to Come is manifested when there are a multitude of his Sons/Brides/Yahshuas completely making the exchange of laying down their life to receive the Life of God. The Father has already given his fullness to us. John 1:14 states "For of his fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace." Yes, that's right, he has already given us his Fullness. However, if we choose to live our life in the flesh and not in the Spirit, this fullness cannot manifest. Just as Moses was told that he could not see God's face and live, we cannot continue to live for the world, even though we are in a carnal body, and see or become Him. Moses saw the backparts of God which was a foreshadowing of what are supposed to become with the Father. We must lay down our life and "Fall Upon our Face" to manifest the Fullness of the New Creation, the God that is to Come.
Believers are putting on the Armor of God, yet the key is in putting the Full Armor of God completely. To what extent can you decrease and allow Him to increase? How far can you walk with God until you are no more? The more we crucify our flesh, the more it desires to live and pursue that which is anti-christ. Putting on the Fullness has to do with completing the Father. All things were made for Him and by Him and for his Salvation. Pleasure is rooted in Salvation. The Father did not have all this created to make him happy, its not about a carnal feeling. It is all about the work of YAHSHUA. His Bride is who will complete him and be his vessel. In the Ancient Hebrew, we see that the word H3627 can mean complete, vessel, whole, and bride. The word "Armor" is also H3627. Armor is as covering and the Father is asking that we put on all of the Armor. We fall short because to put on all of Him, we cannot continue to live our life in the natural, but in the spirit. We are all in this flesh, but as Sons of God, we do not live for the flesh, but for the things of the Holy Spirit. John said that he must decrease and God must increase. For us to manifest the Fullness of the Father as the New Creation and the God to Come, we must completely surrender everything. As we become nothing, He becomes everything in and through us. "None of me, Only HIM!"