In The World But Not Of The World | Exodus 5
Pastor Holland teaches What the Bible says about the world system.
INTRODUCTION: Exodus 5
• Anytime you see Egypt in the Bible, it’s symbolic of the world system
• Now for those of you who don’t know what the world system is...
• I googled it for you so now I’m an expert!
• Everyone knows google knows everything about everything and everything you read on google is true! So now I’m an expert!
• According to Immanuel Wallerstein, in the book World System History, a world system is the social reality in which we operate and the social system whose rules constrain us... it’s a system under law
• He further elaborates in his book The Modern World System that a social system includes boundaries, structures, member groups, rules or laws of legitimation and coherence
• A world system includes the rules or laws of a society, the bureaucratic structures, division of labor, national economies and the political centers that govern them
Paul in the iconic passage on spiritual warfare says... Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
• Principalities is the Gr. word “arche” which refers to the “archangels” that exercise authority over the world systems which include governments, religions and economies
• Michael is the archangel assigned to Israel and what we are seeing in the Middle East is a spiritual battle between Michael and the other archangels over the world systems in the region.
• Powers is the Gr. Word “exousia” and it refers to “legal authority” and this warfare happens through the legal system of a sovereign nation
• The correct definition of sovereign is the power to make and enforce law
• Thus what we are seeing in America is a power struggle between the Kingdom of God and the World System
• Rulers is the Gr. Word “kosmokratoras” and it refers to national leaders who are under the influence of the World System
• We see this with Isis, Hamas, Russia, Korea, China and Europe
• Spiritual hosts of wickedness refer to fallen angels assigned to tempt people towards wickedness using evil desires
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