SATAN TRIES TO MESS WITH BELIEVER 'S SPIRITUAL VISION

4-11-13

1 Samuel 11:1 AND NAHASH (serpent/snake; from its hiss; to practice divination) the Ammonite (tribal/associate/nation; to huddle together; to dim, darken, grow dark) went up (excell, be superior; to go up, ascend, climb) and besieged (to decline by slanting rays of evening/the time when shadows fall/sorrow, weakness comes and hope has faded...changing the 'light'; abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent) Jabesh-gilead (dry heap of testimony); and all the men of Jabesh (dryness/confusion/shame/disappointment) said to Nahash (serpent/snake), Make ((destroy, consume; to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant) a treaty (covenant, alliance, pledge ) with us, and we will serve you. (serve as subjects, enslave) 2But Nahash (serpent/snake) the Ammonite (tribal/associate/nation; to huddle together; to dim, darken, grow dark) told them, On this condition (on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter; from: a lamb/sheep/a flock being pushed, ruined and desolated out to graze/eat food/food of the spirit) I will make (destroy, consume; to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant) a treaty (covenant, alliance, pledge) with you, that I thrust out (dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out) all your right (the stronger and more dexterous; the place of honor; the strength to do something; personal intercession; natural strength; strength of man or power of God revealed through man; natural change)  eyes ( as showing mental qualities; of mental and spiritual faculties) and thus lay disgrace (reproach resting upon condition of shame; to expose as by stripping) on all Israel. (God's people)

Rewrite:

And satan, the one that causes darkness in the world/nations, excelled and became superior in how God's people perceived the times; increasing their sorrows, weaknesses and hopelessness. And satan abides in the 'Dried up and Withered Testimony of God's ; the place of shame, confusion and disappointment. This made God's people weaker, changing their spiritual vision and their point of a view of negativity.

God's people then said to satan, " Make a truce with us; a bond, a connection with us. Then we will be enslaved to you and serve as your subjects."

Satan told them, "This is what you will have to do: As a flock of sheep, I will push you out to graze on this 'spiritual food'. I will cut off a part of you to make this alliance with me. The part of you that I will cut off, dig out and pierce is your 'spiritual vision' the part that 'sees' with your mental and physical faculties, your thoughts. This will be a condition of shame on God's people, exposing them by stripping off God's protection and covering that protects their mind and thoughts."

 

11The next day Saul put the men in three companies; and they came into the midst of the enemy’s camp in the [darkness of the] morning watch and slew the Ammonites until midday; and the survivors were scattered, so that no two of them remained together.

Rewrite:

In a future time, after 'asking', the men's thoughts and mind were superior; completed and matured they severed the place where satan had tried to 'change their spiritual vision'. They overcame the 'slanting' of light that had changed their spiritual vision. They became watchful and awake. The people of God killed the place of where 'darkness merges with the world/nations'. What remained of the 'darkness' was dashed in pieces and dispersed so that no unity was left for this 'merging of darkness and nations'. It could no longer remain united...it was 'disjointed', and weakened.