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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Psalm 35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
This is David's prayer. For WL to judge that David was natural, in his mind, or whatever terminology he uses is not warranted by the narrative.
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I think that I understand your point, but I would argue that the "them" which strive against us, and against whom we plead divine intervention, are not human agents but rather spiritual forces. Again, see Paul's comments in this regard. WL had control issues, which led to righteousness issues and truth issues, but the culprit was not WL but the dark spiritual forces disguised as angels of light, which captured him and used him as their pawn.
Remember that Jesus didn't rebuke Peter, but Satan: "Get behind Me". We should do the same to those forces which created the system which once controlled us and has enslaved the hearts, minds and wills of so many.
Remember that John wrote to the angel of the church in Ephesus, not to the Ephesians themselves. He was commanding the spiritual entity which was robbing the saints of their first love: "Repent". These forces cannot stand, and they will not stand. In the name of Jesus your time on earth is over.
We ourselves often are caught by dark forces. Therefore, I would argue that we cannot properly pray Psalm 35, nor could David, any more than Lee could decipher it. Rather, "But we see Jesus" (cf Heb ch. 2) praying this prayer, and we see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man (cf John ch 1). And in
our prayer we say, "Amen, Lord Jesus. Come quickly"
Like Gamaliel said, "We don't want to fight against
'them', because we might find ourselves fighting against God." Rather, we see God in Christ Jesus subduing all of
'them', which unfortunately occasionally includes
'us', and we rejoice. Christ is the victor. Satan has been cast down. "Amen; even so come Lord Jesus."
Peace.