How to Triumph Amidst Ultimate Conflict
- Leon Mazin
- 5 days ago
- 3 min read
Shavei Tzyon | Return to Zion Congregation
Haifa, Israel
“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them day and night before our God, has been hurled down. They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.’” (Revelation 12:10-11)
The words seem to contradict each other:
The Kingdom of God and His Messiah has come. (We rejoice!)
But at the same time the “accuser” is hurled down to the earth (see v. 9), and makes war on the believers. (There will be titanic conflict – v.17.)
Yet the believers defeat him by the blood of the Lamb, the word of their testimony, and being willing to sacrifice life itself. (The Kingdom has come, but we still need to triumph.)
It seems to me that all these actions/processes take place simultaneously. In the spiritual dimension, the Heavenly Kingdom already exists inside us: Yeshua strengthens His disciples saying: “… for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21 KJV).
However, a few “negative qualities” also remain in us; and far worse are the accuser’s abundant works around us. The accuser strives to stimulate all manner of evil – causing the conflict and contradiction we find ourselves in. (A) God’s Kingdom has come in power and in the authority of Yeshua. But (B) We are at war with the accuser. If we keep our spirit in humility, (C) We can break free from these negative qualities and experience victory over our accuser by the POWER OF MESSIAH’S SACRIFICE and by the WORDS OF OUR CONFESSION – keys to overcoming the enemy given in Revelation 12:11.
This is the response the Creator expects from us, empowering us to triumph. His desire is our sanctification – that we will belong to Him 100%. This requires going through His “training camp” to prepare for victory over all the power of evil. May God help us!
Ministry Updates
First, we want to invite you to visit our revamped website: www.returntozion.org!
Music School: At the conclusion of the semester we held several concerts, and we are very happy with the children’s successful performances. They skillfully play musical instruments and sing, and have significantly improved over the last year, despite wartime interruptions.
Men’s Retreat: I am excited to share about an excellent retreat held for our brothers in the Lord. On the last Friday and Saturday of February more than 40 men from our congregation arranged a special jeep tour and afterwards a seminar on “How to be a good husband and father.” It was a great time of healing and renewal, especially after the tensions we’ve all been living in lately.
I kindly ask you to pray for our congregations: Return to Zion, Or Chai and Netzer ha-Galil. We seek God’s face and strengthening in the Lord. Please, pray as well for our humanitarian ministries. From the time of COVID 19 and then throughout this war, they’ve grown by 60 – 70 percent.
We wish God’s peace and good health to you and your loved ones.
