It's been kind of quiet here, so I thought of an interesting study we could do. The words to A Mighty Fortress Is Our God has references to undergoing battle with Satan. Given that the great tribulation will consist of spiritual warfare, what is each verse telling us as is pertains to the time of the end?
This is the way I think we should do it. I will post the first verse. Then anyone can chime in with scripture references that pertain to the different phrases. It should be noted upfront that Luther saw things from a Historicist point of view. He saw the pope and the Roman Catholic Church as an antichrist type system, and the true church as being persecuted by that antichrist type system over a period of many years. So perhaps some comments could be directed toward that end. Or perhaps someone may just want to focus on a Futurist point of view which would be fine as well. Another may just want to mention a scripture reference that they think inspired Luther to write a particular line in.
Make sense? Okay here goes. I'll post the first verse, then after about a week or so, I'll post the second verse and so on.
A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing
Our helper he amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe
His craft and pow'r are great,
And armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal
Any thoughts?
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