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Location of the
Spiritual War
heavenlies --
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2032 heavenly,
what pertains to, or is in, heaven
Christ is seated in
the heavenlies by the Father

Believers are seated
in the heavenlies because we are in Christ
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Eph. 2:5-6 even when
we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by
grace you have been saved), 6 and raised [us] up together, and
made [us] sit together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,

Believers are
blessed because we are in Christ in the heavenlies

The spiritual battle
between believers and evil forces in the heavenlies
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Eph. 6:12 For we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities
(746)
, against
powers
(1849) ,
against the rulers
(2888)
of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [hosts] of
wickedness
(4189) in
the heavenly [places].

The church is a
demonstration of the grace of God to the evil forces in the
heavenlies
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Ephesians 3:8-12 To
me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was
given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ,9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of
the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden
in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;10 to the
intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by
the church to the principalities
(746)
and powers
(1849)
in the heavenly [places], 11 according to the eternal purpose
which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,12 in whom we have
boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

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