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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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