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From:
Concise Bible Dictionary: B
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
1min
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Armor for the breast.
1.
Of
righteousness (for Christ) (
Isa. 59:17
17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. (Isaiah 59:17)
); (for the Christian’s conflict in the heavenlies) (
Eph. 6:14
14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; (Ephesians 6:14)
).
2.
Of
faith and love (for the wilderness) (
1 Thess. 5:8
8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:8)
).
3.
Of
iron (steeled conscience) (
Rev. 9:9
9
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. (Revelation 9:9)
).
4.
Of
fire, jacinth, and brimstone (dire judgments) (
Rev. 9:17
17
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. (Revelation 9:17)
). See ARMOR.
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