Pulling Down Strongholdserror and excess trying to fight demonic strongholds
over cities and nations. He knows those strongholds
can't be once and for all pulled down before the time—
before Adam's lease on this earth runs out.
So the devil is laughing the whole time believers are
hollering at him in the flesh trying to pull him down
over cities. Believers who fight the devil on those terms
are actually defeating themselves by having to
continually rely on their own fleshly efforts.
They are either trying to pray down the victory that
is already theirs, or they are trying to pray down ruling
spirits that cannot be pulled down before the time.
Let's look at this passage in Second Corinthians in
some other translations, so we can understand better
what the Bible is talking about by the word
"stronghold."
2 CORINTHIANS 10:4,5 (Moffatt)
4 The WEAPONS OF MY WARFARE are not
weapons of the flesh, but divinely strong to
demolish FORTRESSES—
5 I demolish THEORIES and any RAMPART
thrown up to resist the knowledge of God, I take
every project prisoner to make it obey Christ.
2 CORINTHIANS 10:5 (TCNT)
5 We are engaged in confuting ARGUMENTS
and pulling down every BARRIER raised
against the knowledge of God....
2 CORINTHIANS 10:5 (Phillips)
5 Our battle is to bring down every DECEPTIVE
FANTASY and every imposing defense THAT
MEN ERECT against the true knowledge of
God....
2 CORINTHIANS 10:5 (Knox)