Meta Eżekjel ipprofetizza fuq l-għadam niexef fil-viżjoni tal-wied, kien eżerċtu kbir li qam fuq saqajf: “𝐽𝑖𝑒𝑛 ħ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑓 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖, 𝑢 𝑟-𝑟𝑢ħ 𝑑𝑎ħ𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑖ℎ𝑜𝑚, 𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑔̇𝑔ħ𝑢 ħ𝑎𝑑𝑢 𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑗𝑗𝑎, 𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑞𝑓𝑢 𝑓𝑢𝑞 𝑟𝑖𝑔̇𝑙𝑒𝑗ℎ𝑜𝑚, 𝒆𝒛̇𝒆𝒓𝒄̇𝒕𝒖 𝒌𝒃𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒒 𝒍𝒊 𝒌𝒃𝒊𝒓.” Eżek 37:10
“𝑈 𝑙-𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑗 𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎’ 𝑙𝑒ħ𝑛𝑢 𝑞𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑚 𝑙-𝒆𝒛̇𝒆𝒓𝒄̇𝒕𝒖 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑢: 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑥 𝑘𝑏𝑖𝑟 ħ𝑎𝑓𝑛𝑎 𝑙-𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑝 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑔ħ𝑢: 𝑢 𝑞𝑎𝑤𝑤𝑖 𝑑𝑎𝑘 𝑙𝑖 𝑗𝑎𝑔ħ𝑚𝑒𝑙 𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑡𝑢” Ġoel 2:11
“𝐼𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎 𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑡, 𝑏ħ𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒂𝒕 𝑡𝑎𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑏 𝑡𝑎’ 𝐺̇𝑒𝑠𝑢̀ 𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢. 𝐸𝑏𝑑𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑒ħ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑘 𝑙𝑖 𝑗𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑙𝑙-𝑔𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑎 𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎ħ𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑙-ħ𝑤𝑒𝑗𝑗𝑒𝑔̇ 𝑡𝑎’ 𝑑𝑖𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑗𝑗𝑎; 𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑥 𝑗𝑜𝑔ħ𝑔̇𝑜𝑏 𝑙𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑙𝑢 𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑥 𝑖𝑘𝑢𝑛 𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒂𝒕.” 2 Tim 2:3-4
Alla jitkellem dwar il-knisja tiegħu bħala eżerċtu jew armata li jiġġieldu gwerra spiritwali (mhux fiżikali). Hu jsejjaħ lil kristjani individwali bħala ‘suldati’. F’Efestin 6 naqraw dwar x’tip ta’ armaturi għandu jilbes Kristjan:
“𝐺ħ𝑎𝑥 𝑖𝑙-𝑔̇𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑔ħ𝑛𝑎 𝑚ℎ𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑥 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑑-𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑚 𝑢 𝑙-𝑙𝑎ħ𝑎𝑚, 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑎 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑠-𝑆𝑒𝑡𝑔ħ𝑎𝑡, 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑙-𝑄𝑎𝑤𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑡, 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑙-𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐̇𝑝𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑎’ 𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑑-𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑎 𝑡𝑎’ 𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑒𝑡, 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑙-𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑖 ħ𝑧̇𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑙𝑖 𝑗𝑔ħ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑟𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑙-𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑎’ 𝑡𝑎𝑠-𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑡.
𝐺ħ𝑎𝑙ℎ𝑒𝑘𝑘 ħ𝑢𝑑𝑢 𝑓𝑢𝑞𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑙-𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑡𝑎’ 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑎, ħ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖 𝑡𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑢 𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑔ħ𝑢 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑞𝑓𝑢 𝑓𝑖 𝑧̇𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑙-ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑒𝑛, 𝑢, 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑙𝑖 𝑡𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑢 𝑔ħ𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑢 ħ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑘𝑜𝑙𝑙ℎ𝑎, 𝑖𝑧̇𝑧̇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑞𝑓𝑖𝑛. 𝑍̇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢 𝑠ħ𝑖ħ, 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎, ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑧̇𝑚𝑢 𝑔̇𝑒𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑗𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑖𝑙-𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂’, 𝑖𝑙𝑏𝑠𝑢 𝑙-𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑧𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙-𝒈̇𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒋𝒂, 𝑢 𝑥𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑢 𝑟𝑖𝑔̇𝑙𝑒𝑗𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑖𝑙-ħ𝑒𝑔̇𝑔̇𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙-𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒈̇𝒆𝒍𝒋𝒖 𝑡𝑎𝑠-𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑚; ħ𝑢𝑑𝑢 𝑓’𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑗𝑘𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑡-𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙-𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒊; 𝑙𝑖 𝑏𝑖ℎ𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑔ħ𝑢 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑓𝑢 𝑙-𝑣𝑙𝑒𝑔̇𝑒𝑔̇ 𝑘𝑜𝑙𝑙ℎ𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑛-𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑙-Ħ𝑎𝑧̇𝑖𝑛; 𝑖𝑙𝑏𝑠𝑢 𝑙-𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑢 𝑡𝑎𝑠-𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒛𝒛𝒋𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝑢 𝑎𝑞𝑏𝑑𝑢 𝑥-𝑥𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙-𝐼𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢 𝑙𝑖 ℎ𝑖 𝑙-𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝒕’𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂.”
Efesin 6:12-17