Chapter __ — Spiritual Warfare in the Circle of Christ

The Battle After the Resurrection: Understanding the Real Enemy in a Christ-Centered Cosmos

Spiritual warfare is one of the most misunderstood realities in Christianity.
Some traditions exaggerate it into superstition; others ignore it entirely.
Some portray demons as cosmic rivals of God; others pretend they don’t exist.
Some imagine the believer trapped between two equal forces—light and darkness—while others drown spiritual warfare in emotion, noise, and theatrics.

But in the cosmic worldview of this book—
where the Holy Trinity is the outermost circle,
where Christ is the center and mediator of all creation,
where humanity lives inside His resurrected domain—
spiritual warfare must be completely redefined.

The battle is real.
The enemy is real.
But the battlefield has changed forever after Christ’s resurrection.

This chapter reveals:

  1. What spiritual warfare meant before Christ

  2. How Christ’s death and resurrection rewrote the battlefield

  3. What powers remain and how they operate

  4. How illusions, not demons, are now the primary weapon

  5. How Christians fight without fear inside Christ’s circle

  6. The role of prayer, sacraments, Scripture, and community

  7. How believers live victorious in the age of the New Humanity

1. Before Christ: A Fragmented Cosmos and Territorial Powers

Before the Incarnation, humanity lived in a spiritually fragmented world:

  • various spiritual beings (Yahweh, El, Chemosh, Baal, Molech, local and regional lords)

  • tribal deities with territorial claims

  • systems of fear-based worship

  • limited access to divine presence

  • illusion, confusion, and rivalry

The “Council of Gods” model (Deut 32, Psalm 82) showed a world under multiple rulers, some benevolent, some corrupt, many deceptive.

Humanity knew God poorly, and the spiritual atmosphere was:

  • divided

  • darkened

  • unstable

  • manipulative

There was no single mediator.
Each tribe believed its god was supreme.
Each people developed its own spiritual relationship.

This was the battlefield into which Christ stepped.

2. The Crucial Turning Point: Christ’s Death and Resurrection

When Christ died and rose again:

  • the veil between heaven and earth was torn

  • the dominion of all lesser powers collapsed

  • their influence over humanity was severed

  • Christ entered the underworld and disarmed its rulers

  • spiritual authority shifted permanently

  • all mediation was transferred to Him

  • the cosmos was re-centered in the risen Christ

He is now:

  • the only Mediator

  • the High Priest

  • the Lord of the living and the dead

  • the Judge of all powers

  • the Light of the new creation

This changes everything.

Spiritual warfare after Christ is no longer a struggle between two equal sides.
It is the struggle between Christ’s victory and the illusions that remain.

3. After Christ: The Old Powers Have Lost Authority but Not Influence

The fallen spiritual beings—the “old gods,” the rebellious powers—were not annihilated.
They lost:

  • their legal authority

  • their jurisdiction

  • their dominion over nations

  • their power to define reality

  • their role as mediators

But they did not lose:

  • influence

  • persuasion

  • deception

  • psychological manipulation

  • cultural shaping power

They continue existing like:

  • dethroned dictators

  • obsolete rulers

  • broken systems

  • paper tigers with loud voices

Their power now depends entirely on illusion.

4. The Real Enemy Now: Illusion, Fragmentation, and False Consciousness

The primary battle is no longer external; it is internal.

The enemy is:

  • false images of God

  • inherited religious illusions

  • dualistic thinking

  • shame-based identity

  • fear-based theology

  • guilt-centric models of spirituality

  • self-hatred disguised as humility

  • Westernized sin-centric gospels

  • prosperity sophistry

  • emotional manipulation

  • hyper-rational secularism

Demons do not need to defeat humanity—
they only need to distort our perception.

This is why Christ came primarily as:

  • Light

  • Truth

  • The Revealing One

  • The One who restores human consciousness

Spiritual warfare is the battle for clarity, not territory.

5. Inside Christ’s Circle: The Believer’s True Position

This is the greatest truth missing in modern Christianity:

You do not fight from earth upward.
You fight from Christ outward.

This means:

  • You are not trying to reach God; you begin in Christ.

  • You do not pray uphill; you pray inside His mediation.

  • You do not beg for protection; you live in victory already secured.

  • You are not fighting for identity; you fight from identity.

  • You are not fragile; you are hidden in Christ with God.

Your position is:

  • inside His resurrected circle

  • under His kingship

  • filled with His Spirit

  • sustained by His priesthood

  • shielded by His love

If Christianity taught this clearly,
fear-based religions would collapse overnight.

6. How Spiritual Warfare Actually Works Now

A. Through Identity

The enemy’s first attack is always:

  • “Who are you?”

  • “You are nothing.”

  • “God is disappointed in you.”

  • “You are still under condemnation.”

Christ says:

  • “You are mine.

  • You are in Me.

  • You are beloved.

  • You are forgiven.

  • You are adopted.”

Identity is armor.

B. Through Consciousness

The enemy distorts:

  • how you see God

  • how you see yourself

  • how you see others

  • how you see creation

  • how you interpret Scripture

  • how you understand suffering

Christ’s light restores clarity.

C. Through Isolation

Demons work through:

  • loneliness

  • fragmentation

  • disconnection

  • shame

  • secrecy

Christ heals through:

  • communion

  • sacrament

  • Church

  • community

  • shared life

D. Through Fear

Fear is the enemy’s favorite weapon.

Fear of:

  • death

  • judgment

  • failure

  • rejection

  • worthlessness

Christ destroys fear with:

  • His resurrection

  • His love

  • His presence

  • His Spirit

E. Through Division

The enemy seeks:

  • church splits

  • denominational battles

  • family disputes

  • tribal identity wars

  • Malankara conflicts

  • Orthodox vs Catholic

  • Protestant vs everyone

Christ is the One who unites.
Where unity strengthens, darkness weakens.

7. The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare (Christ-Centered)

Spiritual warfare is fought not with loud shouting, but with participation in Christ.

1. Prayer (Through Christ)

We pray inside His mediation:

  • “In Your name” means “in Your place.”

  • Christ carries our prayer to the Father.

  • The Holy Spirit articulates it in our hearts.

This makes prayer unstoppable.

2. Eucharist

The Eucharist is the most powerful act of warfare on earth because:

  • it unites us to Christ’s resurrected Body

  • it destroys shame

  • it heals fragmentation

  • it anchors identity

  • it reveals the true God

  • it nourishes divine life in us

Demons fear the Eucharist more than exorcism.

3. Confession

Confession breaks:

  • secrecy

  • shame

  • lies

  • false identities

It is healing, not humiliation.

4. Scripture (Read Through Orthotomio)

Scripture becomes dangerous only when:

  • read flat

  • read literally without context

  • read without Christ

When read through Christ:

  • illusions collapse

  • violence is understood

  • Yahweh-centric misconceptions fall

  • unity of Scripture emerges

  • the serpent’s lies unravel

5. Community

Isolation is a battlefield.
Communion is healing.

6. Humility

Demons imitate power, but they cannot imitate humility.

Humility:

  • disarms pride

  • closes demonic access points

  • aligns us with Christ’s heart

7. Love

Love is the final weapon:

  • love heals

  • love disarms

  • love casts out fear

  • love restores unity

  • love reveals the Father

Darkness cannot fight love.

8. The Final Reality: Victory Is Already Won

The modern mind thinks spiritual warfare is:

  • two forces fighting

  • uncertain outcomes

  • ongoing battle

  • equal rivals

This is not true.

The real truth is:

The war ended the moment Christ rose.
What remains is clearing illusions and healing wounds.

Spiritual warfare now is:

  • waking up

  • remembering

  • restoring

  • aligning

  • healing

  • living fully inside Christ’s circle

You do not defeat darkness—
you reveal it has already been defeated.

Conclusion: The New Humanity Fights Differently

True spiritual warfare is not dramatic.
It is transformational.

The new humanity in Christ:

  • does not fear demons

  • does not battle God

  • does not live in dualism

  • does not cling to tribal gods

  • does not beg for identity

Instead, the new humanity:

  • rests in Christ

  • lives sacramentally

  • loves without fear

  • prays through the Mediator

  • walks in restored consciousness

  • heals what is broken

  • builds unity, not division

  • embodies the cosmic victory of the Resurrection

This is the warfare of the future Church—
not fear-based, but Christ-based.
Not dualistic, but cosmic.
Not emotional chaos, but sacramental clarity.
Not tribal religion, but participation in divine life.