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Armor Division

MILITARY STICKER DECAL US ARMY 3rd ARMORED DIVISION
MILITARY STICKER DECAL US ARMY 3rd ARMORED DIVISION
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RARE WW2 vintage 2nd Armored Division patch EMBR WHITE BACK
RARE WW2 vintage 2nd Armored Division patch EMBR WHITE BACK
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Fantastic looking WW2 trench art picture frame 8th Armored Division ETO
Fantastic looking WW2 trench art picture frame 8th Armored Division ETO
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Army 3rd Armored Division 122nd Maintenance Battalion Unit Crest Pin Patch Rank
Army 3rd Armored Division 122nd Maintenance Battalion Unit Crest Pin Patch Rank
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US ARMY 4th ARMORED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE PATCH
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS WOOD CHEST
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS WOOD CHEST
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ww 11 april 1945 after action G 2 report 11th armored division headquarters map
ww 11 april 1945 after action G 2 report 11th armored division headquarters map
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US Army 3rd Armor Division Patch Spearhead
US Army 3rd Armor Division Patch Spearhead
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Army 3rd Armored Division 122nd Maintenance Battalion Unit Crest Pin Patch Rank
Army 3rd Armored Division 122nd Maintenance Battalion Unit Crest Pin Patch Rank
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WWII Era M 1 Helmet Liner 3RD ARMORED DIVISION BY MSA
WWII Era M 1 Helmet Liner 3RD ARMORED DIVISION BY MSA
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2ND ARMORED DIVISION HELL ON WHEELS PATCH
2ND ARMORED DIVISION HELL ON WHEELS PATCH
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WWII 4th Armored Division Insignia Sterling Ring
WWII 4th Armored Division Insignia Sterling Ring
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4th Armored Division Artillery DI Theatre made
4th Armored Division Artillery DI Theatre made
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4TH ARMOR DIVISION PATCH
4TH ARMOR DIVISION PATCH
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7TH ARMORED DIVISION US ARMY WORLD WAR II ERA AUTHENTIC OD PATCH NO GLOW
7TH ARMORED DIVISION US ARMY WORLD WAR II ERA AUTHENTIC OD PATCH NO GLOW
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Vtg 1953 CAMP CHAFEE 5th Armored Division Military Photo Pictorial Book Arkansas
Vtg 1953 CAMP CHAFEE 5th Armored Division Military Photo Pictorial Book Arkansas
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2nd ARMORED DIVISION HELL ON WHEELS PATCH SSI US ARMY SUBDUED COLORFA12 1
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Killer 2nd Armored Division Woolie A Real Beauty So Bid It Way Up Oh Yah
Killer 2nd Armored Division Woolie A Real Beauty So Bid It Way Up Oh Yah
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History 8th Armored Division WWII Capt Charles Leach First Edition 1956
History 8th Armored Division WWII Capt Charles Leach First Edition 1956
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1ST ARMOR DIVISION CHALLENGE COIN 60722 D 887 s
1ST ARMOR DIVISION CHALLENGE COIN 60722 D 887 s
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Army Patch 11th Armored Division OD Border s w bottom bars
Army Patch 11th Armored Division OD Border s w bottom bars
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VINTAGE WW2 ARMY UNIFORM IKE JACKET armored division patch
VINTAGE WW2 ARMY UNIFORM IKE JACKET armored division patch
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2nd Armored Division NH Unit Crest DI Pinback BKAJ
2nd Armored Division NH Unit Crest DI Pinback BKAJ
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3rd Armored Division Spearhead subdued patch
3rd Armored Division Spearhead subdued patch
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WWII 2ND ARMOR DIVISION PATCH WITH HELL ON WHEELS TAB 1PC
WWII 2ND ARMOR DIVISION PATCH WITH HELL ON WHEELS TAB 1PC
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WW2 ERA 6th ARMORED DIVISION ORIGINAL PATCH
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ARMY 1ST ARMORED DIVISION DESERT CHALLENGE COIN YP649
ARMY 1ST ARMORED DIVISION DESERT CHALLENGE COIN YP649
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR MILITARY MAP OF CAMP STEWART 1947
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR MILITARY MAP OF CAMP STEWART 1947
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WWII US ARMY ARMORED DIVISION SHOULDER PATCH EMBLEM ON FELT EXC CONDITION
WWII US ARMY ARMORED DIVISION SHOULDER PATCH EMBLEM ON FELT EXC CONDITION
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5 US Army Armored Division Tabs 1 2 3 48 49 Div
5 US Army Armored Division Tabs 1 2 3 48 49 Div
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US Army 2nd Armored Division Hell On Wheels Color Patch Dealer Lot of 20
US Army 2nd Armored Division Hell On Wheels Color Patch Dealer Lot of 20
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WW2 6TH ARMORED DIVISION GREENBACK PATCH UNIFORM REMOVED
WW2 6TH ARMORED DIVISION GREENBACK PATCH UNIFORM REMOVED
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US ARMY 2ND ARMORED DIVISION STICKER DECAL MADE IN THE USA
US ARMY 2ND ARMORED DIVISION STICKER DECAL MADE IN THE USA
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Belgian Army Badge 16th Armored Division
Belgian Army Badge 16th Armored Division
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WW2 US ARMY GEN PATTON STYLE ARMORED DIVISION OFFICERS MOUNTED PINKS TROUSERS
WW2 US ARMY GEN PATTON STYLE ARMORED DIVISION OFFICERS MOUNTED PINKS TROUSERS
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50th Armored Division JERSEY BLUES TAB
50th Armored Division JERSEY BLUES TAB
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS DEVICE NAME
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS DEVICE NAME
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US Army Wool Jacket Pants Uniform WW2 Armored Division MINT
US Army Wool Jacket Pants Uniform WW2 Armored Division MINT
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2nd Armored Division G 23 Unit Crest DI BKAJ
2nd Armored Division G 23 Unit Crest DI BKAJ
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Israel Army Armour STEEL Division Old Badge IDF
Israel Army Armour STEEL Division Old Badge IDF
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6th Armored division WW II military patch
6th Armored division WW II military patch
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US Army 1st Armored Division Old Ironsides Challenge Coin
US Army 1st Armored Division Old Ironsides Challenge Coin
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY GUARD VIETNAM WAR RATION BREAK DOWN CALCULATOR
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY GUARD VIETNAM WAR RATION BREAK DOWN CALCULATOR
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS CPG 5
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS CPG 5
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VETERAN BALL CAP U S ARMY 3rd ARMORED DIVISION
VETERAN BALL CAP U S ARMY 3rd ARMORED DIVISION
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS DA FORM 6 1
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS DA FORM 6 2
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS DA FORM 6 2
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Third Armored Division Patch Spearhead 3rd Armored
Third Armored Division Patch Spearhead 3rd Armored
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR UNIT MESS CHECKLIST
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD VIETNAM WAR UNIT MESS CHECKLIST
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1943 MATH BOOK FOR OFFICERS
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1943 MATH BOOK FOR OFFICERS
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7th ARMORED DIVISION VINTAGE WW2 US ARMY PATCH
7th ARMORED DIVISION VINTAGE WW2 US ARMY PATCH
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1953 TM 8 52 SANITARY FOOD SERVICE
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1953 TM 8 52 SANITARY FOOD SERVICE
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1960 SURVEYORS FIELD REFERENCE GUIDE
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1960 SURVEYORS FIELD REFERENCE GUIDE
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1961 FM 6 2 ARTILLERY SURVEY VINTAGE
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1961 FM 6 2 ARTILLERY SURVEY VINTAGE
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USA Army 9th Armored Division Military Hat Lapel Pin
USA Army 9th Armored Division Military Hat Lapel Pin
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1964 TM 10 210 VINTAGE
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR 1964 TM 10 210 VINTAGE
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR DA FORM 5 72 NAMED BOOK 1956
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR DA FORM 5 72 NAMED BOOK 1956
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Reprint of the Hellcats A History of the Twelfth Armored Division
Reprint of the Hellcats A History of the Twelfth Armored Division
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS 1963 CAPTAIN WILLY BOOK
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTS 1963 CAPTAIN WILLY BOOK
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR RECORDS 1960 HAND WRITTEN MEMORANDUM
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR RECORDS 1960 HAND WRITTEN MEMORANDUM
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Sixth Armored Division Fort Leonard Wood Missouri 1954
Sixth Armored Division Fort Leonard Wood Missouri 1954
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR SURVEY RECORDS 1965 HAND WRITTEN
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR TARGET AREA SURVEY 1960 MEMORANDUM
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR TARGET AREA SURVEY 1960 MEMORANDUM
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US ARMY PATCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION WITH TAB
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR TARGET AREA SURVEY 1965
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR TARGET SURVEY PLANS 1967 DA ARMY
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WW2 ORIGINAL 9TH ARMOR DIVISION SSI
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR TARGET SURVEY PLANS 1967 DA ARMY
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR USAF FLIGHT CREW CHECK LIST
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR USAF FLIGHT CREW CHECK LIST
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OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 1ST ARMOR DIVISION BALL CAP
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DI 112th Cavalry Regiment 49th Armored Division pb IO
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR SURVEY RECORDS 1967 HAND WRITTEN
48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR SURVEY RECORDS 1967 HAND WRITTEN
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49th ARMORED DIVISION PATCH SSI US ARMY DESERT TAN COLORFA12 1
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48TH ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY VIETNAM WAR TRAINING RECORDS 1967 HAND WRITTEN
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VIETNAM US ARMY ENGINEER BATTLION ARMORED MECHANIZED AND INFANTRY DIVISION
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7th ARMOR DIVISION HOOK  CLASP BACK OLD TIE TACK
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ORIGINAL WWII US MILITARY 50TH ARMORED DIVISION ENAMEL PIN CREST INSIGNIA CK
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Sixth Armored Division Fort Leonard Wood 199th Engr Bn Combat Aug 53 Book
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6525 US 2nd Armored Division Insignia Crest Pin Badge Medal Set of 2 DI
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USA Army 5th Armored Division Military Hat Lapel Pin
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1st Armor Division B Co 16th Eng Bn 1st Bde maddawg Armor Triangle
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History Company C 66th Armored Infantry Battalion 12th Armored Division
History Company C 66th Armored Infantry Battalion 12th Armored Division
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USA Army 8th Armored Division Military Hat Lapel Pin
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ORIGINAL WW2 US ARMY 4TH ARMORED DIVISION GREENBACK PATCH WORN
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11th ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR 60th MOTORIZED DIVISION
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Army 1st Armor Division 6 MAGNET
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3d Armored Division Spearhead US Army
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2d Armored Division Helll on Wheels US Army
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JERSEY BLUES TAB FOR 50th ARMORED DIVISION FUL COLOR
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ORIGINAL WW2 US ARMY 2ND ARMORED HELL ON WHEELS DIVISION PATCH WORN
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21st Armored Division US Army
21st Armored Division US Army
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Patch 3rd Armored Division ACU with Velcro
Patch 3rd Armored Division ACU with Velcro
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6TH ARMORED SUPER 6TH DIVISION US ARMY PATCH 2 42 9 45 AUS
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US Army 6th Sixth Armored Division Fort Leonard Wood MO 61st 1953 Yearbook
US Army 6th Sixth Armored Division Fort Leonard Wood MO 61st 1953 Yearbook
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WW2 3rd Armor Division Sweetheart Pins 2 PB  SB
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WWII US Armored Division Lot of 9 Original Military Patches
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WWII ORIGINAL 2ND ARMORED DIVISION PATCH SICILY NORMANDY GERMANY FREE SHIPPING
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Vanmark Armor Division Soldier Army Metal Desk Clock
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30th Armored Division OD edge US Army
30th Armored Division OD edge US Army
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40th Armored Division US Army
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Armor Division
Armor Division

The Army Of The Lord - The Church

The army of the Lord is a phrase found only one time in the NKJV of the Bible and that in the Old Testament in Joshua 5:14 where Joshua in the vicinity of Jericho meets up with one who says of himself that he is "Commander of the army of the Lord." (NKJV)  However, having said that, it is clear from many different New Testament passages that while the church is never called an army it is clearly described as an army in that each Christian is considered to be a soldier, outfitted with battle gear, a weapon, and engaged in warfare.  Since the church is made up of its individual members, each individual member to be a soldier, it follows that the church is the army of the Lord.

In the book of Philippians Paul refers to Epaphroditus as his "fellow soldier." (Phil. 2:25 NKJV)  He does the same with Archippus in Philemon verse 2 and about every Bible student is familiar with Paul's admonition to Timothy where he tells him, "You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." (2 Tim. 2:3 NKJV)  If we are honest we realize that is an admonition to us as well if we desire to be a faithful Christian.

We ought to put emphasis on the phrase "must endure hardship" for it is easy to think in our day and age and in our country there is no hardship to be endured as a Christian.  Wrong!  Paul made it clear it is not a matter of whether or not we will be persecuted but more a matter of when or where or degree for he says, "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." (2 Tim. 3:12 NKJV) 

There is, I think, a greater implication in Paul's statement than we generally are willing to accept.  We think if someone on the national scene has spoken against Christianity, it makes the news, and we hear about it, then we personally have been persecuted because we are a Christian or at least consider ourselves to be one.  Yet, in the first century when Paul was writing there was no national news you were going to get instantly like today, no news magazines, no internet, no TV or radio.

Paul was speaking directly to a single individual in his letter to Timothy and saying to him, paraphrasing, if you are a Christian and you are living like it and talking about it – the command is to "go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15 NKJV) – then you are going to suffer for it.  If we do not suffer for it (sooner or later) then maybe that says a lot about our failure to live the life as God intended it to be lived.  To me that is the implied teaching of the passage – no suffering personally then there is likely no actual living of the life as Christ intended one to live it.

The Christian life is referred to as a warfare.  Paul says, "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God…  (2 Cor. 10:4-5 NKJV).  Timothy was encouraged to "wage the good warfare." (1 Tim. 1:18 NKJV)  To Timothy Paul says in the second letter to him, "No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier." (2 Tim. 2:4 NKJV)  This was in the very next verse after having told him he must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 2:3).

A lot of people enter into the Christian life sort of unawares.  They are thinking love, peace, mercy, grace, and hope.  They are not expecting combat and are ill prepared and too often unready and unwilling to engage in it.  Yes, there is love, peace, mercy, grace, and hope in Christ but one has to remember these are mostly things that are found within one's being because of what he has become in Christ and what Christ has done for him.  As far as the outside world goes it is an entirely different matter.  You have to a large degree become the enemy to the world unless you are going to try and be a secret disciple and never speak of Jesus and just go on living like the world.  If you decide on that course you will get along just fine in this world but there is always the Day of Judgment to look forward to.  That will be a looking forward to "a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries." (Heb. 10:27 NKJV)

But, as I said, many are not ready for the combat.  In the parable of the soils the one unprepared for combat is the one represented by the stony places soil (describing the heart of man) where when the seed was sown (the word of God) it was received and sprouted and came up but "when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he (a man with this kind of heart – DS) stumbles." (Matt. 13:21 NKJV)  He is neither prepared for nor willing to engage in the fight.  The heart's desire is only for the smooth things of Christianity, the blessings only.

At the end of his life Paul said he had "fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." (2 Tim. 4:7 NKJV)  It had been a fight indeed.  Remember when Paul was being converted the words of Jesus when speaking with Ananias about him?  He said, "I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake." (Acts 9:16 NKJV)  One can read about the life of Paul and his sufferings in summary in 2 Cor. 11:23-33.  He talks about his beatings, imprisonments, being stoned, and many other things that came his way in his life as a Christian.  It had been a fight, a lifelong fight after his conversion.  And here is the lesson all weak kneed brethren need to get out of this and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus – the battle fought was a religious fight, the very kind many feel it too unchristian, or unchristlike, to fight. 

It was a fight over doctrine, over who was right and who was wrong, over who would be saved and who would not, over the way to heaven.  Too many people today see this as an exceedingly nasty type of fighting that drives people away from Christ they say.  Hey, don't talk to me.  Your fight would be with Jesus, Paul, Jude, and others.

Jesus said, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth.  I did not come to bring peace but a sword.  For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'  And ‘a man's foes will be those of his own household.'" (Matt. 10:34-36 NKJV)  Paul got in trouble because he was unwilling to remain quiet about his religion and insisted on evangelizing and debating.  Come to think about it that was pretty much the same reason Jesus was crucified was it not?  But, all the talk today by the so called Christian soldiers seems to be about getting along, how we are all going to the same place no matter what we believe or practice anyway, and how it is so unchristian to fight one another.  Some are willing to go so far with this approach as to say one does not even have to be a Christian – any religion will do.

Jude says he wrote "exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith." (Jude 3 NKJV)  One cannot do that and not debate religion.  "We do not war according to the flesh.  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." (2 Cor. 10:3-5 NKJV)  Christians debate (casting down arguments), enter into religious discussions with earnestness, but that is as far as it goes.  No Christian, living as a Christian, would ever do harm to another.  "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." (Matt. 5:44 NKJV)  As I once wrote in another article Christian wars are a misnomer.

When one looks at the armor a Christian is to put on to fight the Christian warfare,"put on the whole armor of God" (Eph. 6:11 NKJV), that he might stand and not fall one finds that he is given "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Eph. 6:17 NKJV)  This is the word which is described in the Hebrew letter as being, "living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Heb. 4:12 NKJV)

There are those today who would remake the sword of the Spirit into a butter knife.  Just sharp enough to cut soft butter and that's it.  They do not want the sharpest two-edged sword ever made, one that pierces in the way described in Hebrews 4:12.  The fear is someone might get hurt, that is get their feelings hurt.  They are not going to wield any such sword and so you can forget them as an active soldier in the Lord's army.  If you have a rear view mirror you can probably look in it and see them high tailing it away if any sword fighting with the word gets near them.  They will not debate the truth; they will not contend earnestly for the faith.

One of the great failings of Christian understanding is to fail to understand that until the heart is pricked with the sword of the Spirit (and someone has to wield it) there can be no repentance, no seeking of salvation, and no turning from error to truth.  You may hurt a man's feelings for a day yet save his soul for eternity.  Until a man is convicted of the truth in his heart, the truth of his own sin, of his own error, the truth of what God requires of him, there will be no movement on that man's part and thus no salvation.

I will never forget the wisdom of an old long gone preacher of my youth, one I never met, one of another race, who has now been gone a few decades.  He was talking to a man who had been convicted of the truth but who was nevertheless unhappy with the preaching as this man felt the preacher had not spoken as softly and kindly as perhaps he could have and this offended the young man.  The old wise preacher made a comment along these lines – that preacher is the best friend you will ever have.  He taught you the truth and convicted you of it.  Obviously, this is a paraphrase but that is pretty much the exact thought expressed and how true it was and is yet to this day.  Many is the man who will speak softly to us and who will allow us to go to hell before they will offend us but how many a man is there who will tell us the truth?  Which of the two is really out friend?

I told my children when they were growing up that one of the worst things that happens with adulthood is that when you reach that point there are few who are willing to tell you the truth even when you are dead wrong.  When we are growing up we have parents, teachers, and other adults who do not hesitate to jump in and let us know we are in the wrong but once a man or woman reaches adulthood suddenly no one is friend enough to any longer tell us the truth about ourselves.  They nod and say yes to whatever we say.  The days of being rebuked for a bad attitude and wrong doing whether toward God or man have come to an end.  We are thus always right and never wrong and how dangerous that is.

I close with this.  God has an army.  A man is either going to be in it and be a faithful soldier and take the sword of the Spirit and use it properly, which means for something other than buttering his bread, or else he is not.  Either way there are consequences or results that follow.  For the one who picks up the sword of the Spirit and then drops it and turns tail and runs the Bible says, "The cowardly…shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (Rev. 21:8 NKJV)  That being the case the only real choice a man has, accept it or not, is fight or die.  

 

  

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Where can I find info on the Guards armoured division?

I'm doing some personal family research into Major G.A Hewes RASC and the GAD, of which my father was part of, does anyone have any insights into where I could find diaries etc apart from the national records of the war between the period June 1944 to May 1945. I have his war diary, and I would also like to know how to preserve this document. Thanks .

Inquire at the Guards Museum at Wellington Barracks on Birdcage Walk in London.

There is an email address by which you can contact the musuem on the website.

I added a few more relevant museum links - Good luck.

Shogo - Mobile Armor Division

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