Armor of God

The Divine Warrior's full battle rattle

You may have heard about Paul’s use of military metaphor in Ephesians 6:13-17, where he talks about putting on “the whole armor of God.” (v.11) But did you know it is not so much borrowed from the Roman military as it is ancient scriptural tradition?

Here is the full passage in the NRSV;

Depending on how you count it, there are as many as five definite it…