Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. ~ Matthew 10:16
But word to the Wise this is the SAME as
John 10:4 ~ And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
And He goeth behind them as well...and is as a rear guard
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. ~ Isaiah 52:12
Definition is Rear Guard of rereward...as a Rear Ward Such as ... Rereward - N. Variant spelling of rearward. The rear part of an army, or any advancing, moving body of people, (a rearguard) ...
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy REREWARD. ~ Isaiah 58:8
And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. ~ JOSHUA 6:9
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the REREWARD came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. ~ Joshua 6:13
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the REREWARD of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ~ NUMBERS 10:25
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the REREWARD with Achish. 1 SAMUEL 29:2
I want to thank God for being my Rearguard In Front and a bucker, and He has your Back with His Might Host and Glory and Praise be to Almighty God!!!
He will prove all things...Isaiah 59:15~21
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Psalm 7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
