Are Christians in a battle today, and is Christianity worldwide under attack?
Yes. Christians are presently in a battle, and Christianity worldwide is coming under ferocious attack. Persecution against Christians is rampant, described as warfare that will get worse. The context affirms believers are in this conflict now, awaiting the trumpet call that signals the battle is over and going home.
Les explains that just as a trumpeter's call carried commands and, after a Roman victory, announced the legions were going home to Italy and Rome, so believers are now in a battle. He says even the press and Congress are waking up to the fact that Christianity worldwide is under ferocious attack, with persecution rampant against Christians; it is warfare and will get worse. Yet the trumpet call means the battle is over, we have won, and we are going home. Les believes we are getting closer to the day when that trumpet call will take us out of this existence and, as Paul says, we will suddenly be changed.