Why the Swords and Axes? | Week of Swords and Axes Day #1

Why Swords and Axes?   |  Week of Swords and Axes Day #1

Why the Sword SoS? Why All the Axes? I thought you were a nice guy…

I’m still a nice guy. I’m the same SoS that I always was… To be honest, this was all just led by The Ghost. Isaiah 49:1-4 came to my heart a few days ago and I’ve been thinking about it for a week or so. One day I put a little post about something totally different on my facebook page and it just kept flowing. The next day my wife woke up early; flowing with a crazy powerful message for like 5 hours straight. She’s pregnant so she NEVER wakes up early. Her message is actually the biggest axe of the week! The next day I was woken around 4 am with another really hardcore message. This was blowing our minds, so I decided that this week would be the “Week of Swords and Axes.” Then a friend sent me another crazy sharp swordified video message that the Lord gave them. We couldn’t stop it, so we just decided to flow with it.

BIG SWORDS ARE FOR FIGHTING

Isaiah 49: 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me

We don’t wrestle with flesh and blood. We fight with Spiritual principalities, powers, and false ideologies that they promote from the heavenly realm (Ephesians 6). When we pray and speak the Word angels fight. Obviously there are some big battles going on and God needs someone to speak those swords to get these battles won.

 

SMALL SWORDS ARE FOR PRUNING

John 15 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

A plant has branches, leaves and fruit. If our lives are plants, our results are our fruit. When we produce good fruit of love and faithful discipleship for Jesus Christ, it’s a good thing. Why do we still need swords? Because God wants to produce MORE fruit… So He cuts off the branches in your life that aren’t bearing fruit, because they are taking energy and resources from the branches that are bearing fruit. God cuts off diseased branches that produce rotten fruit, spoiled fruit, fruit that is too small, or no fruit at all.

If the tree doesn’t produce any fruit at all, He burns it.

The sword represents God’s pruning knives, from the mouth of a messenger who will cut off wicked things in our life with the Word of God. It’s necessary for everyone. Swords don’t mean you are doing bad. When God gives you swords, it means you are doing well, and God wants even MORE out of you!

 

AXES GO TO THE ROOT

Matthew 3 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down , and cast into the fire.

The axe is a little different from the sword. The sword is to trim leaves and branches, outside things. The Sword is for people that are doing well. The axe is for people that are doing evil, and aren’t producing good fruit at all.

Continuing our tree analogy, the tree draws sustenance from under the ground through roots. Satan comes from under the ground in hell and introduces poisonous influences and diseases. It goes throughout the tree through the roots. It permeates through to all the branches, all the leaves, and all the fruit.

So we get the axe. We dig up under the ground, and we take the axe to the root of the tree. We cut out the wicked root, and replace the poisonous dirt with new fresh clean dirt. Or we just kill the tree, let it fall and plant a new one in a better place.

The Role of God’s Messenger

Jeremiah 1: 9 …And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See , I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out , and to pull down , and to destroy , and to throw down , to build , and to plant .

Jeremiah was told to speak God’s words and root out, pull down, destroy, throw down… then build, and plant.

Gods Words in Jeremiah’s Mouth was Authority:

Over Nations – governmental authorities – (as buildings)

Over Kingdoms – financial authorities – (as plants)

Actions That God’s Messenger Was Responsible to Do:

Root out: pull up what has grown up by the roots (as a plant)

Pull Down: pull down the branches that have grown up (as a plant)

Destroy: demolish, cause to vanish (as a building)

Throw down: tear down (as a building)

Plant (after pulling down)

Build (after tearing down)

So we’re not going to take shortcuts and step in as “blind visionary leaders” or “false prophets” to “Build and Plant” before we have done steps 1-4: “Root out, Pull down, Destroy, and Throw Down.”

So it’s the Week of Swords and Axes here at SoSpression blog. Why? God is fighting with big swords, pruning His people with small swords, and taking Axes to the poison filled roots of every wicked tree in His Kingdom.

So put #wosaa and #killingidols and #ifeargod on your facebook and twitter; with a link to www.sospression.com. If you have a friend who likes truth, tell them to follow @esosa on twitter or on www.sospression.com

Why Talk Politics? | PLUS Why I Support Ron Paul for President

Why Do We Talk Politics?

+ Why I support Ron Paul for President

As A Christian, shouldn’t you just focus on Jesus? Why Talk About Politics?

As Christians, we don’t just talk about politics, we talk and speak with authority over politics.

Jeremiah 1:10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

God set Jeremiah his messenger OVER nations (government authorities) and kingdoms (financial authorities). Later in Jeremiah 1 God told Jeremiah that Kings, Princes, Priests, and other people would fight against him, but they would not prevail against him.

Jeremiah was faithful to the message God gave him for decades. His message outlasted everyone else, and it all came true.

As a man made in the image of God, spiritually my authority is OVER nations and kingdoms, not under them. When I speak and direct politics, I’m exercising my authority. Jesus Christ told us that we have authority in heaven and earth.

China Church versus U.S. Church

In China there is an ‘official’ government sanctioned church that can’t preach the resurrection of Jesus. Perhaps the reason is because that eliminates the fear of death. Neither can they preach any messages that correct government policies.

There is also a persecuted, underground, a.k.a. ‘real’ Church that speaks what God says.

In America, they don’t even have to ban us or restrict us because we cut out our own “spiritual throats” because of fear, or because of money; we do not want to lose our 501c3 statuses. This is a shame that we don’t want to speak with our God-given authority because of popularity, money, or branding.

Or, we give our spiritual authority to ‘Right Wing’ groups who don’t teach the bible for 3 years… but then when elections come around they shove some wack (business is God) candidate down our throat. They don’t mind if this person has no integrity, has inconsistent records, can’t tell the truth, or has 3 wives and 3 mistresses.

Or, we give our spiritual authority over to ‘Left Wing’ (government is God) groups who doesn’t even pretend to know the Bible or the importance of liberty (where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty 2 Corinthians 3:17). They don’t understand the biblical role of government.

Our Spiritual Authority

In the Kingdom of God, our authority is not in legislation, it’s in our “throats.” Our authority is in our persuasion and our conviction of truth and love. But if we cut our throats out, where is our authority? It’s gone.

So then the world suffers because the people that are in spiritual authority are scared to exercise that authority where it matters. Or they take 3 years off when it’s not election time.

John the Baptist used his spiritual authority

Preachers like Jesus the King of the Universe and John the Baptist spoke to government tax collectors and Roman soldiers telling them exactly what to repent from.

Luke 3:  7 So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? 8 Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham. 9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire. 10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do? 11 And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same. 12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. 14And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you. (Bible in Basic English)


– John the Baptist spoke to Roman government tax collectors and soldiers about what they did with their money.
– John the Baptist spoke to Roman government tax collectors and soldiers about what they did with their life.
– John the Baptist told Herod ‘It’s unlawful for you to have your brother’s wife’ (Mark 6).

Jesus Himself called Herod a ‘fox’ because he was a sneaky dog (Beware of Dogs) that used his mouth for evil. (Luke 13:32)

Jesus spoke often to the governing body of Jerusalem (the religious leaders), and His words came to pass for the city of Jerusalem, just as Jeremiah’s words came to pass (Matthew 23, 24).

God anointed Paul to preach to “kings” as well. He went to the political leaders of many cities, even the barbarian island. That’s new testament. Our job is not just to preach the gospel of individual salvation, but the gospel of the Kingdom (Matt 24). Jesus is King of all, coming back to literally reign. Everything must adjust to His truth. We don’t need government positions to do this, but we do proclaim all truth, and let conviction change the world. Everyone has a right to repent, no matter if their job is sweeping floors, or making laws.

The essence of what Jeremiah was called to do was proclaim God’s Word. We see similarities of the Word of God’s effect in the call of Daniel, the Apostle Paul, John the Baptist, and Jesus Christ. This is a scriptural principle that can be seen most obviously in the call of Jeremiah. The fact that God’s Word changes everything, and that everyone has a right to repent, no matter what their job is. God’s Word has a life of its own, and it is indomitable. Repentance and adjustment to His Word also has fruit. And the lack of repentance has serious consequences for everyone.

The call to love, obey, and proclaim God’s Word is part of God’s call to “all believers.” It’s part of the 1st commandment, the 2nd commandment, and the Great Commission. 

We Are The Authority
As human beings made in the image of God, we have to realize that we are the authority on earth. People are dying systematically, babies are being murdered systematically, poor people are being oppressed systematically. If the people that actually have the real power (Believers) don’t do or say anything on these issues, then the problems become our fault.

We need to begin to break in pieces the oppressors; as our Messiah does, so do we.

Psalms 72: 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor

We who are made in the image of God are the ones walking as ‘lower case gods’, a.k.a. God’s representatives on earth. The foundations of the earth are out of course because of us.

Psalms 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand ; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course . 6 I have said , Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

As Christians, our authority is to be used to deliver the poor and break oppressors into pieces. Not only spiritual oppressors like satan and sin, but also the wicked world systems that hold people in bondage.
Why do I support Ron Paul? a.k.a. “You Shall Know them by their Fruits”

Why do you support Ron Paul?

1. See above statements on Jeremiah. – Ron Paul has been standing on the same messages for 40 years, being faithful to his message alone, in the face of opposition from everyone. He predicted all of the financial crises before they happened because he understands real economics.

Part of the reason he is the only candidate qualified to be President is because he is the only candidate with years of study and published works on Austrian Economics. Austrian economics is based on truth and empirical evidence. This allows him to know what’s going on, foresee the results of economic decisions, and know how to solve economic problems. He can critique and classify economic decisions better than any other candidate.

2. See above statement about John the Baptist.  Ron Paul is the only one that has been telling Republicans AND Democrats ‘It is unlawful for you to do this and that…’ He has more courage than 80% of the preachers in this nation.

Part of the reason he is the only candidate qualified to be President is because he is the only candidate with years of study and published works on the Constitution and first principles of the United States. This allows him to critique and classify decisions relating to law more accurately than any other candidate. Most of the other candidates either are liars or flip floppers.

3. Liberty – Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17). Ron Paul understands the value and importance of liberty. He is the original promoter of those ideas to this generation. He believes that people should be honored as individuals, not dominated and robbed by so-called public servants.

4. Isn’t he racist? What about those newsletters? Here’s a video showing how racist Ron Paul is. He’s actually someone that volunteered as a doctor giving health care to the poor. Even IF he did have newsletters with racist comments that someone else wrote under his leadership – that was a management mistake, not a racist mistake. It’s obvious that he’s not racist. At least his management of his newsletter was a mistake and repented. And he has fruits from his repentance. He disavowed those statements way back in 1996. (See John the Baptist’s biblical requirements on repentance).

5. He’s the only politician that I’ve heard speak out against the racial injustice of the Drug war. Did you know that the same president that declared the war on drugs is the same President that wanted to get rid of the ‘Negro Bastards’ by funding Planned Parenthood? Black people are 12% of the population, but 35% of the prison population. Black people do not use drugs any more than white people, but they are imprisoned for it more. Just as abortion is the easy way to enforce racism for the ‘Left Wing’; the war on drugs is an easy way to enforce racism for the ‘Right Wing’ military war business. Have you ever wondered why crack cocaine prison sentences were on average 3.5 years longer than powder cocaine sentences?

6. Ron Paul is Pro-Life. His first published book was Abortion and Liberty. It is available for free here. That was his first published book, written in 1983. The significance of beginnings is powerful. Ron Paul just may be the one that God has called to end the bloody curse of tax-financed abortion on our land.

Psalms 106:38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.

Abortion was and always will be rooted in racism and eugenics. Watch Maafa 21 on youtube. So how is Ron Paul a racist and people that support abortion aren’t?

We pay for abortion (systematic racism and genocide) with our TAX dollars. Big businesses give to Planned Parenthood. Republicans have been talking against abortion for years, but Ron Paul is the only politician that will actually do something about it. He can’t arbitrarily reverse Roe v Wade, but he will cut government down to size and break in pieces the oppressor (Psalms 72:4). That will limit government support of abortion.

7. He will break oppressors to pieces. He already has a comprehensive and specific plan to cut down the size of government by $1 Trillion, and that’s just in year one. Government that serves its limited purpose is not oppressive, but Government that continuously grows – is. Part of the reason you want an Austrian economist and a Constitutionalist as President instead of a person who knows how to “grow a business” is because you don’t want someone whose mindset is to grow their own power in charge of government.

Government is not a business that should use tax money to grow perpetually. Businesses by nature are always set up to grow. Publicly owned businesses, especially have to grow no matter what. They often end up consuming the environment, their consumers, and the economy for the benefit of their shareholders instead of their customers. Government is set up to uphold the rule of law so that businesses don’t externalize their bad costs to the public. We don’t need big business and banks running Government with bribes, lobbies, unions, and the Washington establishment.

Ron Paul is the only candidate who did NOT support bailouts, government mandated health care (a.k.a. forced profits for big health care businesses), or law-breaking legislation like the Patriot Act and NDAA. He is also the original troubler of the Federal Reserve, big banks. He also supports Right to Work, so that Unions don’t control people’s jobs.

Ron Paul’s vision is to take our economy back to the time when businesses had to keep rules and serve customers, not buy rules from the government, and consume customers. The fact that Ron Paul doesn’t fit in with big business and big government is a good thing. He’s on the side of liberty for the people. Ron Paul is the only person that the Banks, Big government professionals, and the left AND right wing media are scared of.
8. He has supporters of every race. People that don’t even like politics recognize that he is a truth teller. I personally know many spiritually sensitive people that hate politics. They see a Ron Paul youtube video and say “He’s the first politician I’ve ever heard that doesnt sound like he’s lying”

9. Leadership – when your enemies imitate and follow you, you are a true leader. In the last 5 years all the Republicans have tried to act like they were more like Ron Paul on financial issues. But they aren’t. They’ll fake it until they get a chance to start a war business.

Even Democrats are now talking about shrinking government and ending unlawful wars. But they won’t.

10. “I like Ron Paul except on foreign policy.” How about you say it like this –  I like George Washington, except on foreign Policy. Ron Paul has the same foreign policy as the first President. People that say this are actually the worst philosophically – they are the wolves that wear sheep’s clothing instead of fur.

That’s like saying: “I like Integrity – except when it’s inconvenient.” Or “I like honesty, except when there’s a chance for me to grab more power over you.” People like this are the psychopathic wolves.

Ron Paul is not against war or protection. He’s for Constitutional and legal wars, not illegal ones!

War is still war. It’s killing, raping, and pillaging. Do you really think our soldiers are in 150 nations doing only productive things with positive motives? Some veterans come back psychotic, depressed, broken, and homeless. Approximately 13% of the homeless in Detroit are veterans. There should be a limit to war. But maybe the war business doesn’t want us to limit war because war is their business. Maybe the banks don’t want us to end any wars because that’s how many nations stay in debt. Sometimes war is necessary, but a constitutional limit to war is mandatory.

The constitution is NOT the bible. Any organization can have a constitution. But what the Constitution represents is integrity. Integrity is, by definition 100%, or nonexistent. A foundation with a crack in it has no integrity.

11. What about drugs? Do you remember the Prohibition? How did that work out for you?
The whole gangster culture, that inspires gangster rap, gangs and urban decay for the past 100 years… all stemmed from us trying to ban what God has not banned – alcohol. I don’t drink alcohol because I’m a Nazarite that loves God in my heart, more than wine. But I don’t need Government to make it illegal.

Let’s say they legalize marijuana. Will I buy it? No. Will my children buy it? No. Why, because I will raise them right.

Christians need to learn to use their real authority – persuasion, conviction, and preaching, instead of using Government to legislate bans on legal substances.

Legal drugs kill more people than illegal drugs. Specifically, in Florida in 2007, legal drugs killed 300% more people than illegal drugs. But the FDA gets our tax dollars. Do these things make you go hmmmmm?

Cigarettes kill people every year. But they are not banned.

Government does need to protect the public. Just like drinking and driving is illegal. Drugs should be illegal while driving. Giving someone in the public secondhand smoke or a contact high should be illegal, just like pollution. Government should also protect people from breaking contracts and lying in advertising.

But the hypocrisy of banning certain harmful substances and allowing other harmful substances (that benefit certain races or certain businesses) is a waste of time and it is oppression.

12. What about Israel and the last days? Ron Paul is a friend of Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees with Ron Paul. He supports Israel by trading with them so they can prosper. Not by giving them our money, and then turning around and giving their enemies even more money! He would probably support them by partnering and treating them like a sovereign nation, not bossing them around.

But it’s the last days – the world is headed towards tribulation and World War III anyway. Ron Paul is cool, but we don’t care because the world is about to end.

First of all, the anti-Christ is only going to rule over 10 nations. (Revelations 13) Does our nation have to be one of them? No.

Someone with Ron Paul’s liberty principles would NEVER submit to a conglomerate of foreign nations, even if the anti-Christ was ruling them. I sure hope my nation doesn’t submit to the anti-Christ. I won’t support that.

God set physical land boundaries and time limitations for each nation (Acts 17:26). America is no exception, despite what American Exceptionalists will tell you.

A liberty based president would also never submit to or be subverted by Sharia law, since it is not constitutional.

Yes, Jesus Christ is coming back soon. Yes, the anti-Christ is coming to power sometime, somewhere. I don’t know when or where. But you don’t have to support the anti-Christ. As a matter of fact, if you support the anti-Christ system, you will be judged severely.

To Sum It Up

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty. As a Christian made in the image of God, you are the real authority on this earth. We need to break in pieces the oppressors (Psalms 72). As Christians, our Kingdom is not of this world. But we have authority in this world to help bring light, liberty, and break oppressors to pieces. Use your spiritual authority to elect Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is not our Savior, Jesus Christ is. But based on his fruit (you shall know them by their fruits– Jesus) Ron Paul will do what’s right and tell the truth, and that’s all we can ask.

Will I be hurt if Ron Paul is not elected President? No. But at least I’ll know that I supported what was right to the best of my ability.

If My People: The Cry and the Joy | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 22 –

 If My People – The Cry and the Joy

 As we prepare for the Call 11-11-11 National Solemn assembly in Detroit, we want to pray that it would really be Solemn. We are praying that God would release a Cry for the Abominations we have done.

The key to turning a nation is in God’s people turning our hearts back to God. Sometimes we aren’t even aware of the sins that we have committed. We think that how we live and what we do as the Church is normal and Godly. A messenger of God, that will boldly and gently point out the specific sins and errors that we don’t yet recognize, is a crucial component of any revival and awakening that God seeks to bring to a people.

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray , and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7

We know this scripture back and forth, but what is missing? We gather to pray and we have more pictures than prayers. We have gatherings that are everything but solemn, and we have a Church culture that glosses over and covers up sins, rather than exposing them so that we can cry or feel emotion over them. This stops us from turning to God from the heart. God is going to turn this type of Church culture on its head. 

When Does the Joy Come?

7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth , more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need *no repentance. Luke 15

Is there anyone in the Church who is perfect, and “needs no repentance?” We are righteous by the blood of Christ, but when we really seek God and observe His ways, oftentimes we will find items where we need repentance. GOD in heaven has joy when those who have sinned repent and turn their heart to God.

We need to take part in the full emotion and personality of God. Full joy, full celebration, partying, music and dancing (Luke 15), but ONLY after we receive full vision, full disgust, crying and sadness over sin, and turning. No its not bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Its abandoning our soul to Him and being filled with the Word and Spirit of God.

Join us on Fridays leading up to The Call and join us at The Call in TRUE REPENTANCE….

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

Mark the Ones Who Cry… | Countdown to the Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 25 –

Mark the Ones Who Cry

Ezekiel 9

 1He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

 2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

 3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;

 4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

 5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

 6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Where are those in God’s house wo will cry out? Who will literally cry for the abominations done in His sanctuary? For the unclean being called clean? The church celebrates while “gospel” singers and choirs sing with worldly purposes. Who is going to cry out for homosexuality being tolerated in the church? For the fornication that is tolerated and covered up for in the church? For the children that are neglected and left to the school system and entertainment to raise? Where is the CRY?!

We as the body of Christ MUST be sensitive to the heart of God, loving what He loves and hating what He hates. In Ezekiel 9 those who were troubled by the ungodliness going on in God’s house, those who cried about it, who lamented over it, who hurt over it, they were sealed from destruction. Why? Because they took the time to seek and know God, loving God’s commands and hating the ways of the flesh. Those who knew of the abominations, who saw the evil happening in God’s temple, but who did not cry, who were indifferent, who pretended not to see, not to know, they were given over to destruction. Where are those who CRY?!

Our young people are being taken from the church to the world, before our eyes…WHERE IS THE CRY?!

Our marriage covenants are being broken, God hates divorce….WHERE IS THE CRY?!

Pastors are preacing and teaching false doctrine and we eat it…WHERE IS THE CRY?!

Fasting and prayer and studying God’s word is the ONLY way to have your eyes open to the truth, to know God’s heart, to understand the seriousness of the hour. According to Psalms 19, in order to see our sin, we must know and treasure God’s law, testimonies, statutes, commandment, fear of God, and God’s judgements. Then we will see our errors, and be cleansed from secret faults, and sin will not have dominion over us.

Isaiah 58

6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

 8Then 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 reward.

 9Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

 10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

 11And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

 12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

 13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

 14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

PRAY FOR GOD TO RELEASE THE CRY AGAINST SIN IN YOUR HEART AND IN HIS CHURCH!!!! HE IS ABLE!!!

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

Apostasy is Divorce | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 34 –

Apostasy – The Roots of Divorce in the Church

God said let no man separate what God put together. God is witness with us and our wives, because of the covenant promises we make before Him. God hates divorce.

14 Yet ye say , Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously : yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away : for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously Malachi 2 

So why is divorce so common in the church? I learned something yesterday that blew my mind. Just as we learned about Jezebel, and how adultery and fornication is spiritual, as well as natural. “First the Natural, then the Spiritual. (1 Corinthians 15)” Well look at the definitionof apostasy.

Apostasia: a falling away, defection, apostasy.

“The Greek word Apostosia comes from the root word
Apostasion meaning “divorce.”  Those who
fall into apostasy are divorced from God.”

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed , the son of perdition; 2 Thessalonians 2

So “falling away” from God (apostasy) and “putting away” (divorce) are closely related.  So now we have an insight into why there is so much divorce in the Church. Because some of us have fallen away from God. The natural reflects the spiritual.

The mercy of the Lord endures forever, so believe me I’m not trying to condemn anyone who has ever had a divorce. I’m just trying to hear what God is saying and make a spiritual connection that will give us wisdom on the decisions we make. Could the root of divorce in the Church be false doctrine in the Church, and a falling away from God? If I’m contemplating divorce, is there false doctrine in my life that has caused me to fall away from God first? Is the rate of divorce in the Church evidence that we are in the middle of the great falling away already? If my spiritual leader is divorcing his wife, has he divorced God already too? Should I follow someone who has divorced God? Hmm… lets turn our wheels and keep our eyes open. Let’s keep our hearts married to God, then our marriages will be better and stronger for it.

Shot out to my wife Shereena! I love you – divorce was never and will never be an option:-) Because we love Jesus first!

Let’s turn our hearts back to God!

We will be seeking to achieve the great repentance that is necessary to turn our city and nation around at DaHOP on Friday nights. Join us. Daniel turned a nation repenting and praying all by himself! So if 3 of you come and join us on Fridays leading up to The Call and join us at The Call in TRUE REPENTANCE…. What could happen in our nation?

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

4th Message from Jesus – How to Rule the Nations and Governments!

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4th Message:How to Rule the Nations and Governments!

A Message from Jesus to Excellent Christians Dealing with a Seducing Spirit of Compromise

(Thyatira) Revelation 2:18-29

Jesus describes Himself to this Church:

“He that says these things is:

1.The SON of GODI’m GOD, not just a man. I’m on another level, different, and separate. My ways and thoughts and agenda is different than man’s.

2.With EYES like FLAMES of FIRE… My eyes are active and full of energy. Flames don’t stand still; they are active, powerful, and energetic. That’s the way I see and look at my Church.

3.With FEET like fine BRASS… Brass is heavy and solid. Jesus is not going anywhere! I will stand my ground in my Church, unmoveable and steadfast. Anything that is against me will not push me out, I will push it out!

Jesus is intimately acquainted with and understands this group of Christians’:

1.Works – They had good works, which is the first thing Jesus looks at with His Churches.

2.Charity – They had Charity, which is the greatest thing, and bond of maturity and perfection.

3.Service – They served well.

4.Faith – They were strong in faith, which is precious to God. They weren’t weak in faith.

5.Patience – They also were patient and longsuffering.

6.Works – the last works are more than the first works.

So according to Jesus, this is a very good and excellent Church. Not only did they do good works, they were commended twice for their works, and the last was better than the first. So they were getting better and better! They “had it going on.”

PROBLEMS:

Even with all that excellence and good works, Jesus has a few things AGAINST this group of Christians because they ALLOW Jezebel, a false prophetess to teach and seduce HIS servants to:

1.Commit fornication

2.Eat food (harmless things) sacrificed to idols.

Jesus keeps having BEEF with the same issues: fornication & idolatry. Or, better yet: “allowing the teaching and promoting” of fornication & idolatry.

He hates the doctrine of Balaam which puts a stumbling block and tricks people into fornication & idolatry.

He hates the Nicolaitan doctrine that conquers and corrupts people into idolatry and fornication.

Now He hates the allowing of Jezebel to teach and seduces His servants into fornication and idolatry with the world.

(See 3 Main Doctrines that Jesus Hates).

Why does JESUS HATE fornication and idolatry so much? Why does He keep emphasizing these things? Fornication is sexual activity outside of marriage. Idolatry is spiritual adultery. Adultery is a sexual relationship outside of your marriage. Spiritually, it’s anything you put before your relationship with God. THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE! What is your relationship with God?

Realize that Jesus’s greatest relationship with His Church is that of a Bridegroom to a Bride!

THE REAL ISSUE

If your fiance’ or betrothed spouse was having sex with someone else, how would you feel?

Well, that’s how fornication and spiritual adultery (idolatry) makes JESUS feel. Jesus loves you and He wants you exclusively. He doesn’t want to marry a prostitute/whore. He forgives prostitutes and spiritual whores like we were, then asks us to love Him exclusively.

Spiritually, Jesus wants us to be faithful to Him as a spouse, not “leaving our first love” (like the Ephesus Church in the 1st Message), or allowing fornication and adultery (like Pergamos in the 3rd Message, and like this Thyatira Church). It all comes back to JESUS’s PASSIONATE LOVE AND DESIRE FOR YOUR SOUL. He LIKES YOU!

Back to the 4th Message:

REPERCUSSIONS

“I gave her (Jezebel) space to repent of her fornication, but she wouldn’t.” God gives compromising teachers in the Church time, space and chances to turn around and do something different. Evidently this false prophetess is really rebellious.

1.“I will cast her into a bed, and those that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.” Jesus will put Jezebel and other adulterers with her into much trouble. But he still is merciful and gives them time to change.

2.I will kill her children with death.” Children born by her will die. Those spiritual “babies” that the Church allows her to teach will be killed, by Jesus.

3.All the Churches will know that I am He who searches the reins (thoughts & purposes of the soul) and hearts, and I will reward everyone for their works.” This is where you see Jesus’ initial self-description come back. “When they see what I do to compromisers, all the Churches will know that my flaming fiery eyes can see everything inside their hearts, and that I don’t back down from MY purposes. You will reap what you sow.”

Jesus is a BOSS.

Jesus doesn’t just look at appearances… (whether you are in Church or not and how your life appears on the outside). He sees your heart! Be faithful to Him only!

AS FOR THE REST OF YOU:

To the rest of you who are NOT running with Jezebel, and aren’t teaching the compromising doctrine (which is from Satan)… You all just keep doing what you are doing until I come back. You all are doing very excellently – just keep up the good works!

PROMISES:

If you excellent Christians: ignore the seductions of Jezebel – who tries to preach & prophesy you into relationships with idols, false gods, and sexual activity outside of marriage… AND you keep up the good works until the END:

1.I will give you POWER OVER NATIONS, You will rule them with a rod of Iron and will break them like clay pots.”That means that when Jesus comes back to the earth, He will set you in Authority over a country, or a few countries & nations. You will rule them, and He will have you break down former the government systems and infrastructures… and they will have to SUBMIT to Jesus through YOU!

2.And I will give Him the MORNING STAR. You will get authority over a star that is like the sun. An abundance of light, power, and energy is in it.

To any excellent Christians with political ambitions: Jesus can give you Political power and Power over light & energy. All you have to do is be excellent, and overcome the compromising spirit of Jezebel.

If you have a spiritual ear to hear, please pay attention to the deeper meanings that the Spirit of God is trying to get across to many different groups of Christians.

We all know that only Jesus can solve the biggest problems of the world right now (economic, oil, energy, war). Men may try to get together and accomplish progress. Progress is always good – but as long as mankind is sinful by nature, man will mess things up. That’s why Jesus is coming soon, literally and physically! He can give you the authority over NATIONS. Do you want to be on Jesus’ International Dominion team? Overcome the spiritual compromises of Jezebel!

Next:

5th Message: How to Stay Saved And Keep Your Name in the Book of Life

A Message from Jesus to the Dead Christians

(Sardis) Revelation 3:1-6

– Get the Book that exposes and confronts OT Jezebel AND NT Jezebel (they operate very differently): Killing Idols For REVIVAL. So you can overcome and rule nations and governments with Jesus Christ.