This video has good information about rejection. I post it because rejection is something we've all felt at one time or another. Some of us our whole lives. I know a man who was abused as a child. He's a gentle man, shy by most's standards. He may or may not look you in the eye when he talks to you. I know he had an abusive childhood because he told me. I could have guessed because I've seen the same traits in myself. I have an upcoming post on my sister blog about favoritism and the Bible, which I mention because rejection is a huge component of favoritism. It's a rather ugly behavior with long-lasting and devastating consequences. But rejection can stop with us. Take a stand against it in your own life. Realize how much God loves you. And try to see yourself through His eyes. Amen?
If you are a praying person, please consider praying for my oldest brother who was admitted to the emergency room with blood clots on his lungs this weekend. He got the covid shots starting about a year ago because his job required it. I assume he's been up-to-date with the boosters as well. Anyone who has investigated the covid vaccinations knows they cause blood clots and heart problems, and that's only in the short term. How I pray for a brother or sister who has taken the shot is that God would turn it to something harmless like water in their veins. They may need prayer for deliverance after taking the shot, but do as the Lord leads you. Thank you for reading, and God bless.
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This is a post of a personal nature. I went through a very traumatic and dark event in my life a few years ago that didn't seem like it would ever end. It was a divorce, but it was also more than that. There's always more. I know. Recently, that door to suffering closed forever. What closed that door?
What did I do? Love. Forgive. Repeat. I was holding onto things that were making me feel stuck. I know I'm not the only person who endured divorce, but how I made it through that was a miracle. God provided a way. Human suffering is not a cut-and-dried thing. It's something we all do differently. I took it particularly hard. As I write this, I am much saner and happier than even a year ago. I came upon this article that reminded me of the process I went through with forgiving people who hurt and disappointed me and then praying for God to bless them in whatever way they need. I also recently quit my job and now must apply the same process. This process of loving and forgiving is necessary for me. It doesn't come easily. I force myself to do it. Eventually, it will become easy. I do it every day as often as I need. I pray this post helps someone. God's love is the cure for all of life's trials and tribulations. But love is a verb, too, and simply knowing it's out there doesn't do much good. We have to apply it to our lives and the lives of those around us. That's what I'm trying to do. Thank you all for reading, and God bless. Obviously, this is an old interview, probably in the 60s or 70s on BBC Network. (Start at about the 10-minute mark.) But, it's a short clip and worth watching because it pertains to our modern experience and supposed resurgence of racism of all kinds. Let me state before you watch the video I don't care what you do. If you want to marry someone of a different culture or race, go ahead. God bless you! I won't tell you that doing so is wrong. But, let me point out that numerous sources show the Vatican and the new world order agenda have long targeted WASP culture in America and Europe, primarily. You see that now with immigration, etc.
I'm not against integration/intermarriage. Definitely not. I was taught those things were okay. But, strangely enough, when given a choice, races and cultures often self-segregate. Not long ago, on a college campus, the African American kids voted to segregate and have different buildings, boards, and instructors, etc. My, my, we've come along way. Or are we going backward? Nearly every day, I see in the news some white person apologizing for being white, or for something they didn't even do. None of my ancestors were slave owners, but I'm supposed to feel bad for being white, like there is something inherently bad about it. God made me this way. Go talk to Him if you feel I'm evil. My point is, erasing white bloodlines and culture is a goal of the new world order. I don't understand why, but I know it is true. Here, we have Muhammad Ali speaking contrary to his image, which was a firebrand of racial equality. Surely they expected him to speak about this topic in a completely different light. But the man was also known for being unapologetically outspoken. I think it's a great clip because it's so unexpected, regardless of what you think of his opinions. Much of the racial stuff we have right now is designed to divide us as a people, a nation, a culture, etc. It's supposed to make us easier to control. We are much harder to control if we are united Americans. All I'm asking is folks think about their beliefs, not to change them. Realize there are nefarious forces at work, pitting us against each other. Do I like racists? I work with several. I heard my parents recently say something uncharacteristically racist. A lot of that is triggered and doesn't necessarily represent their core values. Both my brothers married someone not their race or culture, so clearly we were not taught racism. I don't want to hate anyone, even if they have beliefs contrary to me, and I'm not even stating my beliefs here, just pointing out an obvious agenda. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, even if those beliefs are not popular or accepted. I've had it up to here with "cancelling" people because they said or did something against the grain. We are weakening humanity by limiting allowable thoughts, feelings, or beliefs. That is new world order thinking of the highest degree. Don't tell me what to think or believe. This post is merely something to think about. Think about what your culture and popular media is telling you. Think for yourself. A lot of the stuff out there is nothing but prescriptive thought, which, as Greg Graffin would would tell us, is a bad religion (belief system). Thank you for reading, and God bless. As believers, we know Jesus Christ won the most amazing spiritual victory for the entire world at Calvary. We know it was also at a tremendous cost. The devil surely thought he won by killing the Savior of the world, but little did he know he just unleashed a literal flood of grace upon all of humanity. Before Calvary, only the Jews received God's favor. After Calvary, all of mankind was included. Salvation was available for all. The devil worked so hard to ensure his own defeat. What a beautiful thing. But what an ugly process. The below is a blow-by-blow attempt to describe the death of Jesus Christ by a doctor. The original post was found here. I cannot think of what Jesus did for me without weeping, and this is no exception. I post it here because all Christians must understand the incredible cost and brutality of what Jesus endured. Because that is how much God loves us. Not only that, but He included the lost in that terrible price He paid. Yes, for all those who have ever lived on this planet God paid the price for them to go to heaven and live with Him for all eternity, even if they reject that wonderful gift. It is a sadness beyond any other sadness to reject such a gift.
The author leaves out what Jesus endured before even getting to the cross when He was literally sweating blood, which no one in recorded history has ever managed to live but a few hours after enduring. There is also mention of the shroud, which I don't think is an actual funeral garment. God knows the tendency of mankind to elevate such objects to importance they don't deserve, so I don't think any such thing was left behind. Nonetheless, there is much to contemplate in the words below. I pray this blesses everyone who reads it. *** The Anatomical And Physiological Details Of Death By Crucifixion: By Dr. C. Truman Davis A Physician Analyzes the Crucifixion. From New Wine Magazine, April 1982. Originally published in Arizona Medicine, March 1965, Arizona Medical Association. Crucifixion was invented by the Persians in 300 BC, and perfected by the Romans in 100 BC. 1,It is the most painful death ever invented by man and is where we get our term “excruciating.” 2,It was reserved primarily for the most vicious of male criminals. Jesus refused the anaesthetic wine which was offered to Him by the Roman soldiers because of His promise in Matthew 26: 29, “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.” 3,Jesus was stripped naked and His clothing divided by the Roman guards. This was in fulfilment of Psalm 22:18, “They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.” 4,The Crucifixion of Jesus guaranteed a horrific, slow, painful death. Having been nailed the Cross, Jesus now had an impossible anatomical position to maintain. 5,Jesus’ knees were flexed at about 45 degrees, and He was forced to bear His weight with the muscles of His thigh, which is not an anatomical position which is possible to maintain for more than a few minutes without severe cramp in the muscles of the thigh and calf. 6,Jesus’ weight was borne on His feet, with nails driven through them. As the strength of the muscles of Jesus’ lower limbs tired, the weight of His body had to be transferred to His wrists, His arms, and His shoulders. 7,Within a few minutes of being placed on the Cross, Jesus’ shoulders were dislocated. Minutes later Jesus’ elbows and wrists became dislocated. 8,The result of these upper limb dislocations is that His arms were 9 inches longer than normal, as clearly shown on the Shroud. 9,In addition prophecy was fulfilled in Psalm 22:14, “I am poured out like water, and all My bones are out of joint.” 10,After Jesus’ wrists, elbows, and shoulders were dislocated, the weight of His body on his upper limbs caused traction forces on the Pectoralis Major muscles of His chest wall. 11,These traction forces caused His rib cage to be pulled upwards and outwards, in a most unnatural state. His chest wall was permanently in a position of maximal respiratory inspiration. In order to exhale, Jesus was physiologically required to force His body. 12,In order to breathe out, Jesus had to push down on the nails in His feet to raise His body, and allow His rib cage to move downwards and inwards to expire air from His lungs. 13,His lungs were in a resting position of constant maximum inspiration. Crucifixion is a medical catastrophe. 14,The problem was that Jesus could not easily push down on the nails in His feet because the muscles of His legs, bent at 45 degrees, were extremely fatigued, in severe cramp, and in an anatomically compromised position. 15,Unlike all Hollywood movies about the Crucifixion, the victim was extremely active. The crucified victim was physiologically forced to move up and down the cross, a distance of about 12 inches, in order to breathe. 16,The process of respiration caused excruciating pain, mixed with the absolute terror of asphyxiation. 17,As the six hours of the Crucifixion wore on, Jesus was less and less able to bear His weight on His legs, as His thigh and calf muscles became increasingly exhausted. There was increasing dislocation of His wrists, elbows and shoulders, and further elevation of His chest wall, making His breathing more and more difficult Within minutes of crucifixion Jesus became severely dyspnoeic (short of breath). 18,His movements up and down the Cross to breathe caused excruciating pain in His wrist, His feet, and His dislocated elbows and shoulders. 19,The movements became less frequent as Jesus became increasingly exhausted, but the terror of imminent death by asphyxiation forced Him to continue in His efforts to breathe. 20,Jesus’ lower limb muscles developed excruciating cramp from the effort of pushing down on His legs, to raise His body, so that He could breathe out, in their anatomically compromised position. 21,The pain from His two shattered median nerves in His wrists exploded with every movement. 22,Jesus was covered in blood and sweat. 23,The blood was a result of the Scourging that nearly killed Him, and the sweat as a result of His violent involuntary attempts to effort to expire air from His lungs. Throughout all this He was completely naked, and the leaders of the Jews, the crowds, and the thieves on both sides of Him were jeering, swearing and laughing at Him. In addition, Jesus’ own mother was watching. 24,Physiologically, Jesus’ body was undergoing a series of catastrophic and terminal events. 25,Because Jesus could not maintain adequate ventilation of His lungs, He was now in a state of hypoventilation (inadequate ventilation). 26,His blood oxygen level began to fall, and He developed Hypoxia (low blood oxygen). In addition, because of His restricted respiratory movements, His blood carbon dioxide (CO2) level began to rise, a condition known as Hypercapnia. 27,This rising CO2 level stimulated His heart to beat faster in order to increase the delivery of oxygen, and the removal of CO2 28,The Respiratory Centre in Jesus’ brain sent urgent messages to his lungs to breathe faster, and Jesus began to pant. 29,Jesus’ physiological reflexes demanded that He took deeper breaths, and He involuntarily moved up and down the Cross much faster, despite the excruciating pain. The agonising movements spontaneously started several times a minute, to the delight of the crowd who jeered Him, the Roman soldiers, and the Sanhedrin. 30,However, due to the nailing of Jesus to the Cross and His increasing exhaustion, He was unable to provide more oxygen to His oxygen starved body. 31,The twin forces of Hypoxia (too little oxygen) and Hypercapnia (too much CO2) caused His heart to beat faster and faster, and Jesus developed Tachycardia. 32,Jesus’ heart beat faster and faster, and His pulse rate was probably about 220 beats/ minute, the maximum normally sustainable. 33,Jesus had drunk nothing for 15 hours, since 6 pm the previous evening. Jesus had endured a scourging which nearly killed Him. 34,He was bleeding from all over His body following the Scourging, the crown of thorns, the nails in His wrists and feet, and the lacerations following His beatings and falls. 35,Jesus was already very dehydrated, and His blood pressure fell alarmingly. 36,His blood pressure was probably about 80/50. 37,He was in First Degree Shock, with Hypovolaemia (low blood volume), Tachycardia (excessively fast Heart Rate), Tachypnoea (excessively fast Respiratory Rate), and Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). 38,By about noon Jesus’ heart probably began to fail. 39,Jesus’ lungs probably began to fill up with Pulmonary Oedema. 40,This only served to exacerbate His breathing, which was already severely compromised. 41,Jesus was in Heart Failure and Respiratory Failure. 42,Jesus said, “I thirst” because His body was crying out for fluids. 43,Jesus was in desperate need of an intravenous infusion of blood and plasma to save His life 44,Jesus could not breathe properly and was slowly suffocating to death. 45,At this stage Jesus probably developed a Haemopericardium. 46,Plasma and blood gathered in the space around His heart, called the Pericardium. 47,This fluid around His heart caused Cardiac Tamponade (fluid around His heart, which prevented Jesus’ heart from beating properly). 48,Because of the increasing physiological demands on Jesus’ heart, and the advanced state of Haemopericardium, Jesus probably eventually sustained Cardiac Rupture. His heart literally burst. This was probably the cause of His death. 49,To slow the process of death the soldiers put a small wooden seat on the Cross, which would allow Jesus the “privilege” of bearing His weight on his sacrum. 50,The effect of this was that it could take up to nine days to die on a Cross. 51,When the Romans wanted to expedite death they would simply break the legs of the victim, causing the victim to suffocate in a matter of minutes. This was called Crucifragrum. 52,At three o’clock in the afternoon Jesus said, “Tetelastai,” meaning, “It is finished.” At that moment, He gave up His Spirit, and He died. 53,When the soldiers came to Jesus to break His legs, He was already dead. Not a bone of His body was broken, in fulfilment of prophecy (above). 54,Jesus died after six hours of the most excruciating and terrifying torture ever invented. 55,Jesus died so that ordinary people like you and me could go to Heaven. All He Asks You is to Love Him, Your Lord, Your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’!! *** If you aren't sure if you've ever asked Jesus Christ to come into your heart and save you from all your sins, wouldn't you like to do that today? All you need to do is say a simple prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, if I've never asked you into my heart, please come into my heart today and save me from all my sins." God made the process as simple as possible. That's all you need to say. As long as you say that and mean it, God will come into you and take you to live with Him for all eternity. Amen. Thank you for reading, and God bless. The biblical account of Jezebel and Ahab is unusually detailed. A lot of those Old Testament kings either did wrong or did right, and God didn't spend a whole lot of time writing about them. But with Ahab and Jezebel, it is a different story. When God goes in-depth with a story, pay attention because it has a lot to offer. Also, God spends a lot of time penciling in details of Jezebel, which is even more unusual. Men lead kingdoms. Not women, certainly not back then. But she has a prominent role in the kingdom. Is it interesting to note the Bible mentions women ruling as a curse? Not very progressive of me to say that, I know, but the Bible doesn't kowtow to modern mores.
The whole story can be found here. This story is so rich, I could spend hours writing about it, but I want to focus on specific things and how they pertain to our lives today. Also, this is a partial picture of Ahab and Jezebel spirits and how they work. Move in the knowledge that God gives you. Every person is unique, and the devil adapts accordingly to work against God's plan for our lives. With Christians, I believe the devil comes up with a plan when that person is born, depending on their personality traits. He knows he can't stop us from being saved, so instead he focuses on causing us to lead defeated lives. Ahab and Jezebel spirits can do just that. If you find yourself up against the spirits of Ahab and Jezebel in your home, workplace, church, community, state, country, etc., bind the spirits of Ahab and Jezebel, but don't forget to loose godly spirits of Elijah and Jehu to counter. In the account of Elijah and the priests of Baal, after he killed 400 of them, he fled at the word that Jezebel was after him to kill him. Here was a man of God who just performed one of the most amazing miracles in the Bible by calling down fire from heaven and then the mighty victory of the slaughter of 400 wicked priests of Baal, and he turns tail and runs when he hears a little woman wants to kill him? Huh? It doesn't make sense unless you understand the power of Jezebel. A bit of personal perspective belongs here. The few times in my life when I felt my life was in danger was when I was dealing with someone who had a spirit of Jezebel. It is a wicked spirit like no other. I asked for a spirit of not just Elijah but Jehu to defend me in those circumstances. Jezebel spirits are so strong, they will literally drive a good man out of a workplace or home, they are that detestable and ugly. They drive a good man away and then complain that no man can stay. So they have to do everything themselves, which is how Jezebel likes it anyway. Jezebel is a master manipulator. And Ahab is eternally manipulatable. How bad is Jezebel? I had my life threatened by a Jezebel spirit multiple times at a job (knife to throat) and also in my home by my ex-wife (said she was going to cut my throat in my sleep). I was also physically assaulted (coworker came up behind me and put me in a headlock, choking me) at work by a Jezebel spirit. Jezebel does not like a strong man, or a man in control, or a godly man. She hates all men, but she tolerates a weak man she can control. I should mention Jezebel can also reside in men. It is not gender-specific. Also, all demons are male, so when I say "she" or "her," I'm referring to the person the demon is in. In Hebrew, Jezebel means "priest of Baal," not priestess, which shows the masculine, authoritative tendencies of the demon. I hope that clarifies. But, back to the story. Ahab cannot exist without Jezebel, and vice versa. They need each other. It is a symbiotic relationship. If you come across a woman with a Jezebel spirit, she is paired with a man who has an Ahab spirit. Sometimes you'll find an Ahab over several women who have Jezebel spirits, such as in a workplace. They play off each other. And Ahab also tends to hate women, at least secretly. He may be abusive on some level and, if a man is married, he will be neglectful of her as well as his duties. Resentment is a common emotion for Ahabs. Ahab wants to turn his wife into more of a mother figure, so he can continue to be the spoiled little boy, the Peter Pan character. Bedroom problems such as withholding sex or sexual blackmail can cause an Ahab man to seek extra-marital affairs, or at least to abandon his marriage on some level. He is frequently not at home, which is a better solution than having to deal with Jezebel. An Ahab man will always see women other than his wife as more attractive, which generates all sorts of problems for the couple. Premarital sex and extramarital sex are common with Ahab/Jezebel because sex is more about power than love. Another type of Ahab/Jezebel relationship is the gay son/overbearing mother, which seems common these days. It's not just heterosexual couples. A brief description of the Ahab spirit is in order. Read the account and you get a good idea, though. First of all, he is in rebellion against God. He is a weak leader. He has no backbone. He caves to what Jezebel wants. She was the one who led him, and thus the nation, into idolatry and Baal worship (which includes sacrificing babies). He is immoral. He wanted a man's land and when he was told he couldn't have it, went a moped for days. His wife told him to have the man killed and take the land, which he did. But you may not see those specific things in this day and age. So what do you see? Ahab men don't like serious, grownup things. They like to play, prance about, peacock, whatever. They are almost always interested in sports to an unusual degree. (Little boys like to play.) They don't want to grow up. They have a variety of arrested development issues. They will not take responsibility for their actions. They bend to what other people want (such as Jezebel). They make bad decisions as a result. Which makes Jezebel bitter and resentful, of course, because he is so weak and ineffective, which causes ... Jezebel to take up the slack, putting her into a position of authority for which she is not designed. Jezebel is also known to be a bit slutty. Sex is power. Jezebel is all about power, which she uses to constantly get her way at home, in the workplace, at the grocery store, in traffic, wherever. She is also immoral, doing anything for momentary pleasure. She also insists she is right — always. And she will get her way, come hell or high water. She has a temper. Watch out. Don't piss her off, people say. Ahab is scared of her, too. Maybe her children are, also. Of course, someone can have a spirit of Ahab or Jezebel and not exhibit all of these tendencies. But you will always find Ahab with a Jezebel (or cluster of them). An interesting note is Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians. She is royalty and acts like it. But, look at her father's name. Baal is even a part of his name. He and Jezebel were wholly given over to Baal worship, which was strictly forbidden for the Jews. Maybe Ahab married Jezebel as part of a political alliance, but Baal worship was part of the package. Baal worship brought a terrible curse and judgment upon the land, which Elijah upheld. When Jezebel died, God didn't even allow her to be buried, which was the tradition in Israel and Judah. Instead, dogs ate her, which is a decidedly fitting end for an evil woman. God did not want her to be honored in any way after her death, and the way she was dispatched and disassembled speaks volumes. God especially hated Jezebel. In the end, Ahab did humble himself, and God noticed. But Jezebel never did. Ahab was one of the wickedest kings in the Bible, and that wickedness was aided by his wife. God used lying spirits in the mouths of the prophets to persuade Ahab to go to war, where he was mortally wounded. He was buried, whereas Jezebel was not. Also, in Revelation 2:20-23 we see Jezebel show up again. I pasted it here because it is worth noting again how God feels about that spirit. "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works." In my marriage, I expected my now-ex-wife to handle certain situations because I was not at home much, working odd hours. I probably gave her too much authority. (I still hate dealing with food, though I did help with chores around the house, which is common for American men.) She had Jezebelic tendencies anyway, coming from a family of feminists/lesbians (feminists and lesbians are almost always Jezebels). My father was an Ahab, as was hers. These demons pass down through the family line. When I resisted the Ahab-Jezebel nature of my marriage, there was trouble. Crying. Fighting. Pitching a fit. Death threats. Forced sex (rape). Manipulations. Battles for control. It was ugly. Jezebel is a mean spirit. She is clamorous and loud and wants her way, though sometimes she does things passive-aggressively. Gives the silent treatment, withholds love/affection, uses sex to get her way, whatever. She is controlling, manipulative, proud, and almost never submissive (unless it suits her purposes). Submission is how a Proverbs 31 woman should act. For a woman in bondage to spirits of Jezebel, loose spirits of the virtuous woman, Elijah, and Jehu on her, in addition to binding spirits of Jezebel, manipulation, witchcraft, controlling, witchcraft control, etc., whatever you can think of. After Elijah slew the priests of Baal, Ahab went and told Jezebel (notice he deferred to her authority), to which Jezebel replied the same would be done to Elijah, which caused him to flee into the wilderness and have a proper pity party. He asked God to take his life at that point. Never before that point do we see the prophet cower like that. Jezebel is such a powerful spirit (and I felt this in my own life), many godly men run from it in fear and despair of life. This happened to me many times. But, I should note that Elijah was fresh off a tremendous victory. The tables had rightly turned on the priests of Baal. God humiliated them and then killed them through Elijah. He was likely under tremendous spiritual pressure, and exhausted, as well, from the physically demanding task of killing 400 people, and then running into the wilderness. He was low not only spiritually but physically. And that is exactly when the devil likes to counter-attack. He did it to Elijah, and he will do it to you and me. Beware after you've had a tremendous victory because that is often when the devil will target you. Not only that, but Elijah had surely forgotten to eat, as we see an angel come and make food for him while he was despairing of life under a juniper tree. He simply forgot to eat. After all of that physical exertion, God knew what he needed and provided food in the wilderness. The pity party continues when God asks Elijah what he's doing out there in the wilderness, to which Elijah replies he and only he was left to fight the Lord's battles, which is funny on many levels, but we've all been there. The devil likes to make us feel all alone. God informs him He has 7,000 still left in Israel, which is still a small number, but Elijah was certainly not alone. Unfortunately, Ahab and Jezebel are ruling spirits of the age. Look for them to increase and proliferate. Sports, entertainment, and mainstream media constantly reinforce the idea of a "strong woman" who supplants men. In fact, men are barely needed in our Western culture. Women raise children by themselves, go to school, have careers, friends, etc., all without the help, support, and direction of a man. That's because men renege on their responsibilities. Little boys can't raise families. They want to be out playing, messing around with flavor-of-the-week girls, drinking, playing video games, and watching sports instead of raising their kids and working hard, building a future for their families. If we can get men back in order, we can save families, communities, and our country. But men are full of Ahab spirits. And women are full of Jezebel spirits. We need more Elijah and Jehu spirits. Amen? When reading the Old Testament, parts of it read like a manual for war. What was true in the physical then is true in the spiritual now. The names of the kingdoms and kings in the promised land, for instance, pertain to the spiritual promised land in us. The wicked nations that lived there are now the demonic kingdoms in us. If you are involved in spiritual warfare (if you're not, why not?), you will see many tools and strategies in the Old Testament for routing the enemy. If you don't know the name of specific spirits (as a believer, you can command spirits in the name of Jesus Christ), you can label them by what they do or by a personality in the Bible who exemplified certain traits. For instance, when I am praying for someone enduring an unfair situation, I can loose spirits of Mordecai and Esther upon the situation to turn the tables and cause the enemy to fall into their own pits and snares or be hung on their own gallows. That is a wonderful tool. King David was a man after God's own heart. What was David known for? He was perhaps the bloodiest warrior in the Bible and went to war as often as possible. God wouldn't let him build His temple, his hands were so bloody. When he didn't go to war, that's when he got in trouble with Bathsheba. Even though King David screwed up royally, committing adultery and murder (both punishable by death under Mosaic law) and the census (leaning on the arm of flesh), God still said he was a man after His own heart. That shows how much God is willing to overlook our sins when we repent. Though our sins were as scarlet, now they are as white as snow. (God doesn't ask that we are perfect. The devil says we should be perfect because he knows we never will be, and he wants us to strive for that, and fail. He is the original lawyer, and legalist, insisting we never make mistakes. The quickest way out of trouble is to confess, repent, and move on. The devil wants to heap upon us guilt. Don't let him. If God forgave Moses, a murderer, and David, an adulterer and murder, and used them mightily, he will certainly do the same for you.) And, of course, Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. If God said David was a man after His own heart and when God Himself came to earth in the flesh, His stated purpose was to destroy the works of the devil, then why aren't we spending more time in spiritual warfare? Because the devil wants us to live defeated lives. We have the pathway to victory (deliverance) and the keys to the kingdom (binding and loosing spirits). God wants to save, heal, and deliver as many people as possible. Those who turn their backs on such powerful promises will lead defeated Christian lives when compared to the great victories they could have. Do not go backward. Do not sit still. Go forward and claim the victory that is already won. The devil will beat you up, no matter what. You may as well get in some good licks on him. And much treasure in heaven in the process. The enemy isn't going to stop coming after you just because you stop going after them. But you'll never win a battle you don't fight. The story of Ahab and Jezebel is still relevant. It isn't a dead old story. It is alive when one considers the spiritual implications. It shows us demons come in families and clusters. They work together in couples, families, workplaces, etc. They affect our relationships with others. They embed themselves in our personalities and get us to agree with them. Once we come out of agreement with them, we can turn the tide through spiritual warfare. When a person is in agreement with the demons inside them, not much can change their behavior. You can bind those spirits, but they will get free. You can ask God to change that person's heart and hope for a miracle. Ask God to change their wanter. Whatever you can think of. But if those spirits aren't thrown out in deliverance, that person will always struggle with those things. And if they are in agreement, not much can be done to dislodge them. Those who came to Jesus and the disciples for healing and deliverance knew they needed help and freely accepted what was given to them (who else but a desperate person would accept someone spitting in mud and putting it on their eye?). If you are dealing with someone who won't admit they need help, that's not likely a winnable battle. They have to see a need for change. (After all, you can't bind/loose a person's free will.) The more desperate they are, the more likely they will see freedom. Finally, here are some warfare prayers for Ahab and Jezebel spirits. Upon all Ahab and Jezebel spirits, I loose: spirits of Elijah (I Kings 17- 21, Luke 1:17), Jehu (II Kings 9), the hounds of heaven (II Kings 9:36). I also loose upon us: aggressiveness (Mark 11:22-26), boldness, zealousness, willingness (Matthew 26:41), readiness (Mark 14:38), service, fairness, honesty, obedience; creativity, ingeniousness, inventiveness, retentive mind, (Prov 8:22), maturity, purity, holiness, righteousness, guileless (Psalms 32:2), perseverance, steadfastness, (Romans 12:11), a new spirit (Ez 18:31; 36:36), good (Neh 9:20, 30), right (Psalm 51:10), excellent (Prov 17:27; Daniel 6:3), praise (Isaiah 61:3), thankfulness, worship (John 4:24), singing (I Cor 14:15), prayer (I Cor 4:21), quiet (I Peter 3:4), constraining (Job 32:18), contrite (Psalm 34:18), broken (Psalm 51 :17), judgment (Isaiah 4:4; 28:6), repentance, conviction (Isaiah 57:15, 66:2), and all the fruits (Gal 5:22-23), love, joy, peace, patience and longsuffering (Eccl. 7:8), gentleness, kindness, goodness faithfulness (Prov 11:12), meekness (I Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1) and humility (Prov 16:19, 29:23; Isaiah 57:15), temperance, self-control and all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (I Cor 12:8-10), wisdom, knowledge, faith (II Corinthians 4:13), prophecies, healings, miracles, (Rev 19:10), tongues and interpretation of tongues, discernment of spirits. We ask this to help us become more like Jesus and to prepare us for our marriages families and ministries. We loose: each person's angels (Matt 18:10), grace, mercy, supplication (Zech 12:10), life, health, healing, restoration, wellbeing, and life -giving spirits (II Cor 2:6; Rev 11:11); counsel and skill to rule, might and strength (Luke 1:80), fear of the reverence for the Lord (Isaiah 11:2), the seven spirits of God (Rev 1: 4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6), quickening (John 6:63); success, victory, profit, prosperity, abundance, plenty, sound economy, good weather, and salvation. (Loose the opposite of the demons and add anything the Holy Spirit brings to your mind.) Thank you for reading, and God bless. The war on the American people has already begun, but now we are seeing it advance in earnest. Persecution follows censorship. I post this link (video contains much information, as well as the text) as a warning, but with a caveat. This is the plan, and it has always been the plan. The devil has been ready for whenever God gives the go-ahead. He doesn't know the time; only God does. And, I believe, the exact timing can be changed, as the mind of God can be changed, depending on the obedience of His people. I've stated my position on that before, but it bears repeating. This information is very important. What the Bible states in the book of Revelation is many will die in the end times by beheading. Here, we see that plan is already in place. However, let me state again, the timing of these events is in flux. That can absolutely be changed! I cannot stress this enough.
It goes without saying that if you feel this information is incorrect, pray about it. Seek God. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this is all fear-mongering. If that is the case and it is found out to be so, I will receive correction. However, this information is in line with what I've been hearing for decades and also fulfills Bible prophecy. I don't post this to scare anyone but to admonish to pray and change the mind of God. God always warned His people before judgement, and judgement comes first to the house of God. But, He also offered a way out. So, let us turn to Him now and seek that way out. Pray every day, use spiritual warfare, binding and loosing, whatever you know, to fight against the plan of the enemy. I want to see a mighty victory over the enemy in my lifetime, and there is no better time than the present. Further, I want to be a part of a great revival! Amen? Thank you for reading, and God bless. This great experiment of how we responded to the crown virus is dishing out evil and trauma in tragic ways. It seems only the elite escaped its destructiveness. Many saw this coming. But maybe we didn't see the extent to which it would affect all of us, especially our children. The children are suffering at the hands of the phantom pandemic, as this study shows. If we care more about our children than our social credits, we'll stop all of this nonsense immediately. But I know we won't. We're all programmed to do the bidding of the beast system now. Some pockets of resistance exist. But it isn't enough. I read that 50,000 restaurants in Italy stood up to the lockdowns, insisting they open. That is what it is going to take to break this evil spell. It is and always has been up to us to decide when this crap is over. We greatly outnumber the elitists pulling the puppet strings on our compromised politicians.
Here is an excerpt from the article. "The registry, established on October 20th, 2020, asked 363 doctors to inform parents and teachers that they can report the health impacts they are witnessing from prolonged mask use of children. The health issues were exhaustive and included irritability (60%), headache (53%), difficulty concentrating (50%), less happiness (49%), reluctance to go to school/kindergarten (44%), malaise (42%) impaired learning (38%) and drowsiness or fatigue (37%).” Nearly a third of the children sleep worse than normal, and quarter of the children had developed new fears. Hundreds of children were less cheerful, less playful and most were unusually irritable." "Even more concerning, (29.7%) had shortness of breath, (26.4%) experienced dizziness, and hundreds of children suffered from feelings of weakness, a feeling of disease, accelerated respiration, tightness in the chest, and short-term impairment of consciousness. Universal mask wearing is destroying the health of children, making their immune system more susceptible to disease." Everywhere, I hear of people suffering, but not from the plandemic. It is incredibly survivable. No, people are suffering under the cruel hand of the plandemic response. Local schools are seeing 39% failure rates in their children, where it used to be 19% (still very high, but this is a poor community in question). Drug abuse shot up exponentially. Suicides are depressingly high. I, myself, seriously contemplated suicide more in 2020 than in previous years. I was incredibly depressed. And 2021 is off to a very rough start. Look for these trends to continue. Please, wherever you are and reading this, resist the new world order agenda. It is dehumanizing. It is traumatic. It has far-reaching consequences for those among us who need the most care and attention. Our children don't deserve this. None of us deserve this. Take a stand. Pray every day against this great evil on our land. Perhaps God will be merciful and allow us to escape His judgement, at least for a time. It is, after all, He who is allowing this to persist. We turned our collective back on Him. He will not be mocked. Let us pray for mercy. On a personal note, my child started kindergarten in 2020. His health did indeed suffer when wearing a mask, as I saw firsthand. He developed respiratory problems and a rash under his nose. Since the mask requirement went away, he's back to his normal self. But the social distancing remains. We allowed these things to happen out of fear, and we applauded the monsters who instituted these requirements, even though the threat was next to nothing. God will judge us for doing this to our children, some more harshly than others. Our God is a God who protects the weakest among us. And He repays those who do them harm. Please pray with me. Heavenly Father, we come to you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness for our land, for the many things you are judging us for. We pray for your mercy every day. We ask for direction about how to proceed from here. We bind, in the name of Jesus Christ, all the evil spirits over our school districts that are continuing to foist these unnecessary and hurtful practices on our children, namely the wearing of masks, social distancing, remote learning, and vaccinations. We ask for forgiveness for our part in allowing these things to happen. We take a stand in the spiritual against these monstrous practices. We pray that you loose your counter spirits of God upon our school districts to rule over them and dismantle the plans of the enemy and whatever the enemy tries to do will be used against them. We humble ourselves under your mighty hand and ask that you turn our hearts backs to you. We ask these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank you for reading, and God bless. So, that was fun, watching a "revolution" fizzle out on primetime. I'm speaking of the "patriots" storming the capitol, and all that. Of course, there were the usual provocateurs dressed as "Trump supporters." And, they clearly did not "storm" any buildings. They were let in. I'm sure many actual patriots were there, and they have valid concerns. But, we are supposed to feel angry, sad, and misrepresented. And, we are misrepresented, of course, but we've always been. Was the election stolen? Yes, absolutely. But, they have been for a long time, as Sidney Powell found out (which was why she was booted quickly from the Trump election fraud team). Nothing was supposed to change. Business as usual. The will of the people was thwarted, and brazenly.
The American conservatives and Christians were betrayed by "their man," Trump, even though all the evidence points to the fact that he is a satanist (briefly, he does the devil horn signal a lot, the Trump Tower in New York, by his design, uses satanic geometry, and even the word maga is used in satanism, and I could go on. You can read more here.). If I am generous, then Trump could be considered a type of King Cyrus in Isaiah 54 (I think), as many saw him as an ungodly man who was used by God for His purposes. I wouldn't go that far. Anyway, the whole thing played out as planned, with the election a complete sham for all the world to see. Democracy failed. (Yes, I know we are actually a Constitutional Republic, but most people see the U.S. as a democracy.) Our country was built to be destroyed. Washington D.C. was laid out by our Masonic Founding Fathers, and it plays by their rules. Every single form of government has to be shown to be a failure. We saw socialism and communism fail. We saw dictatorships fail. Now democracy and capitalism must fail. All by design, and all to usher in the solution, which is the new world order's one world government. The satanic elite will tell us they are the only ones fit to rule the people, as they know best. Many already capitulate to what the "experts" tell them, even though though the experts are unqualified, and are satanists (Bill Gates, anyone?). The above Bible verse is appropriate because a lot of people believed the lies that Trump would "drain the swamp" and "make America great again," etc. I saw even my family members get suckered. It was endearing, as in, aww, you still believe in the integrity of those in high office (in the same way little kids believe in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny). They kept telling us to wait, cus Trump has something planned, and he's gonna fix this, but it never materialized. It wasn't supposed to. It was designed to make you complacent and do nothing about the voter fraud and everything else, believing he was doing something. Maybe I'm being too cynical. Maybe he was just "in over his head" and "the swamp was too deep." All I see is the result, which is a more fractured country, more them versus us, and more discontent with our elected officials. In a Constitutional Republic, we the people are the government; we simply elect people to represent us. They clearly do not represent us and should be overthrown. It is absolutely our responsibility to overthrow those who refuse to represent us. Most likely, that won't happen. Last night, as I was reading my Bible, I feel God pointed to Jeremiah 1:19, which says, "And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee." Perhaps it was for my personal struggles. Perhaps it had to do with what is going on in the U.S.; I don't know, but I claimed it for all of us. Also, I feel God gave me Psalm 31 last night. If you read it, I believe you'll see it is the situation we are in right now in this country, or will be soon, if things continue down this evil path. If you serve God at all, the devil will come after you. Honestly, the devil isn't riled up by much. He doesn't like it that we get saved, but he also can't do anything about it. He doesn't care if we do our praise and worship. He doesn't care if we go to a church that preaches a sound, biblical sermon. But he does get upset when you work against his kingdom, and if you serve God, that is will you will do. "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." Amen! In times like this, we must stand on the Word of God. And not lean on the arm of flesh. Fellow Christian patriots, please don't be sad. Is your God dead? Is he still on His throne? Is He still in charge? Has He forsaken you? We are all one day closer to being with our God for all eternity, and that is nothing to be sad about. If we trust in men, they will betray us, but God never will. Will you pray with me? Heavenly Father, we come to you united in prayer and supplication. We repent of our sins — and the sins of our land — and come before you, asking you to cleanse our land. Forgive the sins of this land, which are great. We pray for a revival of people seeking you and following you. We ask that you would put off the devil's plans so we can beat him into oblivion one more time before the end times. We know you are judging our land, and we know you are a righteous God, but you are also a merciful God, and we ask that you would put off the devil's plans for 100 years or more so we can get more people saved, healed, and delivered. We recognize you have every right to destroy our land, but we ask that you not do that because you are merciful and many men and women are crying out to you, begging for the forgiveness of our land's many sins. Please use us in whatever way possible to defeat the devil in our lives and in our families, in our communities, and our country, as well as the rest of the world. As always, we seek your will in all things and submit all our thoughts and desires and plans to you. We ask these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, amen. Thank you for reading, and God bless. |
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