spiritual warfare


Live video done by Mercedes Moss to address the conflict in St. Vincent and the Grenadines regarding the Garifuna people, the indigenous exiled people of the nations. This is my first hangout and the video quality needs work, but I will improve.

Archangel Michael asked me to write about the beheading  and murder of  Christians by radicals. I looked at the photos and began to cry because it is horrific. These photos are very violent. Heaven asks for the Body of Christ to  cry out and weep for the saints and for the extinction of this wickedness in the earth.

Let us join with those who are under the altar and cry for  rapid vengeance in this era. We are the authority in the earth. Whatever we bind on earth is bound in heaven, so today in the name of Jesus we bind these spirits of wickedness and ask God to avenge, to cause them to cease

Now I understand why Jesus was saddened when Apostle John died by Herod’s beheading. God has avenged the blood of John the Baptist:

 

Mark 6:16  But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
Mark 6:27  And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison
Luke 9:9  And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
Romans 8:36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Revelation 6  And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation 20:4  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

One of my  precious readers posted this comment in response to  Dangers of Astral Travel 

“look! umm… i beleive in god, christ, and the holy spirit and the bible with all my heart! i do keep having this astral travels thing but i cant help it! it just happens! i tried to avoid it like sleeping in crisscross jaja or to the side but it still happens!

my first experience was when i stayed paralize my second when an evil spirit was trying to choke me but in that second i called for jesus help by saying in the name of jesus christ ur gone! and he left the third is when i saw a grey cloud! and in the same way i made it go away by mentioning jesus to him!

BUT REMEMBER that this keeps happening to me! even if i dont want to! i fight by moving my body! but i read that if it keeps happening to you! this is a msg that something is suppose to be shared with me! but before that i go! i should pray first for the angels to protect me and that let the light of the holy spirit protect me form all evil! should i let myself go with god or i just dont do it at all”

Read my response at Dangers of Astral Travel if you have a similar problem. You will  find the answers that you need.

Blessings!

D. wrote the following  comment about a post that I had written on strong holds:

“In love, there is no word or phrase in any version of Revelation 18.2 that can describe the devil’s dwelling place as a stronghold. However, as I read different versions carefully, the dwelling place of the devil can be better described as a jailhouse, penitentiary, detention center, or a correctional facility. All of these descriptions, I have listed, more accurately describes the dwelling place of these foul spirits that have fallen; stated in Rev. 18.2.
However, the description of a stronghold is correct in which you wrote, but unfortunately, even in the Greek, the dwelling place does not infer, imply, or refer to a castle like place where Satan abides. If, in actuality, you believe that the devil is a strong hold, I think you should show us, biblically, of how the devil and its agents are a stronghold. However, Solomon refers to God as his might fortress and a stronghold or strong tower; depending on what versions you read. David, in 2 Samuel 22.2-3 quotes,”He is my stronghold,” in verse 3 specifically. I have not found anywhere in the Bible that the devil is given credit of being a stronghold; but God is the only power that is given credit of being a stronghold. God bless you, In Christ”

My response:

Dear Donald

Thanks for your response to my post. My comments are:

a. God referred to Babylon as a “habitation … hold … and cage” of demons (Revelation 18: 2).
b. Each of those nouns show that Babylon was a dwelling place for demons
c. Babylon was a real place in history. Would you agree that it was the hold of demons, a place where satan controlled humans?
d. I found this to be true from the book of Daniel, especially in light of Archangel Gabriel’s revelation about the invisible, controlling demonic rulers.
e. The book of Daniel reveals that the Kings of Babylon worshipped and gave their allegiance to satan. History also attests to that.

Using http://blueletterbible.org, I found multiple references to the word “hold” throughout scripture. Time does not permit me to delve here, but I will write a few posts on the issue.

I do appreciate your feedback and hope to hear further from you.

Sincerely
Mercedes

Link to the post

What is a demonic stronghold?

Yesterday I wrote about the astral traveller who said that the Angel Michael who defended me was not the one she knew. These were the exact words with which I ended the post:

These people are being deceived because satan and other demons are apparently producing a “heaven” and masquerading as angels of the Lord”

How can this be true?

The evidence to support this great masquerade comes from scripture which teaches that satan is a deceiver who mixes truth with lies. We need to remember that he used to be the chief worship leader in heaven. He is quite familiar with the angels and what heaven looks like and uses this knowledge to give power to people, bringing them under his control.

Satan is the black sheep in God’s family. His purpose is to be exalted and to be worshipped as god. He uses any device necessary to attract people’s allegiance to his kingdom and to send souls to hell. Here are some ways in which he does this:

a. Satan tempts people in the occult with the acquisition of power.  He tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden by telling her that she and Adam would become like gods, knowing both good and evil if they rebelled against God. Furthermore, he insisted that God was lying to them and that they would not die if they did what he said.

Eve did not believe that she was already like God-made in His image and likeness. Why did she want to become a god? She lost fellowship with her God because she obeyed the tempter.

The witches, wizards, palm-readers etc do have a power base. This is revealed in scriptures, for example, when Pharaoh’s magicians were able to mimic only 2 of Moses’ miracles. 

b. The power base of the occult is limited. God always shows up the inadequacy of satan’s power base when he wants to make the diviners or false prophets mad (Isa 44:25). Pharaoh’s magicians could not interpret his dream and only Joseph could do so. Daniel in Babylon was the only one able to bring revelation to Kings Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar. Prophet Elijah confounded the prophets of Baal and brought down fire from heaven. Jesus cast out countless devils and gave us  power over the kingdom of darkness. Apostle Paul cast out the fortune telling demon from the fortune teller. Scriptures are replete with examples of the power of the Greater one in the believer.

c. Satan can and does promise to reward people with the glory and splendour of the earth in exchange for their worship . He did this to Jesus of all people in the temptation in the wilderness. Jesus overcame him by telling him to get lost and to worship God alone. Ironically, the earth belongs to God and not to the devil, but he does teach people wicked secrets that can allow  them to acquire wealth and power in the earth (hence secret societies etc).

d. The power of lying spirits. Jesus taught us that satan is a liar and the father of lies (Jn 8: 44). There are lying spirits that accomplish his purpose of deception. Second Chronicles 18 revealed that the prophets of Baal were filled with a lying spirit that prophesied to King Ahab, causing him to lose his life in battle. Revelation also reveals that lying spirits can work miracles and deceive the nations of the earth (Rev 16: 14). This explains why the occult can work miracles.

 Don’t be fooled by the occult. Satan has lying spirits which masquerade as angels of the Lord and as spirits of dead people. I  will give proof  next time when I speak about Saul and the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28).

First published at http://thelordsangels.wordpress on 22nd January, 2008

Two weeks ago I was printing at a library, when the title of the work being printed by the lady ahead of me attracted my attention. The title said, “seven days in heaven“.   I began to talk with her about the topic. She said that she was writing a book and that she was an astral traveller.

I engaged her in conversation, asking questions. She said that she had been to the third heaven and that she was not allowed to go any further. I asked her if she believed in Jesus and she replied that she believed in Him as well as in many gods, including Buddha etc. She said that there were many ways to be saved.

I told her that Jesus was the only way to be saved, but she replied that in heaven, the gods such as Buddha etc agree and do not disagree on religion like their followers on earth. I pointed out that the scriptures  said that there is one God who owns the earth. She disputed that. We had a long discussion and I ended the conversation by telling her that the people who believe in Jesus had the greatest power. I was sad that I could not convince her about the truth about Jesus.

Later that day I began to surf for sites about angels. I discovered that many of the people writing about angels and claiming to have information from Michael, Gabriel and other angels were witches, psychics etc. This was rather interesting to me.

Later that night, I had a vision in which this astral traveller that I had met tried to attack me. However, Prince Michael stood in the way. She was puzzled and said that this was not the Michael that she knew.

Now this raises some interesting questions. These people are being deceived because satan and other demons are apparently producing a “heaven” and masquerading as angels of the Lord.

More on this in the upcoming post. Blessings.

First published at http://thelordsangels.wordpress.com  on 21st January, 2008

1. Let’ s start in scriptures and match with modern times

History shows that wicked spirits in high places have used their positions to advance all kinds of wickedness and oppression on others less fortunate than themselves. Let’s review Ephesians 6: 12 for starters:

For we are NOT fighting against PEOPLE MADE OF FLESH AND BLOOD, but against the EVIL RULERS and AUTHORITIES  of the unseen world, against those mighty MIGHTY POWERS  of darkness who RULE THIS WORLD, and against WICKED SPIRITS  in the heavenly realms  (Eph 6: 12).

 

The  FIVE KEYWORDS in this text  are  capitalized.  There are some humans and systems (religious, political etc) which epitomize satan to such a degree that God calls them evil rulers and authorities, mighty powers and wicked spirits.  These  have ascended to such a high degree of the knowledge of satan that God calls  them by the name satan or satanic  and even the beast.  Many of these people operate behind the scenes, promoting legislation based on blood pacts,  financial gain, alliances to secret societies.  As Angel Cheemese told me, President John F Kennedy was killed to allow a war to begin for the financial gain of  these unknown, “invisible”  people (at least to the public).

Jesus Himself revealed that there are some places in earth where people give satan permission and control. Here are examples:

  • Philadelphia and Smyrna were locations for the synagogue of satan = so called churches pretending to belong to God (Rev 2: 9; Rev 3: 9)
  • Pergamos was known as the seat or throne of satan = a place from which he ruled (Rev 2: 13)  AND
  • place where satan dwelled = he was worshipped there. Know any nations or places like that. I recently saw on CNN a certain nation which had a street called HELL STREET (Rev 2: 13).

Examples

  • History shows that Smyrna, for example,  was a city and commercial center north of Ephesus. It was the place of severe persecution of the early church and Polycarp, a Bishop, was burned alive after he refused to blaspheme the Lord’s name.
  • Pergamos was famous for the temple of Aesculapus, known as the demon/Greek god of healing. Greek physicians depicted him with a staff in his hand, around which a leafy branch was twined, symbol of the medical profession.  Medicine and science were also worshipped here  and the church was persecuted.  Antipas was a martyr slain for the gospel and Christians were persecuted for refusing to worship the Roman  Emperor (wicked spirit in high places, a ruler)
  • Ephesus was famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the  World. Believe it or not, this was the Temple of Artemis or Diana, a Greek idol/demon worshipped for alleged prowess in hunting.  Demon worship of any kind was associated with all kinds of  sexual immorality including homosexuality. 
  • Wicked spirits or God haters in influential offices around the world permit  the persecution of Christians and/or Jews  around the world. Please visit http://persecution.com for more information
  • Christians are persecuted in Iran   http://www.persecution.com/public/homepage.aspx

 

2. Other examples how satan uses people in high places to advance wickedness in earth

  • The Caananites burnt their children in fire in worship of the demon Molech
  • Pharoah ordered Jewish Midwives to kill newborn baby boys out of fear that they would multiply
  • Herod ordered the execution of children two years and under in an attempt to get rid of Jesus
  • Modern day examples include  contraceptives which impair implantation; infanticide, especially killing babies before birth. Why?  Satan is threatened and does not want earth to produce God worshippers
  • Haman tried to kill the Jews in Babylon in a plot that ended in his own execution. Hitler tried to exterminate them and other haters of the race continue their aggression today.  Why? satan does not want any worship of God.
  • The Roman empire persecuted Christians, burning them alive, throwing them to fight lions in stadiums to name a few atrocities. Why? The Roman Emperor called himself god. 
  • Jezebel perpetuated the worship of Baal in Israel in her times and this included all forms of  sexual immorality like the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah. Why is the agenda of this group of people advanced so aggressively in the earth in certain places? 
  • The list of examples abound and include issues such as the use of pesticides on crops; addition of harmful chemicals to foods; fluorination of water  http://www.fluoridealert.org/50reasons.htm;  racism;  unfair labour laws; political systems such as communism.
  • Restriction of the rights of  Christians  in some nations in any form;  through laws that hinder their faith, while other religions are allowed to practice freely.  Christians are the most peaceful and humanitarian people on earth and their presence in a society brings blessings.  For example, in the USA,  most education systems do not allow the teaching of  creation as an alternative to big bang theory, which opposes their constituional rights to freedom of speech. 
  • Coversely, some faiths promote violence and aggression to a high degree.  

 

3.  What  can I do? I’m helpless

No, you are not. We have secret arsenal for fighting the war.  We can take action by appealing and voting against destructive laws before they are passed and taking other peaceful civic action through relevant national agencies and most importantly, the church   http://cmc.rodparsley.com.  The church needs to become proactive and guide the course of  the nation and not just stand on the sidelines. We need to preserve the future for the generations to come.

Most of all, prayer is the most powerful weapon that you can take to deal with issues of any kind facing your natio:

  • Queen Esther fasted and prayed, interrupting a plot to exterminate her people
  • Apostle Daniel fasted and prayed and facilitated the return of his people from captivity
  • I have done a prayer walk and seen potential political violence averted; fought the demon of murder in SVG during a dream and during period of death by cutlass. Results were instant – no more “chopping up”.
  • Prayed for the homeless at the Lion’s Den with a prayer team and saw the government make a decision to take care of them (results in one month)
  • and more…

Why don’t you send me testimonies about the power of prayer in nations? Blessings until

1. Wicked spirits in high places

We need to pay attention to the truth about “high places”.  Nimrod was the first to build one – called a Tower in the City of Babel. Recognized by the people of his day as a “mighty hunter”, Nimrod was appointed as a Ruler in maybe the 3rd Anti –God world order OR rebellion. Adam was first, then succeeded by Cain.  Nimrod means “rebellion” and he founded the Kingdom of Babylon, the very symbol of an anti -God earth Kingdom.

However, Nimrod’s  kingdom was short – lived, a picture of anti-God systems.  Tongue in cheek, Genesis 10: 8-10 says that he “began to be a mighty one in the earth…and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel”.   Babel was the capital of the Land of Shinar, but Nimrod also built Erech, Accad and Caineh. Asshur left Shinar and built subsidiary cities called Ninevah, Rehoboth and Calah.   Babel or Babylon means  confusion (by mixing) and is the “ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates”.  Shinar means “country of two rivers”  and is the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia/Chaldea OR modern day Iraq  (Strongs in blueletterbible.com).

2. What interrupted the building of Babel and its tower?

The intent of the people was to form a World Union living in one location, gaining strength and power in the earth by worshipping satan from the Tower of Babel.  God became alarmed because of the potential to do evil and confounded their languages. This forced them to go off into different lands based on their language and this is the origins of languages, nations. and people living in countries.  They had just come out of the flood and He wanted to give humans the opportunity to replenish the earth, even though they were rebellious.  Since we heard nothing else about Nimrod, I believe he was killed.  The Canaanites worshipped the devil in high places later in their history.

 

3. God’s high places ROCK

God uses high places to call His people away from the distraction of the earth and focus on worship, transmission of information, discoveries etc. High represents heaven. For example, Moses had to go to the very top of Sinai to receive the Law; the temple of the Jews was located on a holy hill. God refers to His temple in Heaven as ‘the hill of the Lord” (Ps 24: 3).

We lift our hands to heaven in worship and allegiance and look “to the hills” for help. In other words, God lives on high and not under the earth.  In contrast to Nimrod, Apostle Oral Roberts’ Prayer Tower in Tulsa, Ok, is a beautiful example of a high place dedicated to the glory of God. Miracles take place and the gospel is preached, disseminating Light of God.

Remember too, that as owner, God “runs things”:

For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.  Blessings!!!

1. God and technology – the originator from heaven

Scriptures show that God rules from heaven.  He uses Internet Technology to download information from heaven to the human spirit (1 Corinthians 2). If you stay connected to the server/God, by seeking Him, He will share information with you. However, the depth of information that He gives about Himself is parallel to the degree to which we seek and know Him. In other words, complex knowledge about God and His ways will not be given to baby believers just learning to say “dada” or “abba father”.

In days gone by, few people used God’s technology, although it was available to them if they wanted it. They just did not want to hear what He had to say.  For example, God told Noah to build an ark because a flood was coming.  We do not know exactly how he was given the information, but he obeyed.  The response of the day was:  

“Noah, mist waters the earth. This has not changed since the time of creation, 1650 years ago (approx). Our forefathers knew nothing about water falling from the sky.  LOL Noah. What are you talking about?”   (2 Pet 3: 3-7)

Noah became the butt of the jokes. The media of his day mocked him, taking photos and “reporting on his progress”.  He was in the headlines for 100 years.  God could not tell them anything, anyway, because they did not care to listen. They were living to please themselves.  We know that Abraham was God -seeker and was commanded to leave the setting in which he lived in order to obey God without distractions.  God used dreams and visions (internet TV) to speak to him.  He was always connected to God through worship, prayer and obedience and God would also speak directly to his spirit. God also visited him live and direct.  We can also track how God spoke to successive generations in scripture.

Every age in earth is marked by discovery of new knowledge which God sends to us.  He uses His “discoveries” as a means to spread His truth. Apostle James called them good and perfect gifts. For example, people wrote on scrolls/ scripts in ancient times and they were the means for telling later people about God. Compasses were used by sailors and Christopher Colombus sailed to hitherto unknown regions of the world (to them at least) and so the Word of God spread, even if corrupted.  At least people heard it.

 

2. Satan rules from the air in the earth realm

When satan rebelled in heaven, Archangel Michael fought, won the battle and tossed him to earth (Rev 12: 7-9). If you look at the progression of events from Revelation 13, you will see that the earth people became like the beast. Since satan is still trying to be God, he set up a kingdom in the air. Apostle Paul told the believers:

You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God (Eph 2: 2)

 Aēr (G109) is the Greek word for air and it is literally translated as “air”.  Strong’s did not give a root word, but sneak previews behind the scenes explain. The air speaks about the invisible realm, which God also created, according to Colossians 1: 16. Satan has an army of demons which is invisible to the naked eye.  They are called principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of the world/world systems, wicked spirits in high places (Eph 6: 12). 

Mimicking God, satan assigns outstations over nations, cities, people etc. In Daniel’s day, the Prince of Persia, likely satan himself, was the ruler of the Babylonian Empire and was the power base behind this ruling. Daniel and his friends opposed this kingdom and Daniel’s intercession stirred up the release of the captives from captivity after 50 years of captivity so that they were able to return to build Jerusalem.

Blessings!!!  Whose side are you on?

1. Scripture teaches that God dwells in heaven and His Kingdom rules over all the earth:

  • The earth and its people belong to Him .He rules
  • God’s rule or kingdom is called – kingdom of light; kingdom of His dear Son; Kingdom of heaven (place  from  which He rules); Kingdom of God (who rules in heaven); His coming Kingdom.
  • He rules in earth by putting the ways, truth and power of His kingdom in obedient children/people who advance God in earth or make it more like heaven.
  • The kingdom of God/heaven has been beautifully illustrated from Genesis to Revelation
  • Jesus taught us the nature of His Kingdom/Kingdom of God/Kingdom of heaven through  secret stories/parables; by demonstrating His authority over demons; by His ultimate defeat of satan so that he won the war on terror; His victorious resurrection;  His ascencion;
  • He wants us to match Him and placed us in a position to do so (we rule with Him in the heavenly places) and continuous revelations or upgrades on how to fight the war in every era/millenium
  • God’s eternal plan is that man should behave exactly like Him in Earth and live by His ways.
  • He made us after the angels (a little lower than the angels/angels were created 1st and man 2nd)  and crowned us with the same glory that is on Him
  • God’s glory or kabowd  is the same glory that He put on man, according to Psalm 8: 5
  •  Therefore, a God – like human produces a spirit like God – righteousness etc, creativity etc.
  • A God – like human rules earth, producing fruitfulness in the Word of God, multiplying children and people like God; replenishes the earth and is in dominion over satan and earth creatures.  There are other applications related to technology, science etc.
  • A God – like human puts satan in his place and resists the advances of his rule through people, theft of God’s good technology; drafting legislations etc promoting righteousness; prayer; worship; preaching the Word of God … and more
  • The resistance is not by physical force, war etc but through the invisible weapons that God has given to us. Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6 and many other examples such as Moses and Pharoah; Esther; Daniel; Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego; Abraham to name a countless number.

 

2. Satan mimics God by setting up a kingdom. He rules also from above

  • God cast out satan from heaven when he rebelled. He was sinful and could not live there. Hell or eternal separation and punishment is now his destiny.
  • Match with Adam and Eve who were blocked from access to the tree of Life symbolizing everlasting physical life.
  • The children of disobedience or satan also inherit hell. They are sinful and cannot live with Father God.  Like Cain, who went his way, according to Apostle Peter, they are outside of God’s way.
  • Anyway, satan could not rule in heaven so he rules or tries to rule in earth. Obedient humans become subjects in his kingdom and he tells them how to act like him
  • The air is satan’s headquarters or seat or high place.
  •  His system is called “the course of this  world” (Eph 2: 2); the world; kingdom of darkness; darkness; works of the flesh; the flesh; power of darkness; power of death etc. 
  • God personally calls him names that match his character. These include serpent; beast;  prince of Tyrus; Prince of the Power of the Air;  father of lies/no truth is in him; liar from the very beginning; thief, murderer and destroyer; strongman; beelzebub (sounds like baal); false prophet; anti – god; prince of the devils; ruler of the darkness of this world; kingdom of darkness;   etc  
  • God calls his affiliates serpents and scorpions; beasts; angels that did not keep their former station or estate; demons; devils; unclean spirits etc
  • Satan exerts power through the wars or physical force; occult; false religions; tyranny; all forms of deception; control of leaders,  people and nations; attempting to set up world systems; extinguishing the name God; extinguishing the people who serve God; extinguishing the  Word of  God in any form (no prayer in schools etc); elimination of potential God fearers before they are born … and more. For example, Herod massacred children in an attempt to kill the King of the Jews. He was a beast.
  • Satan’s kingdom is called power of darkness; kingdom of darkness; power of death;
  • People, nations, rulers, systems  most like the devil and his  cohorts get to be  called by those  names as well.

Blessings…More to come!

 

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