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As Christians, we are to stand in the Gate of our enemies as well as turn back the battle at the Gate. Genesis 22:17 and Genesis 24:60 reveal that we are to "Possess the Gates of our enemies" and Isaiah 28:5 reveals that we are to take the battle "to" the gate and then "turn" it at the gate. And, it is here in these particular gateways that the enemy has set up a spiritual stronghold, a place of Occult activity. Over time as the ruling geographical principalities are dislodged within their specific dominions, their strongholds will be pulled down. Needless to say, Washington's Tomb is a "Gateway of the enemy" – a high place of occult activity.
Genesis 22:17 and Genesis 24:60 reveal that we are to "Possess the Gates of our enemies." And, it is here in these particular gateways that the enemy has set up a spiritual stronghold, a place of Occult activity. And we are to bring down these strongholds dislodging the ruling geographical principalities within any given dominion.
Needless to say, Washington's Tomb is a "Gateway of the enemy" spoken of in. And these particular gateways of High Places of Occult activity.
................ New gods were brought to Samaria: 2 Kings 17 is a Biblical example of the worship of a new deity being introduced into another geographical area.
Judges 5:8 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? (KJV)
As Christians, we are to stand in the Gate of our enemies as well as turn back the battle at the Gate.
To turn back the battle at the Gate, as Christians, we are to stand opposite of the enemy. It involves our own personal walk with the LORD. We need to ask ourselves if we are living the kind of life that allows us to involve ourselves in spiritual warfare. Are we walking in the obedience that is required to stand in the Gateway of our enemies and successfully turn back the battle?
2 Corinthians 10 3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. (KJV, emphasis added)
Isaiah 28 5 In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. (KJV, emphasis added)
Genesis 22 17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (KJV, emphasis added)
Genesis 24 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. (KJV, emphasis added)
In Genesis 22:17 the LORD told Abraham that his offspring would possess the gate of his enemies and in Genesis 24:60 we find that the offspring of Rebekah will possess the gate of those which hate them. As spiritual offspring of Abraham’s, it is important for us to understand what it means for a Christian to stand in a Gateway of those who hate us.
When the offspring of Abraham stands in the Gateway of his enemy, he or she brings damage to the kingdom of darkness by pulling down one of the ruling principalities from with that particular dominion.
We are to know who our enemy is – because the enemy knows who we are! Jericho was the Gateway into the Promised Land and it was here that the first battle was fought and won. The walls of Jericho had to come down before the Promised Land was taken. Jericho was the key to the Promised Land and the first battle upon entering the Promised Land involved eliminating the stronghold that had been set up in the Gateway at Jericho. Therefore, it might be of interest to take a look at the strategy that Joshua used. In Joshua 2:1 Joshua “secretly” sent two men as “spies” to go inside the enemy line to view the land – especially Jericho.
Just as the LORD used His people, Satan will also work through people and all too often these people come as an angel of light. Sometimes, it is hard to tell those from the camp of the enemy from the LORD’s camp.
The importance to know the Word of God cannot be stressed enough. How can we “test the spirit” if we do not know Scripture. Without knowledge of the Word, an “angel of light” will appear just as that: an “angel of light”.
Just as it was necessary for Joshua to send out two spies for the purpose of obtaining every possible piece of information about the enemy they were about to encounter, we too must be knowledgeable as to the identity of our enemy, his strengths and strategy, as to how he will try and ensnare us on a both personal level as well as a congregational level. It is absolutely important that we are knowledgeable of what and where the opposition is coming from. We must have a strategy and that strategy is given by revelation.
Even though we are considered as part of Israel (spiritually), one might wonder how we could possibly be connected to the battles that Joshua fought so long ago. According to Judges 2:20 through 3:4, it was to test us and to teach us warfare.
Judges 2 20 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; [21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: [22] That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. (KJV, emphasis added)
Judges 3 1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. (KJV, emphasis added)
Because the enemy had not been completely defeated during the conquest of Canaan we are still at war with them from generation to generation.
The LORD still has an army today and we are part of that army. We are to fight against the spiritual powers of the world who have set up strongholds against the LORD and who have lifted up their hands to the throne of the LORD. The people of old have passed on; however, Satan and the principalities that worked through them will continue setting up strongholds from generation to generation until the end of this age when they will be thrown into the lake of fire. For example:
Exodus 17: 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: 16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (KJV, emphasis added)
The conquest of Canaan also required that the land be cleansed of all remnants of paganism. The LORD not only dealt with the pagans themselves but also with their false religions and symbols. For those of us who stand in Gateways, the LORD will also require us to cleanse our homes of symbols that are not pleasing to Him.
As Christians, we are to put on the armor of God and after we have done all we can do we are to “Just Stand There” Ephesians 6. We who know that our identity is in the LORD Jesus Christ and who understand Gateways will exercise the authority that has been given to us and Jesus Christ Himself will enable us to stand.
The Gate of the enemy is a Gate whereby the enemy has set up a spiritual stronghold, a place of demonic activity. And we are to bring down these strongholds dislodging the ruling geographical principalities.
Jeremiah 13 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. (KJV, emphasis added)
Proverbs 21 22A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust. (KJV, emphasis added)
Women in Authority and Women in Gateways
Deborah was a woman who stood in the Gateway. She was a prophetess, a Judge of Israel and she was also known as “Mother” of Israel. Gateways speak of authority and Deborah was a woman with authority. As a judge, Deborah stood in the Gateway of the city where legal matters were handled.
Deborah’s Song: Even though both Barak and Deborah sang what has come to be known as “Deborah’s Song” – Judges 5:7 implies that this song was written by Deborah.
Judges 5 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. (KJV)
The Song of Deborah reveals Deborah’s character. As a “Mother of Israel” Deborah birthed a whole generation of men that came into their callings to destroy the works of darkness that had ravaged Israel. Deborah challenged Barak to rise up and face the enemy of Israel and enter into the LORD’s battle and fight against the Canaanites.
Deborah encouraged Barak: “Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go…”
Judges 4 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?. (KJV, emphasis added)
And in verse 14 Deborah said unto Barak,
Judges 4 14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. The word “Up” can also be read “Arise” and Barak was challenged to “Rise” up in the things of the LORD by the courage and resolve of a woman who understood who she was in the LORD. (KJV, emphasis added)
Deborah encouraged Barak to be the man that God had called him to be and from her encouragement and challenge, Barak “went down” the mountain and entered into the battle that the God of Israel called him to.
Not only did Deborah encourage Barak to enter into the battle for the LORD, she was able to unite the men of Israel who fought under him. Notice that it was not Deborah’s intent to usurp the leadership role or authority of the man. Her intent was that he would arise to the command of the LORD. After Barak arose to the occasion, Deborah went into the battle at the request of Barak.
Judges 4 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go 9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. (KJV, emphasis added)
Barak did not view Deborah as a woman who was trying to usurp his authority. He understood the motives of her heart: Deborah states in Judges 5 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. (KJV, emphasis added)
Deborah had Dominion over the Mighty: It is not unusual for a woman to take dominion over Satan and the demonic. Judges 5 13 reveals that Deborah had dominion over the mighty.
Judges 5 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. (KJV, emphasis added)
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates:
Judges 5 8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? (KJV, emphasis added)
I believe that the battle was over control of the Gateway and it was here that Deborah took dominion over the demonic. The “new gods” in verse 8 identifies new geographical principalities that were involved in this battle against Israel. In verse 11 the Israelites went down to the gates and in verse 20 we find the angels of the LORD in the battle; they fought against Sisera.
Judges 5 11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates. 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. (KJV, emphasis added) |
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President Lincoln's Catafalque was known as the "Temple of Death"
And Lincoln's Temple of Death is a Gateway of the Enemy over Washington, D.C.
The Lord told Abraham that his offspring would possess the gateways of those that hate them - Genesis 22:17. And, a s "Spiritual Heirs" of Abraham - like Christ we too are to Possess the Gates of our enemies.
Genesis 22:17 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; KJV
So it was with Jesus, a descendant of Abraham who stood in the "Gates of Hell" at Caesarea Philippi.
Who are the Children of Abraham?
Galatians 3:16 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ. ……. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. NKJV
Genesis 22:17 reveals that the promises were made to Abraham and his seed. And, in Galatians 3:16 and 29 Paul reveals that Abraham's seed is a reference to Christ and all who believe in Jesus Christ - which means that those of us who are Believers in Jesus Christ - then we too are the spiritual offspring of Abraham according to the promise.
As Christ was standing in the gates of His enemies at Caesarea Philippi He would have had God's promise to Abraham and all of Abraham's spiritual descendants in mind, when He told Peter "That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 |
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I'm pictured at Caesarea Philippi - one of the gates the Lord has called me to possess.
And, this brings me to "why" Christ made such a profound statement at Caesarea Philippi and not the synagogue in Jerusalem
In Matthew 16:13-19 we find the account of Christ's Declaration at Caesarea Philippi that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church |
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Matthew 16:13-19 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Caesarea Philippi was located at the foot of Mt. Hermon where the headwaters of the Jordan River begin and the travel would not have been easy due to the topography of the land. Which begs the question "Why" would Jesus journey to this particular pagan high place to make such a profound statement as recorded in Matthew 16:13-19 rather than the Temple or synagogues in Jerusalem?
I believe the following will shed light on "Why".
Background of the Gates of Hell according to Antiquity: Jesus' journey to Caesarea Philippi, a prominent pagan high place, marked the northern limit of Jesus’ travels outside Jerusalem and was a geographical area that Christ had not been to before.
To begin with, the name Caesarea Philippi was synonymous with the gates of hell. And, it was for that reason that Christ made the declaration at Caesarea Philippi that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church. Why? Because the revelation that He was the Son of God would be revealed by "revelation" from God the Father - and the gates of hell will never be able to prevail against revelation from God the Father.
It was here that Jesus fearlessly stood at the gateway of hell and spoke a creative word into the spiritual realm (Ephesians 3:10). He declared to Satan, the father of lies, and to the kingdom of darkness that it "Was God's revelation" to Peter that He was the Son of the Living God - that it was "Upon Revelation from God the Father" that Christ would build His church.
Ephesians 3:10 10 [The purpose is] that through the church the [a]complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and powers) in the heavenly sphere. Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
It is as the Apostle John wrote: The soul needs to be divinely drawn and when we are divinely drawn Satan cannot triumph against that revelation. John reveals that it is not by "external revelation merely" - but by "internal illumination" - that we are drawn to Christ. And, it is upon this rock that Christ will build His Church.
John 6:44-46 44 For no one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws them to Me, and at the last day I will raise them up. 45 As it is written in the Scriptures, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to Me. 46 (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen Him.) NLT |
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Before I leave the account of Caesarea Philippi I want to share the following about my Beloved Brother Grover standing across from me in this picture taken at Caesarea Philippi where we read the account of Jesus at Caesarea Philippi into the spiritual realm. Just days before we went to Caesarea Philippi the Lord gave Grover the understanding that while we were in Israel that He would pull down the last stronghold in Grover's life which was "Fear" of being in the explosion at UBB when it happened. Which is interesting because the pagan god the pagans worshipped at Caesarea Philippi was the Greek god "Pan" - the god of fear and panic attacks.
And, the morning of the explosion at UBB the miners found Grover's Bible opened to Psalm 46 that reads "even though the earth be shaken I will not fear". And, this was so comforting to me because as Grover was leaving our home in Staunton back to WV the day before the explosion he told me that he didn't want to go back because he was afraid of going back into the mines. And, I am so eternally thankful that just as Grover and I literally proclaimed at the gates of hell that Satan would not prevails against us - Satan did not prevail against Grover and that through his faith in Jesus Christ Grover overcame his fear and went back to UBB.
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Gateways located in our Nation's Capitol
Over 20 years ago while I was browsing in a used book store the Lord quickened me to buy a used copy of the "Development of the United States Capitol" published in 1929 by the United States Government Printing Office - Washington D.C. When I got to page 92 I realized the Lord quickened me to buy this book because of the aerial map that clearly reveals the image of a "Large Fish" surrounding the Mall area of our nation's capitol. |
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The Lord then quickened me to study the anatomical functions of a fish and as you can see in the following picture, the placement of the U.S. Capitol, the White House and monuments are strategically placed according to the anatomical functions of a fish. (I superimposed notations over the above referenced map to show the location of the monuments and buildings). And, this only scratches the surface of the fish's symbolism. |
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As you can see, the White House, the U.S. Capitol, Lincoln's Memorial, etc all lie with the boundaries of a "Great Fish". It is obvious that the representation of a fish was not just happenstance. Therefore, if the boundaries of a fish are not just a fluke, then that leads us to believe that there was something of paramount significance in “spiritually” connecting the symbolism of Nineveh, the great Fish City to the District of Columbia.
Given that Daniel 10 reveals there are geographical principalities over the nation's of this world - then I knew that this "Large Fish" identified several of the geographical principalities over our nation's capitol.
For example, Revelations 13:1 speaks of the "Beast that rose up out of the Sea". Isaiah 27:1 reveals that Leviathan is the dragon of the sea. And, in the context of Job 41:1 according to Strong's Concordance the Leviathan is a "large sea-monster" and also a symbol of Babylon where Nineveh, the great Fish City is located.
Judges 16:23 speaks of Dagon which according to Strong's Dagon is the Hebrew word for the "fish-god" of the Philistines.
I will come back to the spiritual significance of the great fish that surrounds the mall area of our nation's capital but first let me share the following Scriptures concerning how and why these gateways fit into the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.
To begin with: 1 John 3:8 reveals that the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. |
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For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil
The existence of a Kingdom of Darkness at work in the world influencing the behavior of humans on a personal level as well as a national level is clearly revealed in Scripture. And, that is the reason that Christ Jesus came into this world: "to destroy the works of the devil" 1 John 3:8! Needless to say, the works of the devil are multifaceted, however for the purposes of this chapter I want to place the focus on spiritual gateways and the geographical principalities over America.
1 John 3:8 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. KJV
Scripture reveals that when Christ has destroyed the works of the devil and all His enemies are under His foot that Christ Jesus will return and establish His Kingdom 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
But until then, Satan who has the power of death, (Hebrews 2:14) not as lord but simply as executioner, and who is the prince of the devils (Matthew 12:24) and ruler and god of this age (John 12:31; 2 Corinthians 4:4) exercises authority over the lower heavens and is the spirit working in the disobedient to do his will.
Until Christ returns, Satan who is the prince of the power of the air - the commander of the powers in the unseen world and the angels that fell with him - they will continue to wield their influence over both people and nations who refuse to obey God's commandments 1 Chronicles 21:1; John 8:44; Acts 5:3; Acts 13:10; Matthew 16:23; Luke 22:3; Ephesians 2:2; Matthew 13:19.
The devil may be able to tempt and influence people however he cannot force anyone to sin.
We know from Matthew 16:21-23 and other Scriptures that Satan and these Geographical Principalities are able to Operate through the mindset of people who see things merely from a human point of view and not from God's point of view.
We know from Scripture that Satan's rule is limited. Scripture reveals that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob maintains "Sovereign" rule over Satan and "all" earthly activities. Like Satan all evil spirits can only act with God's permission: Job 1:12; Zechariah 3:1-2; Judges 9:23; 1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Kings 22:19-23. And, in the end, Satan and the angels that fell with him will be cast into the lake of fire that has been prepared for them. Matthew 12:24-26; Revelation 20:10.
But until all the enemy has been put under the foot of Christ there is an ongoing battle in the spiritual realm between God's Angels and the Geographical Principalities that the Prophet Daniel and the Apostle Paul spoke of. Daniel 10; Ephesians 6.
We know from Daniel 10 that there are Geographical Principalities over the Nations of the World that wield their influence over the nations and that there is an ongoing battle in the spiritual realm between God's Angels and these Geographical Principalities.
And, in Ephesians 6 the Apostle Paul also speaks of this spiritual battle in the heavens as well. Paul reveals that the Christian's battle is not with flesh and blood but against the principalities, powers and rulers of the darkness of this world and against the spiritual forces of the evil spirits in the heavenly realm.
For those of us who have picked up our cross to follow Christ our lives are one of spiritual warfare and if we are to win this spiritual battle that we are in then we need to follow Paul's instructions: we are to stand against the wiles of the devil and the battle in the spiritual realm by putting on the whole Armor of God and after we have done all that we can do then we are to just stand there.
Ephesians 6 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (NKJV)
Again, we know from Matthew 16:21-23 that these Geographical Principalities are able to operate through the mindset of people who see things merely from a human point of view and not from God's point of view. And, so it is with America and America's Secular Lawmakers who are influenced by these Geographical Principalities because they only see things from a human point of view and not from God's point of view.
In this book "Saddam Hussein the Modern-Day King of Babylon" I provide documentation of my firsthand account of standing in one of the gateways of our enemies located in the bowels of our nation's Capitol. As you read this book it's obvious that the incredible documentation could only have come from divine intervention.
The purpose of this book is to shed light on the Spiritual Cords (one being the image of the fish surrounding our nation's mall) that "spiritually" bind America to modern-day Iraq, where Nineveh the Great Fish City is located, because America's lawmakers only see things from a human point of view and not from God's point of view. Scripture tells us that God will not be mocked; and it's because of these satanic spiritual cords laid down by America's founding fathers that America got entangled in the on-going war in Iraq.
Those of us who understand "Spiritual Warfare" understand the Biblical principal that our war is in the heavenlies and that behind every war on earth there is a war going on in the spiritual realm between the heavenly host and the geographical principalities behind the countries at war here on earth. Ephesians 6:12
And, these Geographical Principalities operate through "spiritual cords" that can also be thought of as "Spiritual Vines" (Jeremiah 48:32) vines that were planted by America's Founding Fathers that among other things "spiritually" Bind America to Ancient Babylon & Modern Day Iraq.
America is held captive by the "cords of their own sins" that the Prophet Isaiah spoke of in Isaiah 5:18 and that King Solomon spoke of in Proverbs 5:22. And, over time each new generation of America's Lawmakers added the "cords of their sins" to the "cords of the sins of America's Founding Fathers" and when combined these "cords of sins" became a "rope" that was strong enough to pull a cart load of sins. A rope strong enough for today's Lawmakers to drag the sins of America's Founding Fathers behind them like a cart.
Anyone who has planted vines in their yard knows that as the vine grows it will spread out all over the yard. And, this is why the Prophet Jeremiah used the analogy of a vine to convey a spiritual truth. The point Jeremiah wanted to make was that as "spiritual vines" grow the vines are able to spread from one geographical area to other geographical areas including nations located across the sea.
And, as these spiritual vines spread from one country to another country the enemy is able to uses these vines to influence in one way or other the countries their vines reach. And, just as vines that grow and spread in a garden cause destruction to crops - "spiritual influence" can grow and spread like tendrils from one geographical area to another causing destruction Jeremiah 48:32. And, so it is with America. The influence of the pagan civilizations of antiquity that our founding fathers were influenced by and embraced still negatively affect America today
Jeremiah 48:32 32 O vines of Sibmah, I weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards]. Your tendrils [of influence] have gone over the sea, reaching even to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruit harvest and your [season’s] crop of grapes. Amplified Bible
These "tendrils of influence" or "Spiritual cords" bind America to Iraq and describes the Babylonian influence produced by the vines that sprung up and started to grow from the roots planted by our founding fathers when they incorporated the ideology of the ancient Babylonians into the founding of America. As these tendrils continue to grow and reach maturity they continue to influence America in a way that has been and continues to be extremely destructive to our country.
Again, the purpose of my writing "Saddam Hussein the Modern-Day King of Babylon" is to shed light on the Spiritual Cords that "spiritually" bind America to modern-day Iraq. Scripture tells us that God will not be mocked; and it's because of these satanic spiritual cords laid down by America's founding fathers that America got entangled in the on-going war in Iraq.
Those of us who understand "Spiritual Warfare" understand the Biblical principal that our war is in the heavenlies and that behind every war on earth there is a war going on in the spiritual realm between the heavenly host and the geographical principalities behind the countries at war here on earth. Ephesians 6:12
Again, the prince of Persia that the prophet Daniel speaks of in Daniel 10:13; 20 is a geographical principality over Persia and we know from multiple other Scriptures that those angels that fell with Satan as well as the demons are able to influence the earthly rulers as well as individuals who only see things from a human point of view and not from God's point of view.
Matthew 16:22-23 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (KJV)
The prince of Persia that the prophet Daniel speaks of in Daniel 10:13; 20 is one of the third that fell with Satan and who now serves Satan as the angel of darkness over the Persian world powers. This particular geographical principality, the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia, was the same spirit wielding his influence over Saddam Hussein, a modern-day King of Babylon - and it was only after this particular principality operating behind Saddam Hussein fell to the earth that Saddam Hussein was himself captured. Needless to say, there are many other principalities from this same dominion that have not been dislodged - but it is only a matter of time!
Revelation 12:7-12 7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!” (ESV)
The prince of the kingdom of Persia is the satanic principality or ruler over the kingdom of Persia which at times included the many other countries that came under their authority - they in turn are under the authority of Satan who Scripture reveals is the god and ruler of this world having usurped man's dominion over what the Lord had given him. However, Scripture also reveals that after all the enemy has been dislodged and placed under the foot of Jesus the end will come - and as the great Apostle John prayed - I too pray "Come Lord Jesus Come - Come and establish Your Kingdom". 1 Corinthians 15:20-28; Revelation 22:20.
Iconography: Iconography, images and symbolism used in art, is a form of visual communication that America’s Founding Fathers used to both reveal and conceal their ideology concerning the founding of America and its new government. Though certain ideas were conveyed to the public – the full meaning of the allegories incorporated into their iconography remained hidden. It is what the iconography meant to conceal from the public that is the most revealing. Why the need to conceal? They wanted to conceal their personal beliefs concerning government and religion, but even more so, they wanted to conceal that "We the People" did not include "All the People."
They also wanted to conceal that their fascination with ancient antiquity and their gods was more than just a fascination. In other words, America's Founding Fathers were actually "influenced" by the pagan belief system that their false gods ordained their rulers to govern the land and that's clear from all the pagan symbols throughout our government buildings. The worship of pagan gods was and is not just a meaningless tradition of man carried over from antiquity. It was and is a bona fide (false) religion. The spirits that operate behind these pagan deities are the angels that fell when Satan fell. Daniel 10 is only one Scripture that clearly reveals that these pagan gods rule over geographical areas and have human representatives that maintain places of worship for them.
As Spirit led Christians we know that there is always a spiritual dimension to the earthly. One is not inconsistent with the other, as one cannot exist without the other. As it concerns animals, this all began when Satan used the serpent as a tool to hide behind when he tempted Eve. And, for that reason, there is a spiritual nature of the serpent that we should be aware of. Not only is the serpent man’s natural enemy – the serpent also represents man’s “Spiritual Enemy." Needless to say, it is significant that both the animal and Satan were two dominant entities in the Adamic dispensation and for that reason the spiritual connection or relationship between Satan and animals is of importance.
Again, the following is only a glimpse taken from "Saddam Hussein the Modern-Day King of Babylon" that goes into a much greater detailed account of the two following Gateways located in our Nation's Capitol:
1. Washington's Unused Tomb located in the bowels of the United States Capitol; and
2. the Large Fish that is portrayed on an aerial map of Washington, D.C. that portrays the United States Capitol located within the enclosure of this Large Fish that I refer to as the Nineveh Fish.
The Nineveh Fish: To begin with, as I go into a greater detail of the spiritual aspects between the "Great Fish" of our nation's capital and the "Great Fish of Ancient Nineveh, for the convenience of the reader, I'm including the pictures of the "Great Fish" once again. |
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The Nineveh Fish
In addition to the above details concerning the image of the "Great Fish" surrounding our nation's mall the following details sheds even more light as to its symbolism and leaves no doubt that the symbolism of the image of America's "Great Fish", which is a type of the great fish of Nineveh is a "Spiritual Cord" that binds our nation's Capitol to ancient Nineveh (modern day Mosul) in Iraq.
Ancient Nineveh: According to the aerial map of our nation's capital the mall area and the great fish that surrounds the mall both lie within the District of Columbia. In other words the mall area and the fish that surrounds the mall both lie within the "Enclosure of a City".
And, this is significant because according to The Popular And Critical Encyclopaedia written by Samuel Fallows, in Biblical times Nineveh, like Washington D.C., was also represented by the picture of a fish inside the enclosure of a city.
"The name of Nineveh is written Ninua and Nina in the cuneiform inscriptions. A popular etymology connected it with the Assyrian nunu, 'fish,' at a very early date, since the name is ideographically represented by the picture of a fish inside the enclosure of a city."
The following two pages are from "The Popular and Critical Encyclopaedia". |
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And, the Freemasons who laid the footprint of our nation's capital understood very well the significance of placing our nation's capital inside the enclosure of a city and the symbolism of the imprint of the great fish surrounding the mall area. Freemasons also understood that the pictograph for the original shape of a fish including the triangle shape on either side of the fish's tail identified a "Gateway". More to the point: the Freemasons who were steeped in imagery understood the symbolism of the fish. There can be no doubt that the Freemasons used the representation of a fish to identify a gateway here in America that would "spiritually" connect America to the great fish city of ancient Nineveh - as the pictograph for Nineveh was an image of a fish inside the enclosure of a city.
Jonah in the "Bowels" of the Nineveh Fish: And, this brings us to the account of Jonah according to the Book of Jonah.
As we all know, it was because Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh, the great fish city, that he found himself in the bowels of a large fish - that Jonah referred to as the "belly of hell".
I believe that is why the LORD allowed a large fish to swallow Jonah when he would not go to Nineveh. If Jonah would not go to Nineveh then the LORD would let Nineveh, the great fish city, swallow Jonah (hence the great fish). Reference: Jonah 1:17, "But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights."
We should not be surprised that the hieroglyphic for Nineveh is the outline of a fish within the enclosure of a city identifying Nineveh as the "great fish city." After all, all though out the Bible we find that animals are often used figuratively to describe the "spiritual nature" of a geographical area and people as well as Satan, the demonic and principalities. When a human being was compared to an animal it was because they both shared the same traits. For example, a fox is used figuratively of the antichrist or false prophet. A fox is cunning, selfish and destructive and it was because of the fox’s attributes that Jesus compared Herod to a fox - Luke 13:31. And of course, the LORD used a Lamb to describe the nature of Jesus Christ when He went to the Cross. Yet, when Christ returns He is described as a Lion.
As Christians we know that there is always a spiritual dimension to the earthly. One is not inconsistent with the other as one cannot exist without the other. And as it concerns animals, this all began when Satan used the serpent as a tool to hide behind when he tempted Eve. And, for that reason there is a spiritual nature of the serpent that we should be aware of. Not only is the serpent man’s natural enemy – the serpent also represents man’s “Spiritual Enemy." Needless to say, it is significant that both the animal and Satan were two dominant entities in the Adamic dispensation and for that reason the spiritual connection or relationship between Satan and animals is of importance.
As Jonah attempts to escape from the city that is identified as “the house of the fish”, it's ironic that, in a sense, when Jonah is swallowed by the large fish - he ends up enclosed inside the house of the large fish that swallowed him.
For his disobedience for not going to Nineveh, the great fish city, the LORD let a great fish, which I believe was symbolic of Nineveh as Nineveh's economy was based on fishing, swallow Jonah. If Jonah wouldn't go to Nineveh then the great fish of Nineveh would come to him. And, needless to say, Jonah did not like being inside the bowels of the great fish that he likened to the bowels of hell. Jonah 2:1-2
People in D.C. Compared to Fish: It's interesting that Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of Treasury from 1795 to 1800 even compared he residents of D.C. to bad fish - according to Wolcott "Many Congressmen turned up their noses and wondered how long it would take to write off a bad experiment in the capital location and begin again. Oliver Wolcott, the Secretary of the Treasury, possibly noting the absence of any source of taxes, observed that 'the people are poor, and as far as I can judge, they live like fishes, by eating each other,' Bernard Weisberger, The District of Columbia, page 35
Back to Jonah - who found himself in the "Bowels of the Fish" & the "Belly of Sheol"
Jonah 2:1-2 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. KJV
The Young's Literal Translation reads from the "Bowels" of the fish
Jonah 2:1-2 1 And
Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
And, this brings me to Lincoln's Catafalque, christened as the "Temple of Death", that is enshrined inside Washington's Unused Tomb located in the Bowels of the Capitol of the United States. And, it is here in the bowels of our nation's capital - out of the belly of the fish - that death - the last enemy that Christ will put under His feet - that the "Gates of Death" are glorified.
On page 147 of "Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, by George S. MGovern: "The war itself had not been atonement enough for the nation's sins, many believed. Now, for the first in the history of the Republic, a president had been killed while in office. On April 18, a procession of twenty-five thousand people viewed Lincoln's body at the White House, the coffin resting on a magnificent catafalque called the 'Temple of Death'". |
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According to an article written by Jane Armstrong Hudiburg in volume 52, number 1 of the spring 2015 issue of "The Capitol Dome" a quarterly publication of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society: In contrast to the coffin, with its “exceedingly good taste and fine workmanship,” the White House catafalque bore the signs of a hasty construction. Designed by French, and built on April 16, Easter Sunday, it was the first of Lincoln’s several funeral biers. The massive structure included a platform, sixteen feet long, ten feet wide, which supported a box-shaped stand, four feet high. Covered in “black and white silk, satin, and velvet fabric,” the catafalque featured a soaring canopy, creating such as imposing presence that reporters referred to it as the “temple of death.”10
According to page 9 of "Stealing Lincoln's Body" published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University the author Thomas J. Craughwell wrote: "Laboring for two days, the army of carpenters built a structure sixteen feet long and ten feet across; it stood four feet off the floor and was crowned by a soaring canopy so tall that to accommodate it the workmen had to take down the central chandelier in the East Room. Then upholsterers came in and swathed the entire structure in yards of black and white silk, satin, velvet fabric. People who saw it call the catafalque the Temple of Death."
On page 10 Craughwell writes "As quietly as possible, they bore Lincoln in his ornate coffin down to the 'temple in the East Room'". On page 11 Craughwell explains that President Lincoln's wife never attended President Lincoln funeral because she could not accept the death of any one she loved. He wrote about the séances that President Lincoln's wife was known to hold at the White House to call up her two young sons who had died. And, even though her two young sons had died Mary told her half-sister that her dead son "Willie lives" - that he visited her every night and stand at the foot of her bed.
Craughwell wrote: "Mary could not bring herself to submit to the will of God. After the death of eleven-year-old Willie, his mother's and father's favorite child, Mary Lincoln came to believe that she could see the spirits of her dead sons. ….. To supplement these ghostly visitations, Mary attended séances, even inviting mediums to the White House (perhaps as many as eight times) to summon the spirits of her dead children."
But this is what Scripture reveals about someone who will not accept God's will and who as Mary Lincoln did "seek mediums":
Isaiah 8:19-22 19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. 21 They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. 22 And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. ESV Isaiah 8:21-22 reveals that those who seek mediums instead of God will fall into utter despair, which by all accounts Mary did. And, just as the Prophet Isaiah revealed - until the day Mary died she was oppressed with anxiety and the darkness of distress.
Washington Tomb's was Chosen as the Resting Place for Lincoln's Catafalque: According to an article written for the "Architect of the Capitol" to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death - AOC Curator Barbara Wolanin wrote: "B.B. French allowed the cloth covering the catafalque to be taken with the remains, but asked for it to be returned. He wrote to Major General Montgomery C. Meigs on April 21, 1865: 'It is my intention to have the mausoleum, intended for the remains of Washington, beneath the Crypt of the Capitol, thoroughly cleaned and properly fitted, and to place in it the Catafalco on which the body of our late beloved President lay in the rotunda, there to be preserved as a memento.' Following the precedent set by Lincoln's lying in state, the catafalque has been preserved and honored, used only to hold the coffins of presidents and others deemed by the Congress to be worthy of laying in state in the Rotunda, or used in the Supreme Court for Justices. Although the black cloth has been replaced many times and some of the wood structure reinforced, the pine boards form the catafalque are those that held Lincoln's coffin."
How is this possible - how could anyone build a shrine in the bowels of the United States Capitol that exalts death which was intended by Satan who was a murderer from the beginning to be the final ruin of mankind.
How is this possible - how could anyone exalt death which was intended by Satan who was a murderer from the beginning to be the final ruin of mankind. They are like those in Isaiah 28:15 that said "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming ship passes through it will not come to us"
Did they not understand that their covenant with death and their agreement with hell will not stand. Isaiah 28:18 Did they not understand that they may glorify death but by His death on the Cross - Christ robbed death of its terrors.
The "Gates of Death"
The "Gates of Death": The symbolism of the mall area of our nation's Capitol portrayed inside the enclosure of a large fish is alarming enough. And, it's as alarming if not more alarming, that Lincoln's Catafalque that was christened as the "Temple of Death" was enshrined inside Washington's Unused Tomb located in the bowels of the U.S. Capitol is symbolic of a "Gateway of Death" - a gateway that glorifies death.
The following picture is of me standing in front of Lincoln's Catafalque that is enshrined inside Washington's Unused Tomb. And, there is no doubt that the gates at the entrance of Lincoln's Unused Tomb were meant to be symbolic of the "Gates of Hell"
Washington's Unused Tomb
and Lincoln's Catafalque, Christened the "Temple of Death"
both reside in the "Shadows of Death"
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The following picture on the next page is a close up of the light that you see in this picture which was not on the pictures when I first had them developed. The light only manifested on the pictures after I got home. |
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In the center of the above picture just to the right of the lock on the gates you will notice a distinct shadow that resembles a man. This "shadow" is symbolic of the "shadow of death" in Psalm107:10, 14. It represents all those who have gone into a "Covenant with death" and an agreement with hell. Isaiah 28:15
Psalms 107:14 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their chains in pieces. (NKJV)
Verse 18 speaks of those who draw near unto the "Gates of Death"
Yet, there is hope because Jesus Christ came to set the prisoners free! The light around the shadow is the light spoken of in Luke 1:79.
Luke 1:79 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.” (NKJV)
The light speaks of the Marvelous light of Jesus Christ who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (KJV)
And, this brings me back to the "Temple of Death" in the Bowels of the US Capitol.
The "Temple of Death" |
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Given that a Temple is a place of worship - a holy place - what could the people who poured through the East Room of the White House to view Lincoln's body been thinking of when they christened Lincoln's Cataflaque the "Temple of Death".
And, from that point in time, Lincoln's "Bed of Death" became an object of idolatry for America's politicans. Lincoln's catafalque is not just a historical object - one might say that Lincoln's Cataflaque is the hallowed relic of America's "Virtuous Mourners" or should I say America's "Holier-than-thou Mourners".
Needless to say, Lincoln's catafalque isn't merely holding us the coffin of whoever is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. The symbolism is meant to link each newly dead president of the United States one to the other.
Which begs the question - why do the President's lie in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol and not the East Room of the White House where Lincoln lay in state. The answere is simple: it was only fitting that Lincoln's "Temple of Death" (Cataflaque) should be stored in the Capitol of the United States, after all, George Washington designed the Capitol to bear the resemblance of a Temple. According to documentation at the Library of Congress the Capitol of the United States was originally known as the "Temple of LIberty".
In coordination with the Library of Congress - Pamela Scott wrote "Temple of Liberty - Building the Capitol for a New Nation" and is one of the most well documented books on the development of the United States Capitol. |
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And, just as every temple was built to honor their pagan gods, Washington's "Temple of Liberty" had it's gods. In pagan temples the ceiling was designed to represent the heavens and the gods that they worshipped. And, so it was in our nation's capital or should I say our nation's "Temple of Liberty".
The following picture is the canopy painting of "The Apotheosis of Washington" in the ceiling of the Rotunda which is suspended between the inner and outer domes of the US Capitol Rotunda. And, as you see George Washington who is seated in the heavens was deified as a god. |
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Back to Washington's Unused Tomb where Lincoln's Cataflaque is enshrined.
When Lincoln's Cataflaque is brought out of Washington's Unusued Tomb and placed in the middle of the floor of the Rotunda -if a plum line is dropped from the center of "The Apotheosis of Washington" in the ceiling of the Rotunda that portrays Washington as a god - the plum line would travel through the center of the floor of the Rotunda where Lincoln's Cataflaque would be placed - then the plum line would proceed all the way to Washington's Tomb which lies directly underneath the Apotheosis of Washington and Lincoln's Cataflaque.
Death Glorified: And, that's the whole point. The symbolism is meant to link each newly dead president of the United States spiritually to one to the other. As crazy as it is, the idea was that each President that lies in state on Lincoln's "Temple of Death" - that in death they would be linked spiritually not just to Lincoln but America's first President who was defied as a god.
This concept is portrayed by S. J. Ferris, in his painting which shows George Washington welcoming Abraham Lincoln into heaven. Washington embraces Lincoln and provides him with a laurel wreath - the sign of victory. The image embodies American sentiments toward the two Presidents, one as the founder and the other as the savior of the America Republic.
But, what about their opposing views on slavery? Charles Sumner noted in his eulogy on Lincoln: "the work left undone by Washington was continued by Lincoln." Really! Did Charles Sumner forget that George Washington embraced slavery on the other hand Abraham Lincoln did not! Would Washington really welcome Lincoln to heaven with a laurel wreath of victory - when Lincoln destroyed the institution of slavery implemented by a slave owner such as George Washington - I dare say not! It's all total nonsense!
Following is a copy of Ferris' painting which shows George Washington welcoming Abraham Lincoln into heaven. Washington embraces Lincoln and provides him with a laurel wreath. The image embodies American sentiments toward the two Presidents. |
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In his eulogy on Lincoln - Charles Sumner goes on to say "Kindred in service, kindred in patriotism, each was naturally surrounded at death by kindred homage. … and thus, in death, as in life, one is the complement of the other.
Ferris' painting of Lincoln is only one example of "America's fallen leaders - when they fall - they rise up as gods".
It's obvious that the Tomb where Lincoln's bier is enshrined is a Temple. It seems odd that a bier and empty Tomb considered sacred by so many should receive such honor -unless you understand the mindset of those who built Washington's Tomb and those who placed Lincoln's bier inside Washington's Tomb: they oppose the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Given that a Temple implies either a place of worship or a holy place – death itself as well as Lincoln was glorified. Why would death be glorified? Because until Christ returns death is the only thing that Satan can hold over us.
They may glorify death - which is Christ's last enemy - but those who oppose Christ will find out that the day will come when Christ will put His last enemy - death - under His feet - and it is then that Christ will come back and establish His Kingdom.
1 Corinthians 15:20-28 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. NKJV
However, until Christ puts death under his feet death is still being glorified by the occult. Even today it is considered an honor for those whose coffin rests on the bier of Abraham Lincoln.
For example, according to USA Today – June 9, 2004 – page 4 A – "Reagan's casket will rest on a catafalque originally designed for Abraham Lincoln's funeral in 1865. The catafalque is a simple bier of rough pine boards nailed together and covered with black cloth. It is stored in a crypt in the Capitol basement. The crypt was intended as a tomb for George Washington…. "Once inside the Rotunda, Reagan's casket will be placed upon a pine board and black-broadcloth-draped 'catafalque.' Built as a platform for the coffin of Lincoln, the first president to have lain in state in the Capitol Rotunda, it has since become a powerful historic symbol. 'It's almost as much of an honor to lie on the catafalque as it is to lie in the Rotunda, because it's Lincoln's catafalque,'…"
The Freemasons who built Washington' Tomb glorified death. They can glorify death but the last enemy that Christ will put under His feet is death.
And, Scripture is clear, those like President Lincoln's wife and Nancy Reagan who held séances at the White House are not to seek the dead on behalf of the living. It is common knowledge that after his young son's death Lincoln allowed his wife Mary to hold séances at the White House in an attempt to make contact with their dead son.
And, it is common knowledge that many visitors to the White House claim they feel Lincoln's presence throughout the White House. And, Eleanor Roosevelt is not the only one to claim they saw an apparition of Lincoln. According to many people Lincoln's ghost is an ever presence spirit at the White House. And, this concept of seeking the dead and glorifying death is a pagan belief that the Scriptures condemn.
Isaiah 8:19 19 Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? NLT
Leviticus 20:6 6 “I will also turn against those who commit spiritual prostitution by putting their trust in mediums or in those who consult the spirits of the dead. I will cut them off from the community. NLT
Isaiah 19:3 3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead. NLT
Isaiah 65:4 4Who sit among the graves [trying to talk with the dead] and lodge among the secret places [or caves where familiar spirits were thought to dwell]; Amplified
Isaiah 29:4 4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 28:15 15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Before leaving the account of Lincoln's Catafalque it's important to make note of the construction of the Catafalque. The structure that was built to hold Lincoln's catafalque was so enormous in size that it had to be constructed inside the East Room of the White House where Lincoln's body lie in state. The structure stood as high as eleven to sixteen feet and was ten feet long and stood four feet off the floor and was crowned by a soaring canopy that was so tall that to accommodate it the workmen had to take down the central chandelier in the East Room. The entire structure was draped with yards and yards of black velvet, silk, satin and crepe fabric.
Given the significance of the light that manifested on the pictures of Lincoln's bier that I took - I want to point out that the underside of the canopy was made out of "White" fluted satin which was intended to catch what little light was in the room so the light would reflect on Lincoln's face.
Going back to the manifestation of a man that appears to be imprisoned in the picture that I took of Lincoln's bier I want to focus on the lock and iron bars of Washington's Unused Tomb that resembles the lock and bars of an old jail house. |
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Again, in the center of the above picture just to the right of the lock on the gates you will notice a distinct shadow that resembles a man. However, at this point I want to focus on the "lock" and the iron gate. This "shadow" is symbolic of the "shadow of death" in Psalm107:10, 14. It represents all those who have gone into a "Covenant with death" and an agreement with hell. Isaiah 28:15
The Scriptures speak of those who sit in darkness as "prisoners" and there is no denying that Washington's Unused Tomb looks like a jail or prison cell. And, there can be no doubt that the manifestation of a man standing inside Lincoln's "Temple of Death " is symbolic of someone who is imprisoned.
And, that brings me to the following Newspaper articles just published this past week. I was seeking the Lord as to how I should convey to those today that Lincoln's Temple of Death is equivalent to a prison and the "Gates of Hell" that Jonah referred to when he found himself in the bowels of the great fish.
And, I was simply amazed that in response to my prayer the following news articles were published. As a way of history, several days ago the Democrats threaten to put Attorney General Barr in jail for not releasing an un-redacted copy of Muller's Report - a report that under the law he couldn't release. And, when asked where would they jail him House Speaker Pelosi told a reporter that they had a jail in the basement of the Capitol which needless to say piqued everyone's curiosity.
Given his curiosity - this reporter paid a visit to the Architect of the Capitol to find out where this mysterious jail was located. And, the two newspaper articles say it all.
Needless to say, there wasn't a real jail in the basement of the Capitol where someone can actually be put in jail. However, it's interesting that the Architect of the Capitol did show the reporter(s) Washington's unused Tomb because it resembles that of an old school house prison.
Whether she understood it or not - spiritually speaking - like Oliver Wolcott, the Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800, who disdainfully compared the people of our nation's capital to bad fish - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was speaking prophetically when she told a reporter they had a jail in the basement of the Capitol - albeit a "spiritual jail".
And, the prisoners inside this spiritual jail in the bowels of our nation's capitol are all those that our politicians have and continue to devour. And, I have no doubt that the Democrats would like for Attorney General Barr to be spiritually bound up so that he wouldn't be able to do his job. However, they would be wise to heed the words of the great Apostle Paul in Galatians 5:14-15 lest they themselves become prisoners of their own schemes.
At times God will use even the unrighteous, like the High Priest Caiaphas, to utter a Prophecy:
John 11:49-53 49 Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time, said, “You don’t know what you’re talking about! 50 You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.” 51 He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation. 52 And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world. 53 So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus’ death. NLT
Even though Caiaphas was not a prophet - in giving utterance that it would be better for one man meaning Jesus to die for the people and not that the whole nation should perish - albeit unknowingly - he was speaking prophetically. Without knowing it Caiaphas spoke a prophecy of the deepest significance.
Adam Clarke wrote: Wicked and worthless as he was, God so guided his tongue that, contrary to his intention, he pronounced a prophecy of the death of Jesus Christ. According to Adam Clarke intention them merely to state that it was better to put Jesus to death than to expose the whole nation to ruin on his account. His maxim was, it is better to sacrifice one man than a whole nation.
And, so it was with Oliver Wolcott and Nancy Pelosi. How interesting that Oliver Wolcott, the Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 described the residents of D.C. as nothing more than bad fish. Wolcott wrote, adding rather disdainfully, "as far as I can judge, they live like fishes, by eating each other," And, so it is today. Our government officials live like fishes - they are continually devouring one another.
In Galatians 5:14-15 the Apostle Paul warns those who devour one another. The allusion is to that of the beasts of prey who fall upon and devour one another. The apostle warns them if they themselves should behave like animals that devour one another - that if they continue their biting sarcasms, scandalous lies and injurious actions then take heed because along with those they devour they themselves may very well end being destroyed.
Galatians 5:14-15 14 For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is complied with in the one precept, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev. 19:18]. 15 But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another. Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Case in Point: The Democrats wanted a Special Prosecutor to investigate President Trump and in the process many people's lives were utterly destroyed. Now, the tables have turned on the Democrats - a Special Prosecutor has been appointed to investigate the investigators. And, no doubt many Democrats will end up being devoured during this investigation.
How interesting that the Prophet Habakkuk asked the Lord why did He look on those who deal treacherously with others and not do something when the wicked "devours" others like the fish of the sea.
Habakkuk 1:13-17 13 But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should you be silent while the wicked swallow up people more righteous than they? 14 Are we only fish to be caught and killed? Are we only sea creatures that have no leader? 15 Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate? 16 Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. “These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim. 17 Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests? NLT
All too often, our politicians treat each other as well as Americans in general as a fisherman treats the fish in the sea. Their aim, as sad as it is, is to catch those they care nothing for and use them to advance their own agendas!
Muller's investigation instigated by the Democrats and all the slanderous remarks and lies spewed out of the mouth of the Democrats can be likened to the hooks and fishing nets that Habakkuk speaks of. All symbolic of the lie, ploys, traps and schemes by which our politicians have used to entrap and gain dominion over other countries as well as Americans and each other.
The hook and the fishing net, both things used for catching fish, are symbolic of all the means which someone's enemies will use in order to subdue and destroy people as well as other nations. In the context of our politicians these hooks and fishing nets are nothing more than the schemes, lies, slander and traps that our politicians will use to devour and destroy whoever they see as a threat to their agenda.
For example, just today in a Fox News article they only echo what many who are familiar with Muller's investigation having been saying for a very long time - that there was a long running, high level effort to entrap Michael Flynn. The following is an excerpt from that article:
"Michael Flynn was under FBI investigation earlier than previously thought, according to a little-noticed section in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report -- and the former national security adviser's brother told Fox News exclusively this week that the revelation suggested a long-running, high-level effort to "trip him up" and "trap" him."
And, the list goes on and on and on! Need I say more.
In essence Galatians 5:15 and Habakkuk 1:14-15 reveal that Big Fish eat Little Fish and the Bigger Fish eat the Big Fish.
And, whether she understood it or not - spiritually speaking - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was speaking a truth - because "Washington's Tomb" is symbolic of all those in America that are in a "Spiritual Prison" because of the injustice of our political system.
When reading the two news articles that were an answer to prayer we find that even those who are worldly agree that Washington's Unused Tomb looks like a jail. And, the reporter even describes the location of Washington's Unused Tomb as "Deep in the bowels of the U.S. Capitol, two levels directly before the Rotunda floor and precisely in the dead-center of the building."
I was amazed that on the very first page of the first article is a large picture of Washington's Unused Tomb. The two news articles in their entirety are as follows: |
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The "Tomb of Empty Promises": How Prophetic! |
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How Do We Know where the Gateways of our Enemies are Located
It comes by Revelation. The Lord will Quicken us to a Particular Scripture or He can even give us Revelation by means of a Dream
Genesis 28:10-17 10 Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. 11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. 12 As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway. 13 At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. 15 What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” 17 But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”
“He dreamed” indicates that it was through “revelation” that Jacob understood that this particular area was a “gate of heaven”.
I know that I stand in a gateway because of “revelation” and the documentation of signs and wonders by which the LORD has confirmed the revelation. When the revelation comes through a dream or vision - the Lord will immediately quicken me to a particular Scripture that gives insight into where He wants me to go and who my enemy is in that particular gateway.
And, if we are called to stand in the Gateway of our Enemies - then the Lord will give us Confirmations that yes we were Standing in the Gateway of our Enemies
I have included pictures of me "Standing" in front of the Gateway of my Enemies - but what exactly does that mean - what does that look like?
In Luke 10 when the 70 Disciples returned they told Christ that even the devils submitted to them in His name. Yes, Christ told them and He told them "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightening". And, that's what happens when we stand in the Gateway of our enemies - in the Name of Jesus they will submit to us - and like lightening they will be forever falling until Christ returns.
When Jesus told the 70 that He saw Satan as lightning falling from heaven - in essence He wanted them to know that He was aware of their triumphs when in His name the devils submitted to them. He wanted them to know that while they were rejoicing that the devils submitted to them - He was witnessing a greater sight - He saw Satan falling from heaven like lightening! And, every time that we stand in the Gateway of our enemies - Satan and the fallen angels are forever falling.
Revelation 12:7-9 7 Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. 8 And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. 9 This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels. NLT
Again, the following documentation is a glimpse of what is in the book I wrote on "Saddam Hussein the Modern-Day King of Babylon".
I will begin with "December 13, 1998 starting with the following copy of my husband's American Express statement as it confirms that I was at the United States Capitol on December 13, 1998 the day I stood in front of Washington's Unused Tomb and read the taunt to the King of Babylon as recorded in Isaiah 14 into the spiritual realm.
And, this is significant because then-president Bill Clinton who was in Jerusalem, Israel on the start of a Middle East trip - after receiving a negative report on Iraq's compliance with UNSCOM - on December 13, 1998 while I was at the U.S. Capitol - unbeknown to us - President Clinton made the decision to go to war with Iraq within 72 hours.
And, within four days American bombed Iraq approximately 60 miles outside of ancient Babylon. Needless to say, only the Lord could have orchestrated the timing of these two events to coincide. What the Lord had me to speak into the spiritual realm while I was at the US Capitol - the Lord used President Clinton to carry it out in the natural realm. And, that's a key point, I had to be at the Capitol - not somewhere else.
Then, to my amazement, five years later to the day and to the month, on December 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein, the modern-day King of Babylon, was captured at 12:30 pm our time.
Saddam Hussein claimed that he was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar, and in that sense, he is the “Modern-Day King of Babylon." The spirit or principality behind the ancient “King of Babylon” is the same spirit that was operating through Saddam Hussein. The men that this principality works through die; however, the spirit doesn’t die – this principality will only find another human to work through.
In addition to the American Express card that confirms I was at the U.S. Capitol on December 13, 1998 and the news articles that confirm it was on December 13, 1998 that President Clinton ordered our troops to prepare for air strikes on Iraq - I'm including a news article that confirms five years later that is was to the day and to the month - on December 13, 2003 that Saddam Hussein the modern day King of Babylon was captured after being found hiding in an underground hole that they likened to a grave. And, this is significant that he was captured hiding "underground" because when I spoke the taunt to the King of Babylon I was underground standing in front of what was supposed to be Washington's grave. |
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Following this page is the second page of this account and confirms that on December 13, 1998 I made a purchase at the gift shop located in the U.S. Capitol on December 13, 1998 |
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American Express & Parking Transactions
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The receipt for "Central Parking Union Station Parking Garage
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Bill Clinton's decision to attack Iraq on December 13, 1998
Clinton's decision comes the same day I read the "Taunt to the King of Babylon" |
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Saddam Hussein captured on December 13, 2003 at 8:30pm
Hussein was captured at 8:30pm (equivalent to 12:30pm Washington, DC time) to the month, day and half hour, that I read the "Taunt to the King of Babylon" in 1998).
The following excerpt is from page 3A of the December 15, 2003 edition of USA Today. |
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President Clinton: it is also important to note that on December 13, 1998, the same day I spoke the Taunt at the US Capitol, President Clinton was in Israel and it was from the King David Hotel that same day that President Clinton ordered the US military to be ready to attack Iraq in 72 hours. This fact is significant because when I speak a creative word into the spiritual realm it seems to always be spiritually connected to Israel.
The hole that Saddam Hussein had been hiding in was likened to a "Grave". Again, when I spoke the taunt of Isaiah 14 into the spiritual realm I was standing underground in the bowels of the U. S. Capitol in front of Washington's Unused Tomb. This could only have been orchestrated by the Lord Himself. |
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Isaiah 14:15 reads "Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depts. Verse 16 reads Everyone there will stare at you and ask, 'Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?"
And, this is the question many asked when they found Saddam Hussein in a grave like hole in the ground!
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Isaiah 14:4 You will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon
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In summary: On December 13, 1998 from 11:45 am until 12:30 pm, I read Isaiah 14, the Taunt to the King of Babylon, in front of Lincoln’s Bier located inside the tomb or cave-like structure in the US Capitol.
I spoke Isaiah 14:3-23, which is a Taunt against the King of Babylon, into the spiritual realm. Saddam Hussein claimed that he was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar, and in that sense, he is the “Modern-Day King of Babylon." The spirit or principality behind the ancient “King of Babylon” is the same spirit that was operating through Saddam Hussein. The men that this principality works through die; however, the spirit doesn’t die – this principality will only find another human to work through.
Not coincidentally, on this same day, Sunday, December 13, 1998, then-president Bill Clinton was in Jerusalem, Israel on the start of a Middle East trip. After receiving advance notice of a negative report on Iraq's compliance with UNSCOM, President Clinton made the decision to go to war with Iraq. He gave the Pentagon 72 hours to make preparations and air strikes Five years later to the day, on December 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein, the modern-day King of Babylon, was captured at 12:30 pm our time.
Having Said all of the Above - the Worldly Believer will never understand the Spiritual Aspects of a Gateway
But, what is important is that we who are called to Stand in the Gateway of our Enemies is that we understand where the Lord has called us
The Apostle John reveals that Christ Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. And, the Apostle Luke reveals that Christ has given the Believer authority to destroy the works of the devil as well.
1 John 3:8 8 But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. NLT
1 John 3:8 8 [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done]. AMPC
Luke 10 reveals that the same Christ that came to destroy the works of the devil also gave His disciples the authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and authority over all the power of the enemy. Luke tells us that when the 70 Disciples that Christ sent out to all the towns and places He planned to visit returned they joyfully reported to Christ that when they used His name that the devils obeyed them. And, even though the Lord told them not to rejoice because evil spirits submit to them rather rejoice because their names are written in heaven - He then told His disciples "Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen". Luke 10:17-24
In addition to Luke, the Apostle Paul gives us insight as to how we as Spirit led Believers are to equip ourselves in order that we can bring damage to the kingdom of darkness. In Ephesians 6:10-17 the Apostle Paul reveals that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places. Therefore, Paul instructs us to put on the whole armor of God that we may be able to stand against and destroy the works of the devil. The Apostle Luke Reveals that the Worldly Believer will never be able to understand Spiritual Warfare or take Authority over devils: Interestingly, Luke reveals that Christ thanked God the Father for hiding what the 70 Disciples had seen from those who think themselves wise and clever. In the context of Luke 10 the wise and clever can be likened to the Corinthians who Paul described as Worldly Believers who because of their worldliness cannot understand spiritual things. Like the Corinthians today's Worldly Believers are incapable of comprehending the higher truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God because, as Paul explained, they think and as act like the unbeliever.
1 Corinthians 3:1-4 1 Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in the Christian life. 2 I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, 3 for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world? 4 When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world? NLT
1 Corinthians 3 is a continuation of Paul's preceding discourse in 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 regarding the unbelievers who crucified Christ because they couldn't discern the truths that Christ spoke of. And, like the Unbeliever the Worldly Believers cannot discern Spiritual truths either. And, because the Worldly Believer cannot discern spiritual truths they are easily deceived by the unbeliever.
For example, some of the Believers in the church of Thyatira allowed the false prophet Jezebel to lead some of the Believers astray by seducing them to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. And, some of the Believers at Thyatira actually followed the false teaching - the deeper truths as they called them - depths of Satan, actually - that was introduced into their church.
It is absolutely unthinkable that any Christian would claim special knowledge of "the deep things of Satan" - but they did! How is that possible? Sadly, the Worldly Christian continues to behave in such a manner to this day. I know this firsthand, because I have personally met many of them.
But if they really understood the "mysteries of Satan" they would have understood that part of Satan's strategy is to deceive the Worldly Believer into opposing the Spiritual Believer.
What about the Believers in the Church of Pergamum - why in the world would they hold onto the doctrine of Balaam who placed stumbling blocks before the sons of Israel and the teaching of the Nicolaitans. And, it was the Nicolaitan spirit that was operating through the slave owners who wanted to lord over others? And, it was the Pastors who owned slaves in colonial America that as they stood in the pulpit justified slavery to their congregation. Revelation 2:12-15
And, what at about the Galatians? The Apostle Paul was astonished that the Galatians so quickly rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ and turned to a different gospel that distorted the Gospel of Christ Jesus. Galatians 1:6-7 Paul explains the difference between the Gospel that was revealed to by the Spirit and that the Gospel they have turned to is a "man-made gospel" - a worldly gospel.
In chapter 3 Paul even asked the Galatians "who had bewitched them", that they should not obey the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Revelation 2:20 20 “But I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman—that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet—to lead my servants astray. She teaches them to commit sexual sin and to eat food offered to idols. ….. 24 “But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching (‘deeper truths,’ as they call them—depths of Satan, actually). I will ask nothing more of you 25 except that you hold tightly to what you have until I come. 26 To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, To them I will give authority over all the nations. NLT
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 1 When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. 2 For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. 4 And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. 5 I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God. 6 Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. 7 No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. 8 But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. 9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 10 But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. 11 No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. 12 And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. 13 When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. 14 But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 15 Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. 16 For, “Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. NLT
Those who are proud miss the meaning of the Gospel and the Kingdom.
However, and I rejoice that that the Holy Spirit revealed to our Scottish Forebears who had the mind of Christ the spiritual truths of Luke 10. And, without a doubt, they took authority over their spiritual enemies.
And, so it is with us. Those of us who like our Scottish Forebears have the mind of Christ - we too will be called to possess the gateways of our spiritual enemies. We too will have authority over the devils who operate through the Worldly Believer to oppose us and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore, we would be wise to heed the words of Christ, Luke and Paul and apply their teachings to our own lives. Like our Scottish Forebears we who are their spirit led offspring - we too are in a fierce spiritual battle.
By all accounts, our Scottish Forebears understood the Biblical Principle of "Spiritual Warfare". To begin with, Lillias Skene who had the mind of Christ was one of the few among the Quakers who even wrote about spiritual warfare.
So much of Lillias' writing and imagery was steeped with Biblical allusion and imagery drawn from the Old Testament because she was able to spiritually relate to the Biblical principles and promises in the Old Testament.
It's obvious from her writings that Lilias Skene believed that God would avenge His people, the Quakers, and destroy their enemies in the same way that He had destroyed the enemies of the Old Testament Israelites. And, this is a concept that the Worldly Christian cannot grasp.
For example, Lilias warned the magistrates and inhabitants of Aberdeen that the Lord would "rise up against Babylon … a destroying Wind" and that the "Hills and Mountains will not cover you" from the coming wrath of God since "assuredly the Lord will not hold you guiltless".
Unlike most Quakers, Lillias used imagery connected with battle and spiritual warfare when writing about the persecution of Quakers. And, this too - the reality of "Spiritual Warfare" - is a Biblical principle that only their spiritual offspring will understand or take part in. Ephesians 6 A "Spiritual War" that mainstream Christianity denies. for His spiritual warfare hath trained bands And their provision keeps in His own hands A house of Magazine well furnished where For every soldier He hath weapons there For some a battle axe, a sword a bow As He hath service, weapons He'll bestow With some He'll wound the beast, by others kill it
In another poem Lilias called on the Quakers to join in the Lamb's War which is interesting because Luke tells us that Christ sent the 70 out as lambs among wolves. And, like the 70, Lillias too had victory over Satan and all the power of the enemy.
….. The Lord will bath His sword in Edoms blood And vengeance recompense on all her brood Who have engaged in this holy war. And followers of the Lamb accounted are.
and Lillias called on Quakers to join in the Lamb’s War:
Come all ye mighty men bring forth your shield Yee valiant ones appear now in the field All ye expect in war gird on your thigh Your swords, so as in readiness ye be Yea breast plate buckler, helmet & a shield That none unharnished12 may go to the field …
The Lord will bath his sword in Edoms blood And vengeance recompense on all her brood Who have engaged in this holy war And followers of the Lamb accounted are.
Like Deborah, a Mother of Israel and a woman of authority who as she stood in the Gateway called the men to rise up and fight for the Lord, Lillias called the Quaker men to rise up and fight for the Lord. Judges 4-5
Like many other Quakers Lilias saw direct parallels between her/their own experiences and those of the Biblical Israelites. And, Lilias the Prophetess, believed that she and others who were prophetic were as inspired by the same spirit that had inspired the prophets of the Bible.
Satan doesn't want the Church to believe that he really exists or to understand the authority we have over him in the Name of Jesus - because when every power, rule, authority, principality, demon and Satan himself has "completely fallen" and made inoperative - in other words fallen under the feet of Jesus - then "The End Cometh" 1 Corinthians 15:24-28
I believe that Luke 10:1-24 helps us to understand at least one of the reasons "why" those of us who understand the spiritual behind the natural are often misunderstood and why Satan doesn't want the Body of Believers to believe that he really does exist.
Man's Spiritual Enemy & the Law of Double Reference: Biblically speaking there is always a spiritual dimension to the earthly. One is not inconsistent with the other as one cannot exist without the other. And all throughout the Bible we find a Biblical principle that Believers refer to as the "Law of Double Reference". For example, in many passages of the Bible the LORD addresses a "Visible" creature while at the same time He addresses an "Invisible" creature who is using the "Visible" creature as a tool. In other words two creatures are involved in the same passage - one visible - the other invisible. For example, in the account of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Satan (the invisible) used the serpent (the visible) as a tool to hide behind. And, for that reason there is a spiritual nature of the serpent that we should be aware of. Not only is the serpent man’s natural enemy – the serpent also represents man’s “Spiritual Enemy”. Needless to say, it is significant that both the animal and Satan were two dominant entities in the Adamic dispensation and for that reason the spiritual connection or relationship between Satan and animals is of importance.
As we know, animals in the Bible are often used figuratively to describe the nature of a human being as well as Satan, the demonic and principalities. When a human being was compared to an animal it was because they both shared the same traits. For example, a fox is used figuratively of the antichrist or false prophet. A fox is cunning, selfish and destructive and it was because of the fox’s attributes that Jesus compared Herod to a fox.
Luke 13 31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 And He said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Another example of "double reference" is when Jesus Christ addressed Peter as Satan - Matthew 16:23.
And, we still see Satan (the invisible) using things in the natural realm (the visible) as his tools. For example, we often hear America (the visible) described as a "World Power" meaning that America is powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions. Well, while that may be true, it is only a partial truth. In other words, there is an invisible world power behind America's visible world power.
According to John 12:31 Satan (the invisible) is the "Ruler of this world". In other words, according to Scripture Satan (the invisible) is behind "all visible" world powers - and these visible world powers are nothing more than tools of Satan. More to the point "all world powers" are under the influence of Satan to one degree or another to further his agenda. More to the point "Satan is The World Power". But like all world powers who rise to power only to fall - Satan's world power is limited as well and Satan's power of influence is over "unbelievers"- not Believers at least Believers who are not in willful sin. 1 John 5:18-19 reveals that the whole world (of unbelievers) lies in the power of the evil one - meaning the unbeliever is easily influenced by Satan to do his will - to follow Satan's agenda. On the other hand verse 18 reveals that the wicked one does not touch those born of God and who do not sin.
Again, John 12:31 reveals that Satan is the "ruler of this world" and 2 Corinthians 4:4 reveals that Satan is god of this world - meaning Satan has a kingdom. Hence, Satan is a "World Power". In other words, "Ruler of this world" and "god of this world" are not just frivolous titles - they reveal that to some degree the Lord has given Satan the capability and authority to rule over all nations - that Satan is able to influence the mindset of the majority of people. I say "to some degree" because the LORD is still sovereign and Satan can only operate within the boundaries set by the LORD. For example, while Scripture such as Ephesians 2:2; 2 Timothy 2:26 and 1 John 5:19 reveals that unbelievers are under the influence of Satan: - Colossians 1:13 reveals that Believers are no longer under the rule of Satan - at least the spirit led Believer who He has given the authority to rule over Satan (Luke 10).
But, just as Satan hid behind the serpent in the Garden of Eden, Satan still prefers to remain hidden (invisible). For example, Satan is the only world power whose main strategy is to influence people through deception, including the Church that he nor the Kingdom of Darkness really exist. And, Luke 10 is one of the Scriptures that can shed light as to "why" Satan wants to remain "invisible" - because if the Church believes he really does exist then they will take authority over him and his followers which would weaken his kingdom of darkness. On the other hand if he can deceive the Worldly Believers that he doesn't really exist then they will not be a threat to his kingdom. And, I believe that the teaching of the 70 that Jesus sent out in Luke 10:17-24 is among those teachings that are important to the advancement of God’s Kingdom.
For those of us who are led by the Holy Spirit we know very well that we have the same adversary that Adam and Eve had and if we do not take authority over our adversary in the Name of Jesus - then to some degree or other he will come to kill, steal and destroy within our households.
Acts 7:25 reveals that Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them. Likewise, it still holds true today that the brethren often do not understand the anointing and call on the lives of other individuals. And because of that our identity must abide in the Lord alone. As long as the Lord understands my walk with Him, it is not necessary for others to understand.
Again, Luke 10:17-24 reveals that there are those of us who are called to a specific type of Spiritual Warfare and why we are not understood by others. Verse 21 reveals that the truths of Luke 10:1-24 were not revealed to everyone and sadly we see this in the Body of Christ itself and I believe that it is due to the arrogance, mixture and compromise that we see in, not all, but many Churches.
Notice that in verse 1 that it was only those that Jesus “appointed” that were sent two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go. In other words not everyone was/is “appointed” for this particular “calling”. Furthermore, we know that the Holy Spirit gives gifts to the Body of Christ as He wills - and one of the gifts is the "Distinguishing of Spirit" 1 Corinthians 12:1-11.
And, this particular gift enables us to distinguish whether or not someone is a false teacher, or when someone is speaking in their flesh; or when someone is under the influence of a demonic spirit - all areas where discernment is especially needed. This particular gift enables us to distinguish outward appearances from inward realities - to discern the true motives of someone's heart.
In other words, this particular gifting enables us to distinguish between (1) the Spirit of God, (2) the spirit of man (3) and the spirit of evil. And, when someone has this particular gift "they react to the circumstances". And, those Believers who discern and understand the spiritual behind the natural are very sensitive to this gifting.
Jesus revealed that not everyone is called to spiritual warfare nor will everyone in the Body of Christ understand this type of warfare; however, blessed are those that have been appointed and who do understand what God has called them to.
And, just as it was with the 70, Jesus Christ still takes a personal interest in our walk with Him and He is still aware of the on-going victories each generation has in taking authority over the enemy. On earth as it is in heaven: Jesus revealed to them that as they were taking authority over the devils, that He was aware of the progressive decline of Satan’s kingdom and as Satan's was losing ground his power was diminishing.
Verse 18: Jesus replied: "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven": In other words Jesus directed their attention to the "spiritual realm" making them aware of a much larger picture of the satanic world. Interestingly, Satan's fall is compared to lightening that is quick, dazzling and destructive. On Earth as in Heaven: While the disciples were taking authority over the devils here on earth and casting out Satan's subject - Jesus was saying that it affected the spiritual realm - Jesus saw Satan himself fall! Even though Satan and his angels had already fallen - Ephesians 6:12 reveals that there is still a battle going on in the heavenlies. Jesus was explaining to them that there is a spiritual aspect of what they were doing. Casting out demons was more than just casting out demons. Jesus pointed out how their success affected the Kingdom of Darkness - Jesus pointed out how devils being cast out affected Satan.
Every time a Christian takes authority over Satan and every time a principality is dislodged and every time the Church casts out a demon from someone who is being vexed or bound - and every time an unbeliever's soul is rescued from the demonic and comes into the Kingdom - Satan is being driven out (John 12:3) and comes closer to being cast into the lake of fire and brimstone! (Revelation 20:10). Every time a Christian takes authority over Satan - he continues to fall. And, all throughout the Church age - Satan is ever falling!
And, I believe that's why Satan doesn't want the Church to believe that he really exists or to understand the authority we have over him in the Name of Jesus - because when every power, rule, authority, principality, demon and Satan himself has "completely fallen" and made inoperative - in other words fallen under the feet of Jesus - then "The End Cometh" 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 |