Deep Darkness Upon The People

 The Lord is faithful! He sees it all and still chooses to Love His Children. Imagine if we did the same to the fallen and broken. We see people everyday who are the victims of the devil, killing, stealing and destroying their lives, legacy and future.  So many are bound by thoughts, beliefs, behaviors and addictions. We hear about them on the news when they have given into impulses and the flesh so often that the devil has been given access to drive them to wickedness and destroy their lives. 

 I want to start this by something that we must understand when dealing with this subject. Please read this with this lens of truth on: No matter what leads a person to do horrible things or into horrible circumstances: 

 Their actions are their responsibility. Your actions are your responsibility and my actions are my responsibility. People have to be held responsible for their actions and crimes against other people, especially children. Nothing I share here trumps that. We need stronger laws and punishments to deal with the wickedness people commit against others. Secular society must deal with the evil cancer of violence, abuse and sexual molestation ,in any form, in a way that reflects the wickedness of it. Protection of the innocent and the victims ALWAYS comes first. 

With that out of the way , I will attempt to try and pull the veil back a bit on what is going on behind the scenes. My goal here is to cause you the reader to look at the world with spiritual eyes. I want you to remove all the filters the world and maybe even your religion may have given you. 

There is a very real invisible Kingdom that is active in all the darkness, pain, death, violence and every wicked thing you see in this world. The things you see and hear that make you wonder "how can a person do something like that"  fall under the sway of this evil force. The bible makes it clear. 

1 John 5:19

New Living Translation

19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.

 This verse in context is revealing the two Kingdoms that, for now, co-exist in this world. God and His Children (The Kingdom of God (Light,His Dear Son) and The Kingdom of Darkness(Satan and his evil spirits).  I will touch on the Kingdom of God in another post.  It clearly points out why there is so much evil in the world. The whole world is under the sway of the wicked one.  

That is the lens I want you to have when you notice the evil around you. It is very simple but also very ancient and entrenched. 

Why is there so much pain in the world? 

The world around us is under the control of the evil one.

How can an adult who otherwise seems normal molest a child?

The world around us is under the control of the evil one.

Why is there so much war, death, violence and sickness?

The world around us is under the control of the evil one.

Why cant leaders of th eworld come together , share recourses and make the world a better place?

The world around us is under the control of the evil one.

How can armies, warlords, and terrorist slaughter men , women and children with no remorse?

The world around us is under the control of the evil one.

Why is pornagraphy, sexual crimes, abuse, infidelity, child/human sex trafficking and wicked displays of sexual acts for pleasure multi billion dollar world wide scourge?

The world around us is under the control of the evil one.

 I know what some of you are asking right now. So why does God allow it? Why did a perfect God who created everything allow such a dark kingdom to take root and cause such horror on earth? That is an excellent question and a valid one. Sometimes I think we as bible believing , spirit filled Christians too easily shrug that question off. I am not sure why, the answer is of utmost importance and goes to the very heart and character of The Lord.  

 For now, I would ask that you put that question aside. That question needs its very own book to answer it with the clarity it needs.

(I highly recommend the book below for those who really want to dig into that question. It blessed me tremendously. I to struggled with the answers I was receiving but Daniel Kolenda has some revelation on the subject)

This article is meant to reveal to you the answer to the question why does mankind and nature seem to be filled with such evil and violence and why does it seem to be increasing? Why is the world getting darker? 

 It is of utmost importance that we see the world correctly. It is a matter of life and death to many. If we as The Church do not understand the importance of discernment and a high spiritual IQ, there is little hope for those caught in darkness. We can not afford to be ignorant of the devils devices. He has kept The Church , especially in the western, modernized , media filles world, weak, lukewarm, tainted with leaven and blind to his working among us. 

He has convinced us that a little poison in our wells is okay and to be accepted in this world. He has deceived us into allowing leaven in the bread that The Lord declares should be pure. He has sold us the same lie with the same question-

 "Did God truly say?"

 I struggled with whether I should give specific examples here about how many things we have allowed that are causing more harm to Gods Kingdom on Earth, or rather our effectiveness in it, than we know. However,  I don't want to alienate anyone.  I am well aware of my own eye timbers, weaknesses and the lens of bias that those can cause me to see through. 

 My prayer is that we can yield all our bias , protective lenses and preferences to The Holy Spirit. My prayer is the He will give His Church, that has ears to hear and eyes to see, clear eyes.  Not, open THEIR eyes Lord, but open OUR eyes Lord as your church!

 This is what I am sure of. This is what I know that I see in The Spirit and what I know The Lord will reveal in these last days. We have allowed the internal Sin of Saul  into our homes, minds, internal doctrine and churches. Meaning we have allowed things that The Lord clearly says to lay aside and we shrug off things He clearly says should be staples in His house. 

Please get out your bible and turn to The Letters to The Churches in The Book of Revelation.  Read the Words of Jesus and His Message to His People. This is Jesus, The Head of The Church. The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords. The Almighty God. He is speaking those words to us, right now, today. Let that sink in. 

I know it may seem like I have switched topics here, but I believe The Lord will tie it all together.  

 There are a couple of main ways for a person to see clearly the horrible effects the kingdom of darkness is having on The World. I mean to really see beyond the veil and know what is really behind the horrible evil we see mankind doing.  Not just a casual understanding that there is evil in the world, we can all see that, but where that evil is originating from and more importantly, what Jesus said for us to do about it in the lives of man. 

 Most can not face the fate of millions of children stuck in terrifying situations, from the inner cities of America to the war torn areas of the world, to those trapped in even in wealthy homes with evil parents or captors.  That is okay, it is not healthy to focus on such evil. However it also flourishes when allowed to continue unobserved.  

Some have experienced the results of allowing darkness into their lives. They have seen it, understood it and can see it operating as a thief in the world. Some have experienced the feelings of evil, without being blinded by it, without becoming captive to it. 

 Many are mighty in the spirit, but you may never see them or hear them, because, well The Church is in large part ignorant of what darkness is up to and how it manipulates mankind.  These men and women would be ostracized and judged if they explained what they have experienced and felt.    

 This is one way a person can get a clear revelation of how The Darkness is swaying the whole world. The type of person The Lord can turn into a spiritual warrior in His Kingdom. A watchman that sees what others can not, or are not able to see and stay in faith.  

 This person needs The Church and solid doctrine on The Kingdom of God. They need to have a revelation of The Kingdom of Light sewed into every part of who they are so they are equipped to stand. They , when they are released by God, have very little tolerance for compromise, they are not legalistic, they see what that compromise leads to. 

 I believe we are going to see large groups of these men and women released soon that will go about doing good, preaching the good news of freedom in Christ, healing the sick, casting out devil and setting free all who are oppressed by him. ACTS 10:38

 The other way, and this is my determined stand of faith for the days ahead. The Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers around the world will begin to see what is leavening Gods People. They will have their eyes open and their will be an outpouring of Gods Spirit and Wisdom. They will see what The Lord needs us all to see and then be supernaturally empowered by The Lord to equip The Saints.  They will see for the first time, clearly where we have gone astray. 

That is the key. Not everyone in the church has to see fully behind the veil so they can see all the moves of Satan's Kingdom. But our leaders do need to see where darkness has blinded us to the compromise that is killing , stealing and destroying.    

When The Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists , Pastors and Teachers see The Full Power and Scope of The Great Commision and the reality of the darkness and lies it is sent into to confront and tear down they can equip the church to do the same. 

Mark 16:15-20

New King James Version

15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 

 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, 

and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere,  the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

We have for far too long tried to manage darkness, ignore darkness, mitigate darkness  or make darkness and evil a metaphor. Satan is real, evil spirits are real, the force that is swaying the whole world and the nations of the world is very real.   But! Jesus !  Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!  

 Here are a couple of chapters that perfectly show these truths. 

Ephesians 4

New King James Version

1. I, therefore, the prisoner [of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore He says:

“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”

9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [e]edifying of the body of Christ, 

13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 

15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

17 With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. 18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him. 19 They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.

20 But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. 21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy

25 So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. 26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

28 If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need. 29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

30 And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption

31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 

32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

Acts 19 

19 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”

So they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

4 Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 7 Now the men were about twelve in all.

8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. 9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 

18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed....

The World Needs The LORD! He Shall Fulfill His Plan!

Imagine if The Lord returned today!

Imagine if the clock ran out and our time as The Church to fulfill His Great Commission ended!

Would He say to The Western Church and The Churches in other parts of the world that took on the spirit of the Western Church, "Well Done"?

When held up to The Great Commission that The Lord Jesus gave us and the example men like The Apostle Paul left us , will the spirit we followed and allowed to guide our operating systems be proven to be His Spirit or the spirit of this worlds ways. 

This posting is not meant to answer that for you. It is simply meant to cause the reader to reach into The Word and The Ministry of Jesus and hold up His Standard against the standard we have held for many ,many years now. 

Consider this. We hold up men and women that display simple healing miracles as celebrities and worthy to live like kings in this world. When Jesus marveled at the unbelief of His hometown,  because He could only  heal a few sick people . The spirit that has attached to The Church makes healing a few sick people a multimillion dollar corporation , and builds "schools of the supernatural" , creates massive media entities and invest in millions of dollars of special effects lighting and dazzling displays, all with the promise of a few people getting healed, and some bible teaching. 

Is this The Great Commission Jesus sent His Church to fulfill?

I don't want to make a list of all that might be wrong with the modern church and all that the spirit that hides so cleverly in the shadows has brought in to keep us weak and lacking Pentecostal Power to be true witnesses of His Resurrection. For now I just want you the reader to consider that we all may have allowed our vision to be clouded and The Lords Glory to be replaced by something else. 

Are there enough people that will bring their hearts and minds back to the original root of our faith. Not our denomination, not Rome, not the early church fathers (some of whom believed and said some wicked things) but to The Foundations! The Revelation of Christ, The Word of God, The Spirit of God and the example of ministry that Jesus and The First Church left us (ACTS-The Epistles).  

We do this not by attacking the church, but through prayer and intersession. We seek The Lords will to be done completely and intensely. We reach out in The Spirit, under Christ and allow groaning that can not be uttered to pray on earth what is being willed from Gods Throne.  We don't act as if we know the answers, rather we humbly acknowledge we know nothing but Christ crucified and long only to see His Will Done.

I will end with something that has been burning like a fire in my spirit. 

In many places Gods Will is not being done. Ignorance has been allowed for a long season. Blindness has been permitted for a time. Prepare your hearts for that season and time to end, Be ready to shift into what The Holy Spirit will do on earth before the great and terrible day of The Lord. 

 

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 Many years ago I had an experience that I do not know if it was a dream or I stepped out of my body and stood in the place where the spirit world meets our natural world.  It came a couple years after another experience where I stepped out of my body while sleeping on my couch. I sat up and walked toward the window, but when I looked back I was still sleeping on the couch. I was drawn to my front window and was looking out it but didn't see anything. Although I couldn't see anything I knew I was looking out the window for a reason. I walked back over to my body and laid back down in it. 

 I didn't find much significance to that experience at the time, and still do not know what it was for. Maybe it was just preparing me for the experience I am about to explain. 

 
 

 I was laying in bed sleeping next to my wife. I looked up and saw a human form standing there. I stood up and I felt as if I left my body sleeping. As I looked at the figure I was confused. It  was me, but not me. It was as if I had an identical twin, but this twin looked like a "dead" version of me, He looked extremely sad, extremally lonely and was blue. 

 He didn't speak , but I could tell he wanted to "move back in" to my soul. His eyes were like a lost puppy or a rejected child. He spoke to me through his eye. He wanted so desperately to be rejoined with me.  My soul felt bad for him, but I told him that he had to leave. He stood there, not wanting to, but I commanded him again to leave. 

 He slumped his head and began to walk away, but as he did , I felt something in me drawing him back, and he sensed it. He turned back and looked at me like an child seeing if he could run back to an angry parent. I said again, this time it hurt me to say, "no you have to leave". This happen several more times. As he would turn to leave, something in my soul would draw him to turn back toward me again.  One final time with a resolve from within, I told him he had to leave. I laid back down. 

 My reason for sharing this experience is because I believe this played out recently in this natural realm in my life and I want to inform others on their journey of a pitfall, so they can avoid it.  

 I was experiencing a time of freedom and deliverance in my walk with The Lord. He has been so faithful to bring certain keys of deliverance into my life. Through a time of preparation with a coach , time in His Word and a return to in person services where His presence was manifesting in deliverance and healing,  He has broken free from several major strongholds in my soul. 

 Then the other night I had some very disturbing dreams. They came at a bad time, but that is when The Tempter comes, he looks for a more opportune time.  I woke up in the morning with a resolve not to allow those dreams to cause me to fall. I declared that The Lord was faithful and I was not going to allow the attacks on my dreams to doubt His Goodness. The Holy Spirit was with me. I could sense His presence helping me, leading me and strengthening me. 

 Then something happened that triggered a depression of sorts in me. Even then , The Lord was with me, I was led to admit somethings out loud, and except somethings  by giving voice to them. It was very difficult, but at the same time freeing. 

 However, as the day dragged on, I sensed the old stronghold of the fog of depression falling over my mind. Not a depression that is normally talked about, but more like the twin version of me I talked about above.  The clarity I had known for the past few weeks began to fade. I was saying the words of freedom, but I was allowing the lying whispers of defeat speak stronger than The Holy Spirit. 

 The amazing thing about The Lord is that He was right there with me. He didn't leave me, nor did His presence weaken at all as I slid down the slope. I then began to remember the experience I had that I spoke about above and I watched it play out the rest of the day and into the night.  I let that depressed spirit hang out just a little too long. The Lord was saying "just rest in my presence" but I kept drawing the old thing back to me by allowing self pity and self introspection to fog my mind and dampen my spirit. 

 Self pity was a major part of the hidden "spirit" that grew inside me all my life. The broken child, the abandoned child, the abused child, the scared child was pushed down and hidden under layers and layers of coping sins and weights. The Lord pealed away those things to expose the parasitic twin that hindered me all my life. The twin that fed on my creativity , took away my God given strength and wisdom.  This alternate version of myself was working in cooperation with its task masters of the flesh and the devil.  

 I said all that to say this. God is faithful. I may have fallen that day, I may have allowed myself to embrace that parasitic version of myself, but I also learned what it looked like when it manifested in the natural course of my life. I learned so many things about myself, The Lord and what has kept me tripping up over and over, year after year.

  I will end with this, and I hope you really hold it close to your heart. A pastor at my church recently shred this version of this scripture and it really spoke to me. It speaks to the very heart of all this and I am willing to bet so many of the struggles many of you face. He is all in on setting you free, He truly wants to cover you and free you. He wants you to rest in him, even when the storms of your heart, flesh and mind are raging. 

 Often times we think resting in The Lord means that our emotions are resting. We don't think these verses will apply to us, because  our soul is in turmoil, our flesh is burning and we feel unworthy. However, these are the very times we need our Comforter, Our Healer, Our Advocate, Our Strength and Our Deliverer. 

 I plead with you to draw close to Him, no matter what you feel, what you have done, or how far you have fallen. Come out of the darkness, and into The Light of His Kingdom. He has already provided for you and prepared a place for you there. Not in the sweet by and by, but right now. 

Matthew 11:28-30 The Message Bible

 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”