Spiritual Warfare Series: There's No Spiritual Warfare Where we are Seated in the Heavenly Places

This is a short video and blog post to introduce this installment of "Spiritual Warfare" series. Please watch the video and feel free to comment. Please note that the apostle Paul chooses to open our eyes to the glory, power, and majesty of God in relation to everything else. He clearly indicates that God sits above everything, including the fray of spiritual warfare. That He is unmatched in His power. Paul reminds us that were chosen even while we were still dead in our sins, and really enemies of God. So let's thank God for snatching us out of darkness. And now that we are in Christ, we are seated right there with Jesus next to almighty God - above the spiritual warfare that goes on in the second heaven.

Now that is great news!

Watch the video and be reminded and empowered to meet the challenges you face

with this heavenly perspective.

QUOTED SCRIPTURE

Ephesians 1:15-23 (esp. vv. 20-21)

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

¹⁵ Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, ¹⁶ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ the eyes of your understanding^[c] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power ²⁰ which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

²² And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, ²³ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Ephesians 2:4-10 (esp. vs. 6)

 ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Prayer

Lord, please help us to get and maintain a heavenly perspective on spiritual warfare that it is not a time to be fearful but a time to rejoice that we sit in the position with Christ Jesus next to you in heavenly place, far above the fray of spiritual warfare. Thank you, Lord, that while we do have to "walk out' our victory, the end game is that we win hands down. Thank you, Lord for saving us, for sending Jesus to redeem us, and for your Holy Spirit Who enables us to live this life before you that Christ modeled for us. Praise Him Who made it possible and Him to sent us our Savior! Thank you, Lord! In Jesus name we pray! Amen and Amen!

Destiny Blockers in Black and White

"NEW" INFORMATION FROM VISION DECEMBER 15 FACEBOOK POST

Friends, we all need wisdom. It's the principal thing but we cannot achieve it without Christ in God. We can walk in wisdom only when we are submitted to Him. Otherwise, we are doomed. But if we come to Him as a child, then He will be to us as the Father we need and will give us constant guidance through the Holy Spirit, Whom Jesus asked the Father to send us. And, boy, do we need Him!" Read Proverbs 8 and 9 but here are some excerpts to ponder before you read the following re-post of my December 15, 2016 Facebook post with the most information from the vision that I had forgotten and promised to share.

WISDOM LEADS US TO LIFE

Proverbs 8:32-36

³² “Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³ Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.
³⁴ Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life,
And obtains favor from the Lord;
³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death.” 

 Proverbs 9: 10-11; 13-18

The Way of Wisdom

...

¹⁰ “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
¹¹ For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
¹² If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”

The Way of Folly

¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
¹⁴ For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat by the highest places of the city,
¹⁵ To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
¹⁶ “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
¹⁸ But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.

NEW INFORMATION AND RE-POST OF DECEMBER 15, 2016 FACEBOOK POST

This post is for someone specific but I believe it could apply to more than one person. Here is what I saw:

A man, professing believer, has gotten caught up in habitual sin. He has no idea it would become habitual and certainly did not plan it that way. But what has happened over time is that now he is literally trapped behind enemy lines. Sir, I see a wall of demons preventing you from getting away. So at first you are happily doing your thing, completely ignorant that you are trapped on the wrong side of this war for the souls of man - and it's because of your own choices. Then, you suddenly become aware that you are on the wrong side, and you make a gallant try to bolt out from behind these enemy lines. At first, it seems as if you will be able to do it. Then your 2 or 3 efforts become less and less fervent. What you had not noticed was that your decision and subsequent indulgence in habitual sin, was making you weaker and weaker.

NEW INFORMATION:

There were two lines of demons preventing him from escaping. Before, I only mentioned the dark ones who walked him away. What I did not remember, as they almost faded into the rest of the scenery to almost invisibility, was a line of demons/demonized people in white. They were facing him and were essentially his inner-circle of people who are just like him. Whatever they were they were almost invisible. These inner-circle blockers were wearing clothing in the same light gray color as the man. And while there were familiar to him, the did indeed form a barrier to his freedom. They formed that first line of the "fence" that kept him in. It reminded me of the Scripture that warns, even "Satan [can] appear as an angel of light." That means he looks good and makes everything he presents look good, that is, until it is too late.

The whole point here, is that by the time you figure it out, it's too late. In this particular case, I believe the man who is considering himself as a Christian, though he is in habitual sin, is surrounded by others who are like him but they are not for him. Their sole purpose is to block him and keep him bound in order to prevent him from pursuing and completing his purpose for being here. This man is set apart and called out but he stays where he should not stay. And in the vision, as some point, he is able to get past the first line of those in white, but not the second line of, they are the ones in black who are set there to prevent him from returning to God. You see, he has stayed so long that he has past his window and strength for getting out. When the hood is put over his head, it is symbolic for the shroud put over the head of someone who has died. For that person, it is too late. That is why this appeal is going out to anyone who the Holy Spirit is prompting. If this is you, run back to God. He is your strong tower into Whom you run in and are safe.

Please note that the Lord gave the sense that the demons in white represent a group of religious people whom the man thinks are for him but are actually against him as they are working for the devil. What I mean is the group represents those influenced by the religious cluster of pretending, hypocritical spirits that are very good 'hiders.'

[But perhaps your blocker is something you think is harmless and invisible but to God it is a blocker and separator. Could be something you think it's just a part of your personality, hence the white color of invisibility. If you are stuck (you may or may not realize it) ASK GOD.]

What is upsetting is that, at no time, did the man cry out to God, whether it was his pride or presumption, it was to his detriment. But praise God! Thankfully, this does not have to be the case. That is the reason for this warning vision.


THE LAST SCENE

The last scene was heartbreaking and that is where I need ALL INTERCESSORS TO PRAY FOR THIS PERSON OR PERSONS. I saw that you made your last dash with all the energy you could muster but it was too late. The demons who made up the demonic wall grabbed you by the arm put the hood of your hoodie over your head, and marched you off. It was too late and you had waited too long.

We know in Christ we can cry out in repentance for His forgiveness up until our last breath. The only time it's too late is once we have breathed our last. DO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU. REPENT NOW!!! COME OUT NOW!! CHOOSE JESUS AGAIN NOW!!! PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN IT WOULD BE THEIR LAST OR WHEN JESUS WILL RETURN, AT WHICH TIME IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
YOU HAVE BEEN DULY WARNED. GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU REDISCOVER YOUR PLACE IN THE LIGHT! PRAYING

IMPORTANT NOTE:
When I speak about the religious cluster of spirits I am referring to hypocrisy, pretense, lying, witchcraft, seduction, Jezebel, infirmity, fear, jealousy, stealth, et al. And while the victim is being victimized, he/she also manifests some or all of these things and needs deliverance from the trauma and the influence of this cluster. Left unchecked he/she will continue to be hindered and will never reach the level of intimacy the Lord is calling them to or accomplish all that He has set before them.

Please also know, that this is not to scare anyone into non-action but to exhort and motivate anyone who identifies with this vision and condition to cry out to God and HE WILL HELP AND BRING YOU DELIVERANCE!

Finally, in the end, it's all God, as long as we come to HIm, because:

Romans 8:28-30

AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.

²⁹ For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Spiritual Warfare Series: Curses as Earthquakes in the Spirit Realm

MORNING REVELATION ON MONDAY DECEMBER 19, 2016

This is a warning to gossips and those who wish harm and destruction against the Lord's servants the prophets. This is what the Lord revealed this morning.

Those who gossip and spread rumors against God's prophets are attempting to and, in some cases, cursing them. The Lord says, this causes an earthquake in the Spirit realm. And like an earthquake causes much damage far beyond its epicenter so, too, is the damage caused by a curse. The worst part is not the curse itself, however. It is the wrath of God on the "curser" as long as the object of the curse releases/forgives and blesses those who have become their revilers. Until the curser is released into God's hands, to Whom vengeance belongs, that curser remains undealt with to the fullest degree. Additionally, no one can control the effects of an earthquake.

I remember the first time I experience an earthquake while in California training for the mission field in 2008. To a native Californian that was negligible, but to me, a novice, it was terrible because of the absolute lack of control. What can you do when the firm ground you are standing on begins to shake and buckle as if it's about to give way from right under you. That is something you never want to experience twice. However, in the Spirit we stand on the ultimate Rock, Who cannot be moved. A person who claims to be a believer but reviles and hates another is on shaky ground, not planted on the solid Rock, Who is Jesus Christ.

With that said, let's get into a very important lesson the Lord just recently taught me about curses, intense hatred, and the opportunistic nature of the enemy in such situations.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Although this lesson I am about to share came from the Lord, I do not presume to make it as important as Scripture and the theological instruction of the Bible. Only Scripture is Scripture. In addition, my experiences are indeed subjective, because they happen to me, but they are instructive for how we respond according to God's word and how to overcome the works of the enemy, which is what Jesus came to model for us. Please read the Scripture references in depth and do further study on your own.

If you are doing ANYTHING for the Lord, seeking to live righteously, and to teach others how to do likewise, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER SPIRITUAL WARFARE AND INTENSE HATRED. THE KEY IS TO ALWAYS, ALWAYS, RESPOND IN LOVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN REVILED!!!!

CURSES THAT TAKE EFFECT

Curses, and destructive prayers, are the results of demonically energized hatred. They can cause havoc in the life of the one who is cursed, depending on the unique situation and any left-over access the enemy may still have on the life of the one cursed. That access could be in areas of the life undealt with from past generations, life before Christ, or sin in which they still indulge.

That sin, by the way, does not have to be  something  illicit; it can be something as subtle as an aspect of the person's thought-life. For instance, it can be a wrong perception of God based on a lie of the devil. Consider the original lie Adam and Eve believed that precipitated their sin against God. (Genesis 3 :6 ).

OPPOSING, AND SPEAKING AGAINST, THE PROPHET'S ASSIGNMENT IS
OPPOSING GOD HIMSELF

     MOSES, AARON, AND MIRIAM

Back to the spiritual earthquake and speaking against the prophet of the Lord. When you engage in opposing the work the Lord has sent the prophet to do, you oppose God Himself. That means, you are now at war against God. Thankfully, in that war, there can only be one loser - and it's never God. Consider, for a moment, the resulting judgment when Miriam and Aaron gossiped against Moses. She was struck with leprosy; and it was Moses, the target of the gossip, who was the only one who could effectively intercede for her to be healed. See how God set that up? (Numbers 12:1-14).

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. ² So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. ³ (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)⁴ Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out. ⁵ Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. ⁶ Then He said,

“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak to him in a dream.
⁷ Not so with My servant Moses;
He is faithful in all My house.
⁸ I speak with him face to face,
Even plainly, and not in dark sayings;
And he sees the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?”

⁹ So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. ¹⁰ And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. ¹¹ So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. ¹² Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”

¹³ So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!”
¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.” ¹⁵ So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. ¹⁶ And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

      JOB AND HIS "FRIENDS"

Similarly, remember Job and his "dear" friends who for 7  days told him what a terrible person he was; and, essentially, that he deserved his misery. Again, in the end, God told Job's friends how wrong they were in their assessment of his situations, and that He was coming after them. God warned them that they'd better repent and ask Job, the object of their rebuke, for forgiveness as that was their only recourse to avoiding God's wrath. Imagine, they had to ask the object of revile to intercede with God for them. The same God they seemed convinced, they knew better than Job. And we see that Job did not hold them in contempt as He did just as God knew he would. (Job  42:7-10).

⁷ And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. ⁸ Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”  

⁹ So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job. ¹⁰ And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

WHAT ARE THE LESSONS HERE?

TO THE REVILED/CURSED

1) Let God take care of your enemies. He is best at it anyway.
2) You still have to love everyone
3) If there is any truth in the criticism, take it to God
4) Seek healing and deliverance for areas where needed

TO THE REVILERS/CURSERS

1) You are fighting God and you will lose
2) You are at the epicenter of the earthquake
3) The one you revile has the answer to your deliverance
4) You are harboring an anti-anointing/anti-Christ spirit
5) Seek deliverance and healing from the areas that cause you to curse and revile the Lord's anointed and anointing
6) Get into God's presence and experience His love
7) Spread His love to all including those you have reviled

Remember, when you gossip, curse, revile others as believers in Christ, you cause spiritual earthquakes that cause years of after-shocks in the soul realm, for which you will be held responsible until you repent and obey God in whatever He tell you to do in remedy if anything.

Finally, God is good, and His love for everyone, regardless of which side of the equation they are on, is exactly the same. None of us are better than the other. And ...

THE SHOCKER

We have all, at least once been on the side of the reviler, and have gossiped and either knowingly or inadvertently, "cursed" someone. If you think you have not, then you are lying to yourself. That is why the Bible says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit." (Proverbs 18:21). Ouch! Can you imagine eating the fruit of death when loving and speaking death? Put away the idea that you have to be practicing the magical arts to have given into a spirit of witchcraft. First, of all, that is the nature of witchcraft, attempting to manufacture results for selfish ungodly gain by illegal supernatural power. The biblical definition also focuses on the manipulation and control aspects of it to control/steer the future to a desired end. We may use human soulish efforts but that very quickly descends into something demonically energized.

Habitually practicing such things does make a person a witch. And, yes, witches do sit in pews, lead ministries and even pastor churches. Hard to imagine but we live in a day where it is not difficult to gather people and purchase credentials. But that's another matter for another day.

Thankfully, God forgives and His Love saves us through Jesus Christ. Therefore, none of us have to stay where we are regardless of which side of this equation we find ourselves.

MY OBJECT LESSON: GOD PROVES LATER THAT SAME DAY WHAT HE HAD REVEALED/FORETOLD EARLY IN THE MORNING

As is so often the case with the Lord, He solidified this lesson with action. That He would let me know ahead of time what I would face, is the very reason to meet with the Lord early in the morning before facing the world. Goes to prove that the early bird catches something much better than a worm.

You see, the previous day during prayer with a friend, she said the Lord impressed upon her to reveal something she had just learned because she sensed that for me it hit close to home in terms of my moms constant bout with "illness" within the past 18 months. She had bought a book written by a medical doctor, Rebecca Brown, who began having bouts with mystery illnesses. Through some means, it was revealed that the illness were a result of her being the object of intense hatred. The connection is that with intense hatred comes the bad thought and words spoken over a person, which manifests in to curses. Hence, the reason for my opening conclusion. Once she dealt with the issues according to God's recipe, and she did not have to know the exact source, she experienced healing. She sensed my mom was the object of intense hatred and we prayed according to the remedy laid out by the Lord. However, we know that Scripture tells us to bless those who curse us. That releases us from any effects.

       A CURSE WITHOUT A CAUSE

So later in the day after sending off a document that I knew would meet challenges, I was driving and got off my exit and immediately felt like I would pass out, yet I knew it was not due to illness but "something" literally, in the spirit, flying over me and trying to knock me out. I thought something was going on at that moment. I later realized from a communication I saw several minutes later, that it was a curse sent at me, borne by intense hatred. Praise God or deliverance. It could not sit on me and cause the desired effect because it was without cause. I was simply doing God's will.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight.

So the Lord taught me an object lesson and fleshed out the Scripture for me to see and pass it on to you. (He had even told me where to find it except for the verse.) If you know you have been cursed in such a way, release your revilers - and yourself - by forgiving them.

SOLVING ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS - NO MORE CURSING EACH OTHER

Friends, the Lord is reminding me that if we but lived according to the Greatest Commandment, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." and the Second Greatest Commandment which is like it:

Matthew 22:37-39

³⁷ Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

 OBEDIENCE TO THESE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS WOULD SOLVE 100% OF ALL OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS WITH GOD AND WITH EACH OTHER.

PRAYER OF RELEASE FOR THE REVILED AND THE REVILER:

FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR REVEALING AREAS THAT GRIEVE YOUR HEART ABOUT OUR DEALINGS WITH EACH OTHER. LORD HELP US AS WE SEEK TO LIVE IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO YOU AND EACH OTHER IN KEEPING WITH THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS. LORD, FORGIVE ME WHERE I HAVE EITHER INADVERTENTLY OR PURPOSELY THOUGHT BAD THOUGHTS AND SAID BAD THINGS INTENDING TO HURT ANOTHER OF YOUR PRECIOUS CREATIONS AND CHILDREN. TEACH ME HOW TO LOVE LIKE YOU DO, LORD AND MAKE ME AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAY YOU LOVE THAT THE EVIL WOULD NEVER AGAIN HAVE USE OF EITHER MY TONGUE OR MY MIND OR MY PHYSICAL BODY TO DO HIS DIRTY WORK. THANK YOU, LORD, THAT I MIGHT NOW WALK IN DIVINE FREEDOM FROM THIS BONDAGE. I RELEASE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CURSED ME AND BLESS THEM TO RECEIVE OF YOUR FULLNESS FOR THEIR LIVES. PLEASE BRING RECONCILIATION SPEEDILY ACCORDING TO YOUR PLAN, LORD. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS THE KING AND FOR THE GLORY OF HIS KINGDOM. AMEN!

Spiritual Warfare Series: Spiritual Warfare Caught on Camera - Pay Very Close Attention

INTRODUCTION

As times become more intense, our need for God's protection does, too. Most people believe there is a supernatural dimension which is invisible to the natural eye. Yet, we have heard stories of angels appearing to rescue, to announce something, to teach something, to reveal something. All throughout be Bible, we see that God used these "ministering spirits"  to do His bidding in as He shepherds the sons and daughters, heirs of salvation. (Hebrews 1:14 - "Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?") Think of the angels as God's divine secret service agents to protect His kids. I believe that I have met at least 3 angels in my lifetime who manifested at people.

The Bible warns us to be kind to all because we have no idea when we would encounter angels. (Hebrews 13:2 - "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.") Can you imagine being mean to an angel? Not a great idea. I have had a friend tell me there was an angel sitting on my bed with his arms folded as we were sharing about the Holy Spirit with a young lady whose denomination did not include any teaching or allowances for the things of the Spirit. So when what I am about to share happened, I was shocked and not shocked. Shocked as it was totally unexpected, yet, not shocked because I know that I am protected, as other believers are, by God's angels.

A FRIEND CONTACTS ME ABOUT MY VIDEO

I had recorded a video on the fact that when we, as followers of Jesus Christ, walk in the Spirit, we too fulfill the Law. See Romans 8:1-5. On this video, my friend in- boxed me this message:

"Hey Sonia!!! I was looking at this video and saw something amazing. I'm not sure if you've noticed it or not but take a look. I believe I saw something angelic in your video. I counted 3 times. Looks like light shooting through the room you're in. Do you see it?"

Now, your theology might not allow for this but I am bout to show you. You see, I really had not seen it and even now I wonder how a video camera can pick up things going on in the Spirit realm and I believe it may have to do with the lighting. It's either that or God is just allowing it so that people who once doubted would see He is thoroughly involved and in charge of this world.

I had not seen the 3 occurrences of flying light before yet I had watched the video before. She clearly had eyes to see.

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

THE LIGHTS

When I looked, sure enough, she was right! And one of the "lights" actually did what I was saying. So I saw 3 occurrences of the lights. Then later when I looked again, I saw 4 lights! What!! But that was not all. I looked another day and saw 5! 2 times before I began to pray and 3 times when I was praying. Now, I am about to go even further. I let a week or 2 go by and I looked at it again. I then understood what was going on. You see, one light shot up as if to cut off a  light gray cloud of a shadow that was about to came floating over me. This floating cloud happened 2 times. Then another light, before I began praying, then while in prayer 3 occurrences. Notice when I start speaking about our need to focus our beings up to God and see what the light does! Altogether I counted 5 angelic beings and 2 demonic ones. Then I just saw a 6th, which was very quick. Why? The devil will always want to hinder those who are speaking truth. I am no stranger to resistance of all types, but it sure is nice to actually see an account of God protecting His own.

THERE ARE MORE WITH US THAN AGAINST US

There are times when only angelic deliverance will keep us safe. We saw this in 1 Chronicles 32:7 when the King of Assyria had King Hezekiah and his soldiers surrounded. Hezekiah encouraged them by saying,

"Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.  ⁸ With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

We have this promise that "There are more with us, than there are against us." Be bold and be courageous no matter where you are. God is with you!

       ANGELIC FIGHTER SQUADRON

Another instance of angelic protection and deliverance was when Elisha the prophet asked the Lord to open the eyes of his petrified servant Gehazi. This is awesome and closer to what was going on in that video:

¹⁴ Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. ¹⁵ And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” ¹⁶ So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” ¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. ¹⁸ So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.” And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

I know my life is marked by angelic activity but the enemy is also always attempting to disturb my work for God. (Some of those testimonies are in my book, "Walking in Fulfillment of Prophetic Revelation: The Naturally Supernatural Life," available at the next top tab to my Amazon Author Page). But then, so is yours. I am aware in my case of some of the times God is fighting for me. He chooses when He allows us to be aware because that gives us strength and we know that we are not alone. Some of us need this knowledge more than others. Thank God He knows exactly what His kids need at any given moment.

I WAS OBLIVIOUS

If you were able to spot anything, that's awesome! But that's not the most important lesson here. Did you notice that as I taught I was in the Spirit with the Lord speaking what He was having me speak and was completely oblivious to the war taking place around me? Friends, that is usually how it is, it is for His own reason that God has allowed this to be visible. He so lovingly wants us to know that He is trustworthy. He is capable of taking care of us and does so without our knowing. It does not matter where we are, He is with us even to the ends of the age. (Matt. 28:20).

CONCLUSION

Yes, folks, evil exists. We see the effects of it all around us. Yet, the great news is that the enemy is outnumbered and out-powered by God and His Kingdom of light bearers, angelic and human. What happened here is just about proportional as there are 2/3's more angels than there are demons. The enemy has always lost, he is losing (regardless of how things appear), and he will always lose. There is but one side to be on. Which side are you on? Remember, when you are in Christ, He rules. If you are still your own boss, guess what, Jesus is not your Lord.

Video Key:
(Approximate counters, please pay close attention.)
If you had a problem spotting the lights here are some of the approximate time-stamps:
Light: 00:57 - "There is..."
Dark: 00:58
Dark: 01:23
Light: 02:11 - "Those who live according to the Spirit..."
Light: 02:35-02:36 (Very quick flash in front of me.)
Light: 02:47 - "Your Word..."
Light: 03:28 - "Focus upward..."/by my lips
Light: 03:33 - "Focus upward..." Repeated then the light actually went up/by my hair

The Cross and Spiritual Warfare - Colossians 2

ALL OF YOUR WARFARE ENDED AT THE CROSS OF CALVARY!!!

COLOSSIANS 2

YOUR NEW IDENTITY

13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us.

This Scripture speaks about our death to sin when we come to Christ repenting of our sin and turning to Him Who is the one resurrecting us to live in His overcoming power. And as if that were not enough, His death on the Cross removes our need to adhere to the law which was stacked against us; we could never obey all of it. So He accepts us, kills our evil fallen flesh and causes the human spirit to be alive in Him. In doing so He makes us holy, righteous, clean, and justified (just as if we had never done anything wrong.) So that is our new identity in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:17 calls us new creations, with the passing away the old you, and the arrival of the new you. Now that's exciting! But there's more.

AT THE CROSS: VICTORY IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE

And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

¹⁵ Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

This is where we win over the enemy of our souls, who resists and attacks us whether or not we are aware of it.

AT THE CROSS, JESUS:

1. NAILED THE DEAD LAW TO THAT DEAD TREE, 

(THEN HE ADDRESS OUR  ACCUSER BY)

2. COMPLETELY DISARMING SATAN AND HIS DEMONS. As if that weren't enough

3. HE ALSO MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM, MEANING HE HUMILIATED       THEM, AND FINALLY,

4. TRIUMPHED OVER THEM.

DON'T LET ANYONE STEAL YOUR REWARD IN CHRIST

18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

¹⁹ and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

The Lord knows that even when we know the truth and even when that truth has been revealed to us where we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that it is truth. The enemy, the world, and at times even we ourselves will go against that revealed truth but we are to "hold fast" to Jesus our Vine, so that we can be continually nourished us and remain in unity as the Body of Christ. As we remain united in Christ, God will bring increase. It's amazing how important unity in Christ is to spiritual warfare. No one makes it as a lone ranger. That's a sure-fire way to be a casualty in this invisible war; a war more dangerous than all natural ones combined. However, even though it is dangerous because the stakes are much higher, it's one that's already been won.

DON'T RETURN TO THE LAW; STAY IN CHRIST

20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations---

Finally, Paul reminds us that in addition to remaining connected to Christ and His Body, we need to avoid the tragedy of returning to the impossibility of life under the law, which He has already "taken out of the way."  The world is under the sway of the law and its penalty for sin. Not so for the believer who has trusted Christ as his Savior. ANYONE CAN BECOME A BELIEVER! He came for everyone. "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." John 3:16.

CONCLUSION

If you remember nothing else, hold fast to the fact that at the Cross Jesus removed our need to fulfill the Law because He has already dealt with that impossibility; and as we follow Him, we do, too. He has disarmed our enemy at the Cross, and has absolutely humiliated Satan and his entire governmental structure, triumphing over them once and for all. In a nutshell, Jesus' death on the Cross ended spiritual warfare. That is the reason He was able to say, "it is finished." He had done His part; now it is our turn to walk in that revelation as we are seated with Him in heavenly places according to Ephesians 2:4-7. It's up to us to stay seated with Christ on His throne of victory.

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

God bless you!