Mexico

God Bless Mexico

I grew up in a community that was considered oppressed and denied opportunities to advance in life. So, I can understand why people flee from violence, corruption, and poverty. They risk life and limb to come to the United States to find a better life for themselves and their families.

The Nature of the Battle

The nature of battle always starts in the spiritual or heavenly realm. For example, the apostle Paul mentioned the nature of warfare twice, having experienced it firsthand. In Ephesians

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” Ephesians 6:10-12

The actual battle is in the heavenly places, which concerns worship. The apostle Paul describes a spiritual government. The apostle John opens the curtain of heaven in Revelation 17 and exposes the Babylonia government that functions all over the world called the Whore of Babylon. This system functions off of blood sacrifice. Mexico has some of the highest murder rates in the world.

According to Revelation 18:3, the natural side of the struggle is people through whom the spiritual forces work. For all nations have drunk of the wrath of these relationships. They are kings (government), merchants (Businesses), and great men (wealth held by a small number of people).

Much of the apostle Paul’s revelations concerning spiritual warfare came from his ministry in Ephesus, which is described in great detail in Acts 19. The principality that ruled that region of the world was the great goddess Diana of the Ephesians Acts 19:27-28. Demetrius, the silversmith, made silver shrines for Diana (Acts 19:24). Their thriving book business taught people how to practice the curious arts (Acts 19:19). Then you had the seven sons of Sceva (spiritual wickedness in the high place). Sceva, according to scripture, was a chief of the priests who had seven sons

“And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.” Acts 19:14 (KJV)

The scripture says that these seven sons of Sceva were vagabond Jews, exorcists, who took it upon themselves to call the name of Jesus over those who had evil spirits. According to the Bible, when the seven sons of Sceva called the name of Jesus over a possessed man. The evil spirit said, Paul, I know, and Jesus, I know, but who are you? One man beat up seven men. Some people have opened themselves to be possessed by evil spirits. These demon-possessed people dwell in our midst. They are drive economies. For example, they steal cars and drive up the insurance rates. They drive up the cost of goods to fuel their greed.

Pressure

The City of Ephesus was experiencing God’s power. The spiritual forces of darkness were trying everything to stop the ministry of the word and were losing their power over the people. So, Demetrius, knowing their craft of making shrines for the goddess Diana was in danger of being destroyed, and the temple and worship of Diana were about to be destroyed, caused a protest.

The apostle Paul talked about the great pressure that came against him

“For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made to manifest in our body.” 2 Corinthians 4:6-10 (KJV)

No matter how dark the darkness is, we serve God who call light out of darkness. Just imagine what God did in the beginning, in Genesis 1:1, the earth is formless, void and darkness upon the deep. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. God said, let there be light. This same God has commanded light to shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God that shines in the face of Jesus. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. Satan put pressure on you through outward circumstances to get you to back down, to quit, and to give up on your prayers.

The apostle Paul says although the pressure came against them, they are not distressed, not in dispair, not forsaken, not destroyed, but always remembering the sacrifice of Jesus that the life of Jesus, might be manifested in their bodies. The apostle Paul is making reference to eternal life, the life of God.

The apostle John talks about this life in 1 John 1:1-2

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witnes, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Fathere, and was manifested unto us;) that which we have seen it, and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”

To think that eternal life is mysterious, is to deceived in your ability to benefit from it. Adam was created to steward life. God gave him seed to sow to be food for everything had life (Genesis 1:29-30) in it. The apostle John said, they saw life manifested. They heard it and handled it. John says, he that hath the Son hath life, 1 John 5:12.

Seize the Moment

We are in a time when great judgment is breaking out in the United States and in Mexico. The cartels have been designated as terrorist organizations. This is also a tremendous time to intercede for Mexico to come into its true calling, its divine destiny, to become a nation blessed with God’s blessings from coast to coast, from the top to the bottom.

Intercessors

We need to pray for intercessors to take up the call to interceed for Mexico from around the world, to bathed Mexico in prayer. The most powerful intercession is probably going to come from small groups of 1 to 10 people from all over the world. God values your prayers! Revelation 5,

“And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden viald full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to our God by thy blood out of every kindred,and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:7-10 (KJV)

There is a lot of revelation in the scripture text above, but to touch on a few things, Jesus prevailed to open the book. Now the book contains a new blueprint for a new season.

The twenty-four elders who ministered before the throne, had harps and golden vials full of odours which are the prayers of the saints. These twenty-four elders are in worship as well as ministering before the throne of God with your prayers.

Your prayers are precious to God. No matter how much the enemy fights and put pressure on you to back down, know that your prayers are influencing things in the heavenly places and shaping future events!

We have been made kings and priests. I think a great disservice has been perpetrated against the body of Christ by so-called Bible teachers, who influenced believers to put off theses things until some special time in the future. We have been made kings and priest by the blood of Jesus to rule and reign now on earth because it was always God’s will from the beginning, Genesis 1:27-29, for Adam to exercise dominion over everything that creeps and moves upon the earth. God never took away the dominion. Man was and has been deceived in its operation. God never walks away from his plans and purposes.

Grace and Peace!

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