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This quote is taken from Revelation 12:12. It speaks of the trouble that will be stirred up against the inhabitants of the earth and sea.

Revelation 12:17, “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to MAKE WAR with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

There is another warning in Revelation 14:8,

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, BECAUSE SHE MADE ALL Nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

We also see again in Revelation 18:3, “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication…”

This describes the horrific terror that the enemy will afflict upon those who have no relationship with God. Matter of fact, the relationship that the nations have with the kingdom of darkness, that great city Babylon, is described as based on fornication.

The enemy is going to make war. He is going to hit repeatedly anyone and everyone. Stroke after stroke.

I witnessed this rage. It happened shortly after the rebellion in Detroit in 1967. Shortly thereafter, for several years, the murder rate reached 900+ people a year. People were losing their lives in situations that made no sense. For example, a person standing in a door way was shot and killed in a random drive by shooting.

The apostle Peter said in 1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

We are living in a time when a person can / walk into an elementary school or a church gathering and murder people. The government is powerless to stop it. First, our warfare is not against flesh and blood. It is not against people. It is against unseen spiritual forces who is working in culture to inspire hate and violence.

One of those forces of evil is called “spiritual wickedness in high places”, see Ephesians 6:12. Even though Jesus defeated these forces and have given us the victory; there are many believers who are ignorant of these promises.

“And you, being dead in your sins and uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quicken together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was contrary to us, and took it out of the way nailing it to his cross; and having SPOILED principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

Jesus, in sacrifice, defeated principalities and powers. He stripped them of their legal abilities to inflict judgment. The ordinances that these creatures used as justification to attack and inflict pain has been “blotted out”. Although they have been defeated, they have a limited time left on earth.

The only way to stop these creatures is through covenant promises. For example,

Revelation 12:11 says, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

Another promise,

The gates of Hell shall not prevail against his church,

In my name you shall cast out devils, Mark 16:17

All the powers of hell can not overthrow the Body of Christ, the Church.

Read Mark 5:1-20, a legion of demons living on the inside of this person who lived among the dead, he could not be controlled, he was a tormented soul and he was a cutter. A cutter, according to this scripture, is a person who was cutting himself with stones. But when he saw Jesus, he ran and worshipped him.

The strange thing about this encounter, it was the legion of demons who ran and bowed down before Jesus and worshipped him.

The interesting thing about this encounter, they knew Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. They knew that they had a right to inhabit human beings (See Luke 11:24, they call the human body, our home) and they knew that their time is limited ( Are you come to torment us before the time Matthew 8:29)

But at the same time, one demon can overthrow whole churches and Denominations, See Acts 19:13-20

The Seven Sons of Sceva, tried to cast out an evil spirit from a man. Sceva was described as a Jew and chief of the priests. The evil spirit said, ‘Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who are you? The evil spirit in the man leaped on the seven brothers stripped them of their clothing and wounded them. The Bible says, “… So they fled out of that house naked and wounded.”

There is another incident in the Bible, the battle of Ai in Joshua 7:1-26, where the Isreal, the people of God were routed and humiliated by a very small force because there was sin in their camp.

Acts 17:6, If twelve believers could turned the world upside down; image what could be done when a committed core group of believers commit themselves to advancing God’s agenda in a region!

Grace & peace!

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Here is a Seed

All seed is supernatural. According to Jesus it produces 30, 60, and 100 fold more than was sown!

I don’t refute medical advice. I’m not giving medical advice. I’m giving you information, go search it out in the Bible.

Here are the promises:

1 Timothy 4:1-5

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and DOCTRINES of DEVILS; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and COMMANDING TO ABSTAIN FROM MEATS, which God hath created to be received with THANKSGIVING of them which BELIEVE and KNOW THE TRUTH. For every creature of God is good, and NOTHING TO BE REFUSED, IF it be RECEIVED with thanksgiving: FOR it is SANCTIFIED by the WORD of God and PRAYER.”

Food is sanctified through thanksgiving, the word of God and prayer. This is a covenant promise. This is how you get the power of God working in your body.

This is a covenant promise, made to them under covenant as part of their inheritance. Read John 10:7-10; thieves need not apply and this is the reason why this scripture might not work for you!

The Bible says,

“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you THROUGH the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, ACCORDING as his DIVINE POWER HATH GIVEN UNTO us ALL THINGS that pertain unto LIFE and godliness, THROUGH the knowledge of him that hath CALLED you to glory and virtue.” 2 Peter 1:2-3

Notice: ALL THINGS. All things mean all things…

It is through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus Christ that GRACE – God’s goodness working in you doing what the doctors can not do.

Notice, GRACE and PEACE are multiplied.

Look at this next verse; this next verse says you can escape the corruption that is in the world through greed. There is a corrupt medical system in the world that is driven by greed. Once you give in to that system, you are subject to its decision.

The Bible says,

“Whereby are GIVEN UNTO US EXCEEDING GREAT and PRECIOUS PROMISES: that BY THESE ye might be partakers of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

Now God, according to His DIVINE POWER, HATH (past tense) Given ALL THINGS that pertain to LIFE NOW…

The message of Seed- time- Harvest is so powerful because God through SEED put the power and responsibility of the harvest back into your hands and not somebody else.

More scriptures on Seed, Matthew 13:18-23; Mark 4:21-29; & Luke 8:4-15

Grace & peace

Gas prices going higher and higer: Here is a promise that we can claim for restoration of everything that has been stolen:

Proverbs 6:31

“Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; but if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.”

Who shall enforced this promise?

“Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. JUSTICE and JUDGMENT are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousnessshall they be exalted. ” Psalms 89:13-16 (KJV)

People are suffering all over the world because of a war they had nothing to do with. People are being forced, through high gas prices, high food prices and unjust taxes collected at the gas pump, into poverty.

Here is a simple prayer to recoup all that the enemy as stolen:

“Father God, in the name of Jesus, I claim sevenfold of all that the enemy has stolen through fraud, greed, unjust gains, wars, rumors of wars, unjust taxes and all such schemes.

Remember, the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just, Proverbs 13:22

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:4-5 (KJV)

We are in a battle with unseen forces according Ephesians 6:10-13

“Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor 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 darkness of this WORLD, AGAINST spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you might be able to withstand in the EVIL DAY, and having done all, to stand.”

Grace & peace!

I was a volunteer Chaplain in the Wayne County Jail, in Detroit, Michigan. I had this inmate asked me, why he felt so powerless. I said to him, “You don’t know what you have a right to.” I had him turn in his Bible to John 1:12,

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”

The interesting thing about John chapter 1, is that it tells us about the One who created all things. The One who has “life” in him. He is the one who created light out of darkness and the One who divided the light from the darkness.

John wrote, “Light shines in darkness and darkness could not put it out.”

‘He was in the world, and the world was made by him and the world did not know him.’

The relationship that existed originally in the beginning when God created man in his image and likeness has been restored.

This relationship, the true Light which gives light to every human being coming into the world (John 1:9), is purely a work of God.

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, BUT OF GOD.” John 1:12-13

The One who originally gave us dominion over all the works of his hands has renewed the relationship. As many as received him and believe on him became a new creation.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And ALL THINGS are of God, who hath reconcile us to himself by Jesus Christ, hath given us the ministry of reconciliation” 2nd Corinthians 5:17-18

It is through relationship that we come to know our purpose in life. The created order reflects the glory of God. We come to understand that unique substance that holds things together, it makes things grow, and it gives character; Its call LIFE.

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the light of the world: he that followeth me SHALL NOT walk in darkness, but have the Light of Life.” John 8:12

In regards to dominion, let’s go back to Genesis 1:26,

On the sixth day of the created order, God said, Let’s make man in OUR image, after our likeness.

Then he said, LET them have dominion…

In Genesis 1:28

“And he “BLESSED” them…”

I did a word study a long time ago on the definition of the word “blessed” as used in this text, and it means to kneel. God literally commanded everything within the created order to work for the benefit of man. In other words, everything within your environment is suppose to work for you not against you!

What happened? Darkness! We have been taught how to curse ourselves, by making bad decisions

Instead of growth, we create death with the words of mouth especially with our negative confession (Proverbs 18:21)

Instead of growth that comes with partnership with God, we chose debt, credit scores, gaming, and self-effort (Luke 12:13-21). We became dependent upon people as our source, be a job, counselor, educational institutions, banker…

“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when GOOD cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land not inhabited.” Jeremiah 17:5-6 kjv

We neglected our true nature to be like God, to exercise dominion over the created order. For scripture declares

“BLESSED is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and SHALL NOT SEE when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 kjv

It begins with seed, mastering seed! His seed remains in you… See 1 John 3:9

Seed- ALL seed is supernatural…

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Harvest

Grace & peace!

“Jesus said unto them, if God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” John 8:42-44

1. Jesus describes the devil as being a father.

2. The devil has children that carry out his will.

3. The devil is driven by lust for power.See his vision statement (Five ‘I wills’) in Isaiah 14:12-15. See the I wills of God in Ezekiel 28:14-19.

Also see the temptation of Christ in Luke 4:5-7,

“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I WILL I GIVE IT. If thou therefore wilt WORSHIP Me, all shall be thine.”

How did the devil get this power over the nations? Who gave it to him?

This power was originally given to Adam and all his descendants, Genesis 1:26. Even after the fall, See Psalms 8:6.

People give their dominion over the earth to others. Such is the case when Satan tried to seduce Jesus. He was after Jesus’ dominion. He wanted Jesus to steward the resources of the earth on his behalf. Satan was saying to Jesus, I will give you power over the nations and the glory, if you fall down before me.

Jesus handled every temptation from a legal standpoint. He knew the Word of God. He knew God’s will and ways. Jesus said to the devil,

“… Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” Luke 4:8

Thou shalt worship the Lord Him only thou shall serve…

We see in Luke 10:1-20, Jesus took that power and taught others how to use it to help others. Jesus took that power and gave it to his disciples.

4. There is no truth in the devil

5. He is the FATHER of the Lie. He is the father of deception.

He deceives the whole world, Revelation 12:9, “And the great dragon was cast out, that OLD SERPENT, CALLED the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the WHOLE WORLD: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

6. He is murderer from the beginning. He inspired and influenced the first murder when Cain killed his brother Abel out of a jealous rage. Cain was carrying out Satan’s plans. Satan thought that Abel was the anointed seed that would be the redeemer of the human race. See 1 John 3:12

Notice: After Cain killed his brother, there was an immediate judgment.

We are living in a time where people are killing and murdering other people. It seems as if justice is being denied, delayed and unfair. But Jesus said to his disciples “… Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” Matthew 26:52

In Revelation, it reads

“He that leadeth into captivity SHALL GO into captivity: he that killeth with the sword MUST BE KILLED with the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints.” Revelation 13:10

So everyone that is scheming, stealing and doing evil to others will have the same happen back to them.

Satan has to have a human being to function through in order to carry out his will.

Things are complicated in human matters because you have dominions and wills clashing together.

“And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, BUT HATH AN END.” Mark 3:22-26

SO in our reality, you have people canceling out other people. There is no division in satanic ranks. Division is purely a human trait driven by lust.

We are living in a day and time where you must understand the principles of dominion and the power of the blood of the LAMB, Revelation 12:11.

7. Satan has an agenda, but his agenda is doomed and will ultimately fail.

8. Now is the prince of this world is cast out, John 12:31.

Now the prince of this world is judged, John 16:11

To the Serpent, the one who sinned from the beginning: This is the purpose for the manifestation of Son of God was to destroy the works of the Devil, 1 John 3:8

Jesus could say, the prince of this world comes but he has nothing in me, John 14:30

We can say the same thing when we know the word of God and use it by saying, it is written…

The good news is, All power in heaven and earth has been given to Jesus, Matthew 28:18

Grace & peace!

1. Get your Seed into the hand of God. Why because he multiplies it back you many times over. All SEED is supernatural!

2. The house that God built and is building, the system, (see Hebrews 3:4) is based on partnership. It’s based on partnership today, tomorrow and for all eternity. Partnership, partnership and again partnership.

Genesis 2:19, He formed the beast of the field and the fowl of the air then he bought them to Adam to be given names.

3. Partnership started with God in Genesis 1:26, “And God said, LET US make man in OUR image…”

God created Adam and entered into a partnership with him, See Genesis 3:15-17,

God said, ‘Man should not be alone. I will made him a help meet.’ God made Adam a partner, a “help meet” a wife, See Genesis 2:18

We see partnerships throughout the scriptures from Adam, Noah and his family (Genesis 9:8-9 & 12) and Abraham and his seed. Even in the final judgment in the book of Revelation 5:1-14, God looked for a man who was worthy to open the book and loose the seals.

4. The fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was his sacrifice. Out of all the fruit trees in the garden, his job was the dress this tree, to make a presentation of its fruit.

5. There were two special trees 🌳 in the midst of the garden. Adam was tasked with giving the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil back to God.

The second tree, the tree of life was a tree he could freely eat from. Matter of fact, on earth Adam was given dominion over all creation on earth. But in the garden of Eden, he was given permission to eat. After the fall because of love, God had to put him out of the Garden.

See Genesis 3:22, “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth HIS HAND, and TAKE also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.”

The two trees are again seen in Revelation 22:1-4, The Lamb of God, takes the place of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a perfect Sacrifice and you have the tree of life.

An interesting thought, we get to eat of the Sacrifice, what we call Communion, the body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. God put the Sacrifice in our hands.

6. Partnership exist today. We enter into partnership through covenant with God through faith in the LORD Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:9, “For we are labourers TOGETHER WITH God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.”

7. Few ways to get your Seed into God’s hands:

“But rather seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33

“But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. SELL that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that failed not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there be your heart also.” Luke 12:31-34

God loves cheerful givers, 2 Corinthians 9:7

God is able to make all grace abound toward you, 2 Corinthians 9:8

God supplies seed to sowers, 2 Corinthians 9:10

God multiplies seed, 2 Corinthians 9:10

God increases the fruit of your seed, 2 Corinthians 9:10

Final thought:

I was trimming a tree in my backyard. I was amazed at how quickly the tree branches wiltered. I took notice that once you detact something from its life source it wilters and dies. Years ago, I remember seeing an apple tree and the branches were loaded with fruit. The branches were leaning downward due to the number of apples on some of its branches. Then I realized when you see life in a plant, a flower, you see the works of God’s hand.

God makes all (by him all things consist, Colossians 1:17) things grow!

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