Jesus said, ‘The children of this world are wiser in their generation than the Children of Light.’
I have served in the Marine Corps, so I know what Sniper Irving is talking about. I have also served in ministry for over 35 years.
I am greatly impressed by Nike Irving’s desire to become an Army Ranger. He made incredible sacrifices to achieve his goal.
I understand the challenges to our Christian faith, too. Some challenges knock us off our feet, and some setbacks frustrate us.
Power through
Power through frustration, aggravation, disappointment, fear and denial.
Like Sniper Nick, you have to be able to see the vision, reward, and harvest.
The Vision
The vision is singular in nature. There is only one God-ordained vision, and it is in Genesis chapters 1-2. God created you in his image and likeness to have dominion over creation. This vision has never changed.
The Apostle Paul says our warfare is not with flesh and blood but against principalities (Ephesians 6:12)
The battle that we fight every single day is against the influence of demonic forces.
For example, a principality called the Queen of Heaven influenced the women to burn incense against the will of God, See Jeremiah 44:15-19.
This demonic principality called the Queen of Heaven was able to create division in the family by causing the women to rebel against their husbands.
For example, the prophet Jeremiah tells us what the women said,
“As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the nameoftheLORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven…” Jeremiah 44:16-17 (KJV)
Principalities work by influencing a belief system! For example, the women in our text above believed that burning incense, pouring out drink offerings, and making cakes to worship her caused the Queen of Heaven to feed and protect them. ( Jeremiah 44:17-19)
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
The AME Church split from the United Methodist Church because of an “ism’, racism, a belief system based on the color of a person’s skin.
This “ism” prevented saved, baptized believers in Christ from sharing Communion together with their darker-skinned brethren.
There is no division in the kingdom of Darkness.
Jesus gave this insight into the workings of Satan’s organization:
“… Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.” Luke 11:17b-18 (KJV)
A principality work is to create division. You can almost always discern the work of a principality by identifying the suffix “ism.”
God’s vision is singular, one vision revealed specially in Genesis 1-3.
Division, two visions, one called good and the other evil. It was never God’s will for creation to know good or evil.
“But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
According Isaiah 47:8 & 10 (KJV)
The queen of heaven calls herself: “I am”
The queen of queen exalts herself by claiming to be God. A declaration that God claims in Isaiah 46:9 (KJV)
She says, “There is none else beside me Isaiah 47:8 & 10 (KJV)
She says, “I shall not sit as a widow,” Isaiah 47:8 (KJV)
She says, “I shall not know the loss of children,” Isaiah 47:8 (KJV)
She makes the bold claim that “NONESEEME” Isaiah 47:10 (KJV)
Judgment
“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.” Revelation 18:7 (KJV)
What is the meaning of
– To burn incense
-Pouring out drink offerings
-Bake Cakes
Deference: to honor, to serve
Principality
The Queen of Heaven is a demonic principality that gained dominance over Jerusalem through worship. The women of Jerusalem, in defiance of their men, worship this principality.
The great goddess Diana gained influence over Ephesus and Asia through worship, Acts 19:35. It was a rock
The power of a principality
A principality is a spiritual prince that rules over a territory. It influences how people think, believe, and act. It works through people to shape culture and popular opinion.
This prince influences “isms.” Communism, Federalism, popularism, captialism…
For example, there is a principality working in the United Methodist Church. It is dividing that denomination over the acceptance of LGBTQ+ inclusion.
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