Sunday, February 27, 2011

Jeremiah Chapter 50 KJV verse twenty nine

"Call together the archers against Babylon, all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel".
This is similar to Rev:18:6 - "Reward her even as she hath rewarded you and double unto her double according to her works, in the cup which she hath filled, fill unto her double". Remember Merathaim - double bitterness? I have on occasion heard christians talk of wanting to forgive the devil. Folks, this is a perversion of God's grace and mercy that God never intended us to walk in. We are to have NO MERCY on the devil and his demons. Yes we want people trapped by him to be free but if your commander in chief orders you to "kill every man, woman and child", as he did the Israelites, you had better obey. Of course I am not saying you should literally kill someone, what I'm saying is there is no room for questioning him, for deciding what is right or wrong on our own, for a misplaced sense of Grace and Mercy. We must never forget we are in a war and no matter how strange it may seem at times, God's directions to us must be obeyed. Our place is to take the attitude of unworthy servants only doing what we're told. We either follow him without hesitation or we spend the rest of our lives reasoning away why we didn't obey him. In these verses and throughout the rest of Jeremiah 50 and 51, God is acting as our captain of the host and he is giving us specific instructions and strategies on how to defeat Babylon. Again he calls for archers, for prophets, for the prophetic anointing to be released against her. Now is the time to speak out against Babylon, now is the time to lift your voice in prayer and supplication before the only one who can free you and all you love from Babylon's insidious grasp. We are to camp round about and let none escape. We can't let one single person remain infected with the religious spirit of Babylon or it could spread throughout the local Body with devastating results. Just a little leaven will leaven the whole lump. The leaven of the Pharisees was pride, the very spirit of Babylon. One little compromise, one person bringing forbidden gold into his tent (his body, his temple) can bring judgment on the whole camp. If you are a leader reading this and you are free from Babylon, you must be vigilant. If one person enters your fellowship walking in a religious spirit guised as the Holy Spirit, you must deal with them quickly and decisively or they can infect your entire fellowship. Jezebel is particularly good at binding people with a critical, judgmental religious spirit that consistently strives with the Holy Spirit, resisting him at every turn. I cannot overemphasize the fact that Babylon is inhabited by all those who walk in Pride, who trust in man's strength and wisdom instead of our Lord's "for she hath been proud". If you are a leader reading this and you are not free from Babylon, if you are trusting in your religious customs and traditions, those who God is setting free in your fellowship will resist you. They are not in rebellion to the Holy Spirit, only to you, as well they should be, when you are the one in rebellion to the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, many who have meek and contrite hearts mistakenly believe humility means they should blindly submit to you, though you may be leading them astray, on a path straight to Hell. This blind obedience is taught by those who rule in Babylon, this is Satan's way of ruling, not God's. Yes we must obey the Lord but he does, in his timing, share with us why he leads us in a certain direction, he does allow questioning but only after he knows where our hearts are. Again, I call for saints who will follow God and not man, who will obey his voice alone, who, when they see or hear another voice, another spirit coming from their pulpits, will earnestly pray for their leadership but will not sit idly by and embrace deception, but will walk in freedom, even if it means confronting leadership in love, even if it means leaving (or being given the left foot of fellowship, as the case may be).

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