Friday, March 25, 2011

Jeremiah Chapter 51 verses 24 - 27

"And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord". He is not just judging Babylon but also the land that allows her to exist, the land of the Chaldeans (the root meaning of Chaldea is magicians, professional astrologers and sorcerers). This is what the city and tower of Babel are all about - attaining spiritual power and authority apart from God. But see that they did their evil, magic and sorcery in Zion, in our sight. Like the Israelite who took the pagan woman in plain sight of all the camp so have these done. They've mixed the Holy and the profane in our sight! And we have done nothing to stop it, no it continues all over the world today as christians gather together before the Lord bringing the false religious spirit of Babylon right into the houses of worship that bear his name. "Ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house - they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations" (Ez:44:7), whereas we are called to "teach my people the difference between the Holy and the profane and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean" (Ez:44:23). Purity is a vital step to maturity. No more drinking of the cup of devils in the house of the Lord.
"Behold I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyeth all the earth: and I will stretch our mine hand upon thee, and I will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain". In verse one from this chapter, Yahweh declares he is sending a "destroying wind". This is in reaction to the "destroying mountain". This mountain that destroys is pride, for a mountain is high and lifted up just like our hearts when filled with pride, just like the graphic depiction of Satan's heart found in Isaiah chapter fourteen. God says here he will stretch out his hand. Jesus is seated at the Father's right hand and we are seated there in Christ. God saying "I will roll thee down from the rocks" is a graphic description of the humbling that will take place of all who refuse to bow before him voluntarily. Talk about your rock and roll! Every knee shall bow, whether willingly or unwillingly.
"And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith the Lord". We should all prophecy this verse today - it is the utter destruction of God's enemies forever. Like Jericho, we should never lay her foundation again, that is rebellion against God, striving with him, nor use any part of her in building any other foundation for any house. No more religion in the House of the Lord forever, not even one Babylonian garment will be allowed in the Lord's camp. We should all "Set (ye) up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz, appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars". "Set ye up a standard" is a reference to the Apostolic ministy God is restoring to the nations. "Blow ye the trumpet among the nations" is a reference to the ministry of the Prophet and "prepare the nations against her" partly refers to the ministry of prayer and intercession. When these three are flowing together in one place, we will see all God has planned and purposed come to pass in that place. "As the rough caterpillars" is a reference to locusts, or more properly "to destroy, to lick up". The Lord truly is the one to raise up nations and he brings them low and in the end, they all serve his purposes. He can wipe them off the face of the earth forever if he so chooses. He can bring mighty nations low (take heed, USA) and he can make lowly nations mighty (take heed South Korea). God is even now appointing captains against Babylon in every nation on earth. We are now in a time where it is possible to find apostles and prophets God has set in place as "captains of the host" leading the way out of Babylon in all nations, Hallelujah! Unfortunately, just as there is an abundance of false pastors in the earth today, we can also find false apostles and prophets in every nation on earth. Many who claim to be apostles are not. Yet some are not false, just immature. They receive their calling and jump the gun, going forth as an apostle or prophet when not yet ready. It was forty years at least from the time David was anointed as king over Israel till he actually sat on the throne. Like Paul, apostles need their time in the back side of the desert before they are ready to wear the mantle God has prepared for them. What they most often need is a mature apostle to sit under, to disciple them, yet so many so called apostles end up running to and fro, from church to church, with very few personal, intimate relationships with those they claim to be an apostle over. The model Paul provided us was to move to the nation and city God was calling them to be an apostle to. He went and lived with the people. See how many he knew and loved personally in his letters. Sadly, very few "apostles" I've met today are doing this. I think they are more interested in making a name for themselves, in having the most churches under them. This isn't God's heart for them. He wants them to be under the churches they are serving, not the other way around. Being an apostle is a great burden to carry in the spirit realm, few are willing to do it.

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