Thursday, December 1, 2016

Jesus and the Sword of Division


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September 11, 2016: I was in church and had a vision. Jesus dressed in full armor with sword in hand. He looked furious. “Full of fury.” I asked him why he was dressed like that. He told me he was going to war for His Bride. He was going to wage war on those INSIDE the church that are against Him and poisoning her, leading her astray. These are the wolves in sheeps clothing, the adulterous and deceptive. The religious. The ones that do miracles in my name yet I do not know them nor do they know Me. My sword of fury is to come down on them and I will not relent. Yes, they sense my coming and they are terrified, yet their arrogance is so great that they do not repent, so I will destroy them. The church needs to repent for allowing this to take place in My house. I will give her time to repent once these stewards of deception are taken out. Pray that she see the truth of what happened and return to me as her Bridegroom. 
Side note: after this encounter I felt strongly for God to reveal the spirit of Witchcraft that has fell upon the church. Also, I did not realize that this encounter took place on September 11th until just now. That may be significant.


For several years now, the Lord has spoken to me about a separating that will be happening. In fact he said the Dark will become darker and the Light will become brighter. He said that there will be NO MORE GRAY AREAS. The choice would be presented to each person- believer and non-believer. It would be a time of choosing whose team you are going to be on. Will it be the Kingdom of Darkness? Or the Kingdom of Heaven? This separating would take place under the fire spoken of in Malachi 3- the refiner’s fire. This fire would confront the “impurities” within, just as fire confronts the impurities in gold- bringing it to the surface. He revealing of these impurities will force us to choose if we want God’s ways or the world’s.  You can read about these encounters in my previous posts. He is revealing these things in us in order to prepare His last day army and create a remnant of people who are conformed to His image, those who long for His ways. We will be ministers to the heart of God.  

Are we not seeing this unfold in our nation? Separation, exposure, division, confrontation, light, dark, righteousness, deception, etc. Division is wreaking HAVOC all over the nation. As the election was taking place I felt like the Lord show me two major “movements” of division taking place.  Just be aware of the two and have discernment. One is from the enemy and one is the work of God.
          
Division One
The Devil’s way..
His weapons: Unforgiveness, bitterness, fear, deception and open wounds of the people.
 Result is hatred and division.
What is his purpose? To gain control.
His schemes are obvious yet somehow we have been blinded by them. Division is taking place in all arenas including race, gender, religion, political correctness, families, ideologies, education, and culture. The devil pits one person against another, or one people group against another using the personal wounds of the individual to stir up hatred.
Action Point:  We HAVE to guard our hearts in this and root out all unforgivness and all bitterness if we intend to bridge these divides that the enemy has created. Hate will NEVER heal a nation or even a broken relationship. LOVE and TRUTH are what can bind up wounds. The Church must return and ask for discernment on what her part is to bring unity in the country and in the Body of Christ.

Division Two
Jesus’ Way..
His weapon: The two edged sword which is the Word and the Truth of God. Also the refiner’s fire.
Result: Exposure of the heart. Separating soul and spirit. A people who choose either repentance or choose open rebellion.
Purpose: To gather a people for Himself that are conformed to His image. To create a Warrior Bride to fight in the Last Days.

                I have been amazed watching that two edged sword come into play. I see it in my own life, others near to me, and on a national scale. It looks like a lot of “exposure.” Exposure can be painful for sure, but it is an opportunity for humility and repentance to come forth. The two edge sword has come against things like our theologies, ideologies, identities and our ways of life being challenged. When we were once very comfortable in living, now all of a sudden we are put in very discomforting positions. Jesus is trying to get our attention. This exposure can look a million different ways because in reality, there are a million different ways to “worship false gods” or come up with our own theology or hang onto old fears. Jesus is confronting those, why? Because His desire is to be One with His people. Also, those false ideologies cannot be in the same place with Jesus. He is Jealous for His Bride. He also is willing to fight against anyone or any spirit that is harming her.
          Action Point: As the Lord begins to expose your heart, repent and walk with Him to receive His glorious freedom. For me personally, my repentance took time because I had been so blinded by my own sin. I continued to walk with Him and the more I let down my pride and allowed Him to speak to those places, the healing began to come. The healing wasn’t instant. It really was a journey of unraveling strongholds in my life. At times it was EXCRUTIATINGLY painful. But now, I see how desperately I had needed that fire to fall on me. I am so grateful.


The Two Edged Sword.
There was a time during the election where Jesus wanted me to look up all the places in the Scripture about the Sword. This was to shed light on the Sword in the vision from September.  


Hebrews 4:12-13
“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”
This Sword causes DIVISION. Division between the Spirit and the Soul. It JUDGES the inward man.


Matthew 10:34-39
 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Jesus then goes on to say how man will turn against father, daughter against mother, etc. At the end he says “Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.”
The Sword again causes DIVISION. Division between Him and the world. It confronts the devotion of Man to God and his willingness to surrender his life.


Ezekiel 21
I, Alyssa, heard Jesus say this referring to Ezekiel 21: “I am in confrontation mode: causing unrest where false rest has come. I am confronting witchcraft, religion, apathy, occult, government, and my house with my Sword.”


Revelations 2:12-17
To the Church in Pergamum
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
The Sword will come in Judgement to the House of God that has allowed COMPROMISE and MIXTURE into the church.

Teaching of Balaam:  It seems that Balaam taught Balak how to provoke the Israelites to sin, and that sin brought a curse upon the people by God.  It became a stumbling block to the people of Israel preventing the blessing of God.

 Teaching of Nicolaitans: This teaching “makes the fatal mistake that man can freely partake in sin because the Law of God is no longer binding.http://www.theopedia.com/nicolaitans

We cannot deny that these two teachings are alive and well in the present day church. There is one that deceives the people that it is alright to maintain a sinful life and there is another that gives you the right to sin because of what Jesus did on the cross. I have seen these teachings manifest in the form of apathy towards sin. Also, there has been a lack of correction and accountability in the church leading to a mixed up life. Churches are almost afraid to say what needs to be said, but are delivering messages that will “please” the crowds or “tickle” their ears.

FACT:
We have allowed mixture and compromise into the Church.
We are called to a lifestyle of Holiness.
We must repent and return to fear the Lord.
We must put to death the deeds of our flesh.

My last note is this:
I have been learning a lot about the Hebrew Calendar and how God, even now, uses it to point His people and the earth to what He is doing. I did not learn about this until about a month or so after the vision.
This year Hebrew year is 5777. It started at the beginning of October.
According to the Hebrew language the number 5 means “grace.” The number 7 means “sword.” There are 3 “swords.” Chuck Pierce calls it the year of the ruling sword. Lance Wallnau says it is the year of the clashing swords. I believe there are going to be great battles taking place in the natural and in the spiritual.

CHURCH HEAR THIS! WE MUST ENGAGE INTO THE BATTLE! MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN BEING PREPARED BY THE LORD FOR THIS HOUR OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THIS IS NOT A TIME TO HOLD BACK. BUT IT IS A TIME TO PUSH FORWARD AND RECLAIM LOST TERRITORY THAT THE ENEMY HAS TAKEN HOLD OF. I CALL OUT TO THE GIDEONS. RESPOND TO THE CALL OF THE LORD AND GO TEAR DOWN THE IDOLS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. I CALL ON THE GIDEONS TO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THE SMALL ARMY OF THE LORD WILL WIN VICTORIOUSLY OVER THE MASS ARMY OF THE ENEMY. WALK IN FAITH. SPEAK TRUTH.

Dear Jesus,

I thank you for what you are doing now in our time. It is unprecedented and we are honored to be a part of your mighty works. I pray that you would expose any ways that we, individually and corporately, have allowed compromise and mixture. Lord, I ask that you would expose any ways that we have agreed with the spirit of witchcraft or control. Deliver us from anything that would blind us or confuse us from your Truth. We ask boldly that you would bring forth the power of your WORD- the Sword of your mouth to confront us and confront our churches. Bring to light all that is not of you. You are worthy of our whole hearts and minds.  You are worthy of a pure and spotless bride. We are willing to go through the process to be made into your likeness. During this season of fire and refinement, may we submit to the beautiful and holy work that you are doing in us. I pray that this refinement would align us with your heart and unify the body of Christ like never before.  We love you. We love you. We love you.


Amen.