If there is one thing I have learned in the last nine years, the carnal man will resist the message of agape Love and Truth. You can speak on any other topic without much resistance but when you focus on Love, plan on resistance. Jesus spoke on Love, John spoke on Love, and Paul spoke on Love, but most people do not want to hear and embrace that aspect of the Gospel. Why? It is the carnal man who knows that when the whole Truth of Love is embraced, his days have ended.
Revelation 12:4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
The dragon stands ready to devour the manchild. What better way to prevent the Gospel of full and complete restoration from coming forth than to attack as early as possible when it is fully birthed. The devil is the agent of resistance and can be found in every move of the HOLY SPIRIT. His job is to infiltrate the Truth with lies and we have seen this play out in past moves of the SPIRIT. In reading about the latter rain movement, those who led the movement let pride enter into their walk. We see over and over that a major revelation comes forth and finally is converted to a tradition by men. This has been true of many if not all of the church denominations that exist today. However in the above Scripture, the devil failed. What was the difference in this situation?
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
The overcomers have a true revelation of Love and understood the need to die to the flesh thus starving the carnal man by removing themselves from his dominion and influence.
Revelation 12:5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
We see that this manchild is immediately caught to the third Heaven, before FATHER. This is where we find those around the throne proclaiming “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”. This is a far cry from those on earth hearing “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth”. This provides and excellent contrast of blessing versus cursing, life versus death.
This agent of resistance is found throughout the Bible. Pharaoh feared the male children, King Herod demanded all the male children be slain, and here we have the devil awaiting the arrival of the manchild in anticipation of once again attempting to thwart FATHER’S plan of restoration. Just as Moses was protected from Pharaoh and Jesus was protected from Herod, the manchild is protected from the devil’s final attempt to prevent the Body of Christ from coming forth. What a glorious deliverance! Those who are called as Sons are not dissuaded from the calling by the peer pressure of the religious leaders and those around them who want to maintain status quo. This remnant is willing to “go it alone” and give up relationships of the past. Those relationships were not based on agape Love but instead were found to have conditions attached. The carnal nature will raise up its head when there is a challenge to its doctrine and it will use any means necessary to prevent anyone from challenging its exalted position. Guilt, arrogance, separation, condescending attitudes, and insincerity are all used to keep the relationship in control. Those who succumb to the lies receive the woes of those who choose to dwell at the earthly level and they are unknowingly submit to this evil spirit.
As we are subjected to those who challenge what FATHER has shown us, we must never forget that we are to continue to Love them. We are not to promote division but minister life and Truth in Love as we get the opportunity. In the end, we all will come into the fullness of understanding. We simply must not be moved by any challenges to the revelation FATHER has given us in order that we will be able to walk in the fullness of our calling. I know that this message of Love isn’t popular among many readers of blogs. Many want to hear the bad news of the current system and focus on those who are in temporary control of the financial system. We need to overcome this bondage to the current system and focus our attention on those higher Truths found in Heaven. These higher Spiritual Truths will prevail over the current, lower fleshly realm where all the death and destruction resides. Life will swallow up death!
Notice that the dragon is in heaven standing before the woman clad with the sun. This denotes the fact that we are challenged at the spiritual level. Lies are believable when they contain some Spiritual Truth but are off just enough to move the recipient away from the purity of the Gospel. This is how a false prophet can take an obscure verse and build a doctrine around it. Jesus was tempted by the devil who used the Word of GOD in an trying to manipulate Jesus into sin. Do you think it will be any different this time? Without the motivation of Love behind a teaching, the message will move off center at some point. We must rely on FATHER to keep us properly focused so that we are not led astray.
Those of us who believe this call to Sonship know that Our Heavenly Father will bring forth victory through HIS power, not ours. We are to overcome our flesh and respond to HIS Word. But by HIS power and authority will the fullness of each person’s calling come forth. We provide food to promote strength in our spirit at the demise of the carnal man or, we provide strength to the carnal man by lusts and pride. Which nature are we going to sustain? It is our choice. When we resist Love and Truth, we feed the carnal nature but when we embrace Love and Truth, our spirit grows and matures. Knowledge by itself won’t fulfill the need or else everyone with a PhD would be moving in HIS power and authority. There is a simplicity in Christ that does not demand complexity as a prerequisite to move in the Spiritual realm.
Those who hear and respond to the Divine Intent of FATHER are those who will receive HIS power and authority. When you are able to clearly hear and respond to HIS Voice, you cannot be deceived, discouraged, troubled, influenced, used, manipulated, corrupted, or defiled in any way. HIS Truth has set you free and you are able to ascend to Heaven in HIS Presence. The devil can be standing there waiting to devour you but he has no power or influence over you for have willingly died to the flesh. You are now able to see through his lies and deception. You have become a mature Son and with a pure heart you are able to be caught up to FATHER and HIS throne.