Watchmen On The Wall

Turn to Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7 because that's where we get this idea of being watchman from.

Isaiah 62:6–7

Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7. Guys, some of the stuff I say you'll have to read between the lines,

Isaiah 62:6–7

but I'll try to be as clear as possible. Some of the stuff you have to read between the lines

because I don't want to spell out certain spiritual realities too plainly because I

don't know who all will be listening to this and how they'll decode what is being said.

But that said, let me just go ahead. So Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7, and I'll stop in between if you

Isaiah 62:6–7

have questions. Isaiah 62 verse 6 to 7. Let me start at yeah, verse 6 to 7. I have posted

Isaiah 62:6–7

watchmen on your walls of Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the

Lord, give yourselves no rest and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her

the praise of the earth. Look at what God is saying. God is saying, listen, I want you to

persist and provoke me into action. I'm giving you permission to give me no rest.

Very rarely do you hear that, eh? Because usually what you hear is people saying once you've prayed,

it's a prayer of faith and you don't need to pray it again and again. Or sometimes people say,

you've got to pray again and again because you need to persist with shameless boldness.

Both are correct. Neither is wrong. But here God is saying that, listen, I have posted watchmen

on your walls of Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. So the idea of today's

teaching is to let Acts 29 for sure know and let other churches that are listening know that,

listen, during a time like this, we don't wait it out. During a time like this, like I said last week,

we don't sit back and say this too shall pass. During a time like this, it is insufficient

to just observe the rules that are good but aren't enough to undo what is being done.

During times like this, at least one of the rules given to this church is to take an active

stance against that which is happening spiritually so that God can undo as he did in Egypt the

spiritual might of the powers involved before he undoes the military might in Egypt's case and in

this case, the condition of this virus called COVID. One of the things I've been telling myself

is, Jacob, speak unashamedly of spiritual realities. Don't hedge your bets because

there are so many voices out there that sometimes to say these things takes a little courage because

who are we? Who am I? Yeah, but that's, don't answer that. It was just a rhetorical question.

No, Diana, I wasn't asking a question. Okay, so Isaiah 62 verse 6 and 7, God is saying, listen,

Isaiah 62:6

now that you are watchmen on the wall, because I've trained you for this church, I've trained you for

this, I've been talking about this for years on end and now I want you to be watchmen on the walls

of Vancouver, watchmen on the walls of Greater Vancouver. If you're from Sydney, then Sydney.

If you're from Singapore, Singapore, Bahrain, UK, wherever you are, Lithuania, Brazil, wherever you

are, God is asking you to now be watchmen on the wall and he says, do not give me rest, do not give

me rest. Neither should you rest because you should keep persisting, keep praying this through, nor

should you give me rest till I establish my will in your city. And so does that mean that if we don't

pray or if we don't follow Isaiah 62 verse 6 and 7 that God won't do anything? Because that's another

Isaiah 62:6

way of thinking, that I guess if we don't pray, God will not do anything. Not true. If God only moved

when we prayed, civilization would be dead by now. If God only moved because we prayed, then a whole

lot of people wouldn't recover. Here's the strange thing guys, God wants us to pray so that we can

participate in what he's doing and the way we participate in what he's doing is by finding out

what he wants to do, then agreeing with what he wants to do and then walking with him as he does it.

Did you hear that? Here's what God is saying, listen, I want you to participate with me but here's how

you participate with me. You find out what I want to do and then you begin to speak it. That's what

prayer is, speaking or executing the will of God. Find out what I want to do, agree with me then on

earth in terms of what I want to do and then walk with me as I do it. And so the intent of God is,

listen, if you become watchman on the wall and join me in praying, in persisting, in finding out what I

want, then you get to be part of this adventure because I'm going to do it either way. And that aside,

a church that begins to participate like that has the ability to accelerate the purposes of God

here on earth. One of the things that Mary, the mother of Jesus does in Cana is even though it was

not time, she hastened the disclosing of the first miracle that the son of God did here on earth.

He goes to her and says it's not my time yet and she turns to the servants and says do what he says

because she had made a request. So watchmen on the wall have this dual purpose. One of having

this ability to participate, speak, execute what God wants to do on earth and secondly they have

the ability to accelerate what God wants to do on the earth and God is only willing to do it.

That's where this title comes from. Let me read that scripture once again so you don't forget it.

I have posted, so if he were talking to us, here's what he would say,

I have posted you as a watchman on the walls of Vancouver.

You better not be silent day or night, you who call upon the Lord. Give yourselves no rest and

by the way give me no rest says God till I establish in Vancouver what I want to and make

her the praise of the earth. What a privilege eh?

And by the way God's always been into cities. When you look at how God started creation,

he did start it in a garden. Guess how it ends? It ends in a city.

When you go to revelations 21, you see a city coming out of the heavens.

God started in a garden, he ends in a city. Remember Psalm 127, 1 where it says,

unless the Lord keeps the city, the watchman might as well go and take a nap because if the

Lord ain't keeping the city, then the watchman watches in vain. What I'm trying to say is guys,

know that God is seriously interested in keeping this city but he would love for us to be in

the city but he would love for us to be watchmen who can participate in the adventure of God.

Here's the thing guys, when we don't participate in the adventures of God,

we don't even have a record of it. That just saddens me eh? What scares me most is that

God is doing such amazing things on earth and the church does not even know it because they

to participate in the adventure of God. The church often takes its cue from Jacob at

Bethel where he said, God was in this place and I did not even know it.

One of the things I love doing in the morning is getting up and finding out

the adventure that God wants to go on so that I can be part of that adventure.

And during a time like this, man I know what God is up to. Some of the videos you guys need to watch

so that you get a hang of it. Read between the lines or if you're really desperate call and ask me.

But at the end of the day, we will not even be able to chronicle the history of God on earth

through us if we don't participate in the adventure that God is on because he ain't staying

silent through this. So yes, different churches have different roles. Some churches may have the

role of distributing food and medicines and masks and toilet rolls and sanitizers and I mean it

very seriously and groceries to different places. That's the role they play. There are other churches

that are crying out to God for revival once COVID is over. Other churches that are speaking,

once COVID is over. Other churches that are speaking, healing upon people who are dying.

Other churches that are strengthening and lifting up first responders. But our role, I know, is to

undo the spiritual power behind the physical reality of COVID. And in that we have to be watchmen on

the wall. Others have different roles. This is our role. That's why I want to go down this way.

I mean, look at God. In Jonah chapter 4 verse 11, Jonah is not very happy with the city of Nineveh

Jonah 4:11

and the city of Nineveh was about 120,000 people. That's about the size of Delta.

Delta has 100,000, yeah, just a little less than 120,000 people. And in Jonah 4 11, God says,

God words it this way, hey Jonah, should I not be concerned about the city of Nineveh

with its 120,000 people that do not know their right hand from their left? As in,

they are innocent in this. I understand that sin brings judgment guys, but we got to not take

every plague that comes and then say, this is God's judgment on people. Nineveh was a city that was

sinful man. And yet look at what God says through Jonah, to Jonah in chapter 4 verse 11, they do not

know their right hand from their left. Meaning, sure they are a sinful, wicked, pagan, heathen nation,

but they don't know their right hand from their left. As in there is a sinful yet innocent condition

sometimes that falls upon humans. And this is when God says, you have no idea how concerned I'm about

the city. You think he doesn't say that about Vancouver. I'm not trying to get you to become

emotional about Vancouver. I'm just saying, come on church, for days like this we were born, for days

like this we have been taught, for days like this we must rise up. I remember Jeevan once saying to

me, Jacob, it's okay that you are fighting, but you need to raise warriors. And I'm saying, this church

better rise up because this is our time to prove our mettle. You know, you can go to

war school forever, but you're proven in the battlefield. And times like this allow us to the

degree of strength that we have to begin to flex our muscles that we have grown over the last two years.

And anyways, when it comes to cities, it's always been a contest between two cities. When you go to

Revelation 17, 19, 17, 18 or 19, 18, I think it says there that there is a city called Babylon.

In Revelation 17, 5, it talks about Babylon or a system being like a city that is full of

abominations, full of evil. And then there is another city that God established and you read about it in

Hebrews chapter 12 verse 22, where it says, hey guys, don't you know that you have come to Zion,

Hebrews 12:22

the city of the living God? It's always been a contest between cities. Why am I setting you up

this way? Because I want you to know that God is seriously interested in cities. I don't know where

you're listening from, but God is seriously interested in your city. But every city has walls

and every wall has a watchman. And now you see why it makes sense to go to Psalm 24 and to

on a day like Palm Sunday, begin to quote from Psalm 24 verse eight or nine where it says,

lift up your heads, lift up you ancient gates. Let the King of glory now come in. Who is this

King of glory? The one strong and mighty battle. He's the King of glory. Join now with the rest of

the church in saying this day honor God till this COVID thing is complete. And then we'll have another

battle to deal with later. And the strange thing about all these battles is they're all one. We

are supposed to execute them or fulfill the wish of heaven here on earth. These are not strenuous battles.

These are battles that need to be endured. We'll talk about that another day. But on a day like Palm

Sunday, on one hand, stand on those walls and open those gates, ancient gates of Vancouver. I wanted

to talk about Vancouver's original purpose in the eyes of God, but I wasn't able to

get anything definite on it. So maybe we'll talk about it another time. But what is God's original intent when

he in his mind knew that there would be a city called Vancouver and that you guys would be living in the city at this time?

We'll talk about that another day. But here's the thing. Stand on those walls this week and begin to say, oh God, the only one who enters the city and begins to reign over it. The only one who decides what happens to the city is Jesus Christ.

The king. And we say to the gates of the city, lift up your ancient doors, let the king of glory come in. And we say to ancient demonic doors, we shut you. We shut you because Jesus Christ is seriously concerned about this city of two million like he was over Nineveh.

And then with shouts of Hosanna, we begin to say, blessed is he who? The Christ who comes in whose name? In the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest. Behold your king riding on a donkey. Any questions before we go on to how do we what are we supposed to do as watchmen on the wall before we go there? Any questions?

No? Okay. So guys, here are different ways that you are supposed to be watchmen on the wall. And as I read them out, I want people who are watching this, to be able to see that they are watching this.

Okay, so I read them out. I want people who are listening to begin to decide, okay, these are the things I will choose to do this week, and I will give him no rest. There are nine or 10 things you can choose from.

But based on what you choose, begin to practice it for God's sake and for the sake of the city. And so the first point I want to make is from Jeremiah 29 verse seven, Jeremiah 29 verse seven. Look at what it says, and these were people who were being taken into exile.

And like it or not, Paul says that we are citizens of another kingdom in exile here. Jeremiah 29 verse seven, and here's what it says. This is required of you guys. This is required of me. Jeremiah 29 verse seven.

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper. So there are two words said there. It says on one hand, Jacob, make sure you seek the peace and prosperity of your city.

And then the second thing he says is make sure you pray, because as your city prospers, you prosper too. Strange, eh? How this is part of the prosperity gospel, which is hardly ever mentioned. But part of the equation of the prosperity gospel is that you begin to seek first God's face for the peace, the shalom, some versions say, or the welfare of Vancouver.

Seek his face, saying, Oh God, at this present time, what do I need to find from you that begins to tell me that this is how I need to pray to bring shalom into the city, welfare into the city. And how do I pray, Father? Now that I know and I've sought you, now help me to pray this, speak this. Stand in your balconies.

Instead of beating pots and pans or lighting lamps, stand in your balconies and pray for the prosperity of the city, for the peace of the city. I love the word shalom or welfare, because it kind of conveys more of God's heart.

Because then it goes on to say, because if you begin to pray that way, then know that you will prosper too. So that's the first preliminary step. And we got to do this once or twice a day this week, eh?

Church, these are the times when who we are is proven. Otherwise we are a bunch of guys who really get very good teaching and do nothing about it.

Second, go to Genesis 1832, Genesis 1832, and you see Abraham there bartering with God for Sodom and Gomorrah. And so in Genesis 1832, it's a very good teaching.

It says that, Genesis 1832, it says in verse 30, then he said, may the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only 30 can be found there? He answered, I will not do it if I find 30 there.

Abraham said, now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only 20 can be found there? He said, for the sake of 20, I will not destroy it. Then he said, may the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only 10 can be found there? He answered, for the sake of the 10, I will not destroy it.

If you go further up, you see in verse 23, let's start at verse 23. Then Abraham approached him and said, will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? What if there were 50 righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people in it?

And then verse 26, if I find 50, I will spare the whole place. Then Abraham spoke up again. Now that I've been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I'm nothing but dust and ashes, what if the number of the righteous is five less than 50?

And then he brings it to 45, then he brings it to 40. Guys, the reason I'm reading the whole thing is, Abraham knew the character of God, eh?

In a time when people had no idea of who Yahweh is, Abraham now gets to know who Yahweh is. And how did this man, in such a short span, get to know God the way he gets to know it, man?

It's not like the Holy Spirit dwelt in Abraham then. The Holy Spirit was drawing him, he drew him out of the ear of Chaldees. But here is a man who gets to know God and he knows how wicked Sodom is.

Abraham is under no illusion with regard to the wickedness of Sodom. And yet Abraham knows the strange characteristic of Yahweh.

And the characteristic of Yahweh that he's using to barter is the mercy of God. That here is a God who is ridiculously merciful.

And that is what then emboldens Abraham. And have you noticed how it first has him go in increments of ten? He starts from increments of five.

He starts from fifty to forty-five. Forty-five to forty. And then from forty, now that he's emboldened and he knows the mercy of God, he goes from forty to thirty, thirty to twenty, twenty to ten. Why?

Because now this man knows that here is a merciful God, I am in negotiations with him, I started with increments of five, I'm going to double it and make it increments of ten.

And he goes from twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty to twenty

to twenty to twenty to live with all the guys that are the same age of this people he never

lived with the conversations with꼼 in anybody in this world?

Why am I teaching because it's logical?

Why am I teaching?

Why am I teaching?

Because he never lived with someone of the same age.

This is not the of Man-Man.

The Holy Spirit lived with not in the same age.

This is not the Holy Spirit.

This is not the Holy Spirit.

I'll give you racist words-

go for Vancouver and it was one of the first times that I've actually wept for

this city saying oh God spare the city itself not just the righteous spare the

city itself and I'm not talking about sparing the city just from COVID I'm

talking about sparing the city post-COVID too that what the enemy is

planning to do that is supposed to be irreversible will also be something that

God plans to do that will be irreversible I'm gonna be a watchman on

the walls man I'm gonna give God no rest giving God no rest is not unceasing

prayer for eight hours giving God no rest is just being present where God

becomes so aware of your presence and your heart that he does not know where

to go to and he laughs his head off saying this boy has finally got it so

begin to think like this as a watchman begin to ask begin to begin to take

advantage of the mercy of God begin to take advantage of the mercy of God we

we take advantage of it every day because we said we Christians have that

marvelous privilege man begin to take advantage of the mercy of God for the

people of the earth who do not know him the people of your city let's just start

with Jerusalem and then go on to Judea these are things you must practice I

don't know which of these points you're going to take but you have to take these

points and begin to practice it this week if you don't want to practice it

turn off your computer right now way because you'll be responsible once you

hear this message did anyone go off they're better not whoever goes off let

me know the third thing I want to talk about is from second Kings 2 19 second

Kings 2 19 second Kings 2 19 second Kings 2 19 and it's that story of

Elisha and Jericho I was praying with someone and they started praying this

and I thought huh this is one way God takes care of cities so listen to what

it says there verse 19 the men of the city said to Elisha look our Lord this

town is well situated as you can see but the water is bad and the land is

unproductive some virgins say that the water is toxic it kills and the land is

barren bring me a new bowl he said and put salt in it so they brought it to him

then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it saying this is what the

Lord says I've healed the water never again will it cause death or make the

land unproductive and the water has remained wholesome to this day

according to the word that Elisha had spoken so the third thing that some of

us can do or all of us can do is salt the source in the city and what I mean by

that is guys in cities and towns and nations this was very common in the old

and the New Testament the land would be polluted by sins and by the deities that

were worshipped in the land I mean if you were if you search for the word

polluted in the Old Testament you'll have this word coming up again and again

that the land was polluted by the sin of the people the land was polluted by the

deities they worship the land was polluted by the demonic rituals that were

practiced and in cities the land is polluted and during times like this one

of the ways to begin to bring the city into a place of safety is to

decontaminate the pollution that has been brought in by this by sin and the

demonic in this case in this story where Elisha is approached by the people of

Jericho what had happened hundreds of years before that was that when Joshua

was conquering Jericho he speaks and says Jericho will never be rebuilt and

there was a king called Hel he decides that even though there is a ban on

rebuilding Jericho that Jericho will be rebuilt and he builds Jericho back up

but in the process of building Jericho back up to prevent or to help him build

despite a ban he sacrifices his oldest son as a sacrifice for the building of

Jericho and there's a curse upon the land and years later here is Elisha and

the people are coming up to him and saying hey the water is toxic and the

land is barren and that is when Elisha takes a new bowl he takes salt which is

a purifying agent in this symbolic of purifying and he sprinkles that at the

very origin of the water and the waters they healed the intent is some of us may

have an idea of some of us may have a really good idea of or some of us may

have actually caught on to some of the things I've spoken in the past and

understand that both in this nation and in Vancouver and in different cities

around the world there are things that have to be undone spiritually where you

have to go to the source and sprinkle salt and by sprinkling salt all I mean

is declaring the name of Jesus Christ and undoing evil that has contaminated

or polluted the land so much so that spiritual powers now have the ability to

blow across the land at will and they must be undone so that the water can be

made whole again you know there's one particular city this is this nation for

instance where 16 years ago at this very time between April 25th and between

March 25th and April 5th there was a sacrifice or a ritual that was performed

with the tacit agreement of some leaders where 722 demons were released in the

into the waterways of certain provinces in this land they were called

benevolent spirits and they were released into the waterways into Lake

Ontario down through st. Lawrence into Quebec and down into the Atlantic Ocean

saying that we bless these lands with these benevolent spirits 722 of them

demonic spirits called benevolent over a period of six days with much dance and

sacrifice who will stand up and say at the source where these powers were

released who will stand up and say I now declare in the name of Jesus Christ a

nullifying I sprinkle salt from a new bowl I give it a new start Passover was

about a new start man yeah some of the videos that I'll be putting up will talk

more about what needs to be decontaminated what needs to be undone

in terms of the pollution that has struck this city and this nation and

some of the provinces in this nation through either ignorance or through

foolish invitation of powers that have ravaged this land any questions I'll

wait for a few minutes

16 years ago

you know in every city in most churches that believe in Jesus Christ there are

people that God raises ahead of time who can take stances in any of these

different points that are being made God already raises up people a God raised up

Joseph before the famine God raised up judges like Samson before captivity so

that when captivity came they could carry the gates of a city on their backs

and walk free so I wouldn't be surprised as you listen that there are people in

your church and definitely at acts 29 who can begin to step into these roles

and say we will be watchmen who will take on this responsibility for the

next seven days while people like the provincial health minister and the health

officer do their part and they're doing a really good job we need to begin to

work in the spiritual as strenuously as they are working in the physical they

work with limited visible scientific knowledge we work with unlimited

spiritual divine knowledge which brings me to my next point which is that guys

during times like this cities are often saved by wisdom I'm not talking about

earthly wisdom I'm talking about divine wisdom so cities are saved through

wisdom if you go to Ecclesiastes 9 Ecclesiastes 9 verse 13 to 16 Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 9:13–16

9 question go ahead how do you do this without stepping into presumption we're

going to the previous point where when you begin to deal with powers that have

polluted the land how do you deal with them without stepping into presumption

so I can give you three points that will help one join up with someone and talk to them about

what you think and what you think you should do I love it when people who've who I've prayed

with in the past couple of weeks before they pray they'll stop and say hey Jacob this is what I'm

thinking what do you think shall I go down this route and so one figure out what God is saying

and then go and bounce it off someone who has walked this before or is willing to walk with you

and ask so that's one way to keep yourself safe from presumption if you're climbing up Grouse

Mountain I'd suggest you not go with me because I haven't gone up yet but go with someone who's

done this before and they'll take you safely without you going over the edge go with me she

must have done the grouse crime she cycled anyways that's another topic all together it gets me going

sometimes second whatever you do must be done in faith and I have always noticed when I slipped

from faith to bravado I'm always aware of it because either I find that I'm speaking louder

repeating myself fishing for words I don't mind being clumsy in my speaking but I know when I'm

suddenly flaunting and not coming from a place of absolute assurance that's another way that I know

I'm stepping into presumption and third I do not recommend fighting Goliath till you fought the lion

and the bear so if you fought the lion and the bear now God will take you into the next place

presumption is when you haven't fought the lion you haven't fought the bear and you go straight into

fighting Goliath without any previous experience and that would be foolish so go with what you

knew last time and a little more and then the last one I would suggest is imitation is good

mimicking is not imitation is good mimicking is not just because you've seen someone else do

something a certain way if you mimic that you fall flat on your face if you imitate that it

requires training it's training that leads to imitation it is copying that leads to mimicking

so if I were to watch you skate on ice and as passionate a hockey fan as I am if I wore your

skates and went on the ice it would be very different I'll be tobogganing the point is you

don't imitate you don't mimic you imitate these four things should keep you relatively safe let

me throw in a fifth one who brought this question up it's taking away time but I got nowhere to go

after this so the fifth question is the fifth point is this guys how good are you in terms of

wielding the sword of the spirit because at the end of the day the only offensive weapon we have

is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God so how fluent are you in wielding it sorry

okay going back to the fourth point wisdom saves cities wisdom saves cities Ecclesiastes 9 verse 13

Ecclesiastes 9:13–16

to 16 Ecclesiastes 9 verse 13 to 16 where is Ecclesiastes after Proverbs Ecclesiastes 9 13 to 16

Ecclesiastes 9:13–16

here's what it says I also saw under the Sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me there

was once a small city with only a few people in it and a powerful king came against it surrounded

it and built huge siege works against it now they lived in that city a man poor but wise and he saved

the city by his wisdom but nobody remembered the poor man so I said wisdom is better than strength

but the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are no longer heeded we'll talk about the

poor man another day but what stands out here is that he was a poor man who didn't have much cloud

didn't have much authority nobody knew him as soon as he had finished what he was supposed to do he

was despised and forgotten but guess what he still saved the city I was thinking of this yesterday

and was immediately reminded of the Church of Philadelphia where Jesus says to the Church of

hey you are you are a church of little strength but behold I placed an open door before you and

sometimes I think he says that to us that nobody knows you you're not very rich you're not well

known you're just about improving in terms of how you do online church but behold I placed before

you an open door and I've given you wisdom so church here's what I'm saying to you begin to ask

father and by the way let me define wisdom first wisdom wisdom is the the foresight or the insight

that the Holy Spirit gives and once he gives foresight or insight he then adds to that his

intelligence or your ability to understand what's happening and then he helps you practically work

it out that's what wisdom looks like that's the kind of wisdom that saves the city first foresight

where you see things before they happen and my god nobody else can bring that to pass except the

Spirit of God and with that foresight now to the foresight you have to add understanding or

intelligence as in all right so I see a storm coming that doesn't help because all you can do

when a storm is coming is run but then you have the understanding like this guy had Joseph you see

this illustrated so well in Joseph's life he had the foresight to see a famine was coming but if

that was all he predicted that all he was was a doomsday prophet with doomsday actually happening

but then that is not where he stops to that then the Holy Spirit takes Joseph and says let me give

you understanding or intelligence to prepare for the famine and so he begins to prepare for the

famine and then he tells Pharaoh how to prepare it and Pharaoh realizes our shucks this guy has the

foresight this guy has the understanding so he might be able to tell us how to practically do

it and then Joseph begins to practically work it out where he begins to set up silos of barns where

they collect the grain for seven years and he begins to give out the grain in such a way that

the Egyptians get grain first and then the rest of the nations and every time they get grain he

begins to take their land and Pharaoh begins to rule all of Egypt this is what the wisdom of the

Spirit of God looks like this is the kind of wisdom that saves a city and I'm saying to you

church arise what the Holy Spirit will only give wisdom to a few no he chooses poor men men they

have forgotten but the city is saved I've been asking God for this a father through this give

wisdom of God not just for Vancouver not definitely not for acts 29 but for a circle that spans a much

larger area so that people begin to get into a place of safety I forgot you guys are here all at

least at three or four meters apart but if I look at you Diana usually says you don't look at the

camera enough so I'll just look back at the camera just wave guys you're on camera

this is our studio he just showed them the studio it's very impressive if we call this our studio

they might think we are actually a mega church if the studio is this big how big is the church huge

guys there's another story of a woman who saves another city these are stories we almost never

read but again guess what she's called a wise woman and sometimes wisdom means removing one

piece and an entire city can be saved go to second Samuel 20 second Samuel 20 I could have

avoided going to the story but it's a story rarely read second Samuel 20 second Samuel 20

2 Samuel 20:22

verse 22 second Samuel 20 let's start at verse

verse 15 or 16 or 15 yeah second Samuel 20 verse 15 all the troops with job came and besieged

2 Samuel 20:15

in Abel Beth Maca they built a siege ramp up to the city and it stood against the outer fortifications

while they were battering the wall to bring it down a wise woman called from the city listen listen

tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him he went towards her and she asked are you Joab he

said I am he answered she said listen to what your servant has to say I'm listening he said she

continued long ago they used to say get your answer at Abel and that settled it we are at we

are the peaceful and faithful in Israel you're trying to destroy a city that is a mother in

Israel why do you want to swallow up the Lord's inheritance far be it from me Joab replied far

be it from me to swallow up or destroy that is not the case a man named Sheba son of Bickrey from

the hill country of Ephraim has lifted up his hand against the king against David hand over this one

man and I'll withdraw from the city the woman said to Joab his head will be thrown to you from the

wall then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off the head of Sheba

son of Bickrey and threw it to Joab so he sounded the trumpet his men dispersed from the city each

returning to his home and Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem slightly gory story right but

the point is this son of sometimes the wisdom of God will tell you which piece to remove or which

piece to put in and an entire city an entire nation an entire generation an entire period can

be changed because two or three men sought the wisdom of God which he gives without grudging so

that situations can be changed and what if you didn't seek it and what if you didn't speak it

God will go ahead and do it and you will never know it because history is recorded by those that

participate with God I wish I could tell you the the weight of what we are dealing with here guys

history is recorded by people who participate with God this book has been written especially

books like Chronicles Samuel were written because these people were actually present I love what

Luke writes when he begins his letter to when he begins the gospel and then when he begins the book

of Acts he says dear Theophilus here is an account of those things that I saw if I were to actually

write everything that I saw there wouldn't be enough books to contain it I don't want to go

to heaven and find out ah shucks here's where you miss out here was where no I want to be part of

history I love that song during this time I want to be a history maker you can't be a history maker

you can just walk with the one who's making history and that's God but it's the only way you

chronicle things man there have been times where and a few know some of these stories where the

removal of one or two people or the displacement of one or two people and the replacement of those

people by others has changed the destiny of nations and I'm not talking about something 200

years ago I'm talking about things that I've been involved in in my life where people were

removed and people were placed and it began to shift the history of sometimes one or two nations

or at least one or two provinces meet me after kovat and asked me to share some of these stories

buy me dinner and if it is good I'll tell you the next thing that I was really challenged by was

what Abraham did when Sodom was attacked by the five kings in Genesis 14 and Abraham knew that lot

lived in Sodom and the city was attacked by these five kings and now look at what Abraham does in

Genesis 14 Genesis 14 14 to 16 Genesis 14 let's start at verse 10 Genesis 14 10 hey Don can I have

some more hot water Genesis 14 10 now the valley of Sidib was full of tar pits and when the kings

of Sodom and Gomorrah fled some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills the four

kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and then they went away they

also carried off Abraham's nephew Lot and his possessions since he was living in Sodom one who

had escaped came and reported this to Abraham the Hebrew now Abraham was living near this Oh Don you

bring the cup back right I want to introduce you to the world yeah one who had escaped came back

and reported this to Abraham the Hebrew now Abraham was living near the great trees of Mamre the

Amorite a brother of Eshkol and Anir all of whom were allied with Abraham when Abraham heard that

his relative had been taken captive he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went

in pursuit as far as Dan during the night Abraham divided his men to attack them and he routed them

and pursuing them as far as Hobart north of Damascus he recovered all the goods and brought

back his relative Lot and his possessions together with the women and the other people you know what

challenged me about it is that here is here are five kings who've come up against four kings have

stripped Sodom and Gomorrah have taken Lot as captive and Abraham didn't go with a few men it

says he rallied 318 men who belonged to his household all of them born and raised in his

household and he said guys we all now go to rescue what has been taken I was reading this and I was

thinking to myself at least I can speak to Acts 29 Acts 29 you do not have a choice you cannot sit

through this doesn't matter where you're at whether you've been safe for two months two days

or 200 years you now have to stand up because I'm saying that all 318 that have been raised that

have been born that have been bred in this house must stand up to rescue people in the city from

what the enemy is trying to do now what is the enemy trying to do I explained it I explained it

and if you don't remember go back to the videos man if because if I go down that route it will

take forever if you're not watching the videos stop it and watch it that's Bob Newhart's advice

the point is this raise up your households to fight for this city and by fight I don't mean some

big you know the strange thing about Christian warfare is that nothing looks like fighting

that's the strange thing about Christian warfare it is speaking it is singing it's

declaring it is symbolic but it is highly effective when do you flail in Christian

warfare not fail flail in Christian warfare you flail when you do not know who you are fighting

and I would suggest to you that by the grace of God and the wisdom of God some of the things have

been made clear go listen to them go watch them applies to the entire globe man but raise up your

household to the extent you can without stepping into presumption like we just talked about begin

to stand on these walls and say oh God Kovat is one thing that will end whether you like it or not

using masks or using vaccines it'll end but what is behind it is so much greater and I just pray

an end to it go listen to what I said about Leviathan go listen to the patterns that I

pulled out from Genesis 3 Genesis 6 and Genesis 11 go listen to how through the history of the

world lack famine disease and war have always been used to bring mankind into a place of fear

pride greed and lack so that they can find their solution in commerce religion and politics of

government drawing them away into a city called Babylon and not into a place called Zion fight

for these things go to Isaiah 27 one and unsheathe the merciless mighty sword which is the word of

God to the extent that you can and begin to speak it boldly for the city for this nation for the

world as God shows you which one to pick good Isaiah 51 9 good as Psalm 74 verse 13 and 14

Psalms 74:13

the strange thing is if acts 29 begins to do this guess what you receive the spoils of war

that's something I'm looking forward to a you know this church will gather the spoils of war

and this church will be able to present it to the Lord saying here God these are the spoils of war

we dedicated to you because the spoils of war is not money men it's not fame those things anyone

can provide you like I said between Bill Gates Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg most Christians

can have their needs met but we are talking about the spoils of war in terms of people the

treasures of darkness people devote them to God and guess what the church will also benefit in

terms of being blessed by Melchizedek the king of Salem and the priest of God God will bless God

blesses warfare he loves it when people take a stance with him because he's the one who's

fighting it you're just shouting hey don you came and place his water here and disappeared

wanted to introduce you the next one guys this everyone at acts 29 should try and practice it's

in numbers 23 numbers 23 when when when the enemy comes against a city then numbers 23

was 13 onwards numbers 23 I don't think you have the scripture Josh numbers 23 was 13 onwards and

this is when Belak the king hires Balaam an evil doer to afflict the camp of Israel or for the lack

of a better words the city of Israel it was called a camp then was 13 that Balaak said to him come

with me to another place where you can see them you will only see a part but not all of them and

from there curse them for me so he took me to the field of Zophim on top of Pisgah and there he

belt built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar Balaam said to Balaak stay here

besides your offering while I meet with him over there the Lord met with Balaam and put a message

in his mouth and said go back to Balaak and give him this message so he went to him and found him

standing besides his offering with the princes of Moab Balaak asked him what did the Lord say then

uttered his oracle arise Balaak and listen hear me son of Zippor God is not a man that he should lie

nor a son a man that he should change his mind does he speak and then not act does he promise

and not fulfill I have received a command to bless he has blessed and I cannot change it no

misfortune is seen as Jacob no misery observed in Israel the Lord their God is with them the

shout of the king is among them one of the things I want us to engage in this week is to

declare the clamorously loud boastful praises of God every morning this week for the city let

the enemy know that the shout of the king is in the midst of Vancouver let the enemy know that

the shout of the king is in the midst of Brisbane it may be only one voice but like you've heard it

many times and I don't mind repeating it even though it sounds so cliched God plus you is a

majority the shout of a king is in our midst if frightened Balaak Balaam one of the most powerful

practitioners of sorcery in those days hired by a king who was willing to give him a room full of

jewelry now says that hey we can't touch them this God of theirs does not lie when he makes up his

mind there's nothing that can change it there is no sorcery or divination against this group of

people and by the way the shout of their king is in their midst you know there are I'm going to

go this way without going too far as I've said on some of the videos whenever a globe is brought

to a standstill it is always the work of rulers and powers that exist we're not talking about the

demonic we're not talking about spiritual hosts of depravity as Paul says we're talking about

rulers cosmo cratos or rulers of darkness some of the names mentioned in the Bible are a polion or

Abaddon now the name mentioned is Legion another name mentioned is Leviathan another name that

symbolizes evil is actually Python. Act 16, Job 41, Luke, I don't know, Revelations don't know

the chapter what we are dealing with present is in Job 41 we I briefly touched it when we recorded

one of the videos more than ten days ago if you haven't heard it my question is why haven't you?

You may have a good answer eh? Thank God I can't hear your answer. But one of the ways to deal

with an enemy who is out to curse and destroy a camp or a city is for the enemy to hear the

shout of the king in the midst of the city. Jeevan often comes home thinking it's his house I don't

know why he gets it wrong and unfortunately I gave him my keys and I'm not able to take them back

and sometimes when I come home he'll be sitting in the studio I have a studio now at home and he'll

be singing sometimes in Telugu sometimes in English but I love not going in I just listen to it I hope

I hear that when I drive past your home man the shout of a king in your midst you with your

children and your family or you with your cat. Clamorously boastful praise why because it says

in Psalm 46 verse 5 Psalm 46 verse 5 and these were written by people who didn't have the Holy

Psalms 46:5 Psalms 46:5

Spirit living in them Psalm 46 verse 5 God is within her she will not fall God will help her

Psalms 46:5

at the break of day God is within her she will not fall God will help her at the break of day

God is within her she will not fall God will help them at the break of day these are things we can

indulge it so Jacob if we do this how will we know if anything is happening God is faithful that is

enough. A wise man once said to me a wise young man once said to me hey Jacob most of the things

that you have accomplished have been done quietly so why don't you go about doing what God is asking

you again do it quietly I'm saying that to you we don't need things proven in newspapers before

we do things we do them because we are commanded to obedience understanding is highly overrated

three more points and then we're done guys begin to begin to pray based on your understanding

and your knowledge begin to pray that the ones that have surrounded and laid siege to the globe

the powers that have laid siege to the globe realize that our shucks the chariots of Israel

and the horses of Israel are here and this is not going to be a battle that we will win

every day I'm praying that the father I come against certain powers that are beginning to harm

our city and as we come against these powers I just pray now in Jesus Christ name for warring

angels of a to hold them at bay go to second king 615 second king 615 sometimes you can't do justice

to what you really want to say on an online broadcast like this because yeah second king 615

when this was 13 onwards go find out where he is the king ordered so I can send men and capture

him the report came back he's in Dothan then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force

there they went by night and surrounded the city when the servant of the man of God got up and

early the next morning an army with horses and chariots that surrounded the city oh my Lord what

shall we do the servant asked don't be afraid the prophet answered those who are with us are more

than those who are with them and Elisha prayed a lot open his eyes that he may see then the Lord

opened the servant's eyes and looked and he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all

around Elisha as the enemy came down towards him Elisha prayed Lord strike these people with

blindness so he struck them with blindness as Elisha had asked Elisha told him this is not the

road and this is not the city this is not the road and this is not the city hey awesome words

hey this is not the road this is not the city you immobilize the enemy with your prayer sometimes

pray in tongues man because the angels understand it pray in tongues when you don't know how to

pray ask God for this city for Ontario for Quebec for this nation ask God for Spain for Italy for

the US one of the things that will do this nation good is it's walking in humility this power cannot

be dealt with except in humility it's very hard to explain this whole scripture here this is why

guys it's important that I prepare myself and I prepare myself in times of peace so that during

times of war I'll be able to stand and do what I need to do let's take a break and ask if there

are questions any questions you think Paul didn't know this when he went into Ephesus and he had to

deal with she who was famous in all of Asia Minor Artemis you think Paul didn't know it when 50,000

drachmas of stuff that was full of chance and magic was burnt in Ephesus how does Paul deal

with Simon Magus how does Peter deal with the magician how does Paul deal with the guy who he

met on the island of Paphos who tried to stop Sergius Paulus the proconsul from accepting

Christ it changed an entire land because when Sergius Paulus accepted Christ it turned once

the governing authority accepts things everything under changes but there was someone who was

stopping it can't go into the nitty-gritty details of how to do it but to the extent that you know

begin to stand as watchmen on the walls of the city saying oh god I know that because I'm your

child that I can ask oh god that this city that I belong to be spared that though there may be

enemy armies that always exist behind physical realities in the name of Jesus Christ as simply

as I know it I say no to you and I say yes to God and I begin to raise the hallelujah I begin to

start singing the song echo I begin to sing these songs because the shout of the king is in the

midst of this city I don't know how many nations are listening to us and let's say six nations what

if there are six nations that will be helped because of this I'm telling you man I've found

out one thing in life some four years ago that it takes one man and God to change things I actually

believe that it's not words and you need to believe it too because it's true history proves

it again and again and again next one is guys prophesy the intent of God prophesy the intent

of God prophesy the intent of God prophesy is not stringing some scriptures together and speaking

them prophesy is finding out the mind of God and then once you find the mind of God to actually

craft it as in write it down and then begin to speak it prophesy the intent of God so much of

warring is done through the prophetic so much of warring is done through the prophetic you don't

have to be a prophet to prophesy you can ask God and then begin to speak if you go to Isaiah not

Isaiah if you go to second Kings 19 second Kings 19 it's a story of Hezekiah but it's Isaiah who's

prophesying second Kings 19 verse 32 onwards verse 32 it says there therefore this is what the Lord

2 Kings 19:32

says concerning the king of Assyria therefore this is what the Lord says who's speaking Isaiah

speaking therefore this is what the Lord says concerning Assyria and then he begins to prophesy

now think of the context hey Sennacherib who was an evil ruler that had destroyed city after city

nation after nation has come and surrounded Israel Hezekiah knows this is the end and then

they begin to pray and Isaiah begins to prophesy even though the siege ramps are being set up even

though Sennacherib has challenged Israel saying you think your gods are going to save you look

at the gods of Arkpahad look at the gods of this nation they couldn't save you and then as Isaiah

begins to say he will not enter the city or shoot an arrow here he will not come before it with shield

or build a siege ramp against it by the way that he came he will return he will not enter the city

declares the Lord I will defend the city and save it for my sake and for the sake of David my servant

that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty five thousand men in

the Assyrian camp when the people got up the next morning they were all the dead bodies so Sennacherib

king of Assyria Assyria was known as one of the fiercest empires that was brutal in its decimation

of those that stood against it and then it says Sennacherib the king of Assyria broke camp and

withdrew he returned to Nineveh and he stayed there prophesy the angel of God prophesy the intent

of God this requires climbing up the watchtower and looking and seeking what God will say like

Habakkuk what are we trying to do guys make the church famous that's Greek for is it to

get some fame in terms of we had this marvelous revelation I'm telling you man we might have

wisdom but no one will know us after this is done I don't care really if they do or don't

it is to bring to pass God's deep desire for the earth for two reasons that really bother me one

that people are dying and unto us is appointed a life to live here and then death and then the

judgment people are dying and two when this is over people will turn again to the system of

commerce as in mammon false religion as in some kind of new agey nights feeling that will make

you feel that you're at peace with your inner being or government and politics where they will

provide you a temporary fix and this will again cause people to be dulled in their hearts towards

God I don't want either of it to happen not I don't want either of it to happen neither does

God a neither does God that's one of the reasons where I'm saying to you got to be watchman on

the wall man plus come on man how many times has the world been brought to a standstill like this

you think this isn't the enemy if you listen to the video of the last one talked about Genesis

3 irreversible change to the earth when Adam sinned and decay and death came in Genesis 6 when

evil angels left their boundaries and cohabited with the women of the earth to the point that the

very gene pool of mankind was contaminated and the flood was an absolute necessity so that Noah

could start again because Noah was a righteous man irreversible change and then Genesis 11 when

Nimrod raised up a kingdom and then asked mankind to gather around a common purpose defying God

decay and death demonic interference defiance and then God brings a deliverer the deliverer

comes in the form of a man called Abraham who leaves the earth of Chaldees and begins to follow

this God and builds him an altar and calls upon the name of God and calls him Yahweh and through

him the nations will be blessed and through his descendants the nations will bless and I'm asking

you you're a descendant of Abraham by faith supposed to be a blessing to the nations there

might be death and decay being brought around the world irreversible changes they these well there

might be demonic interference there might be defiance that will follow but then there is this

people now that God has placed on earth who will bring deliverance because they are the descendants

of Abraham the seed of Isaac the body of Christ Yahweh intervenes through them Yahweh intervenes

regardless but if we walk with him we get to chronicle the history of God through this and

we shorten what could otherwise happen any questions before I talk about the last point

okay let's go to Ephesians 6 12 Ephesians 6 12

you know the scripture for our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against and then he

I would suggest it's hierarchical some say no for our struggle is not against flesh and blood but

against the rulers against the authorities because the words used for each is very different but

against rulers against the authorities against the powers of this dark world and against the

spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms and so there is a need to dismantle these powers

and as you are able to hear receive believe what you're being taught then perhaps you can dig the

to dismantle the powers that work in cities in nations in territories so that what the enemy

is planned by bringing the globe to a standstill will not be accomplished go ahead Josh yeah

could you ask Radin to rephrase the question and I can deal with it after I'm done with this point

okay guys I just want to take you to something I've mentioned to actually not before I want to

take you to the conflict of two kingdoms in the book of Exodus and the conflict of the two kingdoms

was the kingdom of God expressed through his people Israel and the kingdom of Egypt and there

was a conflict happening there Radin asked the question is there are there physical aspects to

the spiritual conflict and perhaps this would answer it so there is a physical battle going

on between Israel and Egypt in the book of Exodus there is Egypt's military might and there is

Israel's condition as slaves and yet God is raising up a deliverer called Moses saying hey

I want you to now begin to come into conflict with one of the largest empires one of the most

powerful empires in the world where Pharaoh is a divine king and so begins a conflict between

two kingdoms on the external it's a military conflict but before God deals with the military

might of Egypt he dismantles the invisible spiritual might of Egypt each of the plagues in

Exodus was as it says in Exodus 12 12 a judgment on the gods of Egypt when you go to Exodus 12

12 it says that the plagues were a judgment on the gods of Egypt we've talked about this before but

the snake was a symbol of sorcery and the first thing that is undone is when Moses's staff turns

into a serpent and consumes the snakes of the magicians then you had the Nile which was supposed

to be a river that was sacred to Egypt and the Nile God was called Hapi H-A-P-I and guess what

Hapi is slaughtered and turns to blood there used to be another goddess of fertility called Hecate

and she goes berserk when frogs begin multiplying across the land cattle were worshiped Apis the

bull Isis the cow Amon the ram and in one simple plague these cattle that represented gods were

decimated then it comes to what is critical in the eyes of Egypt Ra was the Sun God that was

worshipped guys we can't even imagine the fear that gripped Egypt with the ninth plague we can't

even imagine it Ra was supposed to be a god that was worshipped all throughout the world particularly

in Egypt and in one simple act God smites Ra out of the sky and darkness like Egypt has never known

darkness that was darker than dark nights and I'm not trying to be poetic I'm just telling you the

darkness that hit Egypt in the middle of the day was a smiting of Ra and now Egypt was in fear as

I'm speaking this do you realize how critically important it is to first undo things that are

spiritual behind situations like that that paralyze the entire globe and then the physical

can be dealt with not after while there are churches dealing with the physical let some

churches deal with the spiritual if that is a call placed upon some of us so be it rise to it we are

no more than or less than the others who are taking care of first responders people who are

giving money away and taking care of people organizations like Samaritan's Purse that are sending their own

doctors to the front lines in New York people who are praying for the healing of those that are dying

these are important parts of the same task it is always drive out the darkness and shine forth the

light but if this is our call then begin to rise up to it we can't be hesitating between one opinion

and the other and my God may we not be found standing on Mount Carmel with Elijah speaking

and saying who will you serve and everybody stays silent it is not acceptable because the

scripture we started up with was Isaiah 62 where it says that do not be silent or watchman on the

walls of Jerusalem but begin to cry out to me and give me no rest and neither should you take rest

and then the final plague was the death of the firstborn where it was a conflict between one

divine king and the one true divine king Pharaoh's son was the son of God according to Egyptian

belief because Pharaoh was divine so his son was divine and in the smiting of the firstborn the

son of God died and that was the end of it man there was no question of the military might of

Egypt being able to handle Israel and so they let these slave people go and then after letting them

go after letting them go they arouse themselves again for a last hurrah and they begin to chase

them down into the Red Sea and as they're being chased into the Red Sea Israel begins to become

afraid and Moses stands up as a deliverer stretches out his hand and he knows once again that the

military might of Egypt will now be broken forever I mean you read the book of Psalms you read about

the same sea monster only it's called by a different name it's called Rahab and it says

you cut Rahab into pieces you brought the seas back over it I don't want to get too excited

Psalm 74 I think yeah I think no it's not Sam's yeah Psalm 74 is one place where you see it was

12 13 14 but you or God are my king from of old you bring salvation upon the earth I love that I

love the fact that even then it was you bring salvation upon the earth you bring rescue upon

the earth not to just a small group of people verse 12 13 14 this is a song written by Asaph

but you or God are my king from of old you bring salvation upon the earth it was you who split

open the sea by your power you broke the heads of the monster in the waters it was you who crushed

the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert check Isaiah 51

9 the song yeah beautiful this is the sword of the spirit guys this is the sword of the spirit

awake awake close yourself with strength or arm of the Lord awake as in the days gone by as in

the generations of old was it you was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces who pierced that monster

through was it not you who dried up the seas the waters of the great deep who made a road in the

depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over and the ransom of the Lord will return

they will enter Zion with singing everlasting joy shall be upon their heads gladness and joy

will overtake them and sorrow and sighing will flee away church arise man pieces I'm not saying

I'm not shouting saying arise as in you're not arisen I'm just I'm just saying my god we need

to I'm not I'm not rebuking you I'm excited for us this is how dismantling of powers works man and

so during these days guys be absorbed in the majesty of the king of Kings a be absorbed in

the majesty of the Lion of Judah be absorbed in the majesty of the warrior king may your lifestyle

begin to reflect begin to speak loud begin to think may your lifestyle begin to engage and be

absorbed with the warrior king let me read you revelations 19 verse 11 to 15 revelations 19 was

Revelation 19:11–15

11 to 15 revelations 19 was 11 to 15 it's such a such an amazing passage I want to write a song on

it see if you can beat me to it revelations 19 11 to 15 I saw heaven standing open and there before

me was a white horse whose rider is called faithful and true with justice he judges and makes war his

eyes are like blazing fire and on his head are many crowns he has a name written on him that no

one knows but he himself he's dressed in a robe dipped in blood if you can paint this someone

should paint it he's dressed in a robe dipped in blood and his name is the word of God he's

dressed in a robe dipped in blood and his name is the word of God the armies of heaven were

following him riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen white and clean out of his mouth

comes the sharp sword with which to strike down the nations he will rule them with an iron scepter

it goes back to Psalm 2 verse 9 ask of me and I'll give you the nations for your inheritance I'll

Psalms 2:9

give you a scepter with which you will dash the nations like pottery he will rule them with an

iron scepter he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty on his robe I love

this on his robe and on his thigh he has this name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords King of

Kings and Lord of Lords I want you to go to verse 21 of the same chapter and it projects the end of

the enemy the rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on

the horse and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh God finishes the enemy pretty

easily a absorb yourself live a lifestyle that is absorbed with the majesty of the line of Judah

the King of Kings the warrior King the Lord of Lords over the next little while yeah guys if we

are faithful with this week God will give us more to deal with next week because that's a principle

always a look chapter 19 verse 17 talks about a man who was faithful with money which is the least

of all things according to Jesus and because he was faithful with money he was handed ten cities

another one was handed five cities come back to this whole theme of cities in Vancouver if you in

Brisbane if you in Bahrain if you in UK if you are faithful with what you can get out of this

because I can only be faithful with what I'm able to deal with at present but if you're faithful

with it and begin to choose from this list of things that you want to do this week then God will

give you more to deal with and as a church I challenge you to do this because our our increase

our sphere of influence depends on how we respond right now also know guys that land and life must

be contested land and life must be contested so that it's handed over land and life must be

contested so that it's handed over you see this in Luke chapter 4 verse 5 where Satan offers to

Luke 4:5

Christ the kingdoms of the world saying hey bow and I'll give you all this and Jesus doesn't he

says get behind me Satan you will worship the Lord your God land and life was contested then

land of life must still be contested now the only difference is Christ was slain and is risen and

his lot of Lords and King of Kings but it still needs to be enforced it's fulfilling that which

is finished fulfilling that which is finished and forcing that which is finished and as we go into

this week of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday look at Isaiah 31 Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 and we

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land with that Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 I love this scripture Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 and I pray that

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when you break bread in your homes this week when you think of Good Friday and Sunday begin

to think beyond you Christ died for you remember him but begin to think beyond you think for your

city when Israel left Egypt any Egyptian who wanted to join Israel would become the Commonwealth of

Israel and they would be protected too you have a responsibility in this city I'm glad you do

because God trusts you man look at Isaiah 31 verse 4 and 5 this is what the Lord says to me as a

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lion growls a great lion over its prey and though a whole band of shepherds is called together

against him he's not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor so the Lord Almighty

will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights like birds hovering overhead the Lord

Almighty will shield Jerusalem he will shield it and deliver it he will pass over it and will

rescue it and at this time when we celebrate Passover remember what it actually was it is a

shielding and a delivering it was a preventing the destroyer from entering it was a passing over

because in that city were ten righteous or fifty righteous because in that city were people who

knew the mercy of God because in that city were people who had the wisdom of God because in that

city there were people who began to seek and pray for the prosperity the shallow and the welfare of

people because in that city were people who took a bit of salt and men and sprinkled it in the salt

at the source decontaminating demonic pollution because in that city a group of people decided

that all of us are going to rise up as a household because we are born and bred for a time like this

to rescue lot and anybody else who needs rescue because in that city there were a people who would

get up in the morning and Belak and Balaam would begin to hear the shout of a king as in the

rejoicing of a people over the fact that a king was present in their midst and in the city through

them that in that city there were people whose eyes are open to the fact that are shucks there

are chariots and soldiers here but look a little higher and you see chariots of fire and the

chariotry of Israel ready and waiting because in the city people had the ability to climb up the

watchtower listen to God craft what God was saying and then begin to prophesy the intent of God

upon the city because in this city there is an ability that some have to dismantle powers that

rally against using Isaiah 51 9 using Isaiah 27 1 using Isaiah Psalm 77 13 and 14 in the city

there were a people that had abandoned for the next two or three weeks their lifestyle to being

absorbed with the majesty of the king of kings and the Lord of Lords bless you guys