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Mission Statement
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SPIRITUAL MAPPING Borrowed heavily from the conference teaching of George Otis, Jr. Spiritual mapping is all about finding the answer to the question, “Why are things the way they are?” Science and rationalism can’t explain everything. There is much real and widespread satanic involvement in human affairs. There is much satanic involvement behind the scenes. The starting points for this involvement is Babel and other early worship centers in Asia and the Near East. Early ideas and symbols were first systematized in Babylon. Therefore, Babylon became more than a city; it became a supernatural template for non-God governments, idolatrous systems and kingdoms. Babylon was called the mother of harlots (Rev. 17:5) because it would give birth to all future corruptive and illegitimate systems. Spiritual territoriality As ancient peoples migrated out from Babel, they encountered traumas which they dealt with by entering into pacts with spiritual powers. Once these primal welcome mats were put out, they became the basis for people-group-based spiritual strongholds. Since people are always some place, strongholds are also geographical in nature. The God of history has had a lot to do with the matter of where idolatrous people lived. When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 32:8 This term sons of Israel, according to the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Latin Vulgate, the Septuagint and all other early texts should read, "according to the number of the sons of God" or according to the number of their gods." Thus, God allowed people to choose their own gods and the number of their gods, yet He is the God of history who decides WHERE their geographic boundaries will be. EXAMPLE: There was the Alti Bital seed-bed of shamanistic gods and worship in Siberia. It was the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who determined how LONG this shamanistic flow of people would be allowed to traverse the Bering Land Bridge into the Americas. If He’d kept the flow open through an extension of the ice age for another several centuries it would have beefed up the shamanistic population of North America. This would have changed the course of human history considerably. EXAMPLE: The Soviet Union, the great bastion of communism, had no warm water ports. Thus it was checked in its ability to move freely in earlier decades throughout the world. Because of this they have, are and will be able to fulfill their scriptural role of being the BIBLICAL NORTH - TSAPHON - (Hebrew word meaning hidden, dark, gloomy and unknown. It is used only when referring to the north as a quarter) - as a place of occult wisdom, an envelope of darkness, and a place of death with a concentration of demons. Many northern ideas and empires have historically been both implements and objects of great destruction. Out of it has come Babylon, Persia, Mongolia, Syria, Soviet Communism. But one more prophetic supernaturally energized coalition may yet arise out of that area. Could it possibly be a coalition of Islamic states that Ezekiel spoke of in Ezekiel 38 and 39? As we view the world through the filter of the spiritual dimension and ask the question, “Why are things the way they are? More specific questions arise. EXAMPLES :
As I mentioned above, as people lived their lives, they encountered traumas. As you know, when you go through a trauma of some sort, you must find a WAY or METHOD to help you through it. People down through history have dealt with traumas by entering into pacts with spiritual powers. Once these spiritual pacts are made, they became the basis for spiritual strongholds. If these are not pacts with the spiritual power of the Living God, spiritual darkness results. And when repentance does not occur, the stronghold gains power with the passing of time and each succeeding generation. Eventually, one of the primary characteristics of spiritual darkness is the lack of Godly repentance. Do you see why, in breaking spiritual strongholds over an area, repentance is the weapon of choice? In determining a stronghold’s strength, look for: 1. The explicitness of the original pact. When the original pact or welcome is made, intention counts. But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. Numbers 15:30 2. The nature of evil spirits. 1 Kings 11 - The story of Solomon who loved many foreign (strange) women. Even though God told him not to associate with them because they WOULD turn his heart away after their gods, he did it anyway. He managed to maintain his devotion to God until he became old. Then “his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God.” He went after the gods of his foreign wives, did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and built high places for them. So God tore the kingdom from him, waiting until after he died only for the sake of his godly father, David. Until then, God raised up two adversaries against him, and sent the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam who was one of Solomon’s best servants, to prophesy how God would give him 10 parts of the kingdom, leaving only one for Solomon’s descendant. Solomon heard about this and tried to kill Jeroboam just as Saul had tried to kill his father, David. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for 21 days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Daniel 10:13 And during supper, the devil having already PUT INTO THE HEART of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him…John 13:2 And after the morsel, SATAN THEN ENTERED INTO HIM, Jesus therefore said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” John 13:27 3. The amount of time they’ve been in that area. The longer the enemy is allowed to remain in an area, the longer he has to dig in. Matthew 23:13-38 Eight woes against the scribes and Pharisees. Consequently you bear witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up then the measure of the guilt of your fathers. Verses 31,32 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate. Verses 37,38 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 Paul reprimands a man who is having sex with his father’s wife and the church for being arrogant instead of mourning, “in order that the one who had done this deed might be removed from your midst.” Vs. 2 He then decides to “deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” Vs. 5 Then, after the church cleaned up its act, in 2 Corinthians 2:6-8. Paul writes, sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow such a one be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.” As I said in the beginning, When people and people-groups encounter life traumas, we deal with the trauma by entering into pacts with a spiritual power or powers. Even when these pacts are made with the Living Lord, the result is loyalty. Allowed to continue, these loyalties become a basis for strongholds. Spiritual strongholds are born whenever people and cultures welcome them in definite choices. Satan has four strategies for gaining the right to remain in a person or an area. 1. Religious festivals and pilgrimages 2. Cultural traditions, especially initiation rites 3. Adaptive deceptions 4. Unresolved social injustices The purpose of a festival is to put on the “other” mind. Especially when done corporately it unleashes incredible power. Initiation rites introduce people to the demon spirits. By linking past pacts with history, Satan keeps power from generation to generation in continuity. Traditions are held more in manner than actual events. They are most effective by word of mouth and from ear to ear. As time passes, some bondages loose their potency so Satan tries to set up many rituals to keep the strongholds in place. Unresolved social injustices can create bitterness and bondage - or repentance and reconciliation. Demonic manipulations are made worse when we classify people based on superficial things. The consequences are:
Prevailing bondages and root bondage are IMPORTANT TO DISCERN PREVAILING BONDAGES are: 1. visible 2. active 3. thin 4. transitory 5. should not be ignored ROOT BONDAGES are: 1. Beneath the surface 2. Require patience to find and root out 3. Require discernment An example of a root bondage is Albania. We see communism. But before communism there was Rome. Before Rome there was the Byzantine empire. At the very root of Byzantian you find an ancient vendetta. So it is very important that we not fixate on “Johnny-come-lately” ideologies like communism, drug cartels, etc. Appearances can be deceiving. Even Saddam Hussain attributed his work with the legacy of Babylon. WE MUST MONITOR OUR ACTIONS TO SEE IF THEY TRULY HAVE RESULTS AND ARE BIBLICAL. A key way to monitor results is to pray before, during and after a religions festival, pilgrimage, or initiation rite. These are good times to pray because it is when the enemy is more vulnerable because he is having to re-negotiate his pact. We also need to pray because at these times there is usually more persecution of the enemy - us. Examples: 1. Mardi Gras - is a festival with ancient roots in Haiti and Africa. It was attached to a Christian holy day but there is nothing Christian about it. 2. Gay Pride parades. These parades are actually a re-enactment of the worship of the god Pan who was the patron saint of sexual pastimes. He was an adulterer, homosexual and bisexual. He is also a part of the worship in the upper levels of Masonic Lodges and Eastern Star. We need to know our position in time as well as space. There are three significant trends in the past decade. 1. There has been a quantum leap in human knowledge unbridled by wisdom. 2. There is a rising tide of interest in supernatural signs and wonders. 3. Global evangelization has reached a critical mass. It is also more difficult because we’re closing in on the hardest-held strongholds. There are two external problems to the church fulfilling its goal of world evangelization. 1. Demonic entrenchment - many that were dealt with in scripture were never plucked up. If corporate repentance doesn’t happen, Satan will gain more power. 2. The lateness of the hour. Revelation tells us that Satan is in great wrath because he knows he has little time left. These days are as distressing to the enemy as they are to us. Consequently there is more confusion and more demands - on him as well as on us. But remember this: THE TREMORS OF THE WORLD ARE THE KICKINGS OF THE ENEMY! It is the challenge of the latter realm. The deeper you go, the higher the stakes. But also, the greater the victory.
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