Prophetic Word: God the Lord of Heaven's Armies is Releasing His Plans! (+ 3 Prophetic Dreams)
As has been the case lately, the Holy Spirit birthed this word through two physical interactions dealing with the current situation in America. So, this again, like the others He has given me lately is very much a RIGHT NOW word!
Yesterday at church, the pastor was speaking about how we all need to remember that Jesus is the true King on the throne, to remember that no man can save us and to idolize no man, only Jesus. These are obviously all true statements and wise guidance. Yet, my spirit was very unsettled within me.
And as the Holy Spirit began to explain to me why, He brought up a very similar interaction that I had had with a friend back in November. At the time (before election day), she was saying very similar things… about how we as believers need to be “above” all these things and remember that God is bigger than all of it. And to not get caught up in the details. And the same thing had happened at that time - the Holy Spirit inside of me was letting off sirens and alarms.
Again, not that what either of them was saying was wrong. It’s not! But, that there was something tied to it that was being missed. Something very important.
Back in November, He had me “warn” my friend that the enemy was using what is true and what sounds right to cause a deception that will have His people out of alignment with Him. And this is what He brought up again after hearing the pastor’s message.
While it’s true in a general sense - we are meant to exist above the issues of the world - what the enemy was doing was making believers stay SO “zoomed out” that they would miss what God was doing in the process. By basically, keeping them in a mindset of “it doesn’t matter what happens or who wins because God is ultimately in control.”
Yes, God is ultimately in control. But, it very much does matter who wins. At this moment right now, more than ever before.
As He had me explain to my friend back in November, I (meaning the Holy Spirit through me) was not making a “blanket” statement about any particular political party or group of people. He was not saying that one is unequivocally good and one was unequivocally bad (which is what a lot of people were getting hung up on).
But, what He was (and is) saying is that right now… in this present situation… there is most definitely a man that is being used (by the enemy) to usher in the antichrist agenda and a man that is being used (by God) to hold it back for the time being.
That is why again… YES! It’s true… it’s not about the men themselves! Not really. They are just the chess pieces being used in the giant game of chess being played between the powers of Heaven and the powers of hell.
But, this idea that it “doesn’t matter” which one is in office… is NOT TRUE.
It’s pretty much the exact same situation that happened in 1 Kings 1 when Adonijah made himself king even though King David had already decreed that Solomon would be the one who sat on the throne. Bathsheba understood what that would mean and that’s why she went to the king and pleaded for him to do something.
“My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.” -1 Kings 1:20-21
She knew what it meant and she wasn’t going to sit around with a “comme ci comme ça” attitude about it. She went straight to the king and said “Hey, you’ve got to do something about this or else, we’re all toast.”
(And btw… of course, the KING does move on their behalf, takes Adonijah out, puts Solomon in and the celebration from the people is SO loud, that the earth shook with the sound. 🙌)
And the same is true right now. God doesn’t want His people to be blasé or indifferent. He wants them to be alert, sober-minded, awake and aware of what is happening. And actively, boldly praying into it and declaring it from their mouths! (And not worrying about sounding “crazy” to others.)
When I woke up on the morning of January 20th, the Holy Spirit had a word burning inside of me. Here is just a small part of it:
“Be mindful of the words you speak today. Do not believe, receive or accept the lie and do not prophesy it out of your mouth for your words are powerful. Speak My promises, My goodness, My faithfulness. Stand on the truth.”
The Lord spoke these words because He wanted to give us clear direction on what to do. He didn’t say, “Oh, don’t worry about it… we’re good so you can say or think whatever…” He gave clear instructions:
Be mindful of your words.
Do not believe the lie.
Do not receive the lie.
Do not accept the lie.
Do not prophesy the lie out of your mouth.
Speak My promises.
Speak My goodness.
Speak My faithfulness.
Stand on the truth.
(And you know what “lie” He means… that’s why He said it as a “today” word on the 20th.)
As believers, what we believe matters. Our words have power. We know that when we’re thinking in terms of releasing power. But, we’re not as careful when we’re using words that release confusion, doubt, unbelief and flat-out deception. And that imply certain things are “His will” when they are not.
The reason the Lord instructed us not to prophesy the lie out of our mouths (no matter what we see) is because our words have the power to bless or curse environments. They have the ability to lift people up or tear them down. Whether you are a pastor speaking into the atmosphere of your church or just an individual speaking over your own life.
He doesn’t want us speaking words that align with the enemy’s deception. And He doesn’t want us being indifferent and speaking words of apathy or indifference (even with the best of intentions). He wants us purposefully speaking words of agreement with His plans and His character!
The reason why all of this matters is because this isn’t “just an election.” This is a real-world display in the natural of the war that is raging in the spiritual.
The battle has come down from heaven to earth (Revelation 12) and you have to be in tune with God’s Spirit to know what is happening. Or you will easily and quickly get swept away in the deception.
This is the analogy the Lord gave me in the middle of the night last night:
Staying “out of it” and saying either way is fine is like going into battle without knowing the battle plan. (Or like running out onto the field in a football game without knowing the play, if sports analogies are more your thing.) If the soldiers didn’t pay attention to their commander to receive the plan on when and how to move, they would go out into the battle completely vulnerable and unprepared. They would literally have no idea which direction the Commander was planning to move in and would be scattered and confused.
We - the Body of Christ - are the mighty army of God. That’s who we are. So, our “job” is to look to our Commander, to receive His directions and orders and to follow them.
God is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He is our Commander-in-Chief (which again, is why it is true that we don’t look to a man as our commander!). But, we have to make sure we are doing our part too. We have to listen in, see what He’s doing, recognize how He’s moving and fall in-line with it.
And right now, He is moving in a very specific and strategic way. Not only to rescue His people, but to resurrect His Church, wake her up out of slumber and spark the last great revival that’s about to take place.
The revival is going to come out of Him moving. That is what sparks it! It is, quite literally, what the story in 1 Kings 1 talks about where the ground “shook with the sound” from the rejoicing. And, in Esther 8:16-17, how there is rejoicing and celebrating and conversion of non-believers throughout many provinces and cities.
But right now, there are still many in the Body of Christ who do believe and agree that there is going to be a revival, but are blinded to (or are hesitant to really believe) the way in which He’s bringing the revival to pass. And God wants to open their eyes and their ears so they can see and hear what HE is doing!
“Say to those with fearful hearts, ‘Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.’ And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.” -Isaiah 35:4-5
As always, the Lord has given me several illustrations to drive the point home too (which I love!).
First, I had a dream two nights ago that was short but powerful. In it, I was getting ready to go on a road trip with my mom. I asked how long it would be and she said 38 or 39 hours. I knew we weren’t going all the way though at that moment, so I asked how long this first part would be and she said we were just going to New Jersey right now.
The interpretation is that the Church is getting ready to move with the Holy Spirit (as represented by my mom). We are going all the way to the time of judgment that is described in Ezekiel 38 & 39 (which btw, He’s having me release a separate prophetic teaching on about Gog and Magog). But, we’re not at that time yet. Right now, we are going back to the Garden (as represented by NJ - “the Garden state”).
Meaning, the Lord is bringing His people back “into the ark" before that time comes. He is waking them up and bringing them back into the love, provision and protection that we experienced in the Garden of Eden. Where we trust Him again and believe what He says (the way it was before Eve doubted God). That is (as I’ve shared before) what this window of time is and what the revival is about.
This also ties in with the words He’s had me release about what He is exposing in His children’s hearts through the way He is purposefully having this election situation play out. (If you haven’t read them you can do so here: Hearts are Being exposed word and God Wants You to Have a Revelation of His Goodness word.)
I also had another dream that night where I was sitting with Eminem and he was trying to be manipulative and dramatic about getting me to “be” with him. He said he felt like he was losing me and I said, “Does this look like you’re losing me? I’m sitting right here with you, asking you how you are.” He wanted me to kiss him and kept saying “come on…” and trying to coerce me until I finally gave in and started kissing him. There had also been some other people sitting nearby that I knew would be upset if I gave in and kissed him.
The interpretation (which has nothing to actually do with Eminem… he was just symbolic) is that the Church Body has been compromising and agreeing with those who have evil “alter egos” (as represented by the alter-ego of Marshall Mathers, who raps about drugs, rape and murder). The ones that appear to be innocent and good, but are actually evil. They’ve been coercing her (the Body) into agreeing with them and staying with them and the Church at large has been falling for it and agreeing.
He also had just had me walking around humming the song “Mack the Knife” out of nowhere the night before. As He gave me the interpretation for the dream, He brought the song back up and had me look at the lyrics. Which, wouldn’t you know it, are actually about a man who steals, rapes and murders. But, the song sounds upbeat, fun and joyful.
Do you see where He’s going with this?
But, if that wasn’t enough, He also gave me a movie reference (my favorite!). Like always, He had me watch a particular movie at a particular time for its prophetic significance. So, the night before, I had just watched The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (the 2nd movie in the series) at the Holy Spirit’s prompting.
If you’ve never seen it or it’s been awhile… basically, Prince Caspian has been threatened and chased away by his evil uncle who has stolen his throne from him and Caspian is fighting to get back his rightful place on the throne. Sound familiar? Oh and also, a civil war breaks out when he challenges the ones who stole his crown. Sound familiar?
But, besides the flat-out, in-your-face parallel between the storyline and what’s happening right now, the Holy Spirit also pointed out how during the movie, I had caught myself saying twice with two different characters, “Oh man, I hoped that he was a good guy!” Referring to two of the “evil guys” who had put on appearances of being halfway decent at one point in the movie, but then later showed their true colors by killing their own men and turning on one another.
Which ties back in with the dream about agreeing with the evil alter-egos and falling for the “upbeat, nice, decent” façade, when behind it is evil. Just like in the Strong Delusion word, God is clearly warning His people to come out of their own flesh, the world and indifference and get in alignment with what He is doing and how He is moving.
Of course, the best analogy from this movie though is in the big fight scene… when all hope seems lost. When the Narnians appear to be outnumbered and defeated and it seems Aslan isn’t ever going to show. That’s when he (He) moves.
The trap was set for the enemies and they fell right into it (literally). Aslan, being all-powerful, moves heaven and earth (literally) and brings the enemies crashing down using the trees and the water which he controls. And brings up a mighty wave to crash down upon them, drowning them all. Sound familiar?
“Then the waters returned and covered all the chariots and charioteers—the entire army of Pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived.” -Exodus 14:28
I’ll end this word with one more dream that I had last night. (Interpretation in italics.)
In it, there was going to be this big fight on TV and I knew the one guy was going to get really injured (the “fatal wound” of Revelation 13). It was supposed to be on at noon, but I couldn’t find it on TV. Instead, there was an ice hockey game on (people are on “thin ice” right now, but they’re being distracted with entertainment and not being shown the truth). I had warned everyone and got the paramedics ready. But, I thought I had missed it because it was hours later and it seemed too late (what many in the Church are thinking right now!). I said, in the hotel, you only get certain channels on the TV and this was happening on a “red channel,” so that’s probably why we didn’t see it (the censorship and selective media we are seeing in the natural right now).
There was an intermittent scene here that I’ll leave out because it was a personal word for me. But then, after that, I was walking past other rooms (in the hotel/dorm building) and went in one room that I knew belonged to Snooki (whose real name is Nicole, which means “victory of the people”). She had just been fighting with one of her friends over something stupid (the pointless bickering in the Body right now).
She said she was sitting on the chair her friend had made her for her grandfather (like to remember him), but it looked like a cushion on the floor (the people - the Body of Christ - should be resting in authority by the finished work of Christ on the cross, but the “comfortable,” user-friendly doctrine has left Her spiritually asleep).
I picked up the remote control and removed a gaming cover off of it (Jesus clearing away the laziness and play Christianity from His Church) and tried to find the right channel there, but it was a “So You Think You Can Dance” show on instead (again, a warning to those who think they are being led by the Spirit, to come out of their flesh so they can see the truth).
As I’ve stressed in multiple words before, now is a time for HUMILITY like never before. To basically say, “Lord, I know nothing and You know everything! Tell me what I need to know!”
We need to know what God is doing.
We need to know how God is moving.
And He wants to tell us.
But, we have to come out of pride to hear Him. We have to be fully humbled, fully surrendered and fully submitted. To receive His instructions and to stand on them, believe them and follow them even if they don’t make sense to us.
It is not time for us to complain that we’re going to die in the wilderness.
It is not time for us to give up and mope around the camp. Or to submit to the enemies.
It is time to march around the walls.
It’s time to step into the water. Into the furnace. Into the lion’s den.
It’s time to believe what God is doing. And it’s time to declare what God is doing.
Like He said in the early morning hours of the 20th…
“Be mindful of the words you speak today. Do not believe, receive or accept the lie and do not prophesy it out of your mouth for your words are powerful. Speak My promises, My goodness, My faithfulness. Stand on the truth. DO NOT GO BY WHAT YOU SEE. This is the time for My people to learn to live by faith again and not by sight. By My word and not their senses.
This IS Me delivering you from the world and your dependency on it. Wait for Me to move. Expect Me to move. Know that I am still God and I am still in control. I do not leave you nor do I forsake you. You have been deceived long enough. You are not alone and you are not on your own. I am here for you like I always have been. And I am about to demonstrate My glory and grace in a way the world has not seen.
It is time to wake up, My slumbering children. It is time to remember who I am and who you are in Me. It is time to believe in Me again. REALLY BELIEVE. Do not grumble amongst yourselves or bicker with one another. Stand together and stand strong. Do not give up. Do not give in. Hold on to your hope with steadfast determination. I will make a way like I always do. Watch and see.”