Day five
and there is more to say about the accuser of the brethren. It is important to
remember that the church (the true believers not any one church denomination or
group) is truly at a fork in the road. There are choices to be made and in some
cases they will be hard choices to make. This passage about the accuser of the
brethren sheds some insight into these possible choices. If you look at
biblical history you see roughly three two thousand year periods, and we are
just now entering a fourth. It is the fourth period that the paradigm shift is occurring.
It is a shift specifically for this fourth period.
Rev 12:12 “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye
that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time.”
The phrase,
“rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them” has some interesting
implications. Who should be heaven dwellers? Yes, you are right it is
believers. Paul tells us we are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We
are the heaven dwellers. All those who put faith and trust in Jesus are
potentially heaven dwellers.
On the
other hand, those who are earth bound, focusing on the natural environment are
targets for Satan and his minions. When one is continually caught up in the day
to day affairs around him or her; caught up in the politics and struggles of
life in the natural world; caught up in seeking answers for themselves; caught
up in being in control at all times, they then are targets for the Devil.
This is
what Paul was speaking of in Colossians three: Col 3:1-3 “If ye then be risen
with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God. (2) Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth. (3) For ye are
dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
We are
positionally raised and are in heavenly places with Christ. We must then
continue, by faith to see ourselves as heavenly beings. How is Satan going to
get at your life if it is hidden in God? The answer is that he cannot, but you
must be dwelling in heavenly places in your mind. You must be ever aware of
your status with the Father, ever trusting in the goodness of the Father and
the provision He has made for you in Christ Jesus. Herein lies the importance
of positive prophecy from New Covenant prophets. They will encourage you to
trust in the real spiritual situation you are in, and rise above being an earth
dweller.
We must guard
our ears and our hearts from the negative speech of so many. Negative speech is
a part of the accuser of the brethren’s modus operandi. Encouraging one another
is a very important part of our corporate relationship with our brothers and
sisters and if we are not getting that then we need to move on to a place where
it is available.
A large
part of the choice that the church faces is the decision about which voices to
listen to and entertain and which to cut off. Remember 1Cor 14:3. You need to
surround yourself with 1 Cor 14:3 prophets! More to come tomorrow….
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