We have been seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit to expose the demonic strongholds that are growing in America as well as in Canada and in the United Kingdom.
In a Discerning the Times released April 23, 2019, I invited intercessors to focus on praying for guidance about what I called the Axis of Deception that is forming the core of demonic strongholds not just in the Democratic Party in the United States Congress, but also in other areas of American politics.
In that Discerning The Times article, I also provided some teaching on the nature of strongholds and how they form around a core of leaders who are deceived and often demonized. The focus of that Discerning The Times article had been on the demonic strongholds based on the Radical Left and Radical Islam.
Demonic Stronghold Based on the Radical Right, White Supremacy and Fascism
However, after that Discerning The Times went out, we have seen the terrible expression of what many would identify as the Radical Right—white supremacy and fascism. (The first actually took place on March 14, 2019, in which 50 people were murdered in a Mosque in New Zealand.)
On April 28th, the last day of Passover, 19-year-old John Earnest of San Diego, a member of an Orthodox Presbyterian Church congregation, walked into the Chabad of Poway and started shooting those in worship. You can read the details here.
The words spoken by the shooter during the shooting and in a manifesto that he had published over the internet were deeply disturbing and revealing. His manifesto has been removed from the internet, but I was able to get a copy of it. It was filled with vicious hatred of the Jewish people, calling for their extermination.
Frankly, this did not feel like something written by a 19-year-old, unless he was channeling Satan’s ancient hatred of God and God’s chosen people.
The words were the standard curses spoken against the Jewish people with echoes of Nazi genocidal propaganda and Martin Luther’s hateful diatribes. Intercessor JuleAnn read it and her reaction was as follows:
Reading this hurts, breaks my heart; I feel dirty, I am appalled, I am sickened in heart and gut. Saddened is not a strong enough word. I am also alerted. I have been reading things about the growing antisemitism in the US and globally and I have great concern. I just read an article this morning about how in Europe (western world) antisemitism and/or the climate is very similar to pre-WWII! How did Germany mindlessly follow Hitler? And yet this happens here in United States. Now reading this brings it all too close to home. The outright twisting of the Word of God. LORD have mercy on us. I agree this sounds like a curse.
These were my reactions too! Some of the remarks written and spoken by the shooter had twisted our Presbyterian and Reformed doctrine, or had articulated the “replacement theology” in Reformed tradition, to not only justify these heinous actions, but to affirm the delusion that murdering Jews was the will of God and an act of faithfulness in following Jesus Christ.
This is no different from the deceived Islamic terrorists who believe they are fulfilling the will of Allah by murdering the “people of the book”—Jews and Christians. 1
A Unifying Theme
Is there a unifying theme in these very diverse ideologies that form these different demonic strongholds?
The Radical Left, Communism, Radical Islam, the Radical Right, Fascism, White Supremacy, Intersectionality, Democratic Socialism and on and on seem like such totality different ideologies and movements which often are clashing against each other, that it is easy to miss that great common denominator in all of them.
The deep root of all these diverse ideologies is a hatred of God and of those with whom God has made His covenants—the Jewish people and all those who have been grafted into God’s covenants. The first and most ancient hatred is of the Jews, but Christians of Biblical faith follow as a close second.
The Core of Antisemitism Unites all the Diverse Ideologies.
Antisemitism which is rooted in a fundamental hatred of God as revealed in the Bible is the unifying element of these divergent ideologies. And it is the foundational deception of all of them.
For confirmation of this unifying bitter root of these three ideologies, I recommend the panel sponsored by the Heritage Foundation entitled: “Defeating Anti-Semitism at Home, Abroad, and on Campus”
In this video, the rise of antisemitism in the Democratic Party is named and addressed. It is identified as coming from both Islam and the Left. There is also some very helpful discernment between the different way antisemitism is expressed in the Radical Left from the Radical Right.
Political and Educational Solutions are Not Enough
The solutions that they give of how to defeat what is acknowledged to be a growing evil in Congress, American culture, and in the UK and Europe, range from education to political activism and to law enforcement. These are excellent proposals, but miss the spiritual dimension. This is not a criticism of the panel, but rather a call to us as intercessors to step up and do our part in the spiritual realm.
Here is a deeply disturbing but revelatory article from the Clarion Project: G
Europe with its combination of massive Muslim immigration and the Radical Left and the Radical Right is far ahead of the United States. But unless stopped, we are following the same trajectory.
A Call to Engage in Strategic Prayer
I believe the Lord is calling us to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in engaging and breaking the curses that are coming from this demonic stronghold that is growing. If history is any guide at all, we are witnessing the harbinger of a terrible impending evil that Satan is preparing to unleash upon the Jewish people and Israel.
And after that, next will be the three greatest supporters of the Jewish people and Israel— first, the United States led by President Trump, next is Canada (especially in the past under Stephen Harper) and third,
While individual intercessors need to start praying for guidance for how to engage this stronghold of antisemitism, I think it is much too powerful and dangerous for us as individuals to launch into breaking its power since such prayer will undoubtedly lead us into high-level spiritual warfare.
I believe such prayer should only be done in well prepared cohorts consisting of born again, Holy Spirit empowered Jews and Gentiles in unity together in Yeshua/Jesus as the “one new man.”
Kingdom Intercession
I believe that the Lord is calling us to prepare to engage the demonic strongholds based on antisemitism at the Kingdom Intercession event August 13-16, 2019 at William Black Lodge in Montreat, North Carolina. (This is not far from Black Mountain and the Community of the Cross.)
To help prepare us for this spiritual battle, a pre-requisite for attending will be the Foundations for Kingdom Intercession online course above, unless you have already participated in some of the advanced training for cohorts, Jerusalem Endeavors, or Mountain Top Equipping Projects.
I believe that this will not only be a great opportunity for learning about this work of history-shaping intercession and spiritual warfare, but also will be strategic for defeating Satan’s plans and advancing the Kingdom of God.
Please send to Martin and to me any discernment that you may have. We really hope to see a number of you involved in this online equipping course, and also at the Kingdom Intercession Prayer event August 13-16.
Addendum
Following the publishing of this blog post the following article by Yaroslav Trofimov appeared in the Wall Street Journal.
The New Anti- Semitism: In Europe and the United States, rising political forces on both the right and the left have revived old patterns that scapegoat Jews for society’s ills.
This article confirms what the Blog post has been saying.
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- These statements as justification for killing Jews has elicited a soul-searching response from some of those in the Reformed tradition. Here is quite a good article from the Washington Post reporting on this.
I pray that the Christian Democrats will urge Pelosdi to condemn the anti semantic attitude in the house by these women. To come on strong with “Racism is not allowed in the House–not against any race color or creed. I reason that you are being chastised is that you have broken the rules and are racist against Jews, and I won’t have that in the House of Representatives” May God give hew wisdom and strength to take a strong stand. Many in her party will support her. Edith Hicks
As I read this “Discerning the Times” I was alerted to something I just previously read in the “Intercessors for America” website that Dietrich Bonhoeffer gave in response to a question.
https://www.ifapray.org/blog/wisdom-from-bonhoeffer-for-todays-church/
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German pastor, theologian, martyr, spy was asked in 1943 how it was possible for the Church to sit back and let Hitler seize absolute power. His firm answer: “It was the teaching of cheap grace.”
“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We live in a time and culture that not only teaches cheap grace but praises it.
I am also reminded of Galatians 5:16–19
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
And that is the core of what we realize in the Dunamis Fellowship!
Whether it is world religions, cults, or cultures, or everyday life; satan uses the evils in the worlds and people’s impatience to rush them along towards din and death. Since the beginning of time everyone has experienced it! Hurry up and get , do or be the first one to get yours ,! To do this and such claim fame! Hurry and move on to the next thing, event, or whatever; don’t stop to ask or talk to God about it! All through out time evil encourages people not to slow down and find the good things that come from Father God. No evil doesn’t want anyone to look at what is good and wholesome and expand upon that or be happy in and grow in that! We have to push ahead faster! Faster! I encourage people to slow down seek The presence of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit as they go about their lives and interact with others in this world try to have as Amy Grant sings in a song “my Father’s Eyes “ if we slow down and have His eye view we might really see what is lovely, pure, of good report…..if we can but see God in any given situation long enough I believe the Holy Spirit would prompt us to not be in such a hurry but to sincerely reach out to and touch others more often, to look more closely at the goodnesses of God in them, or see His mercy being worked out in other people’s, and places! God never rest! But He doesn’t speed by The lost and saved people so fast like speeders that says eat my dust, or move or be rolled over! Being speedy like a Roadrunner now you see me now you don’t! Wasn’t and isn’t Jesus way! And it shouldn’t be ours! So many good and wholesome things have been tossed and abandoned because people have been taught to be impatient, unsatisfied with what is really good! I am not against progress ; I am just against progressing at such a speed that we miss the awesomeness of God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit in the midst of it all call out to us to be a part of it with Him. Are we moving to fast to really see Him, hear Him,? No wonder we keep falling down at the speed everyone is running through life with so much business we loose sight of His hand we should be holding ,led and guided by and His feet we should be following; that we end up chasing after and getting tripped up by the evil one. Slow down and Smell the lily of the Valley! Breathe deep God’s word! Walk in His light! Pray for open eyes to truly see!
Hello Brad, I have just finished typing up the notes from the Foundation for Kingdom Intercession course. I then had a catch up with emails when I saw your DTT. As I read it I became so very saddened and the more I read the more sad I became. Just yesterday I was sent a picture as part of a DVD from a friend, it was with me in Jerusalem. I began feeling tearful as the DVD played. It was because of all the great and wonderful things and places I seen there. So today a sadness at how man comes against man and the evil influence the enemy exerts over so many that don’t know God. A prayer to diminish the powers of evil against man, and God needs to be proclaimed over the earth and a fresh wave of the Holy Spirit to empower God’s people to take the gospel to all in need of God’s salvation.