5785 THE YEAR OF DOUBLE GRACE & OPEN WINDOWS FOR DIVINE EXPANSION AND PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT!
Greeting, As we have stepped into a new Hebrew Year of 5785 as well as 2025 on the Georgian calendar, we are stepping into a window of time and opportunity. What does an opportunity mean? An opportunity is an appointed or favorable time to advance forward. In 5784, the Lord showed me that we were in a Revelation 3:8 NKJV season for the Year of the Open Door for Revelation, Realignment and Renewal for Prophetic Fulfillment! According to Revelation 3:8 NKJV… “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
In some ways we are still in that season as we continue to progress from the door to the window. The Lord has been issuing this clarion call to His Church to come up higher. In this place of ascension, there is a new vantage point and, new levels of revelation. As we’ve come through the door and now look through the windows (opportunities). GOD desires to enlarge our vision and break every limitation so we can see clearer. The Lord longs to show us the things to come so we can be prepared and ready to receive them. The verse the Lord gave me for 5785 is Psalms 18:19 KJV… He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. The Theme He gave me for KBCMI is…5785 THE YEAR OF OPEN WINDOWS WITH DOUBLE GRACE FOR DIVINE EXPANSION AND PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT!
In this new Hebrew year 5785, the double fives in this year carry a special emphasis on multiplied grace or the empowerment of GOD. When you put the fives next to each other you get twenty-five, you get the Hebrew word Hen which means to behold. When you think of a window, it’s a prophetic representation of vision. I believe the Lord is increasing our vision, especially in His seers and prophets. As we behold the Lord, He will show us the things to come to declare bold. We must not forget that we are in the decade of the mouth. There is a greater grace and empowerment on the words we speak and declare. This is why since 2020, there often has been a “war of words” concerning many different situations on a personal, national, and international level. It’s important to be mindful and intentional of the words we speak. Not only will we see things to declare but, there will also be situations to behold that will shock us and grip us. There are things coming that we never thought possible. The word unprecedented will become normal to hear it so anchor yourself in the Lord for 5785.
Another insight concerning the five or the Hebrew letter Hei (hey), is that there is an appointed time and season for us to put our hands to the things of GOD, what He has spoken over is. This is not a time to sit back in fear, we must move boldly and confidently. The righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). It’s time to partner with the word of the Lord, activate it and, see it manifest. This season is one of Double Grace - It Begins with grace and ends with grace.
Right now we’re in a season where the Lord is watching what we do with what we have been given. In Matthew 25, Jesus talks about the parable of the talents. In this parable, a man was leaving away on a trip for some time. He decided to gather his three servants and distribute his money to them while he was gone to tend to it. To one he gave five talents, another man he gave two, and the last servant he gave one talent. The servants with five and two talents went out and invested their talents and were able to multiply and double what they had. The servant who had one talent went and buried it in the ground out of fear.
When the man came back from his trip he accessed what the servants had done with the talents. He was happy to see the servants with five and two multiplied what they had been given. He blessed them and promoted them saying, His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord. Matthew 25:21 NKJV
When the servant with one talent told the man that he had buried for fear of losing it, the man was so furious that he gave his talent to another and banished him away. We’re in a time of promotion and demotion. The Lord is weighing his leaders and his people, to see what they have done with what they’ve been given. He’s measuring and judging our faithfulness and stewardship. We should always be increasing and multiplying because, it’s the nature of GOD. You can’t stay small when you’re connected to GOD Isaiah 60:22 NKJV…A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.
Lastly, I want to share some insight for Genesis 8. In Matthew 24:37-39 NKJV Jesus makes an interesting reference back to Noah’s time… 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
This is the way it will be when the Son of Man returns.” Jesus is saying here, what took place back in Noah’s day will take place as the day approaches of his coming. More and more we’re going to see a clear line and distinction between the righteous and unrighteousness. It will not be hard to tell the difference between the godly and ungodly.
One of the things that enabled Noah to be successful and caused him to get through the flood was, he was a righteous man and he was obedient to the voice of GOD. Can you imagine being the only one who was living right for GOD, when everyone around you was living like heathens. Noah continued to live right in the face of such unrighteousness and wickedness. Even though he looked crazy building a big boat and prophesied a rain was coming like never before, he never gave up on the assignment GOD had given him. He had unshakeable faith in GOD. We must be the same way in this time. May the voice of GOD be the loudest voice we hear and believe in this time.
In Genesis 8:1 NKJV it says, Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And GOD made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. “When you live righteously and stay obedient to GOD, He will never forget you. I want to encourage you today that GOD has not forgotten you or the promise spoken of for you but, that he has remembered you like he did Noah. As he remembered Noah GOD sent a wind to begin to shift and dry up the waters after a great time of testing. In Genesis 8:6 NKJV it says, So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. On day 41 it was the dawning of a new day.
In 5785, not only it is a window of opportunity but it’s also a new time and season for you. As Noah sent out the dove (Holy Spirit) a few times waiting for the go ahead, it eventually brought back a fresh olive leaf. As you enter into 5785, there’s new vision and fresh oil, for the new place GOD has brought you into. Just as he did for Noah, GOD is establishing new covenant and reminding you of His promises that has been established in the heavens. As Noah followed the instructions of the Lord, he stayed in obedience, and trusted where GOD would lead him and his family. This is what caused him to overcome and endure.
As the elections have passed in the United States the people have spoken and GOD has honored it. The election was simple and it came down to either voting for light or darkness. Light has prevailed… Glory to GOD so let us now be about our Father’s Kingdom business and take back everything the devil has previously stolen from us.
Blessings,
From the desk of Chief Apostle\Prophet L.R.Gooden Jr.
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In the beginning of the Jesus Christ ministry on earth one of his first steps in his ministry was to call those who would be his apostles. He didn't call prophets, etc. He only called apostles first, apostles were the first disciples of Jesus ministry.
Apostles first to be commission into ministry.
Apostles were the first leaders of the church. (Matt. 20:16)
Jesus Christ is not only the head of the church; he is the chief apostle of all apostles of Christ. The apostolic anointing flows from him to all the body of Christ, and the apostles. (Heb. 3:1)
Jesus is the one who created the office and ministry of the apostle not man, not the church, not the Christian faith. It is Jesus who calls and raises up apostles, not man, not the church, not the Christian faith. (Acts 9)
However, the apostolic is not just for the apostles, this is first for the body of Christ.
1.The Apostolic is the Apostles. (Jn. 20:21)
2.The Apostolic is the Great Commission. (Matt. 28:19-20)
3.The Apostolic is the sending anointing. (Acts 13:1-4)
4.The Apostolic is missionary work. (Acts 13:46-48)
5.The Apostolic is foundational work. (Eph. 2:20)
6.The Apostolic is pioneering work. (Rom. 15:20)
7.The Apostolic is governmental establishment. (1 Cor. 12:28)
8.The Apostolic is architecture work. (1 Cor. 3:10)
9.The Apostolic is new wineskins. (LK. 5:37-39)
10.The Apostolic is signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and gifts of the Spirits, Deliverance and mighty deeds. (2 Cor. 12:12)
11.The Apostolic is every believer walking into his or her calling and gifts. (1 Cor. 1:7)
12.The Apostolic is relationships, fellowshipping, and networking. (Eph. 2:21-22)
13.The Apostolic is the unity, reconciliation, corporate Anointing. (Psa. 133)
14.The Apostolic is reformation and revival. (Heb. 9:10)
15.The Apostolic is fathering mentoring, training Equipping, and discipleship. (Eph. 4:12)
16.The Apostolic is local church planting. (Acts 14:23)
17. The Apostolic is cell groups and homes churches. (Acts 2:46)
18.The Apostolic church is the city church. (Rev. 1:4)
19.The Apostolic is revelational ministry. (Eph. 3:5)
20.The Apostolic is impartional ministry. (Rom. 1:11-12)
21. The Apostolic is compassion and mercy works. (Gal. 2:10)
22.The Apostolic is ongoing, unyielding prayer and intercession. (Eph. 6:18)
23.The Apostolic is spiritual warfare. (Eph. 6:12)
24.The Apostolic is the ambassadors of Christ. (2 Cor. 5:18,19,20)
You are a spirit, You have a soul, And you live in a body.
1 Thess. 5:23 - Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
BODY
Romans 12:1,2 - Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may be able to test and prove what God's will is - his good pleasing and perfect will.
SOUL
Includes the mind, will and emotions…(heart)
James 1:21 - lay aside all filthiness, and receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls… Eph. 4:23 - Be renewed by the spirit in your mind. Put on the new man created in righteousness...
Gen. 2:7 - And man became a living soul.
Proverbs 4:23 - Above all else, guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it flows the issues of life... John 7:38 - He who believes in Me, as the scriptures has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.
SPIRIT
Proverbs 20:27 - The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart…
Hebrews 12:22,23 - You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, to the spirits of just men made perfect.
Romans 7:23 ―But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my
1.Their is Past Sins In That Trunk
1 Peter 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Gambling playing the Lottery
Dancing and going to clubs and Parties
Smoking and doing Drugs
Drinking and getting Drunk
A. IT Will Hurt You—Affect your Influence
B. IT Will Hinder You—Against Spiritual Growth
C. IT Will Harden You—Avoiding The Word of God
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Matthew 12:34-35 Jesus said: ―O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things‖
2. Their is Present Sins In That Trunk:
Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Physical – some are obsessed with the physical...
Materialism – over things people have...
Gossip—spreading rumors about others that’s not true
Spiritual – over knowledge, positions, and abilities...
A. Holding On To Those Memories—Brings Misery to you
B. Holding On To Those Manners—Betrays your Walk
C. Holding On To Those Mistakes—Berates your Potential
Heb. 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Ephesians 5:11-12.And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a SHAME even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret‖
3.Their is Purging In That Trunk:
2 Timothy 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
A. Clean Out That Junk—Fresh start in life
B. Carrier Out That Junk—Freedom to see the truth
C. Consecrate Out That Junk—Fellowship with God
2 Cor. 13:5 – Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Eph. 5:15-17. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2).
Occasionally God does grant instantaneous victory, but more often He leads us through a process that requires obedience, faith, discipline and time.
Spiritual change requires desire:
We need to ask ourselves: Do I really want to change, or am I content to remain as I am? How important is it to me to be like Jesus? What price am I willing to pay to be godly? Because it's going to cost you something.
Deep within God’s children is a desire to please Him. That desire is nurtured by prayer (acknowledging our dependence on Him) and by meditation on Christ, the object of our desire. As I read the Scripture and gaze on the Lord Jesus, I long to be like Him,humble, holy, compassionate, surrendered to the will of God, sensitive to the promptings of the Spirit.
When our desire to be holy is greater than our willingness to stay where we are, we have taken a big step toward spiritual transformation.
Spiritual change flows out of an intimate relationship with Jesus:
We should want to love and please Jesus, our motivation should be to obey Him and to make the choices that please Him. The process of true change takes place as we are weaned from our love and worship of self, pleasure and this world; and our hearts become wholly devoted to Christ.
Spiritual change requires discipline:
Discipline for the purpose of godliness is not the same as self effort. Rather, it means consciously cooperating with the Holy Spirit – yielding to Him so that He can conform us to the image of Christ. The problem is, we want the outcome without the process. We want victory without the warfare.
Spiritual change is possible (and assured) because of the new life we received when we were born again According to God’s Word, at the point of regeneration we became, “a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Watchman-- one who looks out or sees from a height, with the view to warning of impending danger or to give any information, good or bad ( Ezek. 33: 2- 7 1Sam. 14: 16; 2Sam. 18: 24- 27, Ps. 127: 1; Isa. 21: 6- 12
Priests and Prophets of the Lord were often called watchmen.
Ezekiel was especially distinguished with this title (Ezek. 3:17; 33:7).
The duties of a watchman were threefold:
1. To wait and watch for what God would command and give in warning (Ezek. 3:17- 21).
2. To watch over and superintend the people (Ezek. 3:17- 21 Isa. 56:10).
3. To warn the people for God (Ezek. 3:17- 21).
Death is the penalty for sin, all sin, every sin, regardless of who the person is or what connection with God we used to have (cp. Gen. 2:17; Rom. 1:29- 32, 1Cor. 6:9- 11 Gal. 5:19- 21).
2. If the prophet does not warn the wicked and they die in their sin, their blood will be required of the prophet.
3. If the wicked is warned and they repent and turn from sin, their life will be saved.
4. If the prophet warns the wicked and they do not turn from their sin, then the prophet is clear from their blood and all responsibility (Ezek. 3:19).
5. If the wicked is warned or not warned does not turn from his sin, they will die in sin and be lost (Ezek. 3:19).
6. If a righteous man or woman turns from their righteousness, commits sin again, and God lays a stumblingblock before them and they die in their sin, all their righteousness which was done will not be remembered (Ezek. 3:20; Rom. 8:12- 13).
7. If the prophet has warned the righteous man or woman and they remain in righteousness, both will be saved (Ezek. 3:20- 21).
8. If the prophet has not warned the righteous man or woman and they turn from their righteousness to live in sin again, the prophet will be held responsible for their being lost (Ezek. 3:20).
9. If the righteous man or woman turns from their righteousness to live in sin again, they will be lost if they die in their sin whether they have been warned or not (Ezek. 3:20- 21 18:24- 26 33:12- 13 Rom. 8:12- 13 Gal. 5:19- 21).
10. The righteous man or woman can and will die in their sins if they go back into their sin again and does not repent again (Ezek. 3:20- 21 18:24- 26 33:12- 13 Rom. 8:12- 13).
11. The righteous man or woman who dies in his or her sins will be as much lost as they would have been if they never turned from them (Ezek. 3:20- 21 Rom. 6:14- 23 8:12- 13 Gal. 5:19- 21).
12. The only way a righteous man can continue in salvation is by continuing in righteousness (right standing with GOD) instead of sin (Ezek. 3:20- 21).
Does this mean that bad things will never happen to us? No—for we live in a fallen and broken world; in and amongst human weakness.
The favour and goodness of God does not mean that we will not ever experience spiritual or physical battles.
However, it does mean that in the midst of the trial, we can expect His blessing to accompany us and to fall upon us.
Let’s go to Psalm 23 to discover what it means to have the goodness and mercy of God follow us every day of our lives.
1. Faced with Need?
THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. (Ps 23:1, AMP)
In times of need, we can know Him intimately as our shepherd and provider—more than at any other time.
2. Tired and Weary?
‘He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.’ (Ps 23:2-3)
In times of exhaustion, we can trust God to lead us to Divinely-appointed places of rest and refreshment.
3. In a Dark Place?
‘Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.’ (Ps 23:4)
As we journey through dark times in our lives, we can be miraculously free of fear. In the darkest of places, the richest treasures of His Presence are available to us.
4. Surrounded by Enemies?
‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.’ (Ps 23:5)
In times of spiritual warfare, we can experience a feast of God’s goodness. In these times, we can receive a fresh infilling and empowering of His Spirit.
GOD SAID: "The land of Canaan which I give unto the Children of Israel" Numbers 13:2. "Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours. There shall be no man able to stand before you" - Deuteronomy 11:24-25, Joshua 1:3.
TEN SPIES SAID: "We be not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we" Numbers 13:31. "We saw the giants. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers" - Numbers 13:33.
TWO SPIES SAID: "Let us go up at once, and possess it. The Lord is with us, fear them not" - Numbers 13:30; 14:9.
Twelve men walked side by side, saw the same country, witnessed the same conditions. They all gave a report of what they saw. But ten men had a negative, fearful attitude. Two had a confident, faith attitude. Ten voted for defeat and failure. Two voted for success and victory. A right and wrong attitude is what prevailed.
How about you? Do you trust God even when the majority doesn't?
"God has given you all things that pertain to life and godliness" 2 Peter 1:5.
"He has blessed you with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" Ephesians 1:3.
"God is the giver of every good and perfect gift" James 1:17.
"God delights to give you richly all things to enjoy" 1Timothy 6:17.
"Therefore let no man glory in men for all things are yours." 1 Corinthians 3:21.
Are you praising God for these wonderful gifts which are yours? Cease glorifying your defeats, your lack, your sickness, and begin to glorify God in your victories, your supply, your health. It is high time to convert your excuses into testimonies!
On which ballot are you voting? For victory or defeat? For success or failure? Boldly affirm the scriptures that assure of conquest in all spiritual battles and you'll experience them. Be hesitant and reluctant about your provisions in Christ and you'll be defeated.
The bolder your confession of faith, the greater will be your victories. Praise God for all things that are yours. Not "I wish I was blessed," but "I am blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus!" Hallelujah, it is so!
Psalms 85:6...Will You not Yourself revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?
Isaiah 60:1...Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
Romans 13:11....And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14...Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light
ITS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS SLEEPING, when you're sleeping you can't see nothing, when you're sleeping you can't hear nothing, when you're sleeping you can't say nothing, Amen.
SLEEP in itself is not bad it's a necessity BUT "Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread" (Proverbs 20:13).
It is not wrong to sleep, but it is wrong to love sleep. Sleep is not an end in itself, but is a means to an end. We sleep for rejuvenation so we can work again the next day.
God tells us to wake up. We all need physical sleep, so there is nothing wrong with sleeping at the proper time. But when it is time to wake up, it can be disastrous to us to stay sleep.
This message on revival is intended to wake us up from our sleep before destruction comes. That's right I said destruction.
JESUS has already suffered and shed His blood on the cross to buy us back. So why are we not back, because we need a revival to wake us up.
● I want you to Understand this: Jesus suffered and died on the cross to buy us back from Satan’s power and control. When He died on that cross He went down to hell, took hold of Satan and his demons, stripped, spoiled and took back from them the power and whatever else they had usurped. Jesus defeated the devil thoroughly, undressed him and his demons, made a public show of them and marched them down the street. Jesus left the devil with nothing. I mean nothing. He's not a lion but roars like as a lion.
● I don’t care what the evil spirits may have done to you, they may have crippled you, blinded you or made you to lose your mind, made you do evil, or given you a disease to make you die early
● When Jesus shed His blood and died, He carried it all in His body and every spirit that would give you trouble was undressed and defeated, and power was taken from them. Rejoice, these demons no more have power; Jesus took it away from them as He defeated them by His blood fulfilling the prophecy that a Son born of woman would crush the serpent’s head that would wound his heel.
Today, many Jews still celebrate the feast of Purim. The name Purim is derived from “the lot” which a Gentile, Haman, cast concerning the fate of the Jews when they were in Persia under King Ahasuerus.
Haman, the villain in this story in the book of Esther, hated the Jews and sought to exterminate them. He got King Ahasuerus to allow him to issue a decree to annihilate all the Jews in one day — the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar. But God used Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai, both Jews, to turn the tables on Haman and save the Jews.
Haman was hanged on the very gallows that he had constructed for Mordecai! Then, the king allowed Queen Esther and Mordecai to issue a counter-decree to allow all the Jews to defend themselves and destroy their enemies in one day — the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar!
So instead of the Jews being exterminated on that fateful day, their enemies were destroyed! God turned an evil day for the Jews into good days. He turned their mourning into rejoicing and gave them victory over their enemies.
Listen, God can do the same for you today. He only wants you to remain in your position of rest in Christ. You see, because of Jesus’ finished the work at the cross, you and I are seated in heavenly places in Christ, far above every principality, and evil assault the devil can throw at us. (Ephesians 2:6) Just as Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, and refused to stand up and bow to Haman, let’s not “bow” to the devil by being persuaded to move from our position of rest in Christ. Don’t allow him to get you worried, frantic remember he's homeless, he has no place, GIVE NO PLACE to the devil.
Queen Esther was also in a position of rest before Haman was executed. (Esther 7) She was seated on the Kings couch as Haman pleaded with her for his life. While doing so, he accidentally fell over the couch where the queen was. The king, thinking that Haman was assaulting his queen, sent him to the gallows!
So remain at rest in Christ’s finished work, and He will turn your evil day into days of rejoicing and feasting!
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 27:1
In the book of Job, the whole context is an ongoing debate between Job and his friends. Finally, God announces that He has had enough and demands an answer.
Where was thou when I laid the foundations of this earth? Declare if thou hast understanding. Job 38:4
God goes on to give Job an entire discourse about leviathan. "And now, Job, who are you, who dares not arouse the unmastered leviathan, yet who dare resist Me, the beast's Creator; to My face? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore who can have a claim against Me?"; Leviathan is the climatic revelation of the book of Job. The fact that the Bible denotes an entire chapter, Job 41, describing leviathan to him indicates his importance.
God uses the sea-monster, Leviathan, to reveal to Job that Job's problem is pride. There is a strong evil spirit named Leviathan. Leviathan is an evil demonic spirit of pride.
God reveals the monster. Some call him a crocodile or something else, but the Word calls him a dragon, sea-monster, or sea-serpent.
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 27:1
Strong's Concordance gives this definition:
Leviathan- livyathan, (3882), a wreathed animal or serpent, a large sea-monster. The constellation of the dragon, Draco; also as a symbol of Babylon: mourning.
Dragon / Dragons- tanniyn (8577), a marine or land monster, sea-serpent or jackel; sea-monster, serpent, whale.
The context suggest some form of aquatic monster which dwells in the sea. In the scripture, the sea represents nations of people. There is a dragon in the sea (people or nations), and God is going to slay that dragon.
The nations of this world are consumed by this dragon or sea-monster. This sea-monster is pride. This evil, demonic spirit of pride manipulates and controls the masses of this world.
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. (Of all the beasts, he is the proudest, he reigns supreme over all the pride of the earth.) Job 41:34
Another way of stating this is, 'he looks down on all who are haughty; he is a king or ruler over all those who are proud'. Pride and leviathan are practically synonymous. It is hard to separate them.
The spirit of Leviathan's most crucial work is in the area of keeping people from receiving the things of God and of the Holy Spirit and from moving into the very presence of Almighty God. Leviathan's primary purpose and goal is to stop all true moves of the Holy Spirit, and all spiritual growth in the lives of the Believers. He wants to stop the flow of the Anointing.
The modern church today is largely asleep because of the spirit Leviathan's work. He loves to eclipse things. Mythology associates him with the eclipse of the sun. He wants to eclipse the S-O-N, Christ Jesus, in your life. Leviathan wants to eclipse the True and Holy things of Almighty God in your life.
Leviathan resides in the Holy Place, and is a counterfeiter.
We are three part beings; we are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body. Our soul is a type of the Holy Place where Leviathan works. He is at work in our soul; in our mind, emotions, and will.
The spirit of Leviathan attempts to keep us from entering the Holy of Holies, into the very presence of God. No man could go there except Moses and the High Priest; and then only once a year. This is the third veil, and Leviathan does not want us there. This third veil was rent when Jesus died on the cross. This was the veil between the Spirit-filled realm and the very presence of God. Here Leviathan stands to block entrance.
The spirit of Leviathan attempts to snuff out the lamps (knowledge and understanding); cut off the bread (the manna); and he tries to keep us from offering up daily incense (prayer in the Spirit). He does not want us to move in the Holy Spirit; to have words of knowledge, speak in tongues, or any other spiritual gift. He will choke us off with spiritual deafness and blindness, causing us to be tongue-tied. Leviathan will imitate the Holy Spirit and cause false gifts, healings, and even miracles to manifest in the believers.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron (His nostrils belch forth smoke, thick as the fumes of a seething pot.). Job 41:20
The smoke from Leviathan nostrils is false prayer and false worship at the altar of incense, and he is commissioned to counterfeit the genuine pentecostal experience. Because the person is so bound up with pride, he cannot really praise God. He is too important, too bound up in himself, to give any real praise and worship to God.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal (His arrogance and haughtiness stems from the tight sealed scales covering his body.). Job 42:15
Leviathan's scales are so close one to another that no air can come between them. The scales are joined one to another and cannot be pulled apart. In scripture; air, breath, and wind are synonymous with the Holy Spirit.
The reason many people get so shut in is because of the effects of Leviathan's tight coils around them, inhibiting the moving of the Holy Spirit. They cannot hear or discern the Holy Spirit, and they say they never get a word from the Lord or move in the gifts. The reason is that no air of the Holy Spirit is able to get in because this demon has such a strangle hold.
The spirit Leviathan wants us to have the counterfeit; and if we get that and are satisfied with it, he has us. Leviathan in the pastor, teacher, evangelist, etc. charms or hypnotizes the people, and they are deceived and seduced into believing they are operating through the Holy Spirit. Today, many are experiencing counterfeit gifts. Many are requiring deliverance from false, error filled ministries. Increasingly, deliverance ministries are having to cast out spirits of false tongues.
One of Leviathan's chief jobs is to mock, come against, and block deliverance and/or deliverance ministries. Most people who fight the deliverance ministry have powerful leviathan demons; and are, therefore, raely delivered. Many of the ministers who refuse to open up to the ministry of deliverance are being controlled by a leviathan spirit.
The reason pastors, teachers, evangelist, etc. accept leviathan's lies is because they refuse to believe that they may have demons and are in need of deliverance. It's not a 'shame' to have demons, the shame is not acknowledging, repenting, and getting rid of it through deliverance. Instead, they teach the people 'Christians cannot have demons'.
The 'true' deliverance of God is casting out demons according to Mark 16:17- 18: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; . . . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Mark 16:17-18
The Bible says that if we do not love the truth, God will cause us to believe a lie. The only way to get rid of the demonic influence of Leviathan is to 'cast him out in the Name of Jesus'.
I pray that this teaching will enlighten us to not be ignorant of satans devices but to grasp the truth and function in the truth. Amen.
