Know
These Forces
by Wayne Dailey
Senior
Pastor,
Dear Reader,
Back
in 1988 the Lord began to speak to me concerning the Church. I was in prayer, seeking His Face earnestly,
when He began to reveal many things from His Word concerning the events of
these last days. He warned of things to
come, that we be ready and not be deceived; and that we know what we should do.
The
Lord is faithful to His Church. He
watches all that goes on in this world, and His eyes are always upon the
righteous.
It
is my desire to reveal that which God has shown me of the things pertaining to
the Church that you might be enlightened, and stand fast for the truths of
God’s Word.
I
am writing this message to share with you what the Lord has revealed. This message is a warning about the work and
activities of the spirit of antichrist which is so strongly at work in the
world today. Satan seeks to destroy
God’s people by causing the great falling away of the Church, as was foretold
by the Apostle Paul in II Thessalonians
2:3.
Witchcraft
and sorcery are rising fast and finding ways to infiltrate the Church. The lukewarmness of the
I
encourage you to read this entire message and carefully study all of the Scriptures
mentioned.
Part one:
the wicked and evil forces that
were at work in the Old Testament, showing how those forces destroyed many
of God’s people.
Part two:
the modern wicked and evil
forces that are at work in these last days, even now. It reveals the working of the spirit of antichrist,
and how that spirit is at work in our present day.
I
hope you can make good use of this material, and would encourage you to
download a copy for future use. May God
enlighten your heart.
Yours
in the Lord Jesus Christ,
Wayne
Dailey
Senior
Pastor –
Part
One
February 18, 1988:
On this date I was in prayer when the Holy Spirit spoke to me:
I want you to know the wicked and evil forces
that fight in this world, striving like the four winds of Heaven. I want you to know that these forces have only
one purpose, and that is to destroy the Church and God’s people.
I want you to know these forces. In
the days to come I will reveal them to you, one by one. You have some pre-conceived notions about these
forces, but I want you to follow these revelations that I give you very
carefully.
I John 4:1-6
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth
not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even
now already is it in the world.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater
is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
They are of the world: therefore speak they
of the world, and the world heareth them.
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of
God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of
truth, and the spirit of error.
February 19,
1988:
On this date the Lord told me to remember the following:
·
The
Vision Of The Fallen Angel - 1961
·
The
Woman Beguiled By Satan
·
Ahab
And Jezebel
THE VISION I SAW OF THE FALLEN ANGEL IN 1961
While in my first pastorate, I laid hands on a woman to pray for
her. She was new to the church and
had been with a ministry that practiced witchcraft.
This woman was bound with an evil spirit and began to pray that she
be set free.
When I laid hands on her everything suddenly became very dark.
As I looked up, staring into the darkness, I saw an appearance of
light that began to glow like it was coming from behind a dark cloud.
As I watched this happen, I saw a form in a white robe walking out
into the light – and then it began to fall down into the darkness: I could
only see the bright white robe as it fell through space, tumbling end-over-end,
way down out of sight.
After I finished praying for the women, I went home, questioning
in my mind what the vision could possibly mean.
Early the following morning, I went to church to pray about the vision
and about the women I was praying for when I saw the vision. While I was praying, God spoke to me concerning
the following Scripture passage:
II Corinthians 11:12-15
But what I do, that I will do, that I may
cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory,
they may be found even as we. For
such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into
the apostles of Christ. And no
marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers
also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be
according to their works.
The Vision The Lord Showed Me Was Of Satan
Falling From Heaven.
The Lord began to speak to me about this women and the church she
had been involved with. The pastor
was one of Satan’s ministers. He
practiced witchcraft and sorcery on the people, and she had become demon
possessed. She had become very deeply involved in his teachings
and wanted to be a teacher herself.
The next service, I took time to pray again with her and to cast
the demon out of her. I prayed for
her that she would give her life to Christ and be saved. She also received the baptism of the Holy Spirit
at that time. I have known this woman
now for nearly forty years and she remains free, walking with the Lord ever
since she was delivered.
Have You Been Involved With Witchcraft,
Sorcery, Or The Occult?
Are you bound in these things? Know
there is hope for you, if you accept the truth that you need deliverance
from demon powers. You would do well
to seek out a Spirit-filled preacher who has the power of God in their ministry
to pray for you.
Realize that those wicked demon forces seek to destroy your soul.
Repent, and turn to Jesus Christ.
Seek Him for salvation and forgiveness of sin.
Acts 19:18-20
And many that believed came, and confessed,
and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought
their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the
price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
Follow the example of Acts 19, and destroy the things you used in
satanic activities.
People get bound by satanic power when they get into satanic worship.
If you want eternal life you must destroy all of those things you
used in witchcraft, sorcery, or the occult.
Burn those books! Don’t give them away! Don’t sell them to someone else! That would only cause others to get bound as
you did – and would
only add to your sin.
Simon Used Sorcery To
Bewitch The People
Acts 8:9-24
But there was a certain man, called Simon,
which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people
of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: to whom they all
gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great
power of God. And to him they had
regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
But when they believed Philip preaching the
things concerning the
Then Simon himself believed also: and when
he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles
and signs which were done.
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter
and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet He was fallen upon none of them: only
they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Simon Tries To Buy The Power Of God!
Acts 8:18,19
And when Simon saw that through laying on
of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may
receive the Holy Ghost.
You MUST Be Born Again
John 3:3-7
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Confess With Your Mouth And Believe With Your Heart
See Romans 10:8-13
That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of
the Lord shall be saved.
Don’t Be Deceived - Follow The Truth
Matthew 24:4-5
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in My
name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
John 5:39
Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think
ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
Turn From Darkness To
Light!
see John 3:15-19
For God so loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life. For God
sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through Him might be saved. He that
believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son
of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil.
THE WOMAN BEGUILED BY SATAN
(LESSONS FROM
THE GARDEN OF EDEN)
Genesis 2:7,8
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became
a living soul. And the Lord God planted
a garden eastward in
The First Commandment
Genesis 2:15-17
And the Lord God took the man, and put him
into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep
it. And the Lord God commanded the
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die.
God Made Eve
Genesis 2:18, 21-22
And the Lord God said, It
is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for
him.
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the
flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,
made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Eve
Deceived By Satan
Genesis 3:1-4
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had
made. And he said unto the woman,
(Yea, hath God said), Ye shall not eat of every
tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may
eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of
it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
In Genesis 3: 4,
we see Satan beguiled Eve by his lie: ye shall not surely die!
The First Lie - Questioning
The Word Of God
Satan always tries to cause man to question God’s Word and His commandments.
Many souls are lost every day because they listen to his lies and
believe them.
Through this one lie Satan engineered the fall of man. And as an angel of light he has filled world
with false religions, with multitudes perishing in these heresies.
The Devil Is The
Father Of Lies
John 8: 44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the
lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaketh
a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Satan puts into the heart of man to always question God’s Word and
His commands. You hear people do
this in many ways, such as saying, God doesn’t
expect you to go that far! Those
people do it - and they call themselves Christians!
Genesis 3:4-6
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired
to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
The Knowledge Of
Sin
Genesis 3:7-11
And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons. And they
heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the
day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord
God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said
unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told
thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded
thee that thou shouldest not eat?
The Penalty For
Sin
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Genesis 3:12-13
And the man said, The
woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave
me of the tree, and I did eat. And
the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this
that thou hast done? And the woman
said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Other Consequences Of
Sin
Genesis 3:14-19
Unto the serpent:
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because
thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast
of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and
dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and
her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel.
Unto the woman:
Unto the woman He said, I will greatly multiply
thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt
bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee.
Unto Adam:
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of
it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall
it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return.
God warned Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil - for in the day you eat thereof ye shall surely die! That is the only commandment they were given.
They only had that one commandment to keep.
What Do We Learn From This Lesson?
The Lord said, I have set a stir in your
heart that will set in motion your thoughts; and you will search and see
the deceptive work of Satan, as he works to destroy the Church and God’s
people.
We have the knowledge of sin and death and also the knowledge good
and evil. We became sinners and
were lost, separated from God. Thus
God began to redeem man from the fall. O,
the love of God toward man!
God Made A Covering For Sin - A Blood Sacrifice
Genesis 3:21-24
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord
God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is
become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground
from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at
the east of the
Jesus, The Giver
Of Life
John 10:10,11
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and
to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd
giveth His life for the sheep.
Satan is the enemy of both God and Man, and he seeks every opportunity
to destroy mankind. Whereas, Jesus is the giver of life.
Know these wicked and evil forces that seek to destroy the Church
and God’s people. These evil forces have been with us throughout
history, from the creation of man.
I Kings 16: 31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing
for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to
wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and
served Baal, and worshipped him.
When Ahab and Jezebel got married it was one of the most wicked and
evil unions in the Scriptures. Two
people, both evil and wicked, joined forces with one great purpose. They turned the northern kingdom of
Ahab Did Evil Above All That Were Before
Him
I Kings 16: 32,33
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the
house of Baal, which he had built in
Elijah Prays For God To
Send Judgment
I Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of
Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these
years, but according to my word.
James 5:17-18
Elias was a man subject to like passions
as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might
not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and
six months. And he prayed again,
and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
The power of prayer is our weapon against an evil government. The prayer of one man can change the course
of a whole nation. Oh, that
men would pray for
Does anybody care? Pray! It will make a difference.
Elijah Went To Shew
Himself Unto Ahab
I Kings 18:1, 19
And it came to pass after many days, that
the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
Now therefore send, and gather to me all
God protected Elijah during those three and half years and King Ahab
never found out where he was. Three
and a half years with out a drop of rain!
Ahab somehow knew Elijah had something to do with the drought.
How Long Halt Ye
Between Two Opinions?
I Kings 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and
said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him.
And the people answered him not a word.
The God That Answereth By Fire, Let Him Be God!
I Kings 18:23-25
Let them therefore give us two bullocks;
and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and
lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock,
and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and call ye on the name of your
gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth
by fire, let him be God. And all
the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal,
Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many;
and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
What a futile effort by these idol worshipers. As you read further, you see where they tried
all day to get an answer – but there was none.
They became violent to appease Baal – but they failed to get an answer.
Ahab and Jezebel led the northern kingdom of
How Vain It Is To Worship Idols
Idols have eyes – but they can’t see.
Idols have ears – but they can’t hear.
Just think, no idol has ever answered anyone’s prayer – yet men have
worshipped them and prayed to them just the same!
I Kings 18:29
And it came to pass, when midday was past,
and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice,
that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
Elijah’s faithful prayer life and dedication to the Lord is outstanding.
His greatest work is here in this story: where he turns this northern
kingdom away from Baalism back to the Lord.
Yes, Elijah knew how to move heaven to respond. He prayed a pray of faith that shut up the heavens
for three and a half years, with neither dew nor rain. God didn’t let one drop of water fall until
Elijah prayed again. Yes, his prayers
shook the very heavens.
Elijah told the people to come near. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was
broken down, and dug a deep trench around it. After preparing the sacrifice, he had twelve
barrels of water poured on the sacrifice, filling the trench – and then
he prayed again:
I Kings 18:36-38
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God
of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art
God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these
things at thy word.
Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that
thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the
water that was in the trench.
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces:
and they said, The Lord, He is the God; the Lord, He is the God.
We see here what prayer for restoration can really accomplish.
The Church Has Lost It’s Motivation To Pray
Do you pray for the Lord to lead the people back to the old paths
of righteousness?
We need to pray like Elijah prayed. We need to pray for the Lord to restore back
the full power of Pentecost, with the all the gifts of the Spirit in operation.
We should pray for the Lord to give us the gifts of the Spirit, and
for our hearts to be filled with His love as seen in I Corinthians 13.
The fervent prayer of this ministry is that signs, wonders and miracles
be manifested to bring Glory to Christ – and for no other reason. Look in the book of Acts (such as 5:12-16) and
see where God grants, time after time, such answers to prayer.
A Sound Of Abundance Of
Rain
I Kings 18:
verses 41-42
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat
and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of
Have you ever seen it like this? The wicked get up to eat and drink
– and the righteous go up and pray. Do
we thank God for his faithful ministers like we should thank Him?
Do we hold them up and support them in prayer?
verses 43-46
. . . and said to
his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
And he went up, and looked, and said, There
is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that
he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud
out of the sea, like a man's hand. And
he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that
the rain stop thee not.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that
the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.
And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
The End For Ahab
I Kings 22:
verses 1-3
And they continued three years without war
between
What is this good king Jehoshaphat doing here with this evil king
Ahab?
Jehoshaphat is going to be set up in a trap that will cause him to
cry out to the Lord to save his life – see verse 32.
verses 4-5
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go
with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of
Ahab Calls For His Lying Prophets
Ahab has four hundred lying prophets who always speak just what he
wants to hear. Here we find them
telling him, Go up! Go up! For
the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
Would the Lord bless this wicked Ahab, who with his wicked wife Jezebel
turned
verses 6-7
Then the king of
And Jehoshaphat said, Is
there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?
Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides?
verses 13-14
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah
spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good
unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word
of one of them, and speak that which is good.
And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what
the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
The prophet told Ahab, I saw all
Do you understand the way lying spirits work? First, they fabricate a lie. Then, they go to work to convince you to believe
that lie.
When the true prophet, Micaiah, spoke the truth, Ahab would not believe
him. But he would believe those false
prophets unto his death – because the Lord would judge him for his wicked
and evil works.
Ahab Dies – Micaiah’s Prophecy Is Fulfilled
verse 30
And the king of
Jehoshaphat finds himself in a trap
and calls on the Lord to save him from death:
verses 32-33
And it came to pass, when the captains of
the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely
it is the king of
Ahab was more wicked
than any king before him, and
he died for his great wickedness:
verses 34-35, 37
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture,
and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore
he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out
of the host; for I am wounded. And
the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot
against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound
into the midst of the chariot.
So the king died, and was brought to
Jezebel was a bad example in every thing she did. She domineered Ahab,
controlling him. She was the tool
of the devil, succeeding where other women failed.
Jezebel’s example shows us why the Lord forbid
the children of
When Ahab married Jezebel, he became an evil king.
The Death Of Jezebel
II Kings 9:30-33, 35
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel
heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out
at a window. And as Jehu entered
in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri
peace, who slew his master?
And he lifted up his face to the window,
and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
And he said, Throw her down. So
they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and
on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
And they went to bury her: but they found
no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
This Is The Word
Of The Lord
Which He Spake By
Elijah
II Kings 9:10
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel,
and there shall be none to bury her. And
he opened the door, and fled.
II Kings 9:36, 37
Wherefore they came again, and told him.
And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which He spake by His
servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs
eat the flesh of Jezebel: and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon
the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not
say, This is Jezebel.
End of Part One
Part
Two
February 24, 1988
The Lord spoke to me on this date:
The evil forces will fight, and the awful
battle will continue on until the very end, when I come to put down and
destroy all those wicked and evil forces – and reign over My
kingdom and over My people.
Christ Will Destroy These Wicked
Yes, Christ will destroy these wicked and evil forces at His coming.
We can take courage in this, and
know that we can be more than conquerors through Him.
March 1, 1988
On this date, the Lord said to me:
My Son, I want you to know the modern wicked
and evil forces that fight to destroy My Church and My people. Many *intellectual and *arrogant
men who sit in high places control schools of theology. They are raising up
a new generation.
Their Work
Their work is to deny the truth - men of
corrupt minds; men who hold not the truth, who have not the truth. These deny the same things as always: My miraculous
birth; My shed blood; and My resurrection from
the dead. The things they deny
are the same as in past times.
Their Ways
Their ways have changed. They are very intellectual and learned in their
way: and very subtle. Their influence
over men is much greater than it was in other generations.
They not only teach these damnable doctrines,
but cast their awful influence into the hearts of those that hear them.
They are raising
up a whole new brand, or group, of deceivers.
*Intellectual:
· an intellectual person;
· developed or chiefly by the intellect;
· engaged in activity requiring the creative
use of the intellect
*Arrogant:
· to exaggerate one’s own worth or importance
THE VISION OF THE INNOCENT LOOKING WATER
The Lord gave me a vision some years before this, and then referred
to that vision here in 1988. Here
is what I saw:
Have you ever been by the ocean on a calm
day, when the water is real smooth? One
wave after another gently rolls in, thinning out until it has vanished
to nothing. And, as you look out, still another wave calmly
rolls towards the shore.
Well, this is what I saw in this vision.
What did a calm ocean have to do with my early
morning prayer meeting? As I stood pondering this vision, God spoke to
me: Satan is beginning to do a new work in the world that is more subtle
- more subtle - more subtle than anything he has ever done.
Anyone who felt like wading wouldn’t have
hesitated to walk right into that calm water. But, when the Lord spoke to me, I looked closer:
anyone who was drawn to walk in that innocent looking water was suddenly
caught in an undertow that pulled them right under.
The Lord then told me, It looks so innocent,
but the undertow will pull you right under – and once it gets a hold of
you, it won’t let you go.
Now I could understand what God was trying to show me. That water looked so innocent, so peaceful and
calm. It looked so normal, without
any appearance of being treacherous. It
didn’t look like somebody would be suddenly sucked under by an undertow
and be carried away, without being able to get out from underneath. It didn’t look that way – yes it was. And that’s the subtle way Satan is working,
to cause things to look so innocent that will suck you under if you wade
in.
Wow, when the Lord spoke to me in 1988, He went on to refer to this
vision of the innocent looking water:
I showed you the vision of the innocent looking
water with the feeling to walk right in. This is like the subtle work Satan is doing.
Those who feel compelled to accept these damnable doctrines wade
right in, not knowing the awful undertow that is in the water – and they
are pulled under, never able to get out.
All those who accept this damnable doctrine
of the rejection of Christ and His sacrifice will be lost forever – without
hope, with no chance to ever repent.
The Word
Of God Is Under Attack
The attack of these men and women is against
those who were inspired to write the Word of God. They speak evil of those dignitaries of old,
and of their writings. They dare
to challenge the Scriptures of Truth. They
don’t accept the inspiration of the Word of God.
They are of the spirit of antichrist: and,
like the antichrist, they attack those in heaven.
They are the architects and engineers of
the *falling away of the church, the rise of the antichrist.
An Attack
Against The Church From Within
The course of events of the end of the age
is an attack against the Church from within – to destroy those who believe
in Jesus and in the Word of Truth.
These wicked and evil forces work under this
spirit of antichrist to promote these awful doctrines of Satan. They will cause the Church to suffer this great
*falling away, and to support the rise of the antichrist in this world.
Greek
word is “apostasia” (ap-os-tas-ee'-ah),
meaning:
·
A
defection from truth
·
Apostasy
Apostasy:
·
A
renunciation of a religious faith
·
Defection
Defection:
·
Conscious
abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause,
or doctrine)
·
Desertion
Spiritual
leaders who would lead people to a state of apostasy are often referred
to as “apostate teachers.”
SCRIPTURES DEALING WITH THE TRUTH
·
The
way of truth: II Peter 2:2
·
They
love not the truth: II Thessalonians 2:10
·
They
believe not the truth: II Thessalonians 2:12
·
They
turn their ears away from the truth: II
Timothy 4:4
·
They
rightly divide the Word of truth: II
Timothy 2:15
·
They
are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth: II Timothy 3:7
·
The
Scriptures of truth: Daniel
10:21
·
The
Scripture cannot be broken: John
10:35
·
All
Scripture is given by inspiration of God:
II Timothy 3:16
·
Those
who oppose the truth are heady, high-minded (arrogant):
II Timothy 3:4,5
PROPHETIC MESSAGES MARCH 7 AND 19, 1988
On this date, the Lord said:
I want you to see how men wrest the Scripture.
Many men wrest them unto their
own destruction.
It is very important that every word be established
in truth. And it is important that
you establish every word in truth, because you are saying ‘God said’!
(see II Peter 3:15-17
and II Peter 1:12)
The Temptation Of
Jesus
(See Matt 4:1-11and II Tim 2:15)
My son, in the temptation of Jesus, you see
a very good example of rightly dividing the Word of Truth. My son, learn to stand on the truth; learn to
anchor yourself in the truth, and to stand on
it. My salvation is founded on the Scriptures of
truth. My grace and mercy are also
founded on the Scriptures of truth.
Search The Scriptures
Search the Scriptures John 5:39
Men wrest the Scriptures unto their own destruction
II Peter 3:16
I am the way, the truth, and the life John 14:6
Let every word be established in truth Matthew 18:16
Message given March 7, 1988 continued
All teaching that denies the Scriptures is
antichrist. All teaching that wrests
the Scriptures about Me and My coming is antichrist.
It is very important to compare all teaching
with the Scripture: Many common teachings of the day don’t compare with the Scripture
(hereby know we the Spirit of truth and the spirit
of error).
When I speak unto you, it can be verified
with the Scriptures of truth. Men
make very grave errors because they listen to the spirit of error, and
don’t compare what they hear with the Scriptures.
My son, open both of your eyes and both of
your ears, and behold what you see and hear: and perceive in your heart.
Compare what you see and hear with the Scriptures.
March 19, 1988
On this date, the Lord said to me:
My son, draw near
unto the Lord your God, and give ear to what I shall say unto you! Draw near!
A Massive Upheaval
You are going to hear of a *massive *upheaval;
a massive trembling. And it’s going
to seem like it’s never going to end.
My son, these wicked and evil forces that are unleashed in the world, that fight against the church
and God’s people to destroy – these evil forces are surveying and plotting
and planning. They are surveying
the happening of the past months. It is as it was in the days when Peter and John
went down unto the city of
*Massive:
· Bulky;
· weighty;
· impressive
*Upheaval:
· The act or state of being raised or overturned,
especially a raising of the earth’s crust;
· a violent turmoil
(See Acts 8:14-24)
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter
and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet
he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus.)
Then laid they their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Ghost.
Simon Offers Money To
Receive The Gift Of God
And when Simon saw that through laying on
of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may
receive the Holy Ghost.
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of
God may be purchased with money.
This was done to bring corruption into the
early Church. These
wicked and evil forces who are surveying the happening of the past months
are plotting and planning to bring this power of *sorcery into the Church
to corrupt it.
*Sorcery:
· magic;
· performance of tricks with pretended help
from evil spirits;
· witchcraft
Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8: 9 -11):
· Boasted of being some great one
· Used sorcery to bewitch the people
· Held as a great power of God
August 1988 -
What The Lord Showed Me
Now, in this same year (1988) after the Lord gave me this message,
Time Magazine had a very strange picture on the front cover of the August
15th issue. Inside the magazine
there were eight pages of blaspheming Jesus Christ, with a write-up entitled
A Holy Furor, which stated – a new sensational movie hits the theaters
and causes a holy furor based upon a 1955 best selling novel: The Last
Temptation of Christ.
The cover picture was as follows:
A mans face: designed like a cross, blocked out in blocks
one and a half inches by one; and one inch by one and a quarter inches.
This man’s eyes and the bridge of his nose
were in three of the blocks of the cross arms.
Across his left cheek and his nose and the
block where his right cheek would have been was a plaque with the inscription
WHO WAS, and his mouth was in the bottom block.
In the top three blocks there was a crown
of thorns.
This came out just five months after the Lord spoke to me of this
very type of thing fighting against the truths of God’s Word.
Conclusion
Take what you have read in these two parts of Know These Forces,
examine the Scriptures carefully with the prophetic messages and visions,
and pray the Lord will keep you in this serious hour which we are living
in.