Attacking the Deliverer

One great deception that happens just before deliverance is when the enemy gets the people of God to attack the one sent to deliver them.

When we read the story of Moses commissioning to return to Egypt, he was told to report it to the elders and the people.

Upon hearing this report the people became very excited, bowed down and worshipped.
Exodus 4:29-31
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

1. We see Aaron and Moses present themselves to the elders and the people
2. Aaron speaks as the mouthpiece all the words spoken by God to Moses
3. Signs are performed
a. Staff into serpent
b. Hand made leprous and whole again
c. Water of the Nile turned into blood on the land
4. They heard
5. They believed
6. They bowed their heads
7. They worshipped.

This seems to be such a wonderful beginning to a happy ending. Unfortunately, it was short lived.
It was after this speech, demonstration and worship that now Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh.

Exodus 5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

Pharaohs Response
2 Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

He said He did not know the Lord!

Together in unity Moses and Aaron declare who the LORD is.
3 They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days, journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
Now here comes the tightening of bondage.
Securing those who had been subject to bondage and cruel work.
4 The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”
5 Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”
6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”

The response of Pharaoh was do not let them meditate on the WORDS SPOKEN!
He called them LYING WORDS.

In the beginning the people believed and worshipped!
We are now about to see a different response.

After the elders of Israel met with Pharaoh we read
Exodus 5:20 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh.
21 They said to them, “May Yahweh look at you and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”

They were now turning against the ones sent to liberate them.
They were now being threatened and being forced to focus on cruel labor(bondage) instead of preparing to go and serve(worship the Lord)
This same pattern plays out today when the Lord raises individuals with the deliverance anointing.
The LORD assigns them to people and places to bring the people out of bondage.
Initially the people shout, clap, rejoice and worship.

They had only heard the WORD or PROCLAMATION for DELIVERANCE.
They had not entered into the PROCESS of DELIVERANCE.

Once the process begins we will see all kinds of manifestations.
1. The enemy will manifest
2. Those being delivered might manifest and attack the deliverer
3. The one doing the delivering or liberating is provoked and tried to cause them to manifest in a way contrary to the nature of the LORD.

One of the tools the enemy uses to keep the people in bondage is slander and accusation.
God had anointed Moses and sent him back.
Moses had previously tried to take care of things in his own strength when he killed an Egyptian for oppressing one of the Hebrew brethern.

Acts 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
In the beginning they accused Moses.

They did not understand that Moses was their DELIVERER.
If the enemy can twist the minds of the people of God with intimidation, manipulation, domination, lies, and bondage, they will attack the one sent to liberate.

It is in these moments of heightened battle where everyone is made and proven.
Loyalty is made or broken.
Trust is made or broken.

When we are assigned to bring someone out of bondage, we must know it will not happen without a fight.
We must be prepared to guard our heart and remain steadfast that they might be set free.
Who has the Lord sent to set us free?

Did we attack them because after we rejoiced the enemy turned up the heat?
Or did we stand with them and join together to defeat the enemy?

Dearly beloved, do not be deceived in a moment of affliction to choose the side of the captor and remain captives.
The LORD has spoken and prescribed deliverance as your portion.
We must join with the ones who have been sent and set to bring us out.

In His Love,
Jesse Griffin
#KingdomReign

Illegal Spiritual Operation

    There is way to much illegal Apostolic and Prophetic operation.

This article is not going to gain me points with some people.
That is okay though as I am on a mission to
1. Get in order with the Lord
2. Share true Kingdom insights and principles regardless of who likes it.

Let me start by saying if we want true reformation then we must be willing to root up, pluck up, tear down, and destroy before we can build and plant.
Jeremiah 1:10

When we read about Gideon in Judges 6 we find out Israel had been under the oppression of Midian for 7 years.

The Word says Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. Judges 6:1

The Israelites had to hide from the Midianites and the land is stripped bare and Israel is left impoverished.
Judges 6:2- 6

The people cried out because of the oppression.
The Lord sends a prophet to tell them the error of their ways.
Judges 6: 7-10

Then after this an Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon

He is given a word.
Judges 6:12

  And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

13  And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Take note of something.

In verse 12 the Angel says to Gideon "the LORD is with you"

Gideon responds in verse 13 "if the LORD be with us, WHY?"

See God was for Israel but had withdrawn Himself to teach them a lesson.

The LORD was with Gideon.

Gideon becomes favored, called, anointed and then commissioned to do something that would allow God to answer the cry of the people and the plea of His own heart.

When will the LORD be with Israel again?

In verse 25 Gideon is commanded to tear down the altar of Baal

Gideon had to go against his own family and the order of the city in order to serve the Lord.

He had grown up in a place where his own father had groves and idols.
The people of the region became accustomed to the groves of Joash. These places were set as places of sexual immorality.

We see a rise of the flesh once Gideon obeyed the Lord from those who were affected by Gideons obedience.

Joash was guilty as a father for setting up idolatry and immorality before the LORD.

Gideon had to break through fear to tear down that thing that stood before the LORD and Israels restoration.

He had to love and fear the LORD more than fear man.

Many people are bound because they do what was the custom of those preceding them.

They become bound to something that they were fed that now feeds their pride and the carnal man.

This happens everywhere including family, school, business and ministry.

My focus is on ministry and the approach of modern day apostolic and prophetic models.

When we study out the first century Apostles and how they operated it looks nothing like today.

Even the some of the protocols of modern prophetic movements carry little weight compared to the 1st century fathers and the order of Old Covenant prophets.

Did you know that in order to get Apostolic insights in the 1st century a person had to be CALLED UP into the mysteries?

That means starting with the original apostles of the Lamb they personally called their disciples to follow them.

A lot of people do not know the Apostle John had a disciple who became an Apostle named Polycarp.

Why am I saying this? Because when we study out the order of the original 12 and then those following we see deep personal relationships when it came to training, activating, imparting, developing and accountability.

The Apostles understood spheres, metrons, bishoprick when it came to who they preached to and then those who were to be discipled by them.

They made DISCIPLES and above that,  they made SONS and DAUGHTERS in the GOSPEL.

This modern fan club and groupie following of Apostles and Prophets is way out of order.

See the seed of the Gospel of Good News is to be SCATTERED EVERYWHERE!
Yet, the mysteries of the KINGDOM are to be STEWARDED and COMMITTED to the FAITHFUL!

Creating followings by trying to out do each other on Social Media with the latest revelation is completely out of order.
Revelation, Mysteries, Inigmas and the like are to be entrusted to those that fall under covenant of their leadership.

2 Timothy  2:2  And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

I know that this is going to upset people but many of these Schools of the Prophets and Apostolic Companies are way out of order.

Individuals are supposed to be able to come into a place of Covenant Connection for development.
Not merchandised and get imparted to like Simon the Sorcerer wanted.

If leaders will not train and raise up people because they cannot pay then we still have a god called Mammon in operation.
A person is better off not being imparted to by Leviathan and waiting for a humble leader to invest into them.

This is still a hireling spirit in operation. It needs addressed.
Sons and daughters can not be raised while trying to merchandise them.

Now I do believe honor should be sown as the ox is not to be muzzled while treading the grain.

We should see heart and spirit connection before a financial tie is in operation.

Is it about them or about what they are bringing financially?

Is about what they can bring the teacher or about what the teacher can impart into the people?

When was the last time we saw an Apostle or Prophet say they prayed in the mountain and then go and call the ones they were to lay mantles on?

We say we want to see Elijah to Elisha, Paul to Timothy type relationship and training.
This is something that has to be completely sincere and organic by the Holy Spirit.

What needs thrown out and cut down is the calculating of the amount of revenue a person needs to bring in to be discipled.

The sons of the prophets under Elijah was a community that operated as a college.

They were FAMILY!

The Spirit of the Lord and the Glory of God is working to lay true Kingdom Structure back into the Saints.

Who can hear the Spirit of the Lord?

Show me scripturally where we are to  CHARGE to discple people.
Mantles are not for sale.
Anointing is not for sale.
Revelation is not for sale.
Salvation is not for sale.

Who has the guts to trust the Lord to lay a pure foundation in ministry and cut down Mammon?

That is a place that will be full of love, life, gifts and the Glory of the Lord.

In His Love,
Jesse Griffin