By Richard L. Spangler
I was recently led into a study of Jonah
and was then led by the Holy Spirit to take a look at Nineveh. Most of us know
some of the story Jonah and Nineveh and how Jonah did not want to go there
because they were an evil people and an enemy of Israel. As I looked deeper
into Nineveh, I found it was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and it was
brutal its enemies and its own people. The leaders of Nineveh would use terror
and brutality in order to maintain control over the empire. Their methods
included, mass beheadings and making pyramids out of the heads, impaling people
on stakes (an early form of crucifixion) and nailing bodies to the walls of the
various cities in empire. This sounds strangely familiar to what is being done
today by ISIS.
This is more than a man or a group of
individuals doing these things for a short time in history. As we have seen
these tactics have been used for thousands of years and have been used in the
same region of the earth for the same purpose to control and rule over man by
whatever means necessary. It is an evil principality causing men to control and
manipulate mankind. It can be called the Assyrian Principality. Control over
men is a tool that this principality uses to wage war against God and to stop
the Word of God from being fulfilled. This is why all of these men and empires
and governments have a demonically inspired hatred of Jews and Christians and
an overwhelming drive to wipe out all Jews and Christians.
I
asked the Lord, “How do we fight an evil spirit which is a principality?”
I then asked, “How do we ask?”
The Lord
spoke, “Call upon all the Young Lions of Judah, and tell them how is the time
to roar in Spirit. To raise the sound of praise and worship from every corner
of the earth and intercede for mankind.”
I pondered for days about the Lord had said.
Then I woke up one day an hour and half early by the Spirit and I was
immediately and passionately worshipping the Lord God, Our Father. Then I found
myself transitioning by the Holy Spirit. He led me into repentance for my sins.
There was a release of forgiveness that was amazing and could not help but
worship God more.
Then I found myself crying out for
forgiveness for the Church as a whole. The Spirit then moved me to cry out for
forgiveness for our nation. And remind the Lord of the covenant with this
nation. After this, I began declaring
His faithfulness to Israel and to His Bride (the Church). Then I began to
declare that the Lord magnifies His Word above His Name (Psalm 138:2 AMP).
With that I cried out for the Lord God to
arise and defend His Word from the Assyrian Principality, who has declared war
on His people Israel, His Bride (the Church) and His Holy Word. I called on the
Lord God of Heaven and Earth to wage war against this principality destroying
its stronghold on the earth and totally defeating it and bringing confusion to
its servants (men) on the earth. I Worshiped and Praised God for the victory.
This experience in worship and intersession
is the guideline for the Young Lions of Judah to stand and roar in the Spirit
against the Assyrian Principality and its allies. It’s time for the Young Lions
to Roar.
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2014 RICHARD L. SPANGLER
