於2019-01-17發佈


美國第二次革命/內戰 2 
作者:雷克 喬納 Rick Joyner 
摘自 喬納 word for the week, Week 2, 2019 
中譯:國度禱告網  
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天上對戰爭的觀點和人類觀點很不一樣;我們傾向看見戰役,哪一邊戰勝,哪一邊壓過對方。天上傾向觀看是公義戰勝還是不義戰勝。戰爭是終極邪惡,到世界末了都無法避免,正如我們在啟示錄看到戰爭一直進行到最後。

有時甚至更糟的邪惡會在沒有戰爭的情況下佔上風,所以才會有正義之戰,這些戰爭卻是不義的,甚至是邪惡的,並不是為正義而戰。但多數戰爭同時摻雜了良善與邪惡的意圖、戰爭審判與結果。在這世代,幾乎在每件事上都摻雜著善與惡。因此,我們若等候完美的動機或狀況,可能什麼都做不成。對此議題的最好結局可能是比最壞結局好一點,需要智慧知道怎麼做,但往往需要更多智慧知道何時做。

我完全明白,若沒有我在夢中所擁有的經歷,您不可能對這些事情有一定程度的確信。您可能在本質上會同意一些,也會不同意一些。然而,因著此夢的本質,我必須對我將要分享的一些事更大膽些。

此夢的第一部份,我所被給予的是如何在此戰爭中成功的策略,神會興起一些戰士來對抗在我們國家中的特別堅固營壘,這些邪惡就像是盲從、貪婪、自私、野心、憎恨、叛逆、驕傲等。在夢中所有這些邪惡都在樹上,代表它們有樹根和樹枝。要擊敗它們,絕不要浪費時間在樹枝上揮舞,乃是要拿起斧頭對準樹根。

美國並不是神的國或新耶路撒冷,我尋找美國與神特別盟約的歷史證據,卻找不到。建國者為這國家與神立約,就算是國家領袖所立之約,仍不是神有義務履行的聖經標準。每一個神的約之產生都是出於神,而不是人,祂所立的約有其清楚的超自然證明。有可能是我遺漏了,但我並沒有在我們國家歷史中找到此。

雖然說有許多證據顯示美國被獻給神,獻上是可以出於人,每件獻給神的事物都是聖潔或神聖的。獻上會帶出特別的益處與審判,神的恩寵配得任何世上的財寶或資源。然而,因為每件獻給神的事物是聖潔的,所以一個已獻上的國家,是無法做一些其他國家或許可以逃脫的事情。

目的在於我們從獻上中領受神最大的恩寵,我們被賜予成為一個國家的目的,好呈現出人生而平等的自由與公平。聖經說:『主的靈在那裡,那裡就得以自由。』(哥林多後書3:17)這即是何以分別善惡樹被放在園子裡的原因,若沒有不順服的自由,就沒有真正的自由。自由和自由意志是我們受造的核心

我們的建國文獻不是聖經經文,而是受神賦予的靈感為要啟示並引導我們進入命定。因為我們擁有這樣的呼召,所以當我們偏離時,問題就產生了。擁有我們命定的清楚異象,回到正道來實現此命定對我們繼續存在異常重要。

我們的不和諧越多,我們也越偏離我們的目的。正如前面所討論的,我們成為一個國家的基本目的之一在於建立一個瞭解『人生而平等』的地方,並且實際實行。在天上,這是美國革命的主要議題,而不是美國獨立。因著我們在革命戰爭之後妥協了我們的主要目的,虛偽地不加理會,內戰(南北戰爭)便無可避免。美國共和國若真的相信人生而平等,那麼奴隸制度甚至種族歧視是不可能繼續存在的。

美國內戰可能根絕了奴隸制度,至少在最殘忍的形式上,但還沒到建立『人生而平等』的地步,這不過是其中一個我們尚未實現的委任。我們可以為著美國根絕歧視的進程感恩,而且是顯著的進步,但距離我們被呼召成為的樣式仍很遠。我們現在來到一個時刻,越來越多無法避免的衝突,直到我們重新找到我們身為國家被賦予委任的清楚異象,並且定意全然遵行。

那看起來會像什麼呢?

美國第二次革命/內戰 
為美國禱告

 
The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 2
Week 2, 2019
Rick Joyner

         Heaven’s perspective of war can be very different than our human perspective. We tend to see the battles, which side prevails, and then which side exerts its will over the other. Heaven tends to look at them as how justice or injustice prevails. War is an ultimate evil, but war is inevitable until the end of this age, just as we see them right to the end of the Book of Revelation.

         There are times when an even worse evil would prevail without war, and so there are righteous wars. In these it would be unrighteous, and even evil, not to fight for what is right. However, in most wars there is a mixture of good and evil intent, prosecution of the war, and outcomes. In this age, there will be a mixture of good and evil in virtually everything. Because of this, if we wait to have perfect motives or perfect conditions, we will likely not do anything. The best solution to an issue can be just a little better than the worst solution. It takes wisdom to know what to do, but it often takes even more to know when to do it.

         I fully understand that without having the experience that I had in the dream, you are not likely to have the level of conviction that I might have about some of these things. Some you may agree with inherently, and some you may disagree with. However, because of the nature of this dream, I must be bolder than I’ve ever been about some things I am going to share.

         The first part of this dream I was given was for understanding the strategy that will be successful in this war. There will be champions raised up that will go out to attack the specific evil strongholds in our nation. These evils were things like bigotry, greed, selfish ambition, hatred, rebellion, pride, etc. In the dream, all of these evils were in trees, which speaks of them having roots and branches. To defeat them, one must not waste time flailing at the branches, but rather put an ax to the root of the tree.

         America is not the kingdom of God or the New Jerusalem. I have searched our history for evidence that we had a special covenant with God, and I have not found it. Men have made covenants with God for the nation, but that is not the biblical criteria for a covenant God is obligated to, even if made by a leader of a nation. Every covenant of God originated with God not man, and there is a clear and supernatural demonstration that He made the covenant. I may have missed it, but I could not find this in our national history.  

         That being said, there is much evidence that America was dedicated to God. Dedications can originate with man, and everything dedicated to God is holy, or sanctified. There are special benefits and judgments that come with a dedication. The favor of God is worth more than any earthly treasure or other resource. However, because everything dedicated to God is holy, a nation dedicated to God cannot do some things other nations may be able to get away with.

         Purpose is the greatest favor of God that we have received for this dedication. We were given a purpose to be a nation that demonstrated the liberty and justice that all people were created to have. It is written that “where the Spirit of The Lord is there is liberty” (see II Corinthians 3:17). This is why The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was put in the Garden. There could be no true obedience unless there was the freedom to disobey. Freedom and free will is at the core of what we were created to be.

         Our founding documents are not Scripture, but they were inspired by God in order to reveal and lead us to our destiny. It is because we have this calling that when we drift from it, troubles come. Having a clear vision of our destiny and getting back on the path to fulfilling it is crucial to our continued existence.

         Our discord increases the more we deviate from our purpose. As discussed, one of our basic purposes as a nation was to establish a place where it is understood that “all men are created equal” and also practiced. In heaven, this, not independence, was the main issue with the Revolutionary War. Because our main purpose was compromised and hypocritically disregarded after the Revolutionary War, the Civil War became inevitable. If the American Republic had really believed that all men were created equal, then slavery, and even discrimination based on race, could not have remained possible.

         The Civil War may have eradicated slavery, at least in its most diabolical form, but it did not go as far as establishing that “all men are created equal.” This is just one factor in our mandate that has yet to be fulfilled. We can be thankful for the progress that has been made in eradicating discrimination in America, and there has been notable progress, but it is still far from the place we are called to be. We have now come to the point where increasing conflict is inevitable until we recover a clear vision of the mandate we were given as a nation and resolve to fully obey it.

         What does that look like?