於2019-02-26發佈


美國第二次革命/內戰 7  
作者:雷克 喬納 Rick Joyner  
摘自 喬納 word for the week, Week7, 2019  
中譯:國度禱告網   
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美國獨立戰爭和內戰的終極問題可以用兩個字來總結─自由。真正的自由要求人人自由和公平,我們仍在為此而戰,這場戰爭不會結束,直到自由和公平在地上盡可能的全然實現。追求此是美國共和國的呼召與命定。

屬天的智慧已賜給美國建國父老,成就了美國憲法與人權法案,為著我們的政府結構,包括內建的安全閥─能夠和平解決不公正和侵犯我們自由的問題。背離這些建國文獻是我們身為一個國家目前真實面對的衝突和危機。若不再次連結美國憲法與人權法案,這些問題便無法解決。為此緣故,美國第二次革命/內戰的終極成功策略在於為此而戰,如同『美國最高法律』。 

美國的左右兩政黨都有罪於無法持守捍衛憲法的誓言,現在兩政黨都無法恢復『憲政聯邦共和制』所失去的。一個新的運動正臨到,會將憲法重建到其合法地位,好讓我們能成為我們所蒙召的國家。美國第二次革命/內戰將會完成第一次革命所開始的一切。 

正如上週所提到的,第一次與第二次大覺醒分別發生在獨立革命和南北戰爭前。從那些覺醒中出來的信息促使那兩場戰爭,他們還提出了一個更高的方法來避免這些戰爭。倘若當時的政治領袖真正擁抱那些覺醒所帶來的真理,並有勇氣遵行,那兩場戰爭就可以避免,國家走向呼召與命定的軌跡也更容易些。正如我們從歷史起初直到現在所看到的,人很少選擇簡單的道路。 

大英帝國很大程度是因著國會當中的強硬派而失去美國殖民地,他們記取了教訓。在一些同樣的人帶領下,他們對殖民地的不滿引起強烈反應,引發獨立革命,他們對威爾伯福斯(Wilberforce)提出的有關邪惡奴隸制度的言論,態度變得柔軟,並在沒有大戰的情況下,大英帝國根絕了奴隸制度。 

對於不需要戰爭能成就的事總是比較好的;然而,當政治領袖無法做到這一點時,那麼戰爭就更容易讓邪惡佔上風。我們必須再次掌握此真理。 

我們可以預期,一定會有聲音稱新美國革命運動帶來不和,正如以利亞被稱為使以色列遭災的。然而,罪與腐敗才是問題的真正原因,而不是曝光這些問題的人。合一是很美好的事,卻不是要付上容忍或允許邪惡制服人的代價。到了某個點,衝突便無法避免。現在這條線已經被『美國共和國』越過了,其他人可能需要一段時間才能看到,但很快就會顯而易見。 

當『美國第二次革命/內戰是無法避免的、是正當的,並會成功』的共識有了,接下來我們要決定,從天上觀點來看什麼是『正當的』,什麼又是『成功的』。 

根據哥林多前書十三章,我們現在所看見的有限,所知道有限,所預言的也有限。我所擁有的是一部份的拼圖,我會在這一系列的每週一話全部呈現,但我知道這不過是整幅圖畫的一部份。當我詢問主關於祂對我們國家的異象和目的時,祂的回答是祂已經在一開始就賜給了我們的領袖,在我們建國文件上清楚表達,我們必須在其中看到這些異象和目的。 

我大約在二十年前開始一個專題研讀,想要知道是否可以找到任何神給予美國的特別盟約或委任。我為此的禱告在詩篇九十篇16-17節:願袮的作為向袮僕人顯現;願袮的榮耀向他們子孫顯明。願主我們神的榮美歸於我們身上。願袮堅立我們手所做的工;我們手所做的工,願袮堅立。』我請求看見在我們國家建立之初祂的手與祂的引導,藉此瞭解祂的目的,好讓我們對國家的工作與禱告可以成就祂的目的,而不單是某些政治上的目標。 

在我的研讀中,我對神手中的工作在我們國家的建立如此清楚而感到驚訝,當我們脫離祂對我們的目的時,我們所遭受的嚴重困境也顯而易見。我們現在正進入我們歷史上最嚴重的危機,我們將決定生死存亡,如同我們被呼召成為的共和國。倘若在我們的生命中有什麼值得戰鬥的,它將是神的目的。倘若在我們的國家中有什麼值得戰鬥的,它將是神對我們國家的目的。

 
The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 7
Week 7, 2019
Rick Joyner 

The ultimate issue of both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars can be summed up in one word—LIBERTY. True freedom requires liberty and justice for all. We are still fighting for these, and this war will not be over until they are realized as fully as they can be on this earth. To pursue this is the calling and destiny of the American Republic. 

The Divine wisdom given to our American Founding Fathers that became our Constitution and Bill of Rights was for a government structure that contained built in relief valves—ones that enabled the peaceful settling of injustices and infringement on our freedoms. Departure from the wisdom in these founding documents is the reason for virtually every conflict and crisis we are now facing as a nation. These will not be resolved without reconnecting to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. For this reason, the ultimately successful strategy in the Second American Revolutionary/Civil War will be to fight for their restoration as “the supreme law of the land.” 

Both major American political parties, the left and the right, are guilty of failing to keep their vows to defend the Constitution. Neither party is now capable of recovering what has been lost in our “constitutional republic.” A new movement is coming that will restore the Constitution to its rightful place so that we can become the nation we are called to be. The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War will be to complete what was begun by the first ones. 

As stated previously, the First and Second Great Awakenings preceded the Revolutionary and Civil Wars respectively. The messages that came out of those Awakenings caused those wars. They also presented an even higher way for those wars to be avoided. If the political leaders of the time had truly embraced the truths of those Awakenings and had the courage to obey them, both of those wars could have been avoided and the trajectory of our nation toward our calling and destiny would have been much easier and cleaner. As we see from the beginning of history until now, men rarely choose the easy way.   

Great Britain, which lost the American colonies to a large degree because of the hardliners in Parliament, learned their lesson. While led by some of the same people whose hardline response to the grievances of the colonies caused the Revolutionary War, they softened to the message raise by Wilberforce about the evils of slavery and eradicated it in the Empire without a great war. 

That which can be accomplished without war is always preferable. However, when the political leadership is not capable of this, then war is preferable to allowing evil to prevail. We must come to grips with this truth once again.

We can expect the voices that arise calling for the New American Revolution to be blamed for the rising discord, just as Elijah was called the one who troubled Israel. Yet, sin and corruption are the true cause of the trouble, not what exposes them. Unity is a wonderful thing, but not when it comes at the cost of tolerating or allowing evil to subjugate the people. There is a point when it is no longer possible to avoid conflict. When that line has been crossed, our strategy must change from keeping the peace to winning the war. That line has now been crossed in “The American Republic.” It may take a while for others to see this, but it will soon be obvious. 

When it is settled that the “Second American Revolutionary/Civil War is inevitable, right, and will be successful,” the next step in our preparation is to determine what is “right” about it, and what “successful” looks like from heaven’s perspective.   

According to I Corinthians 13 we see in part, we know in part, and we prophesy in part. All I have is part of the picture. I will present all that I have in this series, but I understand that this is just part of the whole picture. When I inquired of The Lord about His vision and purpose for our nation, His response was that He gave it to our leaders in the beginning.  It was articulated in our founding documents, and it is in them that we must see them. 

About two decades ago I began a study to see if I could find a special covenant or mandate that God had given to our country. My prayer for this was Psalm 90:16-17: “Let Your work appear to Your servants and Your majesty to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; and confirm for us the work of our hands; yes, confirm the work of our hands.” I asked to see His hand and guidance in the founding of our nation, and by this understand His purpose so that our work and prayers for the country would be toward the fulfillment of His purpose, not just certain political goals. 

In my study, I was surprised by how obvious His handiwork could be seen in our nation’s founding. It was also easy to see the serious trouble we suffered as we deviated from His purpose for us. We are now entering the worst crises in our history when it will be determined if we will live or die as the Republic we have been called to be. If there is anything worth fighting for in our life, it is God’s purpose. If there is anything worth fighting for in our nation, it is God’s purpose for our nation.