美國第二次革命／內戰 11
作者：雷克喬納 Rick Joyner
摘自喬納 word for the week, Week11, 2019
中譯：國度禱告網
轉載、轉寄請註明出處：國度禱告網
大使命是去使萬國成為門徒，而不單是個人。主說當祂回來時祂會將萬國分成『綿羊』或『山羊』，綿羊是好的，山羊是不好的。我們已經來到萬國要決定終極問題的時候，此決定將使他們成為綿羊國還是山羊國。在這系列中，我會繼續解開關於美國共和國的戲劇性異夢，並以天上的觀點來論及我們目的之終極議題。無論你來自哪個國家，也會有一定程度的民間衝突臨到你的國家。許多衝突會與這裡將要揭開的類似；因此，即使這系列內容是以美國為中心，在許多方面提到的基本問題是所有國家都將面對的，這些都連結到主所說的，這些事會在世界末了臨到。
正如前幾次所談到的，在美國頭兩次的大覺醒都在戰爭之前，分別是獨立戰爭和南北戰爭。當我們研讀來自兩次大學醒的主要信息，我們可以看見大覺醒與戰爭的直接關連。因此，是這兩個屬靈覺醒造成戰爭嗎？就一些基本方面，確實如此。這些覺醒所帶來的光暴露了黑暗，這需要正視直到黑暗從這土地被趕除。
黑暗可能藉著屬靈爭戰被趕出去，好讓自然界的衝突不會發生嗎？有可能，絕對值得嚮往。然而，我在夢中看見的包括自然界的衝突。我看到其本質，我之後會分享。即便如此，我確信在我們土地上的邪惡堅固營壘在屬靈上會有一定程度被摧毀，自然界的衝突會有一定程度的減少。
當我們進入美國第三波大覺醒，我們可以預期同樣的光會暴露我們時代的大黑暗。當黑暗的勢力被曝光，它們會很忿怒。當它們從高位被驅逐出去，帶著極大的忿怒來到地上，正如我們在啟示錄十二章所看見的。神的供應是賜給我們真理的戰士來面對我們時代明確的邪惡堅固營壘，他們被差派徹底摧毀這些堅固營壘，而不單是擊敗他們，將他們推開而已。在靈界所發生的事會被投射在自然界的忿怒與衝突中。
當我們的分歧淪為暴力時，這總是一個悲劇。西方文明的一個偉大盼望是超越戰爭，將其從地上徹底根絕。那是一個崇高的盼望；然而，正如我們在啟示錄後面所看到的，在世界末了會有更多的戰爭。當我們讀啟示錄第七章，戰爭的風（地上四方的風）會被抑制一段時間，好讓神的眾僕人可以受印，但這是很短的時間，戰爭的風會再次被釋放。要預備這些時候，我們必須瞭解暴力已經開始，有一段時間會變得更糟。再一次，這可能會因屬靈的得勝而減少，但現在的暴力程度已經是我們無法避免的，我們必須預備─在屬靈上和屬地上。
我們可以預期更多暴力的一個主要原因，是因為一方不僅不想公開辯論，更無法容忍。這是教育體制只有灌輸而不再教育的果子。一個世代已經習於若不能認同他們，他們就覺得被冒犯，被冒犯已被視為比身體更嚴重的攻擊了。許多人很輕易就被冒犯，儼然成為身體暴力的主要成因，那將使得身體暴力無法避免。正如箴言十八章19節說：『弟兄結怨，勸他和好，比取堅固城還難。』
為要來的衝突預備，其中我們可以做一件很重要的事，就是拒絕被冒犯。這是最基本的基督教，被稱為『饒恕』。耶穌赦免將祂釘十字架的人，甚至那些把祂釘在十字架上的人。學習快快饒恕是基本的門訓，亦是跟隨基督的基礎。為了在正在展開的事物中保持正確的一方，我們不能投入在由不饒恕所引發的憤怒與苦毒裡。我們必須學習不要對個人的冒犯有任何回應，我們乃是採取行動去做對的事。
要安然度過將臨到世界的事，需要所有基督徒比以往更緊密跟隨基督，更多像祂。我們必須保守自己的心，特別是不饒恕和冒犯的邪惡堅固營壘。主會藉著允許學習快速並完全饒恕的機會來幫助我們預備好，擁抱它們成為大好機會，特別是當你做對的事卻受到逼迫時。主應許對此的特別祝福，看待這些如同更加親近主的機會，藉由背起你的十字架來與祂認同，更加親近祂將成為其中最大的祝福。
The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 11
Week 11, 2019
Rick Joyner
The Great Commission was to make disciples of all nations, not just individuals. The Lord said that when He returned He would divide the nations into “sheep” or “goats.” The sheep are good and the goats are bad. We have come to a time when nations are determining ultimate issues that will result in them being a sheep or goat nation. In this series, I will continue to unpack the dramatic dream I had about the American Republic that deals with ultimate issues of our purpose from heaven’s perspective. Regardless of what country you are from, there will be a level of civil conflict coming in your nation too. Many will be similar to what is unfolding here. Therefore, even though this is American-centric, in many ways it addresses the same basic issues all nations will be facing, as these are all connected to what The Lord said would come at the end of this age.
As covered previously, the first two Great Awakenings in America each preceded wars, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. As we study the primary messages that came from those two Great Awakenings, we can see a direct link from the Awakenings to the wars. So did these great spiritual awakenings cause the wars? In some basic ways they did. The light from these Awakenings exposed the darkness, and this required that it be confronted until it was driven from the land.
Could the darkness have been driven from the land by spiritual warfare so that the physical conflicts would not have been necessary? Perhaps. That certainly would have been desirable. However, what I saw in my dream included physical conflict. I saw the nature of this, which I will share later in this study. Even so, it is my conviction that to the degree that evil strongholds in our land are destroyed spiritually, the degree of the physical conflict will lessen.
As we enter the Third Great Awakening in America, we can expect the same kind of light to expose the great darkness in our time. When powers of darkness are exposed, they rage. When they are cast out of their high positions they come to the earth with great wrath, as we see in Revelation 12. God’s provision is to send us great champions of the truth to face specific evil strongholds in our time. They are being sent to completely destroy these strongholds, not just defeat them and push them back. What is happening in the Spirit will be reflected in the natural with rage and conflict.
It is always a tragedy when our differences degenerate into violence. It has been a great hope of Western Civilization to rise above war, to eradicate it completely from the earth. That is a noble hope, however, as we see up to the end of the Book of Revelation, there will be increasing war right to the end of the age. As we see in Revelation 7, for a brief time the winds of war (winds of the earth) are held back so that The Lord’s bondservants can be sealed, but this is a short time and the winds are released again. To be prepared for the times we must understand that violence has already begun, and it will get worse for a time. Again, this may be reduced by spiritual victories, but there is now a level of violence that we will not be able to avoid and we must be prepared for—spiritually and physically.
A major reason we can expect increasing violence is because of a contingent that not only does not want open debate, but cannot tolerate it. This is the fruit of an education system that no longer educates, but rather indoctrinates. A generation has been conditioned so that if you disagree with them they will be offended, and being offended has been elevated to the level of being considered almost worse than a physical assault. That many are so easily offended is a major cause that will make the physical violence unavoidable. As we are told in Proverbs 18:19, “A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city.”
One of the most important things we can do to prepare for the coming conflict is to refuse to be offended. This is basic Christianity and is called “forgiveness.” Jesus forgave the ones who had Him crucified and even those who nailed Him to the cross. Learning to be quick to forgive is basic discipleship and basic to following Christ. To stay on the right side in what is unfolding, we must not engage in the rage and bitterness that is fueled by unforgiveness. We must learn not to react to personal offense, but take the actions that we do because they are the right thing to do.
To make it through what is coming upon the world will require all Christians to follow Christ more closely and be more like Him than we ever have. We must guard our hearts, especially from the evil stronghold of unforgiveness and offense. The Lord will help us get ready by allowing opportunities to learn to forgive quickly and totally. Don’t waste these trials. Embrace them as the opportunities they are, especially when you are persecuted for doing what is right. The Lord promised a special blessing for this. See these as an opportunity to get closer to The Lord by bearing your cross to identify with Him, and getting closer to Him will be the greatest blessing of all.