美國第二次革命／內戰 13 
作者：雷克喬納 Rick Joyner 
摘自喬納 word for the week, Week13, 2019 
中譯：國度禱告網 
轉載、轉寄請註明出處：國度禱告網

你無法打敗你看不到的敵人是基本的軍事教導，看見敵人意味著你瞭解他。正如最有效率的軍事領袖是那些學習他們敵人的方式，再予以反擊，我們被吩咐不要輕忽敵人的計謀。 

在研讀我們國家的建立之後，我確信神的手在其中，我們的建國文獻充滿屬天的智慧，很清楚看見仇敵是如何想要摧毀我們，因而摧毀神給我們國家的目的。在我的夢中，我看見一個全部大寫的英文單字，總結了我們的目的：自由（LIBERTY）。接下來是『人人平等』，若不是人人自由，就不是真自由。若不是人人平等，就不是真平等。 

持有我們憲法的主要關鍵之一，在於我們的敵人對自由的不斷攻擊。這種攻擊主要是通過激進的法官在法庭上所進行的，他們的終極目標是我們的宗教自由，主要策略是讓我們漂泊在憲法中所建立的國家與教會之間關係上的錯誤解釋。 

很有可能這些法官並不真知道他們的決定所帶來的影響，他們是如何在攻擊我們的憲法，因而也在攻擊我們的國家。正如耶穌為那些釘祂十字架的人禱告能被赦免，因為他們所做的他們並不知道，這通常是被魔鬼利用的情況。這即是聖經告訴我們不是與屬血氣的爭戰，乃是與天空執政掌權的勢力使用人來替他們工作。即便如此，我們必須看見策略才能予以回擊。 

憲法沒有一處提到教會與國家分離，這是真理敵人的主要謬論與蒙蔽，欲要摧毀我們共和國的核心─宗教自由。大部分的美國人，甚至許多提倡嚴守憲法的保守派竟相信此謊言。憲法真正陳述的是：『國會不會建立任何宗教，也不會禁止自由行使。』這樣做是為了讓聯邦政府不干涉教會，而不是介入教會。美國建國父老甚至認為若沒有教會的影響，美國共和國是不會存活太久的。 

再一次，『政教分離』這名詞並沒有在憲法或其他建國文獻上看到。這樣說的人不過顯出他們對憲法的無知。這名詞是湯瑪斯·傑佛遜（Thomas Jefferson）在寫給丹伯里浸信會（Danbury Baptists）的信中出現的。在他信中使用這名詞原本是確保教會將受到保護不被政府介入，而不是顛倒過來。對憲法錯誤的解釋與應用導致藉此利用政府，特別是法院來禁止美國的宗教自由，這是對憲法與人權法案嚴重的違背。 

我們可以看見這開始被最高法院錯誤應用，為要除去公立學校的禱告，美國也開始在道德、公平與公義上潰敗。透過此決定，最高法院允許只佔很小比例的無神論者與不可知論者，切斷憲法最基本且重要的供應並違背其他國人的宗教自由。 

為了讓這一點得到允許─藉由最高法院所做成的方式，甚至沒有受到質疑─導致許多其他基本自由的侵蝕，現在我們處在要以共和國繼續存在的危險中。藉著允許司法暴政新層面的侵入政府其他部門的職權，各州和百姓來實現這一點。 

隨著最高法院裁決的適用範圍，對這些領域的介入越來越大，它把我們帶到一個危機點，將決定我們作為共和國生死存亡。要成為基督徒被呼召的鹽和光，我們必須定意抵擋邪惡、不公和暴政。我們被呼召成為『自由戰士』，這應該成為所有基督徒的基本原則，為著『人人皆公平自由』而戰。 

管家職責是我們會被主審判忠心與否的基本方式，正如主在才幹的比喻中所解釋的。這不單是管理我們的金錢或事物，更是神所託付我們的一切。身為美國人，我們必須成為神所託付我們自由的好管家。 

神所給予唯一帶著應許的誡命是尊榮父母，如此做的應許是『使我們得福』並且『在世長壽』（弗六2）。有什麼比失去我們被託付的更加使我們的國家父母不被尊榮，當他們為自由付上如此大的代價？美國被稱為『勇者之家』，我們是因著許多人的勇氣與犧牲而存活，現在換我們了。 

勇氣是今日基督徒與國家領袖最需要的。當初代使徒受到公會的威脅，他們並沒有禱告更多的智慧、保護或能力，而是禱告膽量，膽量是勇氣的果子。我們即將看見一個勇敢無懼新族類領袖的興起。 


 
The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 13
Week 13, 2019
Rick Joyner 

         It is basic military doctrine that you cannot defeat an enemy you do not see. Seeing the enemy implies understanding him. Just as the most effective military leaders are those who learn the ways of their adversaries so they can counter them, we are commanded not to be ignorant of the enemy’s schemes. 

         After studying our nation’s founding and being convinced that the hand of God was in it and that our founding documents were inspired by wisdom from above, it was easy to see how the enemy would seek to destroy us and thereby destroy God’s purpose for our nation. In my dream, I saw one word in large caps that summed up our purpose: LIBERTY. This was followed by “and justice for all.” We cannot have true liberty if it is not for all, and we cannot have true justice unless it is for all.  

One of the primary linchpins holding our Constitution together has been under relentless assault by the enemies of our freedom. This assault has come primarily through the courts by activist judges. Their ultimate target has been our religious liberty, and a main strategy has been to set us adrift by a false interpretation of the relationship between the church and the state established in the Constitution. 

It is very possible that none of these judges really knew the impact of their decisions and how they were an assault on our Constitution and therefore our Republic. Just as Jesus prayed for those who crucified Him to be forgiven because they did not know what they were doing, this is often the case by those used by the devil. This is why we are told that we do not war against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and powers using people to do their work. Even so, we must see the strategy to counter it. 

Nowhere in the Constitution is there mention of the separation of the church and state. This is a major fallacy and deception by which the enemies of the truth have worked to destroy a linchpin of our Republic—the freedom of religion. Most Americans, and even many conservatives who promote adherence to the Constitution, believe this lie. What is actually stated is that “congress will establish no religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof.” This was intended to keep the federal government out of the church, not the other way around. The Founders even argued that the Republic could not last without the influence of the church. 

Again, the term “separation of church and state” is not found in the Constitution or any other founding documents. Those who say that it is are only revealing their ignorance of the Constitution. This term was coined by Thomas Jefferson in his letters to the Danbury Baptists. That term, and his letters, were intended to ensure them that the church would be protected from the intrusion of the state, not the other way around. This false interpretation of the Constitution and its wrong application has resulted in the attempt to use the government, especially the courts, to inhibit the freedom of religion in America. This is itself a serious violation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. 

We can see that in the year this began to be wrongly applied by the Supreme Court to remove prayer from public schools, America began its present meltdown in morality, righteousness, and justice. By this decision, the Supreme Court allowed a tiny fraction of the population that were atheists and agnostics to sever one of the most basic and important provisions of the Constitution and violate the religious liberty of the  rest of the country. 

For this to be allowed to stand—and the way that it was done through the Supreme Court without even being contested—has led to the eroding of many other basic liberties, and now has our continued existence as a Republic in jeopardy. It did this by allowing the judicial tyranny to go to a new level of intrusion on the authority of the other branches of government, the states, and the people. 

As application of Supreme Court decisions have become even more intrusive into these domains, it has brought us to the crisis point where it will be determined if we live or die as a Republic. To be the salt and light that Christians are called to be, we must resolve to stand against evil, injustice, and tyranny. We are called to be “freedom fighters” and it should be fundamental to all Christians to fight for “liberty and justice for all.” 

Stewardship is one of the basic ways we will be judged as faithful or unfaithful to The Lord, as Jesus explained in the Parable of the Talents. This is not just about stewarding our money or stuff, but also stewarding all that God has entrusted to us. As Americans we must be good stewards of the freedoms that have been entrusted to us.   

The only commandment that God gave with a promise attached is to honor our fathers and mothers. The promise given for doing this is that it would “go well” with us and that our days would be prolonged. What could be more dishonoring of our national fathers and mothers than to lose what was entrusted to us on our watch, that which was paid for by such a dear price? America has been called “the home of the brave,” and we have been preserved by the courage and sacrifice of many. Now it is our turn. 

Courage is the greatest need we have today in our Christian and national leadership. When the first apostles were threatened by the Sanhedrin they did not pray for more wisdom, protection, or even more power; they prayed for boldness. Boldness is the fruit of courage. We are about to see a bold new breed of leader arise.