Click on following links for earlier articles: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7.
A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. (Matthew 10: 24)
In Part 1, I mentioned about the night I visited a small country church where two traveling prophets were conducting meetings. Both prophets were veterans who had been in ministry for twenty years or more.
The preaching was okay and the prophetic words were excellent. But yet, the two prophets did not discern the deeper spiritual needs of the people.
This oversight bothered me and I sought the Lord on why the spiritual radar systems of these two top-notch prophets were so defective.
Finally, the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart: “The two prophets are trained by the traditional church system and are dependent on the traditional church system for their financial livelihoods. Thus, their spiritual radar systems for discerning the spiritual needs of believers and then delivering them are dulled and made useless by the system.”
Maybe, you’re not sure about this, right?
Well, who was Elijah’s biggest enemy?
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ” So may the gods do so to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” And he [Elijah] was afraid and arose and ran for his life… (1 Kings 19: 2- 3)
Though Ahab was the king of Israel, it was Jezebel who influenced Ahab to worship pagan gods and turn away from God. Thus, Jezebel was Elijah’s biggest enemy.
The same is true today for the Elijah-type prophets.
There have been numerous books written about demonic spirits which are labeled Jezebel Spirits, but my personal belief is that Jezebel represents a religious spirit. Nothing more. Nothing less. It plainly dislikes God and His ways and wants to hinder and control prophetic words within the Body of Christ.
And furthermore, it is my belief that the traditional church system is under the control of a major principality in the demonic hierarchy which rules over America and it is – in fact – a religious spirit.
The only way to break the control of religious spirits on believers’ lives is to have Elijah-type prophets arrive on the scene. Where will they come from?
I believe the Elijah-type of prophets will come from outside the traditional church systems. Maybe from prisons. Maybe from the deserts or wildernesses of America. Maybe from the armed forces. Maybe from professional sports. Maybe from businesses. But no matter where they come from, they will be trained to discern and fight religious spirits.
Lastly, I believe Elijah was the chosen prophet at the transfiguration of Jesus, rather than David, Isaiah, Jeremiah or Ezekiel, because it will be prophets like Elijah who will set us free from the religious requirements and bondage imposed on us by the weakness of the Law, which is the flesh.
Obviously, this is a lot to digest for now. So, we’ll do more on the Elijah prophets in the future.
(Conclusion)