2Ch 16:1  In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

 

When that which is religious or traditional comes against worship 

 

God is about to send a new revelation concerning worship in this country and He is about to reveal the profane in the tribe of Judah… on the platforms of praise that have been tainted by the entertainment of the world and those seeking their own fortune through the holiness of what Judah was ordained to be.  Judah will be given a new discernment for what is holy and what is tainted and profane.  And the choices made will be critical changes.

 

And… I hear the Lord say… you can’t be Judah in the temple without being Judah in the world.  If you are singing one song or worshipping God with your praises in His presence and in the light…  and then go and sing the songs of the world  and worship the enemy with and by his music in the night – this is profane and you have been seduced.

 

God is about to reveal true worshippers.  Those that will have not one thing to do with the worship of this world,  nor to the one who invokes that worship through entertainment.  A true sense of worship is coming that will no longer covet Grammys.  It will no longer look to the secular for it’s ideas nor will it follow it’s ways.  True worship will NOT be found as SHEEP IN WOLVES’ clothing,  and you will not be able to win the hearts by going incognito.  True worship is coming apart and being separate.

 

The enemy works in many areas of people’s lives, but in the realm of music, he is experienced,  he was anointed in Heaven at one time, (Ezekiel 28:12-19) and he uses what he knows best to sway the world to worship him.

 

We sing “how great thou art” with tears streaming down our faces on Sunday morning and on Monday night we sing “Let it be” because it was a cool Beatles song… and the funny thing about it… Paul McCartney didn’t write it.   Satan stands behind the curtain swelling with pride and proclaims to the legions of the damned… “I wrote that one”.

 

God is about to move with a great shift in worship… prophetic, holy and heart changing… not just emotion evoking or a warm fuzzy touch that can only alter slightly, but not change the heart. Whereas the music in the church today is a peck on the cheek from your sister…  God is looking for a bride who will be intimate with Him.

 

True worship changes hearts.  Emotional music and pleasing chords temporarily alter moments.  One generates goose bumps but the genuine is a BLOOD transfusion.

 

Eze 33:31  And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (The heart wants what the heart wants, and sadly… the church is being wooed by a dangerous seduction as Satan is playing to his strength in worship.)

 

Eze 33:32  And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.  (entertained… not changed)

 

Worship is a key to the portal of God’s glory.

 

Psa 100:4  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

 

Mat 16:19  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

 

Isa 22:22  And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

 

I believe that in the world that God created that was ions before Earth, there was a huge creation of angels.  As we find in scripture, there were 3 archangels.  Satan – the archangel of Worship,  Michael – the archangel of Warfare, and Gabriel, the archangel of the Word.

 

I believe that these three beings were important in that they were created in the likeness of the trinity.  Certainly not in the same parallel, but isn’t it funny that somewhere along the line, Satan missed the memo and thought himself on that same latitude. 

 

Isa 14:12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

 

Dan 10:13  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

 

Luk 1:19  And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.

 

There was a three fold cord in heaven…Ecc 4:12  And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Eze 46:2  And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

 

Worship opens a portal to the battlefield.   Warfare takes over so that the word can come forth and can be delivered from man to God. 

 

It is process like everything else in scripture.

 

If the enemy can conquer or taint the worship,  then the warfare and the word beyond the portal are moot points. 

 

Joh 4:23  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

Joh 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

 

Rev 3:7  And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

 

In the old testament, the Prophet Oded prophesies restoration.

 

The king took courage from the Word, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah  (purifying the worship) 2Ch 15:8  And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

 

The altar before the porch of the Lord was renewed.  This is of great significance.  If you go back to the fall of Satan himself,  it was because of his pride.  And when he left, I can imagine him flippantly asking God,  “Who are you going to get to worship you NOW?”

 

I believe that God paused only a moment and told the enemy… “If I desire,  I can have DUST worship me.”   As Satan walked away scoffing,  God went forth and created man from the DUST of the earth.   As this precious creation, we do in fact have the privilege to worship God.  And that is what it is – a privilege, not a duty or a law or a job.

 

And so men occupy that vacated office of an archangel.  And that is why the enemy fights worship so fervently.  He will do anything he can to taint it,  to make it a show, to use it to entertain or to build a platform upon which the singer can say, as Satan himself… “LOOK AT ME!” 

The very fact that the enemy hates it so much is not just because we have taken his place,  but we must realize that the place itself must be very powerful or the enemy would not bring such destruction against it.

 

2Ch 15:15  And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

 

2Ch 15:16  And also concerning Maachah (depression) the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

 

2Ch 16:1  In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

 

Jer 7:2  Stand in the gate of the LORD’S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

 

The enemy wants his position back.  His misses his office.  He wants you to worship him as he worships himself.  His worship is deluded. 

 

Mat 4:9  And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.  (open a portal to let the armies of Hell bring their word)

 

It can give you tingles and tears and fire and explosions, but in true worship – it is not the worship on the center stage, that is seen, but rather, the one who is being worshipped.

 

The music of the world has tremendous power to make you sentimental and emotional but only true worship can get take you safely home.

 

 

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