Spiritual Shift (6) Alliances

The Bible urges Christians to avoid being unequally yoked, in marriage and in business. Spiritual protection is one reason. Marriage partners and business partners have to submit to each other. When a person submits to another person their life is opened up to the spirits that have an influence in that person’s life. That is fine, if it is the Holy Spirit, but if the person is an unbeliever, the evils spirits influencing them get access to the life of the person submitting.

The same is true for nations. Israel was warned against entering into an alliance with Egypt. One reason was that relying on Egypt was refusing to trust in God. The other reason is spiritual protection. When a nation forms an alliance with another nation, it opens itself up to the evil spiritual forces that control the other nation. This is true even if one nation is more powerful than the other. The strong nation will have to submit to the week one on some issues. When the strong nation submits to its weaker ally, it opens itself up to the spirits that dominate it. Because evil spirits hunger for power, they will transfer to the more powerful nation whenever they get an opportunity.

In the last decade, the United States has engaged in some dangerous alliances.
In Afghanistan, it has an alliance with a motley group of warlords, who previous worked with the Soviet Union when it invaded Afghanistan. Many of these men have a record of violence, murder and rape. Many of the servicemen who have fought in Afghanistan will have carried violent spirits back to the Unites States with them. This is why some of those who are most strongly involved have engaged in violence against their families and communities.

When the United States invaded Iraq, it formed alliances with a variety of Sunni and Shia militant groups, opening up to their spiritual influence. This was particularly dangerous, because Iraq (Babylon) is the home of violence and domination. Many evil spirits that had missed Alexander’s bus, took the opportunity to take a plane ride to America, which is now the home of power.

The most dangerous alliance with is the one with Saudi Arabia. The United States has provided the Saudi rulers with a huge arsenal of military weapons and kept silent about their unjust treatment of their Shiite minority. In return for this generosity, the Saudis have pumped oil when the United States wants oil prices pushed down. Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia is the home of Wahhabi form of Islam, which is its most radical and violent stream. It is controlled by a warring violent culture. By submitting to this nation, the United States has opened its doors to violent warring spirits.