Horned Prophets (6) Local Solution

Rick Joyner’s dream ended with people forming militias to protect their neighbourhoods. He seemed to be ambivalent about these militia, but they are God’s solution to political and spiritual power. Political power will be chopped up, pushed down and spread around to local communities.

Distributing authority is the best protection against the attacks of evil, because even if these powers gain control over individuals, they do not have much authority. Accumulating authority empowers the principalities and powers.

When God lead Israel into the Promised Land, the basic units of the new society were tens, fifties and hundreds (Deut 1:15). The cohesiveness of a society depends on the strength of these basic neighbourhood units. In the Western world, political power has been accumulated up and local communities have been fragmented by urbanisation and industrialisation. Megachurches have adopted the same industrial model that destroys local communities.

God wants to restore churches to local communities. He wants spiritual militia based in local communities providing spiritual protection and uniting neighbourhoods through love and service. The coming together of militia to protect their neighbourhoods, that Rick Joyner did not understand, represent living neighbourhood churches bringing life to their communities. Many will transform into Kingdom communities that bring God’s Kingdom to life in their neighbourhood.

Instead of being afraid of raiders crossing the border, Americans Christians should be getting prepared to serve God during a time of chaos. In the dream, the militias defeated the plague of evil that attacked the land. God is promising victory for those who are ready. If Christians are prepared, they can share with the Holy Spirit in a great victory as his spiritual militias destroy the powers of evil and establish the Kingdom of God.

For more on this topic see Ambush by Commando Units which are the modern equivalent of militia.

Horned Prophets (5) Spiritual Interpretation

The evil gangs that Rick saw sound like gangs of evil spirits attacking the United States. The intensity of their violence, cruelty and destruction points to the powers of darkness. The devil is the one who came to steal, destroy and kill. The horrific activities Rick saw sound like his work.

I believe that God is warning that large host of evil spirits is attacking the United States. They have been allowed in by the activities of the federal government. The people of the United States do not worship idols made of wood and stone. Instead, they have made an idol of the federal government. They expect it to provide with the blessings listed in Deuteronomy 28. They look to the federal government for peace and prosperity. Rick Joyner’s concern about the federal government’s failure to seal the borders reflects that attitude.

This faith in government is leading to a vast accumulation of power by the federal government. They are using fear and uncertainty as tools to gain greater power and authority. The TSA and the department of Homeland Security now have unprecedented authority and power.

Spiritual Disaster
This accumulating of political and military power has a perverse spiritual effect. The powers of evil are attracted to political and military power, because they can use it to leverage their power. This is why kings and governments end up being controlled by principalities and powers in the spiritual realms. The greater the political and military power, the more intense will be the spiritual attack, because the more the spiritual powers have to gain. They can massively amplify their power by working through political power.

God is warning that the unprecedented political power that has been accumulated by the federal government in the United States is opening the door for a massive spiritual attack by the powers of evil. This is probably the best opportunity that they have had since the days of the Roman Empire. The United States has more power than any nation that has ever existed. Much of that power is exercised by the president. The powers of evil are flooding into the United States to attack the president and federal authorities. Many have been carried back by servicemen returning from wars in the Middle East. This is why the attack was so serious in Texas.

The possibility of terrorist attacks is feeding the fear that increases political power, which strengthens the principalities and powers. Rick Joyner’s interpretation contributes to that fear, but an army of evil spirits will cause for more harm than a few terrorists groups could do. The terrorists might kill a few thousand people. That would be awful for the people concerned, but life in the rest of the United States would go on as usual. A host of evil spiritual powers will hurt and destroy millions. That is the real threat that Christians should be concerned about.

A spiritual attack of this scale should not be able to happen in a Christian country. The prayers of the saints should have sent them packing. That has not happened, because, like the second generation of Israel described above, the current generation of Americans has fallen into idolatry. They have made an idol of the federal government, so they have no spiritual authority to pray against spiritual attacks that are coming through it. Rick Joyner is a prophet, but his faith in the federal government to seal the border and solve the problem, limits his ability to pray against the real spiritual attack that is coming through this idol.

Hating Political Power
The intense spiritual attack against the United States that God is warning about will probably succeed. The result will be a terrible distress for a nation that has experienced amazing blessing. When things go wrong, people blame their god. When disaster strikes the United States, people will blame the federal government. The situation will get so bad that the people will turn upon their idol and hate it with a vengeance. This is what Rick Joyner saw in the latter part of the dream. He saw it as a problem, because he is a horned prophet, but it will actually be a blessing.

The people will wake up and realise that the federal government is not their saviour, but their enemy. They will realise that it is not capable of delivering the peace and prosperity it has promised. They will realise that the powers of evil have been using it do them in.

The people will rise up and throw off their shackles. The federal government will be forced to flee from many states. The states will reject power. Many people will reject the state authorities, because they have colluded with the federal authorities.

Horned Prophets (4) Rick Joyners Dream

In a recent series of posts I wrote about Prophets with Horns. I am beginning to wonder if Rick Joyner fits in this category. He supported the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The lawlessness that is growing throughout the world would result in such chaos and destruction that things would be much worse if the United States does not become more assertive in its leadership. Now there are also major threats to us that in the United States that must be found and dealt with (Rick Joyner).

Last month he released a dream in a way that confirms this concern.

Gates of Hell Dream
In September, Rick Joyner saw a dream in which the gates of hell were opened. He saw numerous gangs of evil people entering the United States and killing thousands of people. The violence and cruelty was horrific. Their aim was to create pain and terror in the hearts of the people being killed. They raped and tortured with diabolical cruelty. Then they killed the victims in the most cruel, diabolical way imaginable. The ranking within the gangs was based on the extent of their cruelty. It spread like a plague across the south western states. It was like the bowels of hell had been opened.

Citizens were outraged. There were a huge outrage against the federal government. In some states, all federal employees had to flee for their lives. Many states rejected federal authority over their state.

Militias popped up like mushrooms all over the country. People said, “If the government is not going to protect us, we will protect ourselves.” In their mind, there was no federal government, so they were defending themselves. They looked upon the federal government as an enemy that was trying to do them. They bonded into groups to defend their neighbourhoods. These militias will stop the plague.

In his account, Rick Joyner mixes his interpretation in with the details of the dream. This is not good practice. He also includes some things that he did not see, which is unwise. He brings in events from Australia which are not relevant.

Literal Interpretation
Rick Joyner interpreted the dream literally. He saw the problem as cruel terrorist groups crossing the southern border into the United States. His solution is for the Federal government to seal the borders and keep the bad people out. He urged Christians vote to change the leadership, so the government wakes up and protect the borders. He believes that the government can prevent this event happening.

I believe that Rick Joyner took a physical interpretation of the dream, because he is a horned prophet, who believes in war as a solution the problems of the world. He believes that the federal government can use military power to seal the border and prevent the dream from being fulfilled.

Joyner’s solution will not work. It is impossible to seal the border of a nation against evil people while allowing travel and trade to continue, especially in a nation with a border as long as the United States. People who really want to get in will always find a way to get across the border. No matter how strong the federal government and how much military force it throws at the border, it cannot seal the border.

Border Raiders
The physical interpretation of the dream does not work. The history of the children of Israel in the Promised Land shows that military solutions do not work, because they do not deal with the problem. When the nation was being invaded by evil people, it was not a sign that the military leaders were not doing their job. It was a sign that the people had offended God by pursuing evil.

After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals. They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They aroused the Lord’s anger because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. In his anger against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress (Judges 2:10-15).

Whenever raiders are coming across the border and plundering the people, it is because the people have forgotten God and are worshipping idols. The solution is not to go to war, because that will fail. The only solution that will work is repentance and faith.

Raiders across the border are not a problem to be resolved with military power. The are a sign that the United States has a spiritual problem. This is why Rick Joyner’s literal interpretation of his dream, does not work. Tomorrow I will give a spiritual interpretation that is more consistent with the scriptures.