Chapter Two

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The Battle You Must Fight To Obtain The Healing, Prosperity and Well-Being For Every Member of Your Family That God Promised You in The Abrahamic  Covenant

      One of the blessings God promised the physical descendants of Abraham was the land.  In Deuteronomy 2, when they came to the edge of the land to occupy it, they found the Devil had placed his people upon it.  They were occupying the land of blessing that God had given to his people.  What information (faith) for them to act upon (believe) did God give them, then, to deal with this problem?  What information did he give his people for them to do to get the Devil's gang off their land?

     As we explore this chapter of scripture we shall find many similarities and therefore lessons that apply to us today as the present day Abrahamic Seed Group.  The scenario will be different but the principle of battle and warfare remains the same.  The weapons they used have been changed for us now, but the battle must still be joined.  When the Enemy attempts to encroach upon and take away our promised blessings of healing, prosperity and well-being for our family members, we must learn how to use force just as they did in Deuteronomy, Chapter 2.

     As they began to possess what God promised them, they encountered the first of the Devil's gang that he planted on their blessing to prevent them from having it.  This first member of the Devil's gang was named Sihon who was the king of Heshbon. (He could just as well be named Aids, Cancer or Heart Disease.)  In Deuteronomy 2:25, God began to give them their information (faith) for them to act upon (believe).  He said, "Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Amon; behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land.  Begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle".

     Three things are obvious in this verse.  First, their taking possession of what God had promised them required a beginning point as their information from God expressly stated for them to begin to possess it.  Second, their taking possession of what God had promised them required a process because contend with him in battle involves time.  Third, the outcome is guaranteed for them in advance for God said "I have given into thine hand Sihon...and his land...."  But in order to possess it, they must make a beginning point and engage in the process of battle.  Then, and only then, can they actually assume possession of the promised blessing.

     God has promised you the Abrahamic blessings of healing, prosperity and well-being for your family.  And you can be sure that Satan will do his best to take everyone of these blessings away from you.  You must learn that you maintain your blessings the same way that they did theirs.  You too must make a beginning point and then you must engage in the battle to get him out of what is your inheritance rights.

            Concerning your right to healing, two things must be said here.  Sometimes God chooses to miraculously heal with his anointing.  But sometimes he doesn't choose to heal this way.  Sometimes his anointing passes over many that are sick and they are not healed.  These books have been written for those who have been passed over by the anointing.  Let me give you a personal word about this.

             The Coliseum Experience

      Some time ago I attended a healing meeting in the Coliseum in Houston.  Texas.  This meeting was held by one of our greatest men of God.

            I sat on the lower level next to those desperate, sick people brought in on stretchers and wheelchairs.  The anointing to heal was powerfully present and many were miraculously healed under the ministry of this great man of God.  But, unfortunately, the vast majority of those in the stretchers and wheelchair section were not healed.  And, they left as they came.  They were still gripped, ravaged and tormented by their decimating, terminal diseases.

     I saw the empty, hopeless look on their pitiful faces when the meeting was over and they were not healed.  I saw the blank void in their eyes as they, with neither aim, nor purpose, nor point.

stared into space while leaving the Coliseum that night.  They looked hopeless and stunned.

     They were so helpless as they realized that all hope was gone.  I saw the hopeless, pointless expressions on the dear, sick faces of those desperate Christians as the awful truth settled in upon them.  God had passed them over for healing one more time.  They had come for a healing miracle from God and didn't get it.  And many of them firmly believed this was their last chance and their last hope since they had been released by their doctors.  Is there no more hope for them?

     I saw them weep and sob when they weren't healed.  They felt God had totally rejected them.  They felt he abandoned them forever.  They felt he had forsaken them in their most desperate hour.  They felt God had completely turned his back on them.  They were devastated.  They were crushed.  Their faith flew out the window.  All hope was gone.  They were desperate.  The end for many of them was both eminent and inevitable.

     To them, their heavenly father had turned his back on his helpless children in their darkest, most desperate hour.  It's to this helpless, sobbing group that I'm writing these books.

     I cried as I watched them.  Tears poured down my face.  Few things in my life ever affected me like this pathetic sight.  My heart broke for them.

     I wanted to scream out to them, "God has not rejected you.  He has not forsaken you.  He has not turned his back on you.  He will still heal you.  But, he wants to heal you another way.  He wants to heal you another way.  He just wants to heal you another way.  But, he will still heal you".

     You see, this rejected, passed over group made two deadly mistakes.  The first mistake was they concluded that since they were not instantly, miraculously healed, it must not be God's will for them to be healed.  The second mistake was thinking that God only heals people with an instant miracle.  But, both these conclusions are false.  First, they are false because it is most definitely God's will to heal all Christians.  Second, they are false because the anointing is not the only way God heals his dear children.  He also heals them when they make a beginning point and contend with the Enemy in battle just like they did in Deuteronomy 2. The child of God who is healed when he joins the battle to dislodge the usurper is just as healed as the one who is healed instantly under the anointing.

     The group in the Coliseum that night had come looking for an instantaneous miracle of healing.  They were passed over and did not get it.  The mistake of this passed over group was they confined God to healing them only with the anointing.  They did not know that he is perfectly willing to heal them when they contend with Satan in battle concerning what God has promised them.

Perhaps you, the reader, were in the Coliseum that night.  Perhaps you saw this heart breaking spectacle when these dear, helpless people had to leave the meeting with their bodies still sick and wracked with pain.  Perhaps you saw and felt their pain of dashed hopes and depleted faith.       Perhaps you were even one of that group.  Then be of good cheer!  God wants to heal you in battle. And he will heal you in battle.  No matter how serious your case, it is the will of God to heal all his children.  So, get in the battle like they did in Deuteronomy 2.  The victory is already yours.

  Dread, Fear,  Trembling and Anguish

     In verse 25, God said to his Abrahamic Seed Group that "This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of thee".  They were smaller and fewer in number than the people who were occupying their land.  In the natural, they should have been afraid of the usurpers.  But the battle was to be in the power of the supernatural.  Consequently, God made their enemies afraid of them.

     This same power and principle applies to us, the present day members of The Abrahamic Seed Group.  Satan and his demons are ten thousand times more afraid of you than you are of them.  And, why shouldn't they be?  Jesus has already stripped them of their power over you.  "He made a show of them openly and triumphed over them     in it.  Therefore, he always causes us to triumph     in Christ Jesus", Colossians 2:15 and 2 Corinthians 2:14.  Since he has given you the power and authority over all demons combined with the right to use his Name against them, they have to do what you tell them to do.  You have the power over them and their works.

     Consequently, they are afraid of you just as Sihon, Og and their people were afraid of The Abrahamic Seed Group in Deuteronomy 2.  God put the fear and dread of them upon those trespassers then and he puts the fear and dread of you upon Satan and his cohorts now.  The only reason you have to fear the Devil, his demons and their diseases is because you do not know who you are, what your rights are, what has been promised to you by God himself and how to contend in the battle to get your promised blessings.  And, Satan is laughing because of our ignorance.  As long as we remain ignorant he will keep us sick, poverty stricken and our families in shambles.  It is high time we fearlessly join the battle for what's ours.  Be confident!  God will put the fear and dread of you upon the Enemy and his hordes and make them tremble in anguish because of you.

  Your Victory Is Sweeping and Complete

  "Then Sihon come out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.  And the Lord our God delivered him before us, and we smote him and his sons, and all his people.  And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women and the little ones of every city; we left none to remain", Deuteronomy 2:31-34.

     Why shouldn't the victory be sweeping and complete?  Its outcome was known and guaranteed in advance.  God gave them information which spelled out in advance what he was going to do concerning Sihon.  He said that he was going to give him into their hands.  Their part in this information was to contend with him in battle.  The moment they entered the fray, God set in motion everything necessary for them to win decisively and completely.  They couldn't lose.  They had information regarding the outcome before a "shot was fired".  They knew what God was going to do and they knew what they were to do.  When they did their part, the way was cleared for God to do his part. 

Next. they were to face Og, who certainly could not be considered a push-over for he only "remained of the remnant of giants", Deuteronomy 3:11.  He was so large that his bed had to be made of iron to support his weight since he was nine feet tall.  In addition, all his "...cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars, beside unwalled towns, a great many...", Deuteronomy 3:5.  Putting it differently, massive strength was arrayed against Abraham's little Seed Group.

     But, so what?  They had advance information as to the outcome and their part in it.  They had no worry.  The victory was assured no matter the size and strength of Og, his cities or his armies.  They lunged to the front lines and trenches with a vengeance in spite of the overwhelming strength of the opposing armies.  They were going to take back what was theirs.

     Neither the seriousness of the disease, nor the magnitude of the financial disaster nor the force of the attack against your family that Satan and his demons hurl at you to take away what God has promised you in the Covenant is of any consequence.  You have advance information concerning the total victory over these and all circumstances.  You are learning what to do about it.  You are learning the power and authority God gave you.  You are understanding that the Enemies of the promises of God are deathly afraid of you.  So you carry the battle to them.  You are taking back what belongs to you, whether health, prosperity, or snatching a family member from the jaws of death or the Devil.  You are taking back what's yours.

     Cancer, aids, etc., is no big thing for God.  From now on, it will be no big thing to you either.  The greatness of enemy strength no longer impresses you.  The victory is yours.

 Final Instructions Concerning The Battle

     There are three more things we must learn from this passage of scripture.  First, you cannot peacefully co-exist with the Devil.  Either you will rout him from the field in battle or he will walk all over you and steal everything God promised you.

     Moses tried to "get along" with Sihon.  He sent messengers of peace to him in verses 26 through 30 in Deuteronomy 2.  "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him.", Deuteronomy 2:30.  Your "Sihon" will not let you pass by him either.  Whatever your "Sihon" happens to be, whether sickness, poverty, or an attack against your family, he will not let you "pass by".  You will have to deal with him in battle or lose everything that belongs to you from God.  The sooner you accept this truth the better off you will be.  You must carry the battle to the enemy or run the risk of total loss.

     Next, we must learn that when we have routed the Devil on one front he will come at us from another direction.  The minute they conquered Sihon, the Devil threw Og the giant at them.  And after that, he brought up more armies they must face and engage in battle.  But, through it all, they had advance information that the victory was theirs no matter how many armies they had to face.  God even told Joshua that as he had routed the first two, "...so shall the Lord your God do unto all the kingdoms where thou passest. Ye shall not fear them for the Lord your God shall fight for you", Deuteronomy 3:21-22.  No matter how many battles we face, the Lord will fight for us also.

     Finally, we must understand that we had better be armed to the teeth and fit for battle at all times.  God informed his little Abrahamic Seed Group that "ye shall pass over armed...all who are meet for the war", Deuteronomy 3:18.

     There is no other way dear reader.  The only language the Devil and his gang of demons understand is brute force.  You had better learn, and learn quickly, to "pass over armed" to the teeth.  You had better learn to defend yourself and your family.  You had better learn to stand in the gap.  You had better learn that you are locked in combat that is life threatening.  You can give no time out to the Enemy.  He certainly will not give a time out to you.

     If you have been "passed over" by the anointing, you can still win.  But it is the way of the bloody battlefield.  So prepare yourself for war.  It is God's way.  It is the only way.

            What weapons will we use?  That is the subject of the next chapter.

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