Spiritual
Warfare – The
By Rabbi Rob Miller
Our Messiah shows that "life" and "spirit" are
interconnected.
This was dramatically shown when Rebbe YahShua healed the woman that had been
afflicted with scoliosis for eighteen years. Rebbe YahShua was able to
look beyond the malady into the spirit realm and saw that her being bound by
haSatan caused her disease.
“…a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She
was bent over and could not straighten up at all…should not this woman, a
daughter of Abraham, whom haSatan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be
set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” (Luke 13:11,16)”
Discernment was very important for Rebbe YahShua to see that this woman did not
have a biological reason for her sickness – it was spiritual – she was
“crippled by a spirit.” We need to understand in a balanced, Scriptural
way, the relationship between demon activity and sickness in the bodies of the
children of Yahweh.
If that woman had lived today and had gone to the best clinic in the country to
get a diagnosis from a competent doctor or chiropractor, they would have
diagnosed her with some physical disease and would have treated her with
narcotics, spinal manipulation or worse surgery but nobody would have diagnosed
that woman with having an evil spirit unless they were intoned to the spirit
realm.
Rabbi Silas (Lucius in Latin or Luke in English) practiced Torah
medicine. He witnessed and wrote the above testimony, as a Rabbi but more
importantly as a physician. He knew as much about medicine and physical
maladies as anyone in his day, but what he brings to the equation is that he
approaches sickness from the Torah. He recognized that an evil spirit of
infirmity had produced her sickness.
This is a bit frightening to some Believers because it is contrary to
everything they believe. Their confidence, when it comes to disease, is
in medical practioners or medicine. They are comfortable thinking their
malady is a virus, germ or bacteria. They do not want to even entertain
the idea that a demon could be behind their disease. But where demons are
behind the illness, the minute the demon is vanquished the illness just passes
out through the body and the person afflicted will recover as Yahweh sees fit.
It was the same in Job’s case, “And Yahweh said unto haSatan, ‘Hast thou
considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect
and an upright man, one that feareth Elohim, and escheweth evil? and still he
holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy
him without cause… So went haSatan forth from the presence of Yahweh, and smote
Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (Job 2:3,7)” Did
you notice that even though it was haSatan that was doing the affliction, it
was Yahweh that was in control of the situation.
“After Job had prayed for his friends, Yahweh made him prosperous again and
gave him twice as much as he had before. All his brothers and sisters and
everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They
comforted and consoled him over all the trouble Yahweh had brought upon him,
and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. Yahweh blessed the
latter part of Job's life more than the first… After this, Job lived a hundred
and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth
generation. And so he died, old and full of years. (Job 42:10-12,16)”
How could Job receive the victory in the midst of affliction, he practiced the
presence: “Then Job answered Yahweh, and said, I know that thou canst do every
thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth
counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not;
things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will
speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. I have heard of thee by
the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 41:1-6)”
However, not all infirmity is caused by demon affliction. In fact, some
originates with our Heavenly Father: “…[Messiah] went along, he saw a man blind
from birth. His talmidim (disciples) asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or
his parents, that he was born blind?” Neither this man nor his parents sinned,”
said Rebbe YahShua, “but this happened so that the work of Yahweh might be
displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who
sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am
the light of the world.” (John 9:1-5)”
In the extreme, some sickness is caused by demon possession:
“When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with
devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were
sick (Matthew 8:16).”
“As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a
devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes
marveled, saying, It was never so seen in
“Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he
healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. (Matthew
12:22)”
“And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried
out, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou YahShua of Nazareth?
Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of Yahweh.
And Rebbe YahShua rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
(Mark 1:23-25)”
“When Rebbe YahShua saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the
foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come
out of him, and enter no more into him. (Mark 9:25)”
“And Rebbe YahShua rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt
him not. (Luke 4:35)”
Our Messiah said that “this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
(Matthew 17:21)”
Does that mean that every affliction is caused by demon possession? No!
"Can a Believer be demon possessed?" No! "Possessed"
implies "ownership." Neither demons nor haSatan can own or possess a
child of Yahweh. But they can harass and afflict, in a word, oppress us.
“Do you not know that your body is a
A case in point is the demonic fallen angel sent by Yahweh to afflict Rabbi Sha’ul:
“To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great
revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of haSatan, to
torment me. (2 Corinthians 12:7)”
We must dispel a popular myth. Many believe that when a person is prayed over
once and they do not get their healing then and there, they either have sin in
their life or they have no faith. That’s not necessarily true. We must inquire
of Yahweh and find out what is He doing in this situation.
Three times I pleaded with Yahweh to take it away from me. But he said to me,
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2
Corinthians 12:8,9)”
The word translated “messenger” is the Greek word “aggelos” an angel. In other
words, a “fallen angel” assigned to him sent by Yahweh to keep him humble
hounded Rabbi Sha’ul.
Now, the fallen angel’s agenda was to silence a very effective proclaimer of
the
Our Messiah battled against affliction: “…Yahweh anointed Rebbe YahShua of
Nazareth with the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) and with power: who went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for Yahweh was
with him. (Acts 10:38)”
Our Messiah, with orders from our Heavenly Father, imparted authority to his
followers to battle against affliction at any level: chemical, biological,
environmental, diabolical or demonic.
“Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. (Luke 9:1)”
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all
the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Luke 10:19)”
The Power of Prayer
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous [person] availeth much. (James
5:16 )” This is very true when it comes to battling affliction. Consider
the desperate woman in Luke 18:1-8: “[Messiah] spoke a parable unto them to
this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in
a city a judge, which feared not Yahweh, neither regarded man: And there was a
widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I
fear not Yahweh, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will
avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the King said, Hear
what the unjust judge saith. And shall not Yahweh avenge his own elect, which
cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he
will avenge them speedily.”
If earthly authority can bring relief how much more will our Heavenly Father do
for us that that. “So I say to you: ‘Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone
who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be
opened. Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a
snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then,
though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father in heaven give the Ruach HaKodesh to those who ask him!’
(Luke 11:9-13)”
In this passage, ask, seek and knock are in the Greek present tense which
denotes continuous action in present time. In other words, keep on asking
and it shall be given unto you; keep on seeking and ye shall find; keep on
knocking and it shall opened unto you. Don’t give up! However, do
not be motivated by need but by love.
"Because he loves me," says Yahweh , "I will rescue him; I will
protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will
answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." (Psalms
91:14-16)”
When we pray and nothing happens, we simply are not through yet. The problem is
neither lack of faith nor sin, those will be present from time to time. You
must remember that healing and deliverance requires time. We must stand in
faith until we have the victory. The first one to quit, loses.
On October 29, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited
"Not less we praise in darker days
The leader of our nation,
And Churchill's name shall win acclaim
From each new generation.
For you have power in danger's hour
Our freedom to defend, Sir!
Though long the fight we know that right
Will triumph in the end, Sir!
Moved by what he had heard, he closed his prepared speech with a spontaneous
statement: “…surely from this period of ten months, this is the lesson: Never
give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small,
large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the
enemy.” We know from history that the war raged on until 1945, with
Therefore take up the whole armor of Yahweh, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore…(Ephesians
6:13,14)” Never give up. When the answer delays, you just aren't through yet.
“…this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
(I John 5:14-15)” Whatever is prayed in accordance with His will, He hears it.
I must know that what I am asking is His will.
“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you
may spend what you get on your pleasures. (James 4:3)”
“Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the
wife, as to the more fragile vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace
of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. (1 Peter 3:7)” Or more
literally, that your prayers are not blocked.
I have to find a ground upon which I can stand when I pray. I must be in a
state of “teshuvah” (repentance) when I come into his chambers. I must
draw upon something in Yahweh's person, His character or His Word upon which to
base my prayer, to insure that it is in His will. I must approach Him based on
something outside of myself. I must approach Him based upon something inside
Him. There must be a correspondence between my act of praying and something in
Yahweh's person, heart, Spirit, character, attributes or His Word that
corresponds to my request. When I have appealed to that something in Him,
Yahweh turns His ear to me and there is a channel open between Him and me. When
that channel is opened, I know it.
Appeal to His love; appeal to His kindness; appeal to His sense of justice, His
sense of right or His sense of wrong but get a grip on something in Yahweh
before you approach Him with your need. You must reach out, tap into Him and
bring Him into your own situation. Yahweh may even seem indifferent to
your situation until you bring one of His attributes to bear on it then He will
send the answer from His throne. Most of all, in every situation, Yahweh
wants you to know more and more about him. This involves Him personally.
“He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He
restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil, for You are with me; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Psalm
23:2-4)”
“Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may Your mercy come quickly to
meet us, for we are in desperate need. Help us, O Elohim our Savior, for the
glory of Your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name's sake. Why
should the nations say, "Where is their Elohim?" Before our eyes,
make known among the nations that You avenge the outpoured blood of your
servants. (Psalm 79:8-10)”
“When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to Your miracles; they
did not remember Your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red
Sea. Yet He saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known. He
rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through
a desert. (Psalm 106:7-9)”
“But you, O Sovereign Yahweh, deal well with me for your name's sake; out of
the goodness of your love, deliver me. (Psalm 109:21)”
“Teach me to do your will, for You are my Elohim; may Your good Spirit lead me
on level ground. For Your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your
righteousness, bring me out of trouble. In your unfailing love, silence my
enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant. (Psalm 143:10-12)”
“For My own name's sake I delay My wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it
back from you, so as not to cut you off. (Isaiah 48:9)”
“You will know that I am Yahweh , when I deal with you for My name's sake and
not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, O House of Israel,
declares the Sovereign Yahweh. (Ezekiel 20:44)”
“Through Him and for His name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call
people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
(Romans 1:5)”
This involves His integrity, and Yahweh is very cautious about His integrity.
Yahweh Himself is involved personally in your need.
The Power of Patience
The word patience is a combination of two Greek words, the word “upo”, meaning
under, and the word “meno”, meaning to remain. In other words, the ability to
remain under a situation.
How does patience operate concerning prayer? When we have a need, the
first thing we do is inquire of Yahweh as to His will in the situation so that
we do not “ask amiss.” Inventory our lives and repent of anything that
might “block our prayers.” Then, there is a time span. After a designated
time, that only Yahweh knows, Yahweh fulfills His promise.
“But when the fullness of the time had come, Yahweh sent forth His Son, born of
a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons. (Galatians 4:4-5)”
During that time span, that is called “the fullness of the time” we must wait
or have patience.
“…this is the confidence that we have toward [Messiah], that if anything we may
ask according to His will, He doth hear us, and if we have known that He doth
hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we
have requested from Him. (1 John 5:14-15)” Pray it and then wait. Stay in it.
Remain under it. Hold on to Him. He likes for us to trust Him, it brings glory
to Him.
“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of Yahweh, ye
might receive the promise. (Hebrews 10:36)” You need to stay under the promise
of First John 5:14-15. Stay under this Scripture. Through the process of time,
the answer will come, the promise will be fulfilled. Yahweh will vindicate His
own character. Stay the course.
Victory Where We Live
Rabbi Sha’ul said that even though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the
flesh. We live in bodies of flesh, most of the things we do will affect our bodies.
But when it comes to spiritual warfare our fleshly body does not do it. “For
the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in Yahweh for pulling down
strongholds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself
against the knowledge of Yahweh, bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Messiah (2 Corinthians 10:4,5).”
Though the Sitre Ahurah comes “to steal, and to kill, and to destroy (John
10:10)” the Sitre Ahurah is a spirit. Their power is spiritual, but they can do
physical damage to you. If you try to deal with a spiritual force with a
physical weapon, you lose going in. Remember, the Child of Yahweh, is a spirit
being living in the physical realm. We have the authority and ability to
deal with things of a spiritual nature when it comes against us.
Rabbi Sha’ul said, “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.” He did
not say they were not real. If a man walks in the Spirit, he is
absolutely invincible. The weapon he has will pull down any stronghold. He
cannot be stopped. He has weapons that are mighty through Yahweh that can pull
it down.
Rabbi Sha’ul then addresses our biggest enemy – the enemy within. The
same weapon that pulls down a stronghold, also has the power to cast down
imaginations.
The Greek word “logismos” is translated imaginations means “ability to
reason.” It correlates to the Hebrew word “yetser” meaning “intellectual
framework.” In the spirit realm, our mind can be our greatest enemy because we
want to figure things out and totally rely on our wits. Many times I have in a
spiritual battle, I have figured things out – or I thought I did – developed a
battle plan, then fell on my face in defeat because I was trusting my wits and
not Yahweh's Spirit.
Couple this tendency with a more sinister development. The Sitre Ahurah
will send you a thought that makes sense. We must learn to get our minds under
control. Thoughts will come that you think are your thoughts, but they came
straight from hell.
You are the “Temple of the Ruach HaKodesh.” Your mind is a facility in
that Temple. You must speak to your mind from the spirit and say, “. . .
choose you this day whom ye will serve; . . . but as for me and my house, we
will serve Yahweh" (Josh. 24:2, 15). Yahweh has given us weapons that
enable us to do that.
It is during this phase of the battle that you need to get alone with Yahweh
and let Him speak to you. Remember, you cannot do all the talking or you
will miss what He is saying.
“Then He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh." And
behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains
and broke the rocks in pieces before Yahweh, but Yahweh was not in the wind;
and after the wind an earthquake, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake; and
after the earthquake a fire, but Yahweh was not in the fire; and after the fire
a still small voice. (1 Kings 19:11,12)”
I know that when we try and shut down and hear from Yahweh, our motors keep
right on running. This is not healthy. This is called obsession.
This prevents your from hearing from Yahweh. Consequently, Yahweh has given us
a weapon to combat this.
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what
Yahweh's will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)” Pay
attention to what you're filling your mind and time with. Remember,
"garbage in--garbage out." The process of “renewing of your mind” is
one of transformation, a dynamic, "a force producing motion" of
changing from worldly thinking to spiritual thinking in line with Yahweh's
Word. It is a putting off of the evil inclination, and a putting on of the new
nature in Messiah. “The man without the Spirit does not accept the things
that come from the Spirit of Yahweh, for they are foolishness to him, and he
cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians
2:14)” As soon as you surrender your mind over to Yahweh, He will subdue
everything that prevents your gaining this intimate, personal communication of
Yahweh.
Confidence In Our Victory Over Affliction
Honestly, affliction has a way to bring someone to their wits end. The
person who comes to their wits end is like the prodigal son. “And when he
came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread
enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! (Luke 15:17)”
Now, I am not saying just because you are being afflicted you a prodigal. But I
am saying, affliction causes us sometimes not to be in the right mind.
"When he came to himself" implies that he hadn't been in his right
mind to start with. Yahweh allowed circumstances to bring him to a point
that he could see his need of righteousness. When he ran out of resources
a famine hit. He had only two choices; turn to the hog trough and eat
slop or go home.
“He who dwells in the intimate place of El Elyon shall abide under the shadow
of El Shaddai. I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my
Elohim, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the trap of
the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His
feathers (presence), and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth
(Torah) shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror
by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks
in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may
fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come
near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made Yahweh, who is my refuge, even El Elyon, your dwelling
place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In
their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a
stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and
the serpent you shall trample underfoot. Because he loves me," says Yahweh
, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He
will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will
deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my
salvation." (Psalms 91)”
The key to the victory over affliction is the necessity of dwelling “in the
intimate place of El Elyon.” Dwelling in a time and place in your life when you
move away from the affliction, into the quietness of the presence of Yahweh. We
must experience Yahweh on our own. This is part of the New Covenant that
we are moving toward. "Behold, the days are coming, says Yahweh,
when I will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of
Judah… No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother,
saying, "Know Yahweh,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them
to the greatest of them, says Yahweh. For I will forgive their iniquity, and
their sin I will remember no more." (Jeremiah 31:31,34)"
The word translated as “know” is the Hebrew word “yada,” the same word used
when “Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived…(Genesis 4:1)” It speaks of
intimacy. When you get to the point of dwelling in the intimacy, you move
into the position of receiving the blessings of Yahweh, no matter
affliction. In the intimate place of El Elyon there is a protection and a
covering, no matter what the affliction.
When anxiety ceases your emotions you must step inside and enter the chambers
of the throne room and dwell in the intimate place of El Elyon. You vacillate,
you must learn to dwell in that place. Then, and only then, will He become your
refuge and buckler or fortress. At that point, you abide “under the shadow of
El Shaddai.” These are all figures of speech, what we mean is we are
dwelling in the concentrated presence of our Heavenly Father. The point
is that if I press in close enough to Yahweh to be in His shadow, that’s
intimacy. If I am this close to Yahweh, nothing can get to me
spiritually. There is a refuge from affliction when we dwell in intimate
place of El Elyon.
I know we as physical being tend to put more stock in the physical but we are
also spiritual beings and that is where eternity is. Rebbe YahShua said,
“…be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the
spirit: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both spirit and body
in hell” (Matthew 10:28).
Psalms 55-58 pictures King David completely surrounded by adversaries.
All he could do in this situation was cry unto Yahweh. “Be merciful to me, O Elohim,
be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I
will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by. I will cry out to
El Elyon, to Elohim who performs all things for me. He shall send from Heaven
and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah Elohim shall
send forth His mercy and His truth. My soul is among lions; I lie among
the sons of men who are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and
their tongue a sharp sword. Be exalted, O Elohim, above the heavens; let Your
glory be above all the earth. They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is
bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they themselves
have fallen. Selah My heart is steadfast, O Elohim, my heart is steadfast; I
will sing and give praise. Awake, my glory! Awake, lute and harp! I will wake
the dawn. I will praise You, O Yahweh, among the peoples; I will sing to You
among the nations. For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, and Your truth unto
the clouds. Be exalted, O Yahweh, above the heavens; let Your glory be above
all the earth. (Psalm 57:1-11)”
By Psalms 91 King David has found his victory in that intimate place, a place
where he has no shadow, where he is shadowed by El Shaddai, the Almighty
Yahweh. There is a joy unspeakable and full of glory; there is Shalom (complete
peace) and there is refuge behind a mighty fortress that comes only from being
in that intimate place of El Elyon.
“Because he loves me," says Yahweh , "I will rescue him; I will
protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will
answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
“Surely He shall deliver you from the trap of the fowler and from the perilous
pestilence.” If the fowler, the Devil, and the noisome pestilence,
whatever affliction he could come up with, should come close enough to the
shadow of El Shaddai, the Almighty Yahweh, to get to me, the Scriptures say,
"Surely, [Yahweh] will deliver me." “Surely,” as a truth,
Yahweh will deliver everyone who is under His shadow. Blessings and benefits
accrue to you simply because you have chosen to dwell in that intimate place of
El Elyon. Yahweh will set your emotions back into order. When you are in that
shadow, He will deliver you from affliction.
“You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by
day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that
lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at
your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you
look, and see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made Yahweh, who is my
refuge, even El Elyon, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall
any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over
you, to keep you in all your ways.”
What is casting out that fear? It’s not the legalism of trying in your
own might and mind to do what is right. “There is no fear in love. But
perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one
who fears is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18)” Trying to do what
is right for fear of the punishing fires of hell enables fear. But a
motivation of love for the Father brings liberty and freedom to do what is
right as His Spirit gives you the grace.
Every fear you will ever have is covered in these four things: “the terror by
night, the arrow by day, the pestilence in darkness and the destruction that
wasteth at noonday”, whether it is terminal disease, financial disaster or
family break-up it’s all covered in this verse. But as long as I am in the
intimate place of El Elyon, spending time with Yahweh, letting Yahweh talk to
me and giving myself time to bathe in His presence, I am not afraid. The
presence recharges our soul. Recharging only occurs in the intimate place
of El Elyon.
Come Apart or Set Apart
Rebbe YahShua said to His talmidim, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet
place and get some rest. (Mark 6:31)” YahShua meant that if you do not
come apart by yourselves in a place, you are just going to come apart. I am
going to tell you the truth, if you do not start setting yourself apart from
the World now, as judgment comes on this place you’re going to come apart at
the seams.
One of the tactics of the enemy on the Child of Yahweh that isn’t practicing
the presence, is getting you on a guilt trip. He will take you down
unworthiness detour. This burns mis-spent time and takes its toll on the
body. He will make you feel too unworthy to receive your healing because
of some silly sin you did thirty years or thirty minutes ago. Tell him to
go to hell.
“Submit yourselves, then, to Yahweh. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you. (James 4:7)”
If we set ourselves apart in thinking, living and loving; if we spend the time
in the intimate place of El Elyon, these things will not frighten us because we
have been given a power and an authority to tread upon the lion and the cobra,
the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. Or as our Messiah
said, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Luke
10:19)” You can combat demons, beat them and overcome them. That is why we are
not afraid. We know who we are and what we have.
I Will Show You YahShua
“Because you have made Yahweh, who is my refuge, even El Elyon, your dwelling
place, no evil shall befall you…” There is only one criteria for victory, get
into that intimate place of El Elyon. Yahweh goes on to say that “Because
he loves me…I will rescue him; I will protect him…” What is the mark of
that love, the taking on His name like a bride does her husband. “…for he
acknowledges my name.”
The saddest thing in the world is not sickness. The saddest thing is
hearing our Sovereign say – “DEPART, I NEVER KNEW YOU!” “Many will say to
Me in that day, "Adon, Adon, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out
demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will
declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
[Torah]lessness!' (Matthew 7:22,23)”
Healing isn’t even the main issue. Do we have a personal and intimate
relationship with our Heavenly Father. When we move into that intimate
place of El Elyon, make that our dwelling, live there more than we live out in
the world, He said, "I will deliver him in trouble, I will honor him, I
will satisfy him with a long life."
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have
come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (John
10:10)”
When the Scriptures say a long life or life… more abundantly what is it talking
about? It talking about a life of “…exceeding great and precious
promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:4)”
A life of being “…more than conquerors through [Yahweh] who loved us. (Romans
8:37)” A life of being the object of Yahweh’s love and receiving “…his
one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. (John 3:16)” And at the end of this chapter of my life I
have “…an entrance…supplied…abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our King
and Savior Messiah YahShua. (2 Peter 1:11)” As our Messiah promised, “And
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
(John 11:26)”
As Rabbi Sha’ul said in Romans 8:31, "If Yahweh be for us, who can be
against us?" This is a rhetorical question that demands a specific
answer: “nobody can be against us and prevail!” “…the gates of hell shall not
prevail against ‘the called out ones’. (Matthew 16:18)”
“When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my
flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my
heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be
confident. One thing have I desired of Yahweh, that will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the House of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty
of Yahweh, and to enquire in his Temple. (Psalm 27:2-4)” We are more than
winners.
“Yahweh will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the
commands of Yahweh your Elohim that I give you this day and carefully follow
them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. (Deuteronomy 28:13)”
We are over the top. We are above not beneath.
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; therefore I
will offer sacrifices of joy in His Tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing
praises to Yahweh. (Psalm 27:6)” We are more than conquerors!
Get into the intimate place of El Elyon. There, you develop the confidence and
courage to meet head on any demon or sickness that can come against you.
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or
small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good
sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might
of the enemy.”
“I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long
life will I satisfy him and show him my YahShua. ”
“…he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matthew 24:13)”
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