In this Gospel Partner episode, discover keys to counter every spiritual attack in your life, whether it is subtle anti-Christ beliefs, lack, sickness, or strife.
I shared on the four horsemen
many years ago.
But God has revealed even more
and today I want to
step deeper into this.
This is actually the answer to
these four principalities of darkness.
Who will take care of
your back?
The Lord.
If you look around you
and you start getting distracted,
you miss out on what
God can do for you supernaturally.
In one fell swoop, He can
turn your darkness to light.
Let God arise!
Hallelujah.
And let all his enemies be scattered,
in the name of Jesus!
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Greetings church. We are in for
another exciting time in God’s
word. You know, every time we
approach God’s word, we must
realize that God’s word is God
breathed. In other words, all the
writers of the holy scripture of
the Bible, be it in the Old
Testament or the New Testament,
they are all inspired, God
breathed into them. And that word
there is ‘God-breathed’, the same
breath that gave man life, God
breathed into His scriptures. So,
the scriptures have God’s essence
in it. Therefore, it is a word
that doesn’t only speak to them
at that time when they lived back
then, but it’s speaking to us
today. And every time we come to
God’s word, it is so relevant. It
is a now word, you know, and it’s
amazing that from one passage the
Lord can give us a revelation
about a situation that we are in.
And it can be very specific, you
know, for us it’s like God is
saying, “This is the word for
you’.” And we are hearing God in
the scriptures. Praise the Lord.
That’s the number one way that
God leads us. Praise the Lord.
People are looking for voices
elsewhere. That’s dangerous
because the Bible says the devil
can impersonate as an angel of
light and give us revelations but
you know, things that the devil
reveals will always be things
that will glorify ourselves. But
the devil will never glorify
Jesus Christ, always remember
that, okay? And the devil’s
purpose will always be to mar and
tarnish the glory of Christ. I
want to share with all of you
something that the Lord revealed
to me just recently and the Lord
wants me to have this perspective
about His church, His church. The
Lord Jesus Christ gave His life
for the church. The Bible says,
“He gave Himself for the church.”
Amen. Yes, He died for whole
world but there is a scripture
that specifically says, “He gave
Himself for the church.” What is
the church? The church is not a
building where people come
together and worship God. It may
manifest itself in the building,
but the church is the
many-membered body of Christ, and
it’s the most successful and
eternal organization, if I can
put it that way, living,
breathing organization that God
has created. And the mystery of
the church was hidden in the Old
Testament, revealed to the
Apostle Paul of whom God gave him
the fullest revelation about the
church. And every time you think
about the church, the devil for
so long has sort of like clouded
the church. When you hear the
word ‘church’, straight away you
think of an old building, organ
music, you know. People that look
drab, dreary, dull, you know, but
nothing could be further from the
truth. God’s church is the place
where all the fullness of His
Holy Spirit with the seven-fold
manifestation of His Holy Spirit,
as well as all the gifts. And for
example, one gift is called the
gifts of healings. It’s plural,
gifts, many gifts of healings,
all kinds of healings is
available. Where? In the church.
Another gift is the gift of
working of miracles, this is
beyond healing diseases and
things that even supernatural
cancellation of your financial
debt, that is in the area of the
gift of working of miracles. God
can just cause miracles, even in
the weather around us. And God
can cause this to happen again
even today because the gifts have
never ceased. And anyone that
tries to tell you that is not
quoting the Bible accurately.
They probably use 1 Corinthians
13 that says, “Prophesies will
fail, you know tongues shall
cease”, but what they fail to
tell you is that when the perfect
is come then these things will
cease, when we see Jesus face to
face. The perfect has not yet
come, my friend. The gifts are
still needed today. If the early
church needed the gifts of the
Holy Spirit, how much more we
need the gifts of the Holy Spirit
today? For example, the gifts of
healings, I see so many people
making prayer requests online, as
well as, you know, personally for
people that they love, that they
care for, who are sick. They want
prayer for them. And so many of
the needs, I would say that the
greater part of the needs of the
body of Christ today is in the
area of physical healing. And
that’s why I’m sharing what I
shared for these past weeks in
this regard. So, it’s important
for us to realize that God has
given us provisions in the body
of Christ. It’s all found in the
body of Christ. The Bible says in
the book of Acts, Acts chapter 4,
it says that “And with great
power gave the apostles witness
to the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus and great grace was upon
them all.” Notice when great
grace was upon them all, they
gave witness with great power to
the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus. Great grace, great power.
Say that, ”Great grace, great
power”. And the Bible goes on to
say, “Nor was there anyone among
them who lacked,” none of them
lacked in the early church. So
that’s our pattern, that’s what
we have in mind. You know when
God spoke to Moses to build the
Tabernacle in the wilderness,
more than three times God said,
“See that you make it according
to the pattern. See that you make
it according to the pattern you
see in the mountain.” Pattern of
what? Pattern of what you see in
a vision, in the mountain, Mount
Sinai, you see the pattern of
heaven and how the Tabernacle is
patterned after the heavenly
pattern. Praise the Lord. So just
like the presence of God, the
throne of God is the Ark of the
covenant, then there is a lever
which is a sea of glass. Okay and
then the Bible tells us the Lamb
is as if when John saw Him, in
the Book of Revelation, he saw
Him like a lamb which was just
slain. Because with God there is
no time. The cross of Jesus
Christ is always fresh to God,
Amen. When we come for communion,
we must come with the kind of
spirit and expectancy to receive
as if Jesus just died just now.
Jesus just gave His life for us
just now. He bore our sins, as
well as our diseases, just now.
We come with a freshness, Amen,
not like He died two thousand
years ago and we confine with
time and all that. No, but with
God there is no time. Praise the
Lord. And also, in the church, we
find that all kinds of gifts God
has put in the church. Not in the
world, but in the church.
Therefore, I can go on to talk
about like last week what we see,
“The righteous shall flourish
like the palm tree, and they will
grow like the cedar of Lebanon
and those that are planted in the
house of the Lord…’, and that’s a
New Testament reference right
there. After Psalms 91 is a New
Testament reference that those
who are righteous are righteous
with the righteousness of God in
Christ. They will grow like
cedars in Lebanon. Then it says
these people are planted in the
house. What is the house of the
Lord today? The church of Jesus
Christ, and the expression of the
church is always in a local
assembly, in a local church. You
know we can talk about the
universal church and all that,
yes of course. Everything, there
are principles that govern the
entire universal church but the
practicality and where God is
focused on, the Lord is focused
on, is the local assemblies. In
every local assembly, each one
has a glory. Let me finish off
that verse, it says, “Those that
are planted in the house of the
Lord,” what will happen to them?
“They will flourish…” where? “…in
the courts of our God,” –
outside. When you are planted in
your local church, in the local
assembly, Amen, in the church,
that’s when you flourish. You
flourish outside there in the
courts of God. Okay, in 2
Corinthians 8, it says, “If
anyone enquires about Titus, he
is my partner and fellow worker
concerning you. Or if our
brethren are enquired about.” So,
notice that, “If anyone enquires
about Titus, he is my partner.”
So, Titus is not just someone in
the body of Christ, he is
actually Paul’s gospel partner,
“And fellow worker concerning
you. Or if our brethren are
enquired about, they are
messengers of the churches, the
glory of Christ.” Notice what the
Bible, the Holy Spirit is saying
that the churches, definitely is
referring to the local churches.
The local churches is the glory
of Christ. What a precious
thought that God wants us to
think of the local church as the
glory of Christ. Therefore, do
you know that the devil wants
always to tarnish the glory of
Christ? You know when the church
is under attack, and there are
local troubles and even strife
and things that we find that we
have to handle in every local
church, you know, they all have
their own challenge and trials,
but the uniqueness of the local
church is this — that when they
overcome in that trial, there is
a light that shines. Now there is
a testimony and there is a wisdom
that comes because you went
through that trial. So regardless
of what the devil is doing, you
might feel like he is attacking
you or attacking your family
because you are in the local
church and all that but always
remember he is going after the
glory of Christ. He doesn’t want
Christ’s glory to be seen. And
what is the local church? The
glory of Christ. Amen. And when
you look at the breastplate of
the high priest, you will find
that there are twelve precious
gems, precious stones. There’s
ruby, there’s diamond, there’s
amethyst, there’s emerald, all
kinds. And I have a teaching on
this. We have shared before that
your name is on the breastplate
of the high priest, and who is
our High Priest today? Our Lord
Jesus Christ. In heaven today, He
bears you where? On His heart,
because the breastplate… Notice
breast, breast is the place of
love. It’s on His heart. Amen.
You’re so close to His heart. And
that’s why revelation comes,
wisdom comes, light and, you
know, enlightenment comes when
you behold His heart for you.
Amen. Because the urim and the
thummim, which are the lights and
perfections that give direction
to the people, the kings of
Israel in times past, they would
seek the high priest to hear from
the urim and thummim, lights and
perfections. It shines from the
breastplate of the high priest.
But if you notice that the twelve
tribes, they are represented by
different precious gems or
stones. Like for example. you
have Judah, then you have
Issachar, then you have Zebulun,
you have different ones and
different rows, and they are all
represented by different
gemstones, different precious
stones. What’s that saying to us?
If you think of it, even though
we can say that we individually
are on the heart of Christ. But
the Lord wants us to think more
that we are there in our local
churches. Why, why do I say that?
Because notice it is not our
name, it’s not the name of a
specific person, but the name of
the tribes that are engraved on
the stones of the breastplate.
So, the names of the twelve
tribes are engraved there, not
individuals in the tribe. That
tells us that God wants us to
think of ourselves in the local
church. Just like there are
twelve tribes of Israel, but they
all make one Israel. There’s
unity with diversity. So, all the
local churches they have a ray of
light, a ray of glory if you
would, the glory of Christ that
is unique with another local
assembly. And none of us are
complete in ourselves to reflect
all the glory of Christ. No, we
are inter-dependent, and each one
has a strength that the other one
doesn’t have, each one has a
beautiful ray of glory of Christ
that the other one doesn’t have.
But together we see the fullness
of His beauty and His glory,
hallelujah! Praise the Lord,
praise God. And that’s where the
Lord has us. The local church is
so close to His heart. And that’s
why He has seven different
messages that He spoke to seven
different churches. And these are
local churches in the book of
Revelation. Or else just one
sermon would suffice if God
thinks all the time about
universal church. But no, God’s
heart is beating, so close to the
local churches. Praise the Lord.
They are so close to His heart.
Hallelujah, and this is something
that I want you to think. Every
time you think of your local
church, praise the Lord, be
rooted in it because the local
church is the glory of Christ.
Hallelujah! And every local
church together, alright, every
local church has a strength, has
a beauty that another does not
have. But together we manifest
the light of the glory of Christ
in all His glories and
perfections. Praise the Lord. Now
church, the devil wants to stop
that. But what a precious thought
it is for us to know that all the
troubles in the local church is
the devil trying to mar the glory
of Christ. Once we realize that,
we put ourselves in a position to
see Christ glorified. We are not
in this for our own name or our
own local assembly or our own
families to be exalted or
glorified. We are all out to
glorify Jesus Christ, Amen? And
if that is our motive, we are in
the flow with the Holy Spirit and
His purposes. Praise God, thank
you Jesus. And you will prosper
in all that you do because you
are in line with what God is
doing in the local church. Now
all the attacks of the enemy is
the same, you know. People ask me
the question, you know,
sometimes, “What do you think,
Pastor Prince? Russia has
attacked Ukraine.” and things
like that, you know. Remember
early this year when I was
sharing the first three Sundays
on the theme of the year, the
year of Rest and Acceleration? In
the second Sunday in January, I
shared about you will hear, this
verse will be more practical for
this year than ever. I said that
it keep on rising up in my
spirit, that’s how I start
sharing it. And in the second
Sunday I shared this, and I said
this from Matthew 24, this verse
keeps on coming up, “And you will
hear of wars and rumours of wars.
See that you are not troubled;
for all these things must come to
past, but the end is not yet.”
And I said that this is verse
keeps on rising in my spirit
early this year when I shared on
the theme of the year. And I said
that, you know, you will see of
wars and you will hear
sabre-rattling, and, but the
point that God wants us to see is
this, Jesus says, “See that you
be not troubled. See that you be
not troubled.” And all these will
happen, but He goes on to say
that, “This is not the end.”
People ask, is this the beginning
of the tribulation? No, it’s the
beginning of birth pangs, but not
the Great Tribulation, it is not,
Amen. In fact, if you go on all
the way, you’ll find Jesus says
that, “For nation will rise
against nation, kingdom against
kingdom. There’ll be famines,
pestilences, plagues and
earthquakes in various places.
All these are the beginning of
sorrows.” Now look at verse 6,
“See that you be not troubled.”
You will hear of wars, rumours of
wars, “See that you be not
troubled; for all these things
must come to past. But the end is
not yet.” Let me say that again,
“The end is not yet.” You know
when the Lord talks about the
end, the disciples are well aware
about the end, they all know it
as the Day of the Lord. Even
Isaiah the prophet prophesies a
lot about the Day of the Lord.
So, when the Lord says, the end,
they knew what the end is. In
fact, they came asking Him the
question. “Now as He sat on the
Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately saying,
‘Tell us when will these things
be, and what would be the sign of
Your coming and of the end of the
age?’” Notice ‘when will these
things be, what will be the sign
of Your coming, and of the end of
the age’. Jesus answered and said
to them, “Take heed that no one
deceives you. For many will come
in My name saying, ‘I am the
Christ.’” Now I want to share
with you something that God put
on my heart. In fact, some of
these truths that I’m sharing
with you is something God
revealed to me, and I’ve shared
on this some years ago. I
remember… I think the title was
about the Four Horsemen. And in
fact, it is our most requested
teaching during that time. But
God has revealed even more, and
today I want to step deeper into
this. And I’m very excited when
God unveiled this to me, and I
want you to receive it, Amen.
Praise the Lord. I love feeding
the church, I love feeding the
flock of God. And every time God
reveals to me something that is
good, I’ll make sure that you
receive it. Praise the Lord,
hallelujah. Now, if you look
carefully at the first sign,
Jesus says, “Take heed that no
one deceives you. For many will
come in My name saying, ‘I am the
Christ’, and will deceive many.”
Let’s put it on a list, okay. The
first sign to look for is false
Christ, and I put down there:
teaching. So first of all, we
know that there will be an
anti-Christ, the anti-Christ.
There will be one anti-Christ.
And yet in John’s time, John says
there are many anti-Christ
already during this time, he says
that. But there will be one
anti-Christ that will come in the
future. And yet there is a form,
you know, it’s like a sign tells
you something is going to happen.
Right? Just like in America, for
example, you drive down the
street and you see all the
decorations in the malls and all
that for Christmas. Then you know
if they are decorating for
Christmas, you know Thanksgiving
will come first. So, whenever you
see the signs are pointing to the
coming of the Lord, and I’m
referring not to the rapture
here, I’m referring to, the
rapture will happen first, I’m
referring to Jesus coming back,
Amen. There will be judgment and
He will set this world right,
okay. I’m talking about that
time. But you know that the
rapture will happen first. Amen,
just like Thanksgiving will
happen before Christmas. So, here
we see the beginning of birth
pains. Jesus said it like this in
Matthew 24, “All these are the
beginning of sorrows, all these
are the beginning of sorrows.” Or
one translation says it, “The
beginning of birth pains,” and
that reflects more of the Greek
word there, the beginning of
birth pains. When a woman, you
know it is time for her to
deliver, she will have birth
pangs. Don’t believe for pains,
okay. Birth pangs, okay. And as
the hour arrives that she is to
deliver, it gets, the birth pangs
get shorter and shorter, the
time. So, we see a lot of things
are happening, back to back, back
to back now. So, we know that
yes, the end is near, and we know
the Lord Jesus will have to come
back for us first. Amen. We are
not going through the
tribulation. So, this Russia
attacking Ukraine and all that is
not a sign that we are already in
the tribulation. But I just don’t
feel at this time that that’s
going to happen. I want to go on
to share with you some things
that the Lord has just shared
with me to feed you with. Praise
the Lord. So, the first thing
Jesus says is false Christ. Now
false Christ, in a way that there
will be a false Christ. But
today, look out for false
teachings. Amen, teachings that
oppose Christ. Anything that
doesn’t point to Christ is false,
okay. Just like the false Christ.
So, I put down here: false
teaching. The second sign that
Jesus says in Matthew 24, is ‘you
will hear of wars, and rumours of
wars’. So, number two is wars.
Now, wars is the big thing,
right. You know there are bombs
being used and carnage and we
don’t want to be in a war, okay.
But a lower form of war can be
our daily life, strife with
someone, quarrels, husbands and
wives, children with their
parents and parents with their
children, and inter-relationships
and all that. So that’s a form of
war. So, I put down here: strife.
The next sign that Jesus said
will happen, and notice it’s all
sequential here, “And there will
be famines, pestilences and
earthquakes in various places.”
So next sign He says is: famine,
which is what? Lack. That’s the
next sign, okay. The next sign is
famine. Famine means lack, in a
milder form it is lack. Today we
see this spirit is working. So,
it is the same evil spirit that
is causing all these. In its
greatest form, it is gonna be
war. In its lower form, okay,
strife. Okay? So, it’s the same
thing, in the ultimate form, it
would be the anti-Christ, in a
daily form it is gonna be false
teaching. So likewise, for
famine. What’s famine? Famine is
a big thing, right? It is a big
event, usually it covers large
territories and large swaths of
land, okay. But in the daily
perspective, it is lack, when you
suffer from lack. So, it is the
work of an evil spirit, I’m gonna
come to that later. Then the next
sign Jesus says is, after famine
is pestilences and earthquakes in
various places. So, we come to
the next one on the list,
pestilences and earthquakes, and
of course with pestilence,
plagues and all that, there’s
disease and death, okay. Disease
and death. And what is
interesting is that a number of
years ago, God opened my eyes to
see the parallel between what
Jesus said in sequence with
Revelations chapter 6. In
Revelations chapter 6, the Bible
says, “Now I saw when the Lamb
opened one of the seals and I
heard one of the four living
creatures saying with a voice
like thunder, ‘Come and see.’ And
I looked and behold, a white
horse…” A what? “A white horse,
and he who sat on it had a bow
and a crown was given to him and
he went out conquering and to
conquer.” Now this rider on the
white horse, he has a crown. A
crown was given to him and he
went forth conquering. Notice he
has a bow, but he has no arrow.
He has a bow, but he has no
arrow. In other words, he has a
form but not the substance, not
the impact that the arrow, which
is a picture of the word of God.
He has a false appearance, he is
a false Christ; he is a false
teacher, he gives false
impressions. And just by sheer
being, he can threaten you as if
he has an arrow, but he only has
a bow. But notice there is
something mentioned here: there
was a crown, and a crown was
given to him. Now very
interesting, when the Latin Bible
came out, the Vulgate, they
translated the crown in Latin,
‘crown’ is the word ‘corona’. It
is also the ancient Greek, not
the Koine Greek. Koine Greek is
stephanos, but in the ancient
Greek, it’s also corona. In
French it’s also coronae,
alright. So, it’s very
interesting, I just thought it’s
gonna be interesting. Am I saying
this is the corona virus? I do
not know, alright. It could very
well be. What if it’s saying that
the corona virus is going to
cause a lot of false teachings to
emerge? We have to be careful,
church, even right now we are
hearing teachings talking about
the end times and all that,
that’s causing people a lot of
fear. If it causes fear, my
friend, it is not God. Faith
comes by hearing and hearing by
the word of Christ. So, if that
word that you hear, you think is
the word of Christ, it should
produce faith, not fear. Now you
ask, “But Pastor Prince, why are
you sharing all these things? And
where is the food here?” I’m
coming to it. Once you understand
and establish all these things,
you will see what is the answer.
Even for you and your family,
Amen, for you and your own
personal needs, there is an
answer in this sharing here
today, because God gave me this
word for you. But first let’s see
the parallel first. And so, the
white horse. So, the very first
thing put on that list, right,
rider on the white horse. See the
parallel now, the next one is,
“When He opened the second seal,
I heard the second living
creature saying, ‘Come and see.’”
Now, notice it is all sequential.
This is the second seal. “Another
horse, fiery red went out, and
there was granted to the one who
sat on it to take peace from the
earth, and that people should
kill one another. And there was
given to him a great sword.” Now
this is the fiery red horse that
brings war. All these horses are
evil spirits. I’m gonna show you
later from the book of Zechariah
that all these are spirits. The
Bible says that they are spirits.
All these horses are spirits,
Amen, they are principalities of
darkness. Wherever they go they
bring all these things that the
Bible says they will bring. If
it’s white horse, it’s false
teaching; if it’s red horse, it
is war. In a daily manner, this
spirit is attacking a local
church or a family. It will be a
sense of strife, causing, you
know, division and causing
misunderstandings, strife. The
next one in Revelation 6, “When
he opened the third seal, I heard
the third living creature say,
‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and
behold, there was a black horse,
and he who sat on it had a pair
of scales in his hand.” Now a
pair of scales is talking about
commerce, so this spirit brings
famine. He brings lack. By the
way, they are horses because when
they bring it, they bring it very
fast, almost like no fear, they
will charge right into battle and
they travel fast, okay? So these
things are going to happen –
famine means a lack. You know if
you are suffering lack and if you
are always suffering lack,
probably you are under attack by
this spirit. And there’s an
answer that God has for you,
praise the Lord. So the next
thing we put onto the list,
exactly what Jesus said in
sequence. After the wars and
strife, he talks about famine,
that is a rider on the black
horse. Then we come to the fourth
one. “When Jesus opened the
fourth seal, I heard the voice of
the fourth living creature say,
‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and
behold, a pale horse.” Now this
word “pale” is a very
interesting word. It’s the word
chloros in Greek. Now chloros
where you get chlorophyll; it’s
not just pale, it’s the color of
death. You know after someone
dies if you know, I know it
sounds morbid and all that, but
if you look at a person after he
died for a few days, you know he
turns green, you know. Even after
a day, he will turn green –
greenish pale, it’s not just
pale, it’s a greenish pale.
Chloros, where you get the word
green, chlorophyll – chloros; a
pale horse. “And the name of him
who sat on it was Death, and
Hades followed with him. And
power was given to them over a
fourth of the earth, to kill with
sword, with hunger, with death
and by the beasts of the earth.”
So the next one is, as put on the
list: rider on the pale green
horse. Now all this sounds
negative and all that, you say
that “Pastor, I don’t want to
camp down here.” Yea, I agree
with you. But you know, when God
reveals to us, it is always for
us to receive wisdom from Him, so
that we know with spiritual
intelligence how to handle these
things in our lives, Amen. Now I
want to remind you, there will be
an anti-Christ that will come.
But on a daily basis how this
evil spirit manifests will be
false teaching and there will be
a major war, as well as other
wars preceding that but before
that, there will be strife –
daily strife; and what the devil
wants to bring into our
relationships, alright? So we got
to be alert and aware of what is
happening. These are not friends,
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Death, plagues, pestilence, are
not good things, okay? We want to
find an answer in God’s Word for
all these. Now let’s look at
something every interesting. In
the same Book of Revelation, we
find that the bible says in
Revelation chapter 4, “Before the
throne there was a sea of glass,
like crystal. In the midst of the
throne, and around the throne,
were four living creatures full
of eyes in front and in back. The
first living creature was like a
lion,” – say ‘lion’. “The second
living creature like a calf,” say
a “calf”. “The third living
creature had a face like a man,”
say “a man”. “…and the fourth
living creature was like a flying
eagle.” Flying eagle. So you have
the face of a man, a lion, a calf
and a flying eagle. Friend, this
is very interesting because we
know these are the four faces of
Jesus. I have a number of
teachings on the four faces of
Jesus but it is important that we
understand this because this is
actually the answer to these four
principalities of darkness. This
is the answer that the Lord gives
us. Now, how the Lord reveals it
to me is going to be very
interesting and I shared some of
it when I shared it on the four
horsemen many years ago. But He
has revealed so much more and I
want to share them with you. So
the four faces of Jesus: the face
of a man, the face of a lion, the
face of an ox and the face of an
eagle. The four faces correspond
with the four gospels about the
life, death and resurrection of
our Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy
Spirit deems fit to portray the
Lord’s life and His death and His
resurrection in four books and
only four – Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John. The gospel of Matthew
is known as the book of the King.
It reveals Jesus as the King, the
King of Israel, the King of the
kingdom, hallelujah, that Jesus
prophesied about and talked
about, and taught on in the
Gospel of Matthew. In the gospel
of Matthew, you find this
expression more than any other
gospel: the kingdom of heaven.
The kingdom of heaven and that is
what Jesus brought, right, the
kingdom of heaven. If only Israel
accepted Him as the Messiah, it
was at hand. He said the kingdom
of heaven was at hand but they
refused and as a result the
kingdom is now suspended,
alright? So we are now in a
spiritual kingdom but back then,
it was a literal kingdom that He
offered them and they rejected
Him. But nonetheless that will
happen when He comes back again.
He will establish a literal
physical kingdom, alright, that
He will reign in it. Praise the
Lord, and it will be from
Jerusalem. So the gospel of
Matthew portrays Jesus as the
King. And the king of the beast
is the lion. The next one is
Mark, the gospel of Mark. By the
way in the gospel of Matthew, it
talks about His pedigree, His
genealogy because as a king, you
need to know the genealogy of the
king, okay, whether He qualifies.
Only two gospels talk about His
genealogy – Matthew and Luke, and
both talks about His genealogy
but not Mark. Mark doesn’t talk
about His genealogy. It starts
off straight away like this in
chapter one. Take your pen and
underline everything you see
there in chapter one that use
words like straightaway,
immediately, forthwith, suddenly,
immediately, straightaway. And
this appears very frequent in
just chapter one of Mark. Now,
Mark doesn’t open up like
Matthew, it talks about the
genealogy of Jesus Christ because
as king you need to know His
genealogy. But Jesus in the
gospel of Mark is portrayed like
the ox, strong to labour. And in
the gospel of Mark, the main
characteristic we see there of
our Lord Jesus is that He is
always working, He is always
serving, He is always going about
doing good, healing all that were
oppressed of the devil. Always
serving, tirelessly serving,
Amen? Strong to labour, like the
bible says: the ox is strong to
labour. So that is the picture of
the gospel of Mark. Why is there
no genealogy in Mark? Because you
don’t ask a servant, there He is
portrayed as a servant, strong to
labour, Amen. And you don’t ask a
servant for his pedigree. So in
the gospel of Luke, you find the
genealogy again because in the
gospel of Luke you find this
phrase more than any other
gospel, the Son of Man because
there He is portrayed as Man,
Amen, as Man. Then you have the
gospel of John. In John, there’s
no genealogy mentioned. Why?
Because there Jesus is portrayed
as God. In the beginning, John
chapter one verse one, “In the
beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word
was God.” And later on, it says
“the Word became flesh”. So
straightaway, there is no
pedigree, because as God, He has
no beginning nor end. He is the
beginning and He is the end.
Praise the Lord! But as Man,
there is a beginning, and He
came. The eternal God came and
took on human flesh and became a
man. Fully man, don’t
misunderstand. He is fully man
but He is also fully God. Amen.
And forever more, He is the
God-man who now sits at the
Father’s right hand. Praise the
Lord. So you have the four
gospels here and there are four
different colours as well in all
these gospels. But here we want
to see the animals that are
portrayed here, except for the
gospel of Luke, you have the face
of the Man but Matthew, the king
of the beasts is the lion because
there He is portrayed as the
King. And Mark, strong to labour
is portrayed by the strong ox.
Then of course, like I said just
now, Luke is the man, the face of
the man and the divine Son of God
that came from heaven and took on
human flesh – the Word became
flesh. It is the picture of the
eagle, Amen, because the eagle
flies higher than any other bird.
It is the king of all the birds,
Amen, and it is a heavenly bird.
It is a heavenly creature, Amen.
It is a picture of the gospel of
John, Jesus there is portrayed
the eagle. And each of these
faces is the answer for you
concerning all these spirits.
Amen. So what we can see and what
we can learn from here, Amen. But
before that, let’s go to Ezekiel
chapter one. Ezekiel chapter one
says, and again, Ezekiel lived
before Jesus, right? It is about
at that time, about 600 years
before Christ came and he
prophesied, he’s one of those in
the Babylonian captivity and all
that, he was at the River Kebar
and he prophesied all these
prophecies in the Book of
Ezekiel. But look here, Ezekiel
1:10, “As for the likeness of
their faces, each had a face of a
man.” Now, Ezekiel had a vision
of heaven, the glory of God and
he noticed that the cherubim, the
creatures around the throne of
God, by the way all these
creatures they have the four
faces of Jesus, Amen, because
they reflect their God, they
reflect their Master; they
reflect their Lord, and they have
the four faces of Jesus. Again
notice, the face of a man, each
of the four had the face of the
lion on the right side. Notice
the direction – on the right
side? Notice each of the four had
the face of an ox on the left
side, and each of the four had
the face of an eagle and that’s
why we portray like this, right?
Jesus has the face of a man, the
lion on the right side, the ox on
the left and the eagle at the
back. Why is this important?
Because what is interesting is
this, friend: when Israel camped
in the wilderness, you know
around the tabernacle, oh
hallelujah, the tabernacle, my
friend, is something that God
actually kept its secrets even
for this generation, for people
that will live now in the New
Covenant. The types there, the
shadows speak to us in a way like
nothing can. Every part of it
talks about Jesus and His glory.
And that is why there is verse
there that says, “And in His
temple…” in Psalms 29, and “…in
His temple everything cries,
‘Glory!’”. Everything says glory,
every part of the furniture,
every colour, every fabric, every
metal; everything about the
tabernacle cries glory,
hallelujah. Just like the local
church, every local church is the
glory of Christ, praise God. When
David said this, at that time the
temple was not yet built. It was
definitely not referring to the
temple, it was referring to the
tabernacle of Moses at that time,
as well as his tabernacle – the
tabernacle of David. Every part
utters glory. Praise God. But in
Numbers 2:2, it says this,
“Everyone of the children of
Israel shall camp by his own
standard, beside the emblems of
his father’s house; they shall
camp some distance from the
tabernacle of meeting.” So all
the children of Israel will camp
around the tabernacle. They will
camp around the tabernacle, okay,
and they will camp according to
the sign, the emblem of their
father’s house. Notice that? And
the word “by his own standard” is
actually a flag, it’s like a
flag, a banner. Back then they
will carry banners, alright, even
to war. They will carry a banner.
And each tribe has their own
banner, so all the twelve tribes
each one has their own banner but
they will camp in such a way
around the tabernacle, three on
each side – north, south, east,
west, alright. All the twelve
tribes are divided into groups of
threes, okay, and each one will
have the emblem of their father’s
house. For the tribe of Judah, it
is the flag or the emblem of
their father’s house is the lion.
And for Reuben, when Reuben was
born, even his name Reuben means:
see, a son! Amen. When Reuben was
born, it was like the face of a
man. Okay, so the flag of Reuben
is the face of the man. Let me
show you the Tabernacle first.
Notice the east side, the east
side is the longest because it
has the most people, the tribe of
Judah had the most population,
alright? And Judah, Issachar and
Zebulun are camped on the east of
the Tabernacle. And then you have
Simeon, Reuben and Gad. They are
camped on the south side. Then
you have Manasseh, Ephraim and
Benjamin; they are camped on the
west side. Then on the north
side, you have Dan, Asher and
Napthali. Now, each one of them
has a flag but each side has a
leader and for Judah, their flag
is the lion – the face of the
lion. And on the south side,
Reuben, it is the face of a man.
And on the west side, Ephraim is
the leader there, their flag is
an ox. And then Dan. Dan was
supposed to have a snake on their
emblem because it was prophesied
by his father, Jacob, right, but
the leader felt that he cannot,
and it’s all God, it’s all God,
God arranged such a way, that he
cannot be putting a snake on his
emblem, on his flag. So instead
he put the eagle. The snake
destroyer, Amen, on the emblem,
on the flag pole. Let’s look at
the flags up close. So you have
north, who is at the north? You
have Dan, his flag is the eagle.
Then on the south you have
Reuben, right, and his flag is
the face of a man. Then on the
east, you have Judah, his flag is
the face of a lion and on the
west, you have the face of a
calf, okay and it is the tribe of
Ephraim. So here you have the
four faces of Jesus around the
tabernacle. This is tabernacle
back then and they are all camped
around the tabernacle and when
they camped like this, if you
look at the top view down, you
will see a cross, okay, you will
see a cross, that is how they are
camped, okay. (Video clip plays)
We are approaching from the east,
all the way down to the
tabernacle. That is how they are
all camped and they are all
camped facing the tabernacle.
Hahaha.. Notice they are all
facing inwards, they are facing
the tabernacle, they are all
facing the tabernacle. (Video
clip ends) They are not facing
out. Who will take care of your
back? The Lord. In fact, there is
a verse that says “the glory of
the Lord will be your rear
guard”, hallelujah! In fact, in
the natural, you will think it is
not wise to camp like that,
alright, for safety reasons and
make sure that no enemy, no other
nation will come and attack you
and all that. You have to face
outwards in all directions,
right? But no, God told them to
face the tabernacle. God says, “I
will take care of you as you
focus on Me, as you put your
attention on Me, as you look unto
Jesus.” Look away from everything
else and look unto Jesus, the
author and the finisher of faith.
Look unto Jesus, what is going to
happen? The bible says He will
take care of all your enemies.
When the enemy comes in like a
flood, the Spirit of the Lord
will lift up a standard against
him. Praise God. Put your eyes on
Jesus, don’t worry about the
enemies around you, behind you.
Even if they attack you, they
won’t catch you by surprise. As
you look to the Lord, the Lord
looks at your direction, the Lord
takes care of whatever comes
against you. Praise the Lord. But
if you look around you and you
start getting distracted, and you
start getting discouraged because
of what you see around you, and
you start talking in terms of the
natural because of all around you
is always in the natural, okay,
you miss out on the supernatural
on what God can do for you
supernaturally, Amen. In one fell
swoop, He can turn your darkness
to light. He can cause a chronic
disease to be instantaneously
removed from your body. Amen. We
have seen that happen, church.
But even if it continues for some
time, like I said last week, God
is preparing a testimony for His
glory because there are people
who need to hear that. And there
are situations like that as well,
praise the Lord. So friend, as
you look at the tabernacle,
remember this, it is all a
picture of the local assembly,
the local church of Jesus Christ.
We all encamp – our priority is
the local church, the priority is
focusing on Jesus, Amen, in the
local church. As we prioritise
this, God will prioritise all our
needs and all the things that
would beset us, be it strife, you
know, in our relationships we are
having problems with strife, or
in our relationships with someone
or our loved ones even, Amen, God
will take care of that situation
as you keep your eyes on Jesus.
It is amazing how many times, I
can’t begin to tell you, when I
focus on Jesus, when I choose to
see Him in the Word, the times
when God will fight my battles
and before I know it, when I look
at the situation again, it has
changed. It is no longer the same
kind of, or I will go back to
another situation after spending
time looking at Jesus and all of
a sudden, I know just what to do
to turn that thing around, Amen.
I just know what to do, the
posture to take, praise the Lord.
And that always happens when you
focus on Jesus, Amen. You become
like Him because the Spirit of
God transforms us from glory to
glory as we behold the image of
the Lord. The Spirit of God
transforms us as we behold Jesus.
Praise God. Amen. Okay, let’s go
on. So now the attacks that come
in, look at Zechariah chapter
six. I mentioned just now that
these spirits, these horses are
evil spirits, okay,
principalities. Notice
Zechariah’s vision now, talking a
lot about visions today, but the
visions must all come from the
holy scriptures, not someone’s
vision, okay, today? “Then I
looked up again and saw four
chariots coming from between two
bronze mountains.” The first
chariot was pulled by red horses.
Say “red horses”. The second by
black horses, black horses. The
third by white horse, and the
fourth by powerful dappled grey,
or pale horses. Again, it is like
a spotted kind of grey, a deathly
colour, greenish pale horses.
“And what are these, my lord?”
Notice, what are these, my lord?
The question is asked, right? I
asked the angel who was talking
with me, “…the angel replied
these are the four…”, what?
“…spirits of heaven who stand
before the Lord of all the earth.
They are going out to do His
work.” The chariot with black
horses, now listen carefully.
Whenever the bible says that even
Satan stands before the Lord, let
me tell you this, okay. People
think that God commissioned them,
God directs them. No, God is
sovereign, and this is showing
the sovereignty of God. In other
words, the time has come,
probably there is an open door,
probably there is something that,
like for example, Jesus told
Peter, “Satan has desired to sift
you like wheat but I have prayed
for you”. In other words, He
didn’t say, “I won’t stop the
sifting.” Okay, but you know
what? “I will pray for you, I
will pray for you. And when you
are converted, when you are
strengthened, when you are
restored, strengthen your
brothers as well”. So, He
prophesied his victory even
before he went into a trial. Now
Jesus didn’t promise he won’t go
into a trial. So friend, in our
Christian life, there are
situations, don’t ask why, okay?
It could be an open door, it
could be because you know, of
something we have done in the
past, or whatever, I do not know,
Amen, it has consequences, my
friend. Don’t meddle with sin,
sin has consequences and the
Bible says sin brings forth
death, and that is why it is
important for you to make sure
that when there is sin, you
appropriate what Christ did at
the cross, okay? And thank God
for grace. Praise God,
hallelujah, that where sins
increase, grace superabounds. If
you know how to be conscious of
that grace and how to receive it,
it is only when you receive the
abundance of grace that you will
reign in life, praise the Lord.
So friend, these are spirits. In
the Hebrew, it says that God
directs something, it is actually
God permits. God permits it. Even
when it says the Lord hardened
Pharaoh’s heart, in other places,
you find that Pharaoh hardened
his heart, Pharaoh kept on
hardening his heart, then it says
the Lord hardened His heart. What
does that mean? That means God
says if this how you want to play
it, okay, I will use your
hardened heart. That’s when it
says the Lord hardened his heart,
okay. So it is showing God as a
sovereign God allowing it to
happen because there is some
judicial things that we don’t
understand of, that the evil
spirit seems to have a right but
that doesn’t mean that we have no
advocate at the Father’s right
hand today. Praise God. Back in
the Old Testament they didn’t
have. Remember Job wished that he
had an advocate, abasement a
go-between him and the Lord.
Well, today we have Him, Amen. We
have the Advocate at the Father’s
right hand. Okay, so here the
Lord allows these spirits. Notice
the direction, the chariot with
black horses is going north. The
chariot with white horses is
going west. And the chariot with
the dappled grey horses is going
south. So the famine and the lack
horses are going north; the white
horse – the false Christ and
false teachings are going west.
And the dappled grey – the death
and disease horses, is going
south. There is one more horse
that is not mentioned here. So
obviously we have north, west and
south. So what is missing? We
have east. The horse that goes
east – the red horse that brings
war. And I believe that this
horse is behind what is happening
right now in Ukraine, okay. We
got to pray, friend, continue
praying for Ukraine; continue
praying that God’s will be done.
Your prayers can make a
difference, Amen. Keep on
praying. Now let’s look at all
these pictures here, All these
horsemen are coming against the
people of God. Of course, the
devil’s priority is always to rob
God’s people of their inheritance
in Christ. Just like during the
time of Gideon, the bible says
the enemies came, the Midianites,
and they robbed their food. The
devil is always, you notice in
the Book of Judges, in the Old
Testament, the enemies, the
Philistines and all that, they
always come and take God’s
people’s food. It is the food of
God’s people that the devil is
after. Okay friend, don’t deprive
yourself of food, don’t do the
work of the enemy, Amen. Expose
yourself, keep on feeding upon
God’s Word. Keep on, you know
having access to the food that
will strengthen you, that can
bring miracles in your life. Like
the bible says, “He therefore
that ministereth to you the
Spirit and worketh miracles among
you, does He do it by the works
of the law?” No, but “by the
hearing of faith”. Don’t, don’t
cut yourself off from the hearing
of faith. Amen. Tune in, every
week. Praise the Lord, keep on
hearing messages that’s based on
the Word of Christ, that is
Christ-centred, praise God, and
receive even God’s working of
miracles in your life.
Hallelujah, praise the Lord.
Amen. Notice the directions,
here, alright? The false Christ
comes towards the west. The white
horse, it goes towards the west.
Then you have the, can you see
the disease-horse? It’s coming
against the south, the direction
of the south. Then you have the,
the red horse, going towards the
east, and you have the black
horse going towards the north.
So, these directions are put
there to teach us something, to
tell us how to counter each and
every one of them. Oh, the wisdom
of God! The people of Israel are
camped in such a way that each of
them actually has an emblem, a
flag, a banner that they will
raise high. In warfare, they will
raise their emblem up. They will
raise and then they will charge.
Okay? So, notice, as the enemies
attack, this is what you need to
do and I need to do, as we are
being attacked by either one of
these enemies or even a few of
them, okay? As they attack us,
what do you do? Lift up the
standard. Lift up the flag. Lift
up Jesus. All the four faces
speak of Jesus in His different
attributes. Praise the Lord.
Hallelujah! You know, like the
seven churches, to one church, He
says, “The one that has the key
of David, who opens and no man
shuts and shuts and no man opens.
Don’t be discouraged. I know you
have a little strength but
listen, I can open and no one can
shut. I’ll do that for you and I
can close and no one can open.”
Another church, He says, “The one
that has the discerning eyes,”
Amen, praise the Lord. Another
one, He says that “He who holds
the stars in His hand,” and the
stars are the ministers, the
pastors who are given the
responsibility of the local
church, many of them are
discouraged, many of them are
feeling dejected and He lifts
them with His right hand of His
righteousness. Praise the Lord.
He’s encouraging them. So,
different churches see different
parts of Jesus and that’s the
revelation that they need in that
local church. And that’s why He
appears in that way to that local
church. Okay? So, again, the four
faces of Jesus. We need to
understand this, as to how they
counter, we just lift Jesus and
notice, friend, we’re not facing
outside. The tabernacle is in the
centre of their habitation,
right? They’re all faced inwards
like I said just now. They’re not
faced outside. But as they face
towards the tabernacle, the enemy
comes from different directions.
That means the enemy comes from
the back, but notice, all they
got to do is, what? Lift up
Jesus. Let God arise! Hallelujah!
And let all His enemies be
scattered, in the name of Jesus.
Right now, as you lift Jesus,
praise the Lord, Hallelujah, even
your heart right now is exalting
Jesus Christ, is it not? Praise
the Lord. Oh, I feel like
stopping right here and going
into a time of praise, Amen,
lifting Jesus, singing songs of
praise to Him and He will take
care of all our enemies. Let God
arise and let all His enemies be
scattered. Praise the Lord,
Hallelujah. May that be true in
your life. Amen. So, lift up
Jesus, not to worry about this
enemy, that enemy. Just lift up
Jesus and they’ll all be
scattered. Praise the Lord. As
you look towards Jesus, and
whatever aspect of Jesus that you
see, lift it up in praise. Amen.
Call it forth. Share with someone
else. Talk about Jesus. Just like
the Song of Songs, that lady,
notice that when the Beloved
speaks to the bride, He’s very
direct. He calls out her beauties
directly. But when the bride
speaks of the Beloved, her
Beloved, that’s our Lord Jesus,
notice she talks about His
beauty, His characteristics to
someone and then He appears.
Praise the Lord. God has designed
us in such a way, as we talk
about Jesus more and more, as we
share about Jesus with someone,
He comes on the scene. We can
sense His manifest presence.
Amen. We feel loved. Amen. I know
He loves us all the time but it’s
so wonderful sometimes to feel
His love when you talk about Him.
The more you talk about Him, the
more you sense His presence with
you. Praise the Lord. And so, our
growth is growth in the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not
just one aspect and we stay on
that aspect for years, but to
grow in all that He is. Amen.
There are so many, you know,
official glories of Jesus that we
can study, all the different
titles in the scriptures that we
can study, Amen, all the
different attributes. There is
the official glories of Jesus
that we can study on, there is
the moral glory of Jesus where
He’s, there is moral excellence
and you can see this in all the
gospels, even every movement,
every word, every thought. Amen.
And all His glories is for you to
enjoy. Praise the Lord. Amen. So
that’s growth, when you grow in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Now, for that revelation
that God recently shared with me
from this passage here, not just
lifting up Jesus, outwardly, we,
you know, like in praise and
worship, as well as our testimony
with one another, but also, if
you look at the directions within
the tabernacle, you will see
this. Alright? Notice, the four
directions and all the four
horsemen that brings deaths,
false doctrines, famines, wars,
they’re all around, attacking the
tabernacle. Don’t forget, the
devil wants to attack the glory
of Christ. Isn’t it great to know
that we are just, you know, we
think that the devil focus on us
and give us trouble because he’s
focused on us alone, you know?
Friend, he’s more, he’s going
after more than that. He’s after
the glory of Christ. Okay? No,
you just hold on to the glory of
Christ, Amen, be conscious of it,
Amen, talk to the Father about
the glory of Christ, the Father
loves to hear about His Son. Now,
think about it. You know, when
God talks about the creation of
the world, this earth that we
live in and everything in it, it
only take God one chapter,
Genesis chapter one. Only one
chapter will suffice to talk
about this earth that we live in
and all the creation in it. But
when God talks about the
tabernacle, God took, like, 15
chapters in the book of Exodus,
15 chapters to talk about His
Son. It’s all about His Son,
Amen! And then we have exactly 98
verses from Exodus 25 to Exodus
27, 98 verses exactly, and then
God repeats it again in Exodus 37
to 39, another 98 verses, exactly
98. Why is God repeating so much
about the tabernacle? Isn’t it
redundant to repeat the same
things again? You see, with the
Father, the Father never tires of
speaking about His Son. He loves
His Son, and you know, with the
Father, He never tires of
speaking of His Son. He wants to
talk about His Son. In fact, when
Moses spent his 40 days up there,
in the mountain, he was listening
to God. You might think that he
just went up there to receive the
second set of tablets, you know,
which he destroyed the first one,
right? He broke it at the foot of
Mount Sinai. But, 40 days he was
up there, what was he doing up
there for 40 days? God was
talking about the tabernacle.
Only at the end, towards the last
day, God says, “Here are the two
tablets of stone.” So, friend,
it’s all about Jesus. Our
priority, it seems like, today,
it’s all about creation, what we
can learn from creation. Even
health, we trust in creation. But
God is saying, God is
prioritising His Son. It’s all
found in His Son. Amen? And God
takes time to repeat and to say
again and again about His Son.
May we also do the same. The
Father loves to hear us talk
about His Son. Amen? Like Joseph,
a picture of our heavenly Joseph,
our Lord Jesus, after he
reconciles with his brothers,
remember that? Like Jesus
reconciles with Israel, then He
says what? “Go, tell my father of
all my glory that you have seen.”
“Go, tell my father…” what? “…all
my glory that you have seen.”
That’s worship, my friend, going
to the Father in heaven and
telling Him about all the glory
that we see of Jesus. So, the
more you see, the more your
worship can be expanded. Praise
the Lord, for this is worshipping
the Father in Spirit and in
truth. Amen! You know, the Father
loves to hear about His Son.
Let’s talk, more and more, about
Jesus. Let’s talk about Jesus,
more and more, to our children,
Amen, to our spouse. Let’s not be
ashamed to mention the name of
Jesus, Amen, Amen? The world is
using His name in vain. Let’s use
His name in glory. Amen. Let’s
use His name in honour, praise
the Lord, exalting Jesus, lifting
up the banner. Amen. Every time
you lift the banner, your enemies
scatter. Hallelujah. Hm, I just
preached myself happy. Okay, let
me close with this. There’s also
a meaning, right here. Now,
you’re looking top-down at the
uncovered tabernacle. So, you see
the uncovered tabernacle on the
left, okay, on the right, what
seems like a cross is just the
ramp that goes up the bronze
altar and that’s where the false
doctrine is coming. So, in other
words, why did God tell Moses to
put the bronze altar there and
what is the bronze altar, my
friend? The four corners speak of
the four corners of Jesus Christ
and that’s where the burnt
offering is placed, that’s where
the sin offering is placed. It’s
a picture of the cross of Jesus
Christ. Amen. So, what counters
false doctrine in our life? The
message of the cross. Paul says,
“I determine not to know anything
among you except Jesus Christ and
Him crucified.” And after that is
the laver. Can you see the laver
there? Okay, laver is the
washing; the priest goes there to
wash their hands. Amen. In
Ephesians, it says we are washed
with the washing of water of the
Word. The bride of Christ, we are
washed with the washing of water
of the Word that He may present
us to Himself a glorious bride
without spot and wrinkle or
anything such thing. Hallelujah.
Praise God. So there is washing
of water and “water” there, the
word there is based on the cross;
it’s the word of the cross that
counters false doctrines. You
know, false doctrines always have
this, they may sound so smart, so
intelligent and we’re trying to
draw wisdom from this
psychological pool and reservoir
or from this, you know, natural
human wisdom and it doesn’t
satisfy. You know why? You’re not
created for the natural. You’re
created for heavenly wisdom,
praise God. So, false doctrine is
anything that puts Jesus aside
and His finished work and talk
about how you can have those
things without the cross. Okay?
That’s false teaching. Amen.
False Christ is actually someone
who takes the place of Christ,
telling you that he has the
answer. That’s the false Christ.
Anti can also mean “in-place-of”,
a substitute, Amen. It’s not just
against; it is also against but
the word anti is also
“in-place-of”, okay, take the
place of Christ. Don’t let anyone
take the place of Christ. Then,
for the famine, below, notice
that the tabernacle, facing
south, what is placed at the
south of the tabernacle? The
menorah, the lampstand, it’s
placed at the south. Famine is
also lack, so God is saying the
lampstand is the picture of the
Church of Jesus Christ. That’s
where the Holy Spirit in His
seven-fold manifestation, He
dwells. The candlestick, the
candelabra or the lampstand in
the tabernacle is the picture of
the Holy Spirit, alright. Jesus,
yes, but also, mainly the Holy
Spirit in the Church because in
the book of Revelation, the Bible
says John turned to see the voice
that spoke with him and being
turned, he saw seven golden
lampstand which are the seven
churches, the seven local
assemblies at that time. Okay?
So, the menorah is a picture of
the local church. What counters
the lack in our lives? The
church, the local church. The
more you’re involved in the local
church, the more you support the
local church, Amen, you’ll have
no lack. That’s what God is
saying. The answer to the attack
of this spirit, the attack of
lack in our life is to be
involved in the local church,
even support the local church
financially. Not just, not just
being there but support, support
by tithing, Amen. You all know
that it’s God’s principle. The
world will try to say, “Well,
they’re trying to take advantage
of people and all that,” they do
not know God’s ways. And where
does this expression of local
church tithing come from? From
the Word of God. Amen! Be
involved in the local church and
it will counter lack. Now we look
at the north and what is the
spirit that attack from the
north? Death. Okay? And for
death, what is the answer there?
The table of showbread. God said
to Moses to place the table of
showbread to the north of the
tabernacle. And there’s a purpose
for the placement. So, the table
of the showbread counters death.
Death is also what? The
pestilence, plagues, disease and
the table of showbread is a
picture of, today, that was the
type, the antetype today is the
Lord’s Supper. Hallelujah. You
know when you partake of the
Lord’s Supper, especially on the
Lord’s Day, now you can partake
every day, being conscious of the
Lord, proclaiming His death, but
especially the Lord’s Day which
is Sunday, you need to partake of
the Lord’s Supper. I’ll show you
a pattern here. Look at the
apostle John, the apostle John in
the book of Revelation, chapter
one, he says, “I was in the
Spirit on the Lord’s Day.” That’s
a Sunday, by the way. “And I
heard behind me a loud voice, as
of a trumpet. Then I turned to
see the voice that spoke with me
and having turned, I saw seven
golden lampstands and in the
midst of the seven lampstands,
one like the Son of Man.” So,
watch this now, let’s say I’m
facing right now, I’m facing
north, okay. John is facing
north, and when he heard a voice
behind him, and he turned around
to see the voice that spoke with
him, he saw the lampstand, which
are the seven lampstands, which
are the seven local churches
during the time. Right? So, if
John had to turn around to see
the voice that spoke with him,
and in the middle of the
lampstand was actually Jesus, he
saw Jesus in the middle. He’s
always in the middle, my friend,
He’s always in the midst of the
Church, He’s always in our midst.
When He was a 12-year-old boy,
right, He was in the Temple,
listening to the teachers at the
time, where was He? He was in
their midst. Amen. He says,
“Where two or three are gathered
together in My name, there I am.”
I AM, in the midst. Praise the
Lord. Jesus, when He was
crucified, He was crucified in
the midst of the two thieves.
When He rose from the dead, the
Bible says Jesus appeared in the
Upper Room, in their midst. When
John saw Jesus in the book of
Revelation, right here, he turned
around, he saw Jesus in the
midst. Hallelujah. So, where was
John facing before he turned? He
was facing north and he was in
the Spirit on the Lord’s Day.
What do you think he was doing? I
believe he was partaking of the
Lord’s supper. The book of Acts
says upon the first day of the
week, the disciples, the
apostles, they came together to
break bread. Notice the motive,
the foremost reason for coming
together on the first day of the
week, which is a Sunday, is to
break bread. It was their
priority in those days. So, John,
on the Isle of Patmos, right, I’m
sure he found some bread, okay,
and he was, he was illustrating,
he was facing north. For him to
turn around, in other words, for
him to be in the Spirit on the
Lord’s Day, he was in the true
Tabernacle, Amen, and he was
partaking of the Lord’s supper
and then he heard a voice behind
him. And if you’re facing north
and the table of showbread is
here, behind is the lampstand.
Hallelujah! So, again, the table
of showbread will counter the
death, Amen, it will counter the
disease and the plague. Praise
the name of Jesus. So, notice
that God says place the table of
showbread facing where? The
north. Amen. And from the north
of Israel will come all the
enemies of Israel. Down through
Old Testament and even in the
future, from the north comes evil
and trouble, the Bible says,
right, for Israel. So, notice,
the counter is the table of
showbread. “What can a table do,
Pastor Prince? What can a table
do?” My friend, the table is
powerful. Amen. It’s God’s
ordained way, it’s beyond the
natural, it will cause enemies to
be confused, Amen. It will cause
the plague to recede before you.
It will cause diseases that’s
already in your body to melt away
and health to spring forth
speedily. Praise the Lord. Thank
You Jesus, Amen, Hallelujah. And
then we have the last one, we
have wars. What counter the wars?
The altar of incense. The altar
of incense is a picture of
prayer. The Lord Jesus is
praying. Number one, He is
praying. And then we are praying
together with Him. Actually, in a
sense, we are entering into His
prayer. One of the best ways is
to express this is praying in
tongues because when you pray in
tongues, you’re actually praying
according to God’s will.
Hallelujah. And as you pray,
strife will melt away. As you
pray, the enemy will depart. The
enemy tries to bring strife and
discord, he will be confused as
you pray, he cannot stand the
atmosphere of prayer. Friend, the
less you pray, the more you try
to do, the more you try to save,
try to work your relationship, it
can only suffer because of human
effort. But the more you pray,
trust God, just pray. The enemy
says nothing is happening;
remember this, as you pray, the
prayers of a righteous man avails
much. Amen. “The answer is on its
way, Daniel.” Amen. Even you got
to wait for 30 days, wait for it.
You got to wait for 50 days, wait
for it. The answer came the very
first day you prayed but there’s
spiritual warfare going on. But
the enemy is afraid of prayer,
when God’s people are praying. He
doesn’t care if you’re boasting
about your strength and all that,
but he fears you when you are on
your knees praying. Amen. Praise
the Lord. Have you been blessed
by this? Amen. I trust, my
friend, I’ve said a lot in this
time. In fact, this whole sermon
can take a series to break down,
Amen, but I trust that you have
received what God wants you to
receive. In fact, in the midst of
the words I have spoken, you have
received a personal rhema word
for your own situation. Receive
it, my friend, and prosper by it,
praise the Lord, or be healed by
it, or have that breakthrough by
it. In Jesus’ name, Amen. If
you’ve never made Jesus your
personal Saviour and Lord, I want
to pray with you, my friend. I
want to pray for you right now,
that salvation in all its
fullness will come into your
life. Christ died for our sins.
If you confess with your mouth,
Jesus Christ is your Lord,
believe in your heart God raised
Him from the dead, you will be
saved. Amen. If that is you, pray
this prayer with me right now,
say, “Heavenly Father, I believe
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, I
believe He died and rose again
and I believe Jesus is my Lord
and my Saviour from this day
forth. Thank You, Father, all my
sins are forgiven. I thank You,
Father God, I stand before You
right now, with the righteousness
of God in Christ Jesus. You are
my Father and I am Your son and
I’m greatly blessed. Thank You,
Father, in Jesus’ name. Amen.” If
you prayed that prayer, my
friend, from your heart, you’re
now a child of God. Amen. Old
things are passed away, all
things have become new. Stand to
your feet, praise the name of
Jesus. This coming week, the Lord
bless you and your families and
the Lord cause all His face to
protect you throughout this week.
The Lord cause your enemies to
flee before you. They come
against you one way, they flee
before you seven ways. The Lord
lift up His countenance on you
and grant to you and your loved
ones His shalom peace and His
supernatural favour. You are kept
in the Lord. Friend, continue to
look to Jesus, Amen, every single
day of your life and let nothing
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