This is most definitely a NOW and must read word from Nate Johnston of Australia.
Yes, the attacks have been intense...but HIS reward of recompense is far greater.
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In one of my favorite movies there is a final battle scene where enemies are camped outside the door of a fortress trying to get in with a battering ram... "Thud, thud, thud!" Then the camera pans over to the heroes on the other side of the door and they look at each other and nod, knowing what they have to do—not to run or retreat further inside, but to face the enemy and FIGHT!
As the Church, we have been in a season of fighting for an extended time. Jesus has already won the war at Calvary, but this has been a fight of territory and dominion; the claiming back of stolen inheritance and the rising of the Bride into her governmental authority. With that in mind, I want to share the shift we are heading into as the family of God and how that applies to you.
Greater Access and Authority
Just like the door in the movie, doors in the Bible among others, have a significant role in stating the authority of access for the Believer. Just look at these two Scriptures:
Psalm 24:7, "So wake up, you living gateways! Life up your heads, you ageless doors of destiny! Welcome the King of Glory, for He is about to come through you." We are ageless doors of destiny that usher in the King of Glory.
Isaiah 22:22, "The key of the house of David I will lay on His shoulder; so He shall open, and no one shall shut; and He shall shut, and no one shall open." We have the authority to shut and open doors of access to Heaven.
The reason why God has been in heart surgery mode so intensely on the Body of Christ for this last epoch season is because He knows that if you and I don't get free, we won't know our identity. If we don't know our identity, we will never discover our inheritance and begin to usher in the King of Glory and step into our shoes of authority and access. The earth has been groaning in anticipation for YOU to finally have your prison break moment; so you not only get your breakthrough, but you become God's agent of breakthrough in the earth.
Dream of Transporting Doors
Recently, I had a dream where I was in an airport full of hundreds of doors that were transporting people from one place to another. I noticed that each door was given a different name and had different functions and purposes. There were three doors next to each other that were highlighted to me. The first door that was highlighted to me was called "The war is over!" (Photo via Pixabay)
A few nights ago, I woke up to my daughter who was restless and not sleeping. After an hour of trying to settle her, she seemed to get more agitated and upset when suddenly, she just fell asleep. As she did, I looked at the time and it was 1:44 am. I felt to read Isaiah 14 and these Scriptures jumped out at me:
Isaiah 14:3-7, "It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve, that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, 'How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!' Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song."
There, in the dark, the Holy Spirit began speaking to me again about this season of the closing door and the season of war coming to an end. Where many have felt like the season of contending for the promise has been costly and draining and the opposition on their families, marriages, finances and health has been more than they can handle, SUDDENLY the restless opposition will stop and PEACE will come! You will look back and say, "Wow, the onslaught is over!"
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