Not against them.
by Lance Wallnau
I had a chilling....I mean chilling realization last night. This week
marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. I live in
Dallas and can feel the strange
wrestling between a religious spirit and the Spirit of God. This mighty
city is a spiritual epicenter for Gods move. I believe the Lord was
showing me something last night.
The church is told to "pray for rulers and for everyone who has
authority over us" (1 Tim 2:2)
Why? -- "so that we can have a quiet and peaceful life"
Evidently prayer for rulers has an effect on rulers and that has an
effect on us. The outcome for us when we pray "for" rulers is - "a quiet
and peaceable life."
The death of JFK marked the turning point in America's "quiet and
peaceable" history. After the assassination we entered a new era with
campus and sexual revolt, glamorizing of rebellion and drug induced
escapism in rock, along with the War in Vietnam. During this turbulent
time we had race riots and the deaths of Martin Luther King and RFK.
November 22, 1963 was the day that deflowered the mythology of Camelot
that briefly captured the imagination of Americans in the young Kennedy
house.
The devil cannot be everywhere, but he is ALWAYS SOMEWHERE! On Nov 22,
1963 at 12:30 PM he was on the 6th floor in the School Book Depository
in Dallas Texas.
If prayer for rulers can be positive - HOW ABOUT PRAYER "AGAINST"
RULERS? Does it have any influence?
Praying to effect someone or something outside of love or the activity
of Gods Spirit is not Biblical praying. It enters a realm of either
"Psychic Prayers" (which effects you more than you know) or
"Witchcraft." Thats right - Christians often move in witchcraft. These
are prayers of manipulation and judgement born of the flesh but
empowered oddly by our agreement."
As I contemplated this I randomly ran into this quote in a Dallas 50th
anniversary article;
"JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS JUST DAYS from securing the 1960 Democratic
nomination for president when Dr. W.A. Criswell strode, bible in hand,
to the carved wooden altar of the mighty First Baptist Church in Dallas.
Chopping the July air with disdain, he prophesied that the election of
the Catholic Kennedy would “spell the death of a free church in a free
state.”
"The following week, when Kennedy was nominated on the first ballot, it
came with an added sting for Criswell and other conservative Texans:
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, a son of the Hill Country, joined
the ticket in the No. 2 spot. Dallas Rep. Bruce Alger, Texas’ lone
Republican in Congress, called it a capitulation “to radical forces of
the East and North.”
With its own particular brew of affluence, fundamentalism and
inflexibility, Dallas was the epicenter of incredible hatred and
distortion regarding Kennedy. There was a strange atmosphere in Dallas
and fears of an incident were ripe in the security detail. The Rev.
Criswell added to this by releasing over 100,000 booklets against
Kennedy, stirring anxiety about his Catholic agenda and links to the
Vatican. Ridiculous fears, in light of our current understanding of the
Kennedy White House.
The President went in a vehicle with the roof uncovered and his head
uncovered. The intercession of the church (Pentecostal as well as
Fundamentalist) was largely praying "against" him - not "for" him, and
removed the final covering. There was nothing good that came out of that
death. In fact, many speculate that JFK had plans to de-escalate our
involvement in Vietnam, where LBJ increased our engagement.
Pray FOR rulers - not AGAINST them.
The religious spirit is a mean spirit. It is political in nature. It is
an aspect of Jezebel that most people miss. It is the combination of
forces that caused John the Baptist to loose his head - caught somewhere
between Herod's wife in her judgment of John and the seductive dance of
her daughter.
Does this make sense?
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