Prepare for War...
By Chad Taylor
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ..." (Revelation 12:17)
For know in this hour, it is not church as usual, it is war. For the enemy has declared war on the remnant of My people, for these days have been foretold in times of old, by the prophets before you, these times have been seen. It is time to think as those in war time, as those fighting for their lives, as those in training for battle, it is time to prepare thyself for war. It is not enough to just believe, it is not enough just to say, "It is war." You must prepare yourself for battle, you must ready yourself to engage the enemy and prevail. It is time to resist.
"And I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness HE DOES JUDGE AND MAKE WAR..." (Revelation 19:11)
I have set Myself against your enemies. I have set My face against them as a man whose face is as flint. I have arrayed Myself in attire for battle, with a vesture dipped in blood. My face is set toward Jerusalem, My heart toward My Bride. This is the hour to fight. To lift up the banner of love over the heads of the children, and declare My vengeance upon the enemy. Vengeance is Mine says the Lord.
"Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord, lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your young children that faint for hunger at the top of every street..." (Lamentations 2:19)
The children are the spoils of this war. A greater than the strong man has come, YESHUA, Lord Sabaoth, the Lord of Hosts, the Captain of the armies of Heaven is His name. It is time to divide the spoil and divide his armor and take back the lives of these, to "raise up the desolations of many generations." To say, "COME BACK!" To cry, "RESTORE! "This is the inheritance of the saints, this is your reward! Give thyself no rest, cry out! "GIVE BACK!" Let not the enemy prevail. Take these places by force. Take them by war. Take them now.
"But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers, FOR A SPOIL, and none says, "RESTORE..." (Isaiah 42:22)
It is time that I have commanded My people to go into the hi-ways and hedges and compel them to come in. For many hearts will fail because of fear in this hour, unless their hearts are filled with My love. Tell them now of My great love for them, tell them that I will fight for them, tell them I AM Alive for them. Tell them now. Tell them today. For the hour is now upon you that every idle word will be required. Every opportunity judged. Give thyself no rest, Go now. "And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh..." (Jude 23) Go now.
I have given you the keys, that whatever you bind will be bound, and whatever you loose, will be loosed. Go now to the dark places and shine the light. Go into the alley ways and invade the night. GO into the bi-ways and pull them in. Go to the orphan and widow to be pure and undefiled. Take My Word into the deepest darkest night, and in these places I will go before you like a thief in the night, I will show you in this hour how to fight, for their lives. You can not hesitate, you cannot wait, lest their precious blood be on your hands. Do it now.
"For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of, FOR NECESSITY IS LAID UPON ME, YEA, WOE IS ME, IF I PREACH NOT THE GOSPEL..." (1st Corinthians 9:16)
Necessity is laid upon My church in this hour. To bear the precious seed with tears, to return with joy. Like Phillip, he departed while the church mourned, but when he returned from his place that he was sent, "there was great joy in that city..." (Acts 8:8) With tears you shall bring joy. Great will be the sheaves you reap. Great will be the harvest that awaits you. Great will be the return for your labor. Great will be the catch! Great will be My love poured out through you! It is time to go. It is the time to bear the seed. It is the time to reap where you have not reaped before. It is time to reap where you have not sown. It is time now to go. DO it now. Do it today.
Chad and Maria Taylor
4/28/99
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