KING'S ARMY Shakes Buckingham Palace with the Word of God
From Genesis to Revelation, The Bible speaks a lot about war. Despite the current, apparent, western, "Netflix-and-latte" calm (which is cracking under the surface right now, let's be honest), we are in an incessant, raging war in the spirit, whether we like it or not. This might shock those who are more carnal and worldly in perspective, but the battlefield of life is strewn with dead bodies and those born again. If the veil was peeled back, you would see warring and worshipping angels, demons, principalities and powers, rulers of darkness, everywhere - it would be terrifying and awesome. It would certainly wake you up to God and eternity. This is the story of the prophets, many of whom never asked to see. Why do I say all this? Why are we marching here in this video? Why did we come to the Palace gates? Why are we in uniform, standing to attention? We are either insane or we know something profound. I will go with the latter. In short, it is a prophetic observance and act happening here. We are taking a spiritual reality of eternal Kingship, Sovereignty, Majesty and Power, which we will all one Day face, and bringing it into the natural for the prophetic purposes of God. In other words, we believe God called us to do it specifically - to stand in the gap for the nation in a particular way. Obeying God is the entirety of the Christian call. This mission is also a sign of the army King Jesus is raising up in these chaotic times: turning souls and saints into soldiers and not sitters, awakening His Body to fight the good fight of faith. Don't mishear me: there is a place to chill with Jesus. There is a place for feasting and fun. I love John on the breast of Jesus, Mary at the feet - To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. The Christian is called to discern the times, also to know and love the God of war. This King's Army ministry (and all Holy Spirit ministry henceforth) will be 'Marmite' - loved or hated nothing in between. We will be mocked and loathed and misunderstood. For others it will resonate deeply, many Holy-Spirit-fired-up Christians, sick and tired of the consumerist passivity and compromise in their overly casual part-time churches will enlist to war on behalf of the Kingdom of God. Many atheists, Muslims, new agers and hedonists will be swept into the Kingdom of God and turned into soldiers for Christ faster than many decades old, seasoned church-going Christians. Many in the church will reject this move of God. Heed this: we do not carry guns or knives (as people all over our nation already do sadly) but we do wield the spiritual sword of the Lord, which is far more powerful than any of us could measure or imagine. Again, you have to have eyes to see. We do not fight with hate and intimidation, we fight with holy, yieldedness to our Commanding Officer, King of Kings Jesus, with faith, hope, love and the weapon of the gospel, in the almighty power of the Holy Spirit. We do not fight for a nostalgic restoration of the United Kingdom (though much of that is righteous) we do unashamedly and unswervingly fight for the advancement of the Kingdom of God, through a united church - so help us God! Notably, it was fascinating that the peculiarity, even you might say the "scary" nature of what we were doing, arrested the attention of hundreds of people to watch us and listen intently. We were doing this before heaven, but we didn't realize that it would capture the fixed gaze of so many and result in them stopping to hear the gospel, enter into conversation with us, receive prayer. This taught me something at a deeper level: it's time for the church to be bold, bold, bold in her faith. "You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier." 2 Tim 2:3-4 More than ever the church in the west must wake up to the battle we are in and get on the battlefield, FIGHT and ENDURE HARDSHIP! The spiritual destiny of the nation rides on the radical obedience and perseverance of the church. This is our hour; we came into the Kingdom for such a time as this. Many, many different people and ministries have been doing this for years and decades, far longer and more faithfully than I. To those I salute you, thank you and thank God for you and I look forward to partnering with you as we see a mighty harvest of souls, great revival, imperative reformation and wonderful renaissance in the perilous days ahead - all to the glory of our King and Saviour, the LORD Jesus Christ. Non Sibi sed Regnum Christi, Dominic Muir
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