A Powerful Spiritual Force

Possessing the Land

In Joshua chapters 22 and 23, Joshua gives final instructions and a challenge of faith to the nation of Israel prior to his death. He summarizes their wilderness journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, their regression to the desert for forty years of wandering, and their return to Canaan to claim their rightful inheritance. He reminded Israel:

Joshua 23:3 (CSB)
³and you have seen for yourselves everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your account, because it was the Lord your God who was fighting for you.

As we come to the final month of this year, we too can look back over the weeks and clearly see that the Lord, our God, has fought for us. He has helped us through the difficult times. He has given us safe passage through the storms of doubt and fear. He has comforted us in times of loneliness and bereavement. As Joshua told Israel:

Joshua 23:14 (CSB)
¹⁴“I am now going the way of the whole earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Our devotions during this final month of the year focus on a tremendous prophecy God gave me some time ago regarding a powerful spiritual force which is about to be released within the Body of Christ that will bring about the greatest manifestation of the power of God the world has ever seen.

NOW is the time for the fulfillment of this promise. We need the manifested presence of God more than ever as we prepare to face another year and to enter the closing days of time. During this month we will focus on the manifested presence of God, and we will learn powerful principles of leadership that will equip us to rise up on the cutting edge of God’s end-time, harvest time cycle.

It all begins with the prophecy God gave to me. . .

Journey Into The Promised Land

Acts 1:1–8 (CSB)

PROLOGUE

1 I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach ²until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. ³After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

THE HOLY SPIRIT PROMISED

⁴While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; ⁵for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

⁶So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

⁷He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Several years ago the Lord told us in a prophecy that…

“A powerful spiritual force is about to be released within the Body of Christ that will bring about the greatest manifestation of the power of God the world has ever seen.”

God has now revealed to me that this is the time for this prophecy to be fulfilled.

Incredible things are happening as we approach the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. One of these is the tremendous onslaught of Satan against the Body of Christ. Satan is causing every kind of doctrinal error and religious confusion that he possibly can. The words of the Prophet Hosea are being fulfilled, that God’s people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6).

The Holy Spirit does not bring confusion, frustration, fear, or doubt. It is only when Satan tries to intimidate and imitate that these things result. But there is one thing for which there is no imitation — and that is the ultimate spiritual weapon that will position us beyond every defeat. The enemy cannot imitate the presence of God.

This manifestation of God’s glory is not coming on the church from without. It is not coming through a specific man or a denomination. It is not coming through organization or education. This manifestation of God’s glory is a powerful spiritual force being released from within the Body of Christ. It will be greater than ever experienced — including the time of the early Church. When the Church of Jesus Christ was born 2,000 years ago…

…It was not born weak or spiritless.

…It was not founded on education, doctrine, or denomination. …It was not advanced by profound oratory.

…It was not formed by any influence of man.

The Church was born by a demonstration and manifestation of the Third Person of the Trinity. Jesus said, “You shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you!” (Acts 1:8).

Partner, the trumpet of God is about to sound. If you have spiritual ears, you can already hear it. It is proclaiming the soon coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. But before Christ returns, this Church will experience a manifestation of power greater than what it was born in. The Church will be raptured in a greater demonstration of power than that in which it was conceived!

Make this declaration:

I will be raptured in a greater demonstration of power than that in which the early Church was conceived.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

A Powerful Spiritual Force – 12/01

Possessing the Land

Journey Into The Promised Land