We love the scripture in Psalm 2:6-9 that prophesies of Jesus who will sit on Zion and rule over the nations with a rod of iron.  If I've heard prophetic intercessors, prophets or ministers proclaim it once, I've heard it thousands of times. 

But what is it?  I mean, the revelation is powerful! But is there a practical way for us to put our faith in action today and bring this into reality?  If you understand what the word translated "rod" in the Hebrew is and you let the Bible interpret the Bible you can.  

What is it
So what's the rod of God?  It's God's people proclaiming a timely word from our Lord.  

So what is the Hebrew word translated rod and what does it mean?  It's the Hebrew word sebet (Strongs h7626) and it means to branch off; a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or a clan:  a rod, sceptre, staff, or tribe.

In fact, this Hebrew word (h7626) is only translated 'rod' 34 times in the Bible where as it is translated 'tribe' more than 140 times.  It is 7x more frequently translated people and I could easily swap 'rod' for 'tribe."  Then Psalm 2:-9 would read;

“I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a TRIBE of iron..."

The scripture also says; 

​It's Halloween, Reformation Day and a week before the elections.  The occult's role in this election and society has become more and more public.  The war between light and dark, right and wrong, good and evil, God and Satan has never been more pronounced in my life time in American society. What can a real Bible believing Christian do? 

Put on the Armor of Light
Romans 13:12
The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

How
Romans 13:13-14
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

Reformation Day vs Halloween 
Halloween is an occult celebration commercialized in the West.  Many covens and practitioners celebrate the dark arts this day.  Simultaneously it is also Reformation Day.  What is Reformation Day?  It's the day that the monk, Marin Luther nailed the Ninety Five Thesis to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenburg Germany.  

Week Before the Mid Terms
The antichrist spirit is moving more violently, with more hatred and antisemitic behavior than ever.  The antichrist agenda stands in stark contrast to God's agenda which He chose Trump to steward in this day.  Pray, God have mercy upon this nation and we'd see a Red Wave sweep this nation and protect the moral righteous gains we've seen thus far and that it would continue to appoint righteous judges and overturn the murderous funding of Planned Parenthood.  

Pray for the veil to be lifted & Gods light to shine in their hearts. 

• 2 Corinthians 4:4
• whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
• 2 Peter 2:19
• And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

Jesus is the true light and John 1:12 says "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:"  

Pray for a harvest of disciples for our Lord

OneHope is led by Steve Buss and his team in Eugene/Springfield Oregon. They've been using the 1Church1Day strategy in their network since 2015.  They've got 40+ churches working together to lift up a canopy of prayer over their community.  Following our strategy they have 10 councils of leaders representing the 7 spheres of society who help inform them as to what to pray. 

Kaylee, who is part of the OneHope team just sent an email saying:

We had a really significant answer to prayer last week.  Please read, rejoice, and be encouraged. It's the first testimony on the "Answer to Prayer" document. 
 
The fire chief (on our first responder strategic team) called Steve three hours after the near-tragedy to give glory to God. And the city manager (on our government team) texted us that morning saying, "please don't let One Church - One Day stop praying..." 
 
We're humbled by the way God is using our prayers.    
 
Kaylee

What follows is their "Answers to Prayer Report" which describes the miracle that occurred when firefighters were ambushed by a shooter in Springfield Oregon.

How about the news?  It moves from crisis to crisis as major media competes for ratings, politicians compete for power, businesses compete for customers.... the list goes on.  Bottom line, they are all competing for your time and money as that translates to power, wealth, control and pleasure for those who capture it. 

The question is, what's your motive?  What is their motive?  How does a Christian determine what to pray and how to act?  How do you navigate this life so that you reach the destiny God planned for you so that you may hear these glorious words, "Well done you good and faithful servant.... enter in to the joy of the Lord. (Matt. 25:23)"

Moral Compass
The key is to filter every situation through the lens of scripture recognizing that our moral compass struggles with the the same thing a real compass struggles with.  It's called deviation. Deviation is introduced through the magnetic attraction from this world and it introduces error. We can correct for that error once the true is known.  

Each person't moral compass is impacted by the attraction of this world as well.  Deviation is determined by comparing a situation in this world with the truth and determining how far off it is.  Then we know how much correction must be introduced to ensure our moral compass is calibrated and points to the truth.  We do this by holding up a situation, an action or a motive and looking at it through the corrective lens of scripture.  

If we fail to correct deviation our moral compass will point us the wrong way. We will think we are doing the right thing, and going the right way but we'll be disappointed and frustrated.  We won't reach our goals.  We will end up in places we did not plan to go because our compass is in error. It's off. Not only will it impact this life but we may miss out on reaching our eternal home in heaven if we do not re-calibrate our moral compass with the Truth.  

It is important to remember that:

• In every sphere of society such as media/entertainment, government, business ect. that there is a war that is being waged.  It's heavenly battle that spilled from heaven to earth as Michael and his angels cast Satan and his demons out of heaven.  (Rev. 12:7-12)
• Revelation 12:17 reveals.... "he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
• The issue at hand are the souls of men and women and their eternal destiny in heaven or in hell. 
• The nature of God.  He is the Way, the Truth and the Life!  It is impossible for God to lie and God is love and demonstrated that through Jesus sacrifice on the cross.  (John 14:6, Heb 6:18, 1 John 4:8, Rom 5:8)
• Satan comes to kill, steal and destroy.  He is the father of liars, murderers and deceivers.  (John 10:10 & John 8:40-45)
• A spiritual man or woman is called by God to judge all things (1 Cor. 2:15)
• We will recognize a false minister by their fruit/character (Matt 7:15-20, Gal. 5:19-23

With these things in mind we are prepared to look at the current situation in this world concerning the mid-term elections and the migrants from Central America and other countries heading towards US southern border?   Remember that:

• Media competes for ratings
• Politicians compete for power
• Businesses compete for customers
• etc.... and they are competing for your time, attention and money!

Does the Bible shed any light on how to respond to these situations?