I was listening to Brother Sadhu the other day (founder Jesus Ministries & Angel TV) and he shared something about Church history that shocked me.  I had never heard what these Evangelical theologians did in Germany in 1909. It shocked me because the moment I heard about the Berlin Declaration I immediately knew the cause of World War I and World War II.   In fact, he went on to describe the understanding Christ gave me by the spirit.

You see, if you understand the Bible you can understand how the world works.  But if you choose to ignore God's word and history, well you can continue to play the fool.  Fools are the ones whom pride blinds to truth. 

 In America we all know about the Azusa Street Revival where Holy Spirit was poured out in 1905.  However, I was unaware of what Holy Spirit was doing in other nations like Germany. What I did not know is summarized in the 11/30/2012 Charisma article "Is Revival Emerging in Germany?"  It said,

"Germany’s Pentecostal church can be traced back to 1905, when a group of Lutheran Pietists from the Fellowship Movement experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The move of God, which happened in Mülheim in the Ruhr Valley, saw 3,000 conversions recorded in six weeks. Opposition surfaced after that, and Lutheran church leaders signed the Berlin Declaration in 1909, rejecting Pentecostalism as “from below.”
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The Berlin Declaration click for Wikipedia article, ..... "was a theological statement by 56 leading Evangelical theologians in Germany.[1] The declaration condemns the German Pentecostal movement which had started two years earlier in Kassel. It stated that the Pentecostal movement was “not from above, but from below..."  

Bottom line, a significant portion of Evangelical leaders blasphemed Holy Spirit. In doing so, they set themselves up to receive an anti-Christ spirit.... and they did!   The results:

World War II & the Holocaust
 Why do I say that? 

Satan's strategy is to ensnare us in our thoughts.  In our spiritual war he has set demonic IED's (improvised explosive devices)  all throughout the seven spheres of society. He wants to trick, deceive, entrap, wound and destroy as many people as he can. ​

Thankfully, God's word provide us seven keys for the wise in heart that empower us to recognize the demonic logic behind his soul traps. But first, let's lay a foundation. 

Strategic Traps
The Greek word translated "snare" (Strongs g3803) means a trap, a trick or stratagem; a snare.  Or you could say, the devil sets strategic traps.  

Apostolic Warfare Wisdom
Paul, the apostle, wrote the books to Timothy and the Corinthians.  In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 he says, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."

In my book "Structures & Strategies" on page 45 I share the real meanings of the English words translated war and warfare.  It refers to a strategic function and an apostolic gift. God made the apostle for strategy.  2 Corinthians 10:3-5 reveals that the battle ground is the mind so what you think is really important.  Why?  Proverbs 23:7 reveals that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.  

What we think impacts what we believe, say and do.  Hebrews 4:12, 11:3 and Proverbs 18:21 reveal how powerful our words are.  Life, death and creation are in the power of the tongue.  Used well, it can frame our world (Hebrews 11:3) or the unruly tongue can set the world on fire by hell (James 3:1-6). 

Don't Be Ignorant of the Enemies Devices
I've highlighted the word thought in 2 Corinthians 10:5 above because it's the same word translated devices in 2 Corinthians 2:11 which says, "lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices."  His devices are like the IED's (improvised explosive devices) used by Islamic terrorists today.  

Strongs Concordance says g3540 means a perception, i.e. purpose, or (by implication) the intellect, disposition, itself: — device, mind, thought.

Satan's End-time Strategy is to Deceive through Doctrines of Demons 
A doctrine present a system of thoughts and ideas.  A belief system can be built such that it can become a stronghold. A stronghold of thought can be changed from good to evil or from evil to good.  Hence, Satan's propensity to use lies and  deception to entrap the unwise. Paul the apostle warns in 1 Timothy 4:1-2, "​ Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron..."

As I prepared to speak at a conference regarding the "Media Mountain" the Lord revealed to me three kings we'd face in these last days.  Candidly, I was shocked at how obvious it is in Daniel 8.  Then I understood why "Fake News" has come to the forefront in these days.  Here is what the Lord showed me.

The angel Gabriel said to Daniel,

I want to use this video from Prager University as an object lesson. The video shares one woman's journey from a progressive left leaning feminist who asked real questions. The truth led her to discover she actually believed something very different such that her friends began to call her a racist, mysogonist and sexist.

This video highlights a war of ideas that is currently being fought in the political arena. I'll use this example  to address two issues.

First, why is there so much hatred and anger?  

Second, I'll show you that this war is really an ancient battle that spilled from heaven to earth. It's not really a battle between Democrats and Republicans but rather, the issues are really war for truth.  

​1. Why is there so much hatred and anger? 

Isaiah 11:2 is a familiar portion of scripture that clearly points to Jesus. It says: "The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;  He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

In Psalm 2:6 it says that God set His king, His Son on Zion. Zion is the place of 24/7 prayer, praise and worship.  The scripture goes on to say He is to ask for the nations for His inheritance and that He "break them with a rod of iron" in verse 9.  

In Isaiah 14 we find a description of the fall of the King of Babylon.  When Babylon is defeated it gives people rest from sorrow, fear, hard bondage and service. Babylon is a type of the worldly system.  How Babylon is defeated is revealed in verse 5 where it says "The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers..."

The Hebrew word translated rod and scepter is fascinating.  According to Strongs Concordance h7626 it means "a stick (for punishing, writing, ruling), a clan, correction, dart, rod, scepter, staff and tribe.  It is used 190 times in the Bible and 140 of those times is translated...... TRIBE!  That's used 75% of the time.  We could say:

• Isaiah 11:4..."He shall strike the earth with the tribe of His mouth..." 
• Psalm 2:9..."break them with a tribe of iron..."

God's ruler's staff, His scepter is the tribe who chooses to lend their lips to God's word. They give voice to God's word on earth as it is in heaven.  

Our spiritual war comes from a heavenly war that spilled out onto the earth.  It's described in Revelation 12 where Satan goes to make war with the remnant of God's people. This heavenly war is played out through God's people and everyone else who chooses any way other than God's way.

 When they said Lord, teach us to pray in Luke 11:1 Jesus responded with an outline we call the Lord's prayer (Luke 11:1-4 and Matthew 6:9-12).  We were to pray that our Father's kingdom and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I learned in the Navy War College that the role of a military is to enforce the will of the government it represents.  Jesus message, His assignment is all about presenting the gospel of the "kingdom." The kingdom is a government of which Jesus is king.

In Ezekiel 37, Joel 2, Ephesians 6, 2 Timothy 2) we find the Church likened unto an army and over 245+ times in God's word we find God's name as the Lord of Hosts (Armies of heaven and of earth).  When Jesus taught us to pray kingdom come and will be done, He's calling His spiritual army to pray with power.

One of the ways we can increase the power of this army is through the prayer of agreement. The prayer of agreement is like the principle of mass that they taught me at the war college.  In my book Developing Apostolic Strategy I share about the principles of war and how that each of these principles of war are biblicaly based and authored by the Lord of Hosts. In fact, when it comes to the principle of mass there are five factors that contribute to the amount of power able to be projected.  To learn more about the 8 principles authored by the Lord of Hosts click to see Developing Apostolic Strategy.  

These five factors are:

Those who participate in 1Church1Day are like spiritual minutemen. Wikipedia click here says that:

Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently organized to form well-prepared militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies from the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War.  They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name.  They provided a highly mobile rapidly deployed force that allowed colonies to respond immediately to war threats. The minutemen were amoung the first to fight in the American Revolution.  Their teams constituted about a quarter of the entire militia.  They were generally younger and more mobile, and served as part of a network of early response...

How are those in 1Church1Day like Spiritual Minutemen? 

They are: