MAY 20TH 2009
Prophetic Brief
Insight and Analysis for the 21st Century
2 Kings 6:8-12
Now the king of Aram was at war
with Israel. After conferring with
his officers, he said, "I will set up my
camp in such and such a place." 9
The man of God sent word to the
king of Israel: "Beware of passing
that place, because the Arameans
are going down there." 10 So the
king of Israel checked on the place
indicated by the man of God. Time
and again Elisha warned the king, so
that he was on his guard in such
places. 11 This enraged the king of
Aram. He summoned his officers
and demanded of them, "Will you
not tell me which of us is on the
side of the king of Israel?" 12
"None of us, my lord the king," said
one of his officers, "but Elisha, the
prophet who is in Israel, tells the
king of Israel the very words you
speak in your bedroom." (NIV)
2 Kings 6:15-17
When the servant of the man of
God got up and went out early the
next morning, an army with horses
and chariots had surrounded the
city. "Oh, my lord, what shall we
do?" the servant asked. 16 "Don't
be afraid," the prophet answered.
"Those who are with us are more
than those who are with them." 17
And Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open
his eyes so he may see." Then the
LORD opened the servant's eyes,
and he looked and saw the hills full
of horses and chariots of fire all
around Elisha. (NIV)
An illusion is a false perception of reality,
or a condition of being deceived by a false
view or a belief. Deception is the prime
weapon of the enemy as he seeks to stop
the advance of the Kingdom. For
deception to occur, one does not have to
believe a complete lie. The attempt to
deceive more often occurs when there is
incomplete truth. The enemy doesn’t take
away sight, he seeks to twist what we see
through our cultural strongholds or
m e n t a l i t y s l a v e r y. T h e P r o p h e t i c
dimension has a mandate to shatter the
illusions which have deceived mankind
b) Our response is determined by what
we see.
Elisha saw that which enabled him to deal
with crisis correctly while his servant
panicked. Correct sight is a prerequisite
for effective management of crisis and life
as a whole. If we are unaware and lack
correct perspective, our actions and
initiatives can contradict the purposes of
God. Not seeing correctly will cause us to
live in a false world, but correct sight will
lead to correct actions.
c) A proclamations of truth corrects the
illusion.
The declaration of the truth contradicts the
established perceptions which drive
mortal existence- and imposes a higher
more authentic reality. The prophetic
announcement is positioned against the
prevailing mentality that has captured
men’s mind, enslaving them in carnal
patterns of thought and behavior. Many
who hear the elevated purposes of God
reject it outright, so steeped are they in
the deceptions perpetrated by the enemy
that accurate perception appears to them
to be illusionary and foolishness. Still
others have hardened their heart to the
Lord and have come to prefer to live in
their deception
Isaiah 30:9-11
These are rebellious people, deceitful
children, children unwilling to listen to
the LORD's instruction. 10 They say to
the seers, "See no more visions!" and to
the prophets, "Give us no more visions of
what is right! Tell us pleasant things,
prophesy illusions. 11 Leave this way, get
off this path, and stop confronting us with
the Holy One of Israel!" (NIV)
We must discern which “prophets” have
been raised up as a result of those
unwilling to listen; prophets who say only
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Building a Powerful Church to Thrive in a Time
of Crisis – Part 8
The Apostolic: Imparting Spiritual Sight
When you look at the financial crisis, what
do you see? What is your perception of
where the global Church is right now in
God’s timetable? Do you see any tie in
between the developmental pathway for
the Church and what is happening in the
crisis? These are important questions as
we examine the key issues of building a
powerful church that can thrive in a time of
crisis, because nothing is more important
than spiritual sight. One of the primary
things we are called to do as leaders is to
help the people have correct systems of
perceptions; that was the focus on Paul
and the early apostolic company.
2 Corinthians 4:16 -18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
outwardly we are wasting away, yet
inwardly we are being renewed day by
day. 17 For our light and momentary
troubles are achieving for us an eternal
glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So
we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but
on what is unseen. For what is seen is
temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
(NIV)
There is unseen architecture to the
universe, something behind the obvious,
which we must focus our attention on and
seek to understand. The fifth
characteristic of churches which are
joined in purpose to the apostolic
reformation is a greater demand to see
beyond the shapes of the natural into
the intents and mind of God. As things
get shaken in the temporal / natural realm,
our faith and perception must be anchored
in eternal reality which is unshakeable;
spiritual sight produces a people who are
strong and who do not become
discouraged or fearful. We must focus on
the unseen or invisible, or we will be a
people of insubstantial faith, incapable of
impacting the earth or overcoming life
reversals.
In 2 Kings Chapter 6 Elisha was
apparently under siege by the Syrian
army. From the natural the circumstance
is dyer and distressing. However because
of his perception on the reality of the
unseen world his response was very
different than that of his servant who
looked at the same set of natural
circumstances and was overwhelmed.
pleasant things and prophesy illusions.
We need prophets who understand the
times we are living in, and who confront
us with the requirements of the Holy One
so that we might be built and stand strong
in a day of strong deception and delusion.
d) Our eyes must be touched so we
can see like God.
The prophet prayed for God to open the
servants eyes and when he looked again
the servant saw that they hills were full of
heavenly warriors surrounding Elisha,
something that the prophet was already
well aware of. This begs the question:
what is the nature of reality that we are
blind towards? Coming into sight is to fully
understand the reality which lies behind
events which take place around us. Sight
is true power. Elisha was able to reach
into the unseen dimension and extract
resource to alter natural reality according
to the purposes of God. The reformation
of the Church is equipping God’s people
to have a greater redemptive impact upon
the nations of the world, and a new kind of
prophet is required in the Earth at this
time order to fulfill and service the
demands of heaven.
Ephesians 1:18
I pray also that the eyes of your heart
may be enlightened in order that you may
know the hope to which he has called
you, the riches of his glorious inheritance
in the saints (NIV)
While it was sight and the imposing of
blindness administered by Elisha that
broke the power of the Syrian army, the
miracle in this instance was not the
sighting of the angels and chariots—it was
the subjugation of a violent army by non-
physical means. We can conclude from
this that sight is more powerful in shaping
world events than the ability of nations to
enforce their will by means of organized
violence. Money is not power, nor are
armies, nuclear weapons or physical force
– sight is true power! That is why Paul
prayed for believers in Ephesus to have
increased spiritual sight. He knew that you
could be saved, following the Lord and
planted within a strong apostolic hub but
still be blind. The same grace that
operated in Paul’s time is active today,
and it is producing an army of people
across the earth whose perception
systems are able to see through the
deception of the Babylonian realm and
decode the happenings of the earth from
God’s perspective.
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The international environment is complex
and multilayered yet the prophetic
dimension resident within Elisha was able
to cut through the economic, military and
security interests of two warring nations
and bring clear requirements and
boundaries to each, thus achieving peace.
The only supranational force with the
ethical foundation required to produce a
just international peace is the Kingdom of
God. The issues surrounding Elisha’s
prophetic insight are very relevant to the
world of the 21st Century. Military troop
movemen ts, eco nomi c chao s, the
requirement for correct national
leadership, ethical treatment of prisoners
of war – these are the problems that
concern nations and must be addressed
by a vigorous and renewed prophetic
dimension.
It must be noted that the capacity resident
in Elisha is also meant to find expression
in the lives of every believer as we deal
with crisis. Though our lives may be
under siege by lost 401K’s, job loss, lack
of health insurance and failing health we
must be confident that God is never
caught by surprise, neither is He ever left
without a solution. There is resource
available and proximate that will bring us
through, if we focus upon the correct,
determining and authoritative reality-the
unseen. It is such a spiritual philosophy of
authentic faith which expresses itself in
every area of our lives that enables us to
keep moving forward, despite the
circumstance.
These issues certainly cannot be
addressed solely from a ministry platform
anchored in a prophetic gifting propelled
by a blessing mentality or in an
occasional, spontaneous anointing. We
need a prophetic dimension that defines
architecture for advance in the midst of
challenging, complex circumstances, a
divine outflow that brings us true sight. An
accurate prophetic dimension is
concerned with designing and executing
accurate human life. Modern prophets
must speak from principled positions that
tap deeply into the nature and character of
God. Let us more closely examine 4
components of the prophetic dimension
which resided in Elisha.
a) What we see has the illusion of
looking absolutely real.
MAY 20TH 2009
2 Corinthians 4:16 -18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
outwardly we are wasting away, yet
inwardly we are being renewed day by
day. 17 For our light and momentary
troubles are achieving for us an eternal
glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So
we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but
on what is unseen. For what is seen is
temporary, but what is unseen is
eternal. (NIV)
In these issues we are dealing with
the changes produced by the
apostolic reformation in the
churches joined in divine purpose.
The following 5 characteristics are
present in churches which are
building in the reformation.The one
in bold font is dealt with in this
newsletter: 
1. De-emphasis upon the validity of
personal blessing and ministry driven
by individual preference, and an
emphasis on building and architecture
2. A more integrated Church that has
lowered the boundaries of individual
ministries and changed how leaders
approach ministry 
3. Greater level of impartation,
authority, strength, and ranking within
the churches, making them more able
to fight and more able to stand strong
in crisis. 
4. Apostles bring an ability to execute
what was spoken by the prophets,
thereby creating a more effective
stewardship of the prophetic word 
5. A greater demand to see
beyond the shapes of the
natural into the intents
and mind of God
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