The Bursting of the Altar of Evil

During a time of intercession with some of our saints a few days ago, the Lord gave me an open vision in which I saw the atmosphere of heaven and the atmosphere of earth, each filled with a strong swirling wind. At this I knew that the winds were different spiritual presences.
 
The atmosphere of the earth was filled with a negative spiritual presence and that of heaven with the presence of God’s power. Then I could see the power of the wind from heaven in the form of a thin funnel of wind, as in a tornado, piercing into the swirling evil force on earth. It seemed as if the dynamics of the heavens were uniting with those on the earth and increasing. When I saw this, I heard the Lord saying, ‘Let it happen! It must be done! The measure must be made full!’
 
The Man of God from Judah and the Task of the Ekklēsia
 
After hearing this, I received the scripture from 1 Kings 13:1-5, where it is about the man of God from Judah who was commissioned by God to go to Bethel and prophesy against the altar on which sacrifice had just been made to the powers of darkness by king Jeroboam.
 
1 Kings 13:1-5:
1 By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering.
2 By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: ‘Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: “A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.” ’
3 That same day the man of God gave a sign: ‘This is the sign the Lord has declared: the altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.’
4 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, ‘Seize him!’ But the hand he stretched out towards the man shrivelled up, so that he could not pull it back.
5 Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the Lord.
 
Based on this scripture, the LORD let me know that hidden therein is a strategic approach for His Ekklēsia at this time. To understand the strategy, it is necessary to realize that the man of God came from Judah, but is mentioned without a name. This indicates a humble heart attitude and the walk in high worship with apostolic character.
 
=> Just as the apostle’s gift represents the governmental power of God, apostolic worship is worship that enables the government of God as He sits enthroned on our praise. It is a worship that brings us into the governmental process of God on earth and carries revelatory truth that we speak out on earth according to His will. ‘Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ (cf. Matthew 6:10)
 
This involves worshipers making themselves available to God’s purposes in their worship and prophesying according to what they receive from God in their spirit.
 
It is necessary that we enthrone God on our worship in order to share in His righteous judgment that He brings upon the things that are destructive to humanity. Furthermore, it is important that we raise our reverence and aspiration to know God to a higher level - that is, to carry out His will on earth. What God says and does in heaven must be manifested on earth.
 
As we worship, our adoration ascends to His throne. Through this process, we are then able to descend into effective warfare. This call, in turn, releases a sound from heaven that has an impact on earth.
 
The call to worship draws us further into intimacy, and its sound moves us to go into battle. It is God who brings worship and the sword (Note: the revelatory truth of God’s Word) together.
Psalm 149:6-9 states, ‘Let the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them – this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.’ <= (Note: The text set in ‘=>’ is based on an explanation of apostolic worship from the book ‘Worship As It Is In Heaven’ (ISBN-13: 978-0-8307-5543-1; Regal books by John Dickson and Chuck D. Pierce.)
 
From apostolic worship grows revelatory truth, which must be prophesied at the right time into the realm of the spiritual structure of evil. It should be noted here that according to 1 Kings 13:2, the man of God first spoke the words of God against the altar.
 
The Spiritual Warfare and the Bursting of the Altar of Evil
 
Since our battle is not against flesh and blood, a spiritual approach according to Ephesians 6:12 can be seen in it.
 
Ephesians 6:12:
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
 
The altar in this case stands for a place of worship of Satan, the father of lies, given to him by the sons of disobedience (cf. John 8:44 i.c.w. Ephesians 5:6).
 
John 8:44:
44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
 
Ephesians 5:6:
6 Let no-one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
 
An altar of evil or unrighteousness is this:
 
  • a place of false worship where people offer worship and sacrifice to other gods or evil spirits,
  • a meeting place of evil spirits with people,
  • a gateway to the spiritual world,
  • a place where evil spirits reveal themselves to people,
  • a place where a covenant is made between a false deity or a spirit with people,
  • a place where people draw power from unclean or evil spirits,
  • an unholy place.
 
The twice addressing of the altar by the man of God from Judah is an indication of the confrontation of the powers of evil under heaven and on earth in the hearts of men.
 
When the spiritual foundation is taken away from the adversary by the revelatory power of God, he has no other option but to flee (cf. James 4:7).
 
James 4:7:
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
 
Therefore, it is necessary that there will be a bursting of the altar of evil on the earth, since the presence of the unrighteous altar entitles the wicked to display and glorify evil quite publicly, as we can see from the media at present. There will be a shattering of the altar of evil by the power of God alone, without the involvement of any human being.
 
The Call to the Ekklēsia
 
The Ekklēsia is called to prophesy the way for God’s righteous intervention through the revelatory truth allotted to her by the Spirit of God against the structure of evil that currently still exists, based on Colossians 2:15.
 
Colossians 2:15:
15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
 
Jesus Christ has already triumphed over all the powers of darkness, and out of this triumph of the cross we are to act as people of God.
 
As a result, the presence of Jesus as the ‘healer’ meets those who repent of their evil ways and brings them restoration but also releases judgment toward those who have conspired with evil and formed a society (Note: synagogue of Satan; cf. Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9) that deliberately opposes His grace (cf. John 3:18 i.c.w. 1 Kings 13:2).
 
John 3:18:
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
 
1 Kings 13:2:
2 By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: ‘Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: “A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.”
 
The bursting of the unrighteous altar will be accompanied by great light in the form of revelatory power and exposure (cf. John 3:19-21).
 
John 3:19-21:
19 This is the verdict: light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
 
All political forces that have conspired with evil and do not repent despite the present revelation by the power of God’s righteousness will fall into a ‘rigidity’. This state of rigidity will once again give them the opportunity to turn from their wicked ways before there will no longer be any room for repentance (cf. 1 Kings 13:4 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:17).
 
1 Kings 13:4:
4 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, ‘Seize him!’ But the hand he stretched out towards the man shrivelled up, so that he could not pull it back.
 
Hebrews 12:17:
17 Afterwards, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
 
Let us use this time in intercession and apostolic worship given to us to do our part as the Body of Christ to bring salvation to the people and secure the future of generations without their totalitarian ‘new world order’ (Note: altar of evil).
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm