Intercession You Can Do
Isaiah 59:12-18a: “…our transgression have increased before You, and our sins witnessed against us. For our transgressions are with us, and as for our wicked ways, we know them: transgressing and being untrue to Yahuweh and turning away from our Elohim, speaking oppression and apostasy, conceiving and pondering words of falsehood from the heart. And right ruling is driven back and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the streets, and righteousness is unable to enter. And the truth is lacking and whoever turns away from evil makes himself a prey. And Yahuweh saw and it displeased Him that there was no right ruling. And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no intercessor. For His own arm saved for Him and His righteousness upheld Him. And He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of deliverance on His head. And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and He wrapped Himself with zeal as with a cloak. According to their deeds, so He repays…” Read the whole chapter in context. [Refer to the studies: “Correct Intercession and Spiritual Warfare in the Garments of the High Priest” and “Intercession: Knowing the Basics”]
Ezekiel 13:3, 5; 22:30: “Thus says the Master Yahuweh, `Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit without having had a vision…You have not gone up into the breaches nor do you build a wall for the House of Israel to stand in battle on the day of Yahuweh”.
“And I sought for a man among them that would make a wall and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land that I should not destroy it--but I did not find one!”
Yahuweh raises up His servants the Prophets and His watchmen and gatekeepers before times of judgment. He reveals to them all that He is about to do. (Amos 3:7) He does not bring judgment until His warnings are announced clearly--calling mankind to repent with humility and contriteness, and return to obedience to Yahuweh, with fear of Yahuweh. For many years His watchmen have given warning and called for repentance. But, He said to me in 2010: “It is time for the watchmen to come off of the walls, for the battle is at the gate”. The time of warning is passing quickly, and the time of the execution of judgment is at hand. The enemy is truly at the gates! Because so few have heeded His warnings, His truth has “fallen in the
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street”. Nations are becoming harder and colder, even hostile, towards the Word of Yahuweh, even the “first world” nations already banned it as a “hate crime” book, since it speaks against sin that they want to do freely. Lies and deceptions are received with joy, while truth is not received in its pure form. Few people can psychologically handle truth!
Why, when it was time to judge the world for sin, and His people for their transgression (revolt, rebellion, apostasy), why did he find no intercessor, no one to stand between He and His wrath, on behalf of His people? In Exodus 32, Moshe stood between His wrath and the people, and He pardoned the people because of Moshe’s pleas. He and Moshe were friends. Moshe was His trusted servant, and a Prophet.
In our day, apathy is covering the earth like a heavy blanket. Almost everyone is self-centered, caring only for personal interests and not for what is on Yahuweh’s heart. They do not have a hunger for the Word, nor His Presence. They rebel against His commands in His Word, making excuses as to why they can’t obey them. They are already taken over by the mind-takeover of Lucifer and his agents. It is already happening to a high degree in America, the UK, and other western nations. Sadly, most of His people are just like the world’s people, with the same goals and thinking. Few are set apart from the world. We are very close to the outpouring of the wrath of wicked man and Satan, followed by the final wrath of Yahuweh.
Once He gets ready to “rend the heavens and come down”, no one can stop His wrath, not even the Bridal remnant of Yahushua. No one can stand between His final judgment on the world and Elohim (Isaiah 63:1-6; Revelation 19). When He gets ready to come, and He puts on the garments of vengeance, there is no one that can stop Him. I had a vision July 2010 of Yahushua putting on the garments of vengeance and preparing to mount His white steed for the final ride (Revelation 19). Now, He can find very few who are willing to leave their comfort zones to go and intercede for what is on His heart.
Therefore, the true Scriptural intercessors are very dear to Him, and they experience a relationship with Him that no others do. He is looking for intercessors in our day who are humble, broken, contrite, bruised and crushed of spirit, who “tremble at His Word”. They have laid down “self” to take up His stake. The prideful, the self-righteous religious, who care only for themselves He will vomit out of His mouth.
In ancient times, Yahuweh sent His prophets to certain designated areas and to certain people--some loca,l and some a long ways off.
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Unlike prayer (communication from Master to servant), and supplication (requests), intercession must be done on site. Intercession is the key that unlocks the locked door, the locked gate, and the shut up portal, for His entrance to do His will. It is a gate
keeping job--opening portals for Yahuweh’s entrance, proclaiming His Word to pierce through any resistance of the enemy, using His Name, and calling for His will to be done in the earth regarding the site designated.
As I’ve told before, while waiting for a shop to open in Aqaba, Jordan, I saw many people coming to see if the shop was opened. But, when the time came, a jolly man with a big ring of keys came and inserted the key into the lock and the door opened, and several people, including myself, went in. The proclamation of His Word, His will, at strategic places of His choice, opens the doors for Him. If that man had sat at home and tried to open the door, it would have been silliness. He had to get up and go to where the lock was in order to open it. And, he had to choose the right key. He had many on that ring, but only the right key would open the lock, just as only the right proclamation at the Spirit’s command will open the doors for Yahuweh. It has to be His will in His way, or not at all!
Ezekiel was in captivity in Babylon, and yet, on several occasions he was actually caught up physically by the Spirit and transported to different places, like to the mountains of Israel (i.e. Ezekiel 2:1 through 3:17).
Jeremiah went all the way around the world for his assignment (Jeremiah 25:15-32). To proclaim the Word of Yahuweh in the isles of the sea, Jeremiah had to go there. He had to go to every nation on earth to give Yahuweh’s message of final judgment.
Before the Berlin wall came down, which separated East from West Berlin, Abba instructed a man in America to go to Germany and lay his hand on the wall and command it to come down. He did so. That was all that was asked of him, so he then went home. But, the wall came down shortly afterwards.
I have lived “on assignment” for many years. He has sent me to nations to teach His Word, preach the Good News of salvation, and minister to individuals in healing and deliverance. But, also He has been sending me to many nations to do intercession in unusual places, even to the top of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. But, at each place, He has given me the Scriptures to proclaim, and His message to the gods of the region, and to proclaim His victory in the coming of
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Messiah Yahushua. At times He has had me proclaim the judgment
that He will bring on a nation, people group, or the fallen angels.
I am called many times to bring the Name of Yahuweh and Yahushua into places where it has never been spoken, or not spoken in hundreds or thousands of years, as at Tishbe--Eliyahu’s (Elijah’s) home village.
Many times, obedience to Him has cost me a lot of suffering--in mind, emotions, body, and financially. Attacks of the enemy are the norm in
most cases. But, if we are obedient to the Master, and He can trust us, then we are called upon to do more.
The worst thing ever would be to be left out of what He is doing in the earth, and miss the joy of working with Him to bring the Kingdom and the Messiah.
Luke 12:48b: “And everyone to whom much is given, from him much more will be demanded. And to whom much has been entrusted, from him much more shall be asked”.
As part of life, people serve a human Boss, sometimes for 20-30 years or more--often working very hard and submitting to all that the company asks of them--in order to gain favor and get a promotion. In other words, they becoming a slave of the company for gain. But, hardly anyone will submit to what Yahuweh asks, even for promotion in the Kingdom of heaven. If He asks something that requires sacrifice, few will do what He asks. Therefore, the words of Luke 12:42-49a apply – they will be beaten with many stripes.
His Word must be proclaimed into the earth by a servant who knows His Master’s Word well, and can speak it from his spirit--from the depths of his being, with passion.
The trusted servant must have been disciplined, tested and trained by the Spirit of the Master Himself, so that the Master can trust the servant. Without testing, no one really knows themselves. During testing, He usually stands aloof. He does not want to influence the outcome of the test by intervening. If we pass, then He comes with great affection. If we whine, complain, and act like a baby, then we go through the test again until we learn to praise Him and be joyful and peaceful even in the most severe tests. He is trying to prepare us for the tribulation soon to come. “The false prophets--pastors, rabbis, teachers--who are not preparing His people to endure through severe tribulation will die with the people, even if they try to escape, they won’t make it.
The servant must have a faithful track record, and do only as he’s told, no more, no less. The servant must be trusted to only say what the
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Master says to say – no more, no less. Utmost integrity is expected of one of His servants. No hypocrisy, or hidden agendas are allowed.
In other words, the true servant in intercession must have great fear of Yahuweh, and only go by his instructions without personal input. Thus the true servant must be dead to his own will. It takes breaking the self-will to get to that point. Allow Him to do it in you.
Any born-again believer can pray from the comforts of his home, or car, out walking, or anywhere else. But, even simple prayer and supplication must be Spirit-led, or else flesh/carnal sin nature, and personal desires can enter in. Yahuweh only answers His Word!
I John 5:14-15: “And this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him”.
Make sure your prayers are not a Santa Clause list, or regarding things against His will. Make sure that you only ask what is His will. The Spirit will tell you. Never do witchcraft in prayer by asking “God” to do what you want Him to do that is against His nature, like trying to pray a pastor or rabbi out of their congregation. Never call down judgment on any individual. When He asks a true Prophet to proclaim judgment, it is to nation, a people group, or to Satan’s fallen angels. He does not give such assignments to novices.
If you are going to do true intercession, do it in the Name of Yahuweh (Yahweh/Yahuah) – and Yahushua. Do not substitute pagan names for the Names of the Elohim of Israel, nor use pagan titles like “God” or Lord”, or “Christ”. [Study through article “The Hebrew Names and Titles of the Elohim of Israel”] A person’s name is their identity, and names are not translatable.
If He gives us a burden to pray more than once for something, and the desire to pray stays with us, then, most likely, He intends us to be part of the answer to that prayer, but, not according to our will – but of His leading. In the July 2011 The Voice of the Martyrs magazine, they quote the great missionary to India, William Carey: “When you pray, work to achieve what you pray for”.
For example: If you are earnestly praying for the persecuted believers in countries like China, Indonesia, or those in Arab nations, then your spirit will be stirred to get involved. Abba may ask you to take on projects to send money and goods to organizations working with the persecuted, like The Voice of the Martyrs or Open Doors with Brother Andrew. Or, He may ask you to go to China and help smuggle Bibles to
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the believers who have no Bibles. There are over 100 million strong believers in China, most do not have a Bible. It is illegal for anyone to have a Bible unless they register with the state-controlled “puppet church” that regulates who gets a Bible and who doesn’t. I took Bibles to persecuted believers many times in China--and I feel like it is one of the most important things I’ve ever done in my life. If you stay aloof from His people in their suffering for their faith, He will stay aloof from you when you suffer. Reaching out to others will deliver you from bondage. We are called to daily action. (Refer to: “Daily Flowing in His Perfect Timing” and “On Assignment”)
If you are born of the Spirit, and filled with the Spirit, then your lifestyle is that of a servant. Therefore you have only His will to think about—for He is your Master.
He is sending many of His trusted ones now to open portals of entrance for His will into the earth. The written Word must be proclaimed at the proper time in the proper place.