Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Plucking the Eagle's Wings

praying in a form of Arabic, and Israel speaks both Hebrew and Arabic. As we continued, Israel grabbed my hand and began to switch them one over top of the other. It reminded me of Genesis 49, where Jacob blessed Ephriam and Manesseh while switching hands. Suddenly, through the Holy Spirit, Israel shouted, "The Lord is saying the House of Ishmael is on the left." Then he cried out, "They are trying to switch the blessing! They are trying to switch the blessing!" Israel was repeating what I actually said as I prayed in Arabic, a language that I cannot speak in the natural. When we concluded, I sat down and began to write these words: "The 2000 election will be about the will of God versus the will of the people." When I arrived in Tampa, Florida on November 3 to speak at the God's News Behind the News partners meeting, there were over 400 Floridians present. The message that night was prophetic. My opening statement was, "This upcoming election will be about the will of God versus the will of the people." The host, Dr. Joe VanKoevering, said, "I was in prayer and the Holy Spirit told me to watch Florida because it will determine the outcome of the election." Little did anyone know about the explosive battle that would follow in Florida! +On election night, Florida was first called for Al Gore, even before polls had closed in the Florida panhandle. I told my wife Pam, "Well, it's over. Bush can't win without Florida. I guess the will of the people has prevailed." Before the night ended, the state had been called for Bush, meaning he had won the election with one more electoral vote than he needed to win. Before morning, everything had changed to "too close to call." The Battle over the Will of God Versus the Will of the People Since there were two major presidential candidates, it was impossible for both men to be in God's perfect will for the nation. Only one man would represent the perfect will of God for the prophetic season that our nation would soon enter. The other would represent the "permissible will," meaning the Lord would permit it because of the will of the people. God permits us to choose other than His best and, when this happens, the decision is referred to as His "permissible will." In the Bible, God sometimes allowed the will of the people to override His will. Because He gave mankind the freedom to choose, He

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