Prepare-for-War

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."

II Corinthians 5:7

"The just shall live by faith." Romans 1:17 Why then the tremendous emphasis on sight, or visualiza tion in these days? I believe this is a serious doctrine of demons placed within the Christian church to bring God's people into a deceptive relationship with demons. The following pictures show what I believe to be the essence of the whole doctrine of visualization - rebellion against God's will when He doesn't give us what we want. See the illustrations on the next three pages. Are you willing to stand in the gap for someone? "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God." Ezekiel 22:30-31 The "gap" is not just a symbol. It is a real place in the spirit world, the same as are so many other things such as the "valley of the shadow of death." (Psalm 23) Scriptures give us a wealth of glimpses into the spirit world. Many things we assume to be symbols, are reality in the spirit world. Ac cording to this scripture in Ezekiel, God was looking for someone who would be willing to stand in this gap. Why? So that God would not have to bring down judgement upon the heads of the people. So that brings us to the question, just what is this gap, and what does blocking the gap, or "building up the hedge" to block it, really accomplish? I believe a real clue is found in Corinthians. "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: Standing in the Gap

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