What is God speaking to his people during this moment in history?
In a special message with Karen Wheaton, Perry Stone discussed the spiritual battle currently raging in our nation today, and how God is desiring to use His church.
“We don’t need to be moved by the natural things that we’re seeing happening right now because the things that’s happening in America sort of disguises itself as a political war or a cultural war…but this is a spiritual war,” Wheaton says.
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Pondering about the spiritual state of our nation and the slaughtering of innocent blood through abortion, Wheaton asked God if judgment for our nation was inevitable.
“He answered me with three words that I heard; He said, ‘Who knows? Perhaps,'” says Wheaton.
God then led Wheaton to look at the Scripture in Joel 2, where verse 14 reads, “Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse.”
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She then points out that this Scripture lends us to believe that judgment and blessing for our nation is still in the balance, dependent upon how God’s people respond.
Stone says that we often see people less inclined to care about who’s in charge, believing it doesn’t matter exactly who is running in the nation. However, this is not how we as God’s people are to act.
“What we have to remember is when Daniel was in Babylonian captivity, he was praying for Israel. He was repenting to God on behalf of the ministry of the priest,” Stone says. “He was saying, ‘Our judges have passed laws that’s contrary to You [God], our priests have not been faithful to You.'”
Wheaton notes that the phrasing of “Who knows? Perhaps,” is also found in Jonah in the New Living Translation as well.
“Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change His mind and hold back His fierce anger from destroying us,” (v. 9).
“This is a call from God for us today, for our nation, for the people of God to hear the call of God,” Wheaton says.
Stone says we are seeing a culture completely absorbed with wanting to rid of the Judeo-Christian values America was founded on. This means we can no longer sit back and watch the world crumble around us. Instead, he urges Christians to stand up for what is right.
“This is a generation that has a promise hanging on it of the outpouring of the Spirit…and Satan says if I can switch them out and stop the seed, they’ll never have that prophecy fulfilled,” Stone says.
“It doesn’t matter what the devil plans. When God said He’s going to do it, when the time comes He’s going to do it. So, you’re going to have choose what side you’re on. Are you going to follow the system of the world and the people of the world and follow Baal, or are you going to say ‘Yahweh is God’ and pray the fire back down on the altars in the church?” he continues.
During this pivotal moment in our history, we cannot ignore what is happening in the world around us. We must come boldly before the throne of grace, repenting to the Lord and seeking Him to heal our land.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
