War of the Church

February 2, 2003
By Martha Lucia

As I watched Fox news on Monday January 27,2003, I found it very interesting. A man (I did
not get his name) who worked for an electronic company was being interviewed. He was talking
about the new weapons America has now that were not used in Desert Storm. One in particular
that he described can be fired from a plane and will knock out all kinds of electronic
equipment. This weapon, as he said, will BLIND the enemy.
I have been praying this very thing, "blind the enemy." Zechariah 12 speaks of the time when
Jerusalem is made a cup of trembling and a burdensome stone to all. Verse 4 says, In that day,
saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will
open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with
blindness. This is a verdict that God has rendered toward the enemy and we have the privilege
of executing the written word against powers, principalities, wicked spirits in high places, and
rulers of darkness.
Later in the newscast the US Ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, was interviewed and said
that everyone is asking about TIME. We are seeing time escalate into Gods time. On June 21,
2002 at a gathering on the Isle of Man, we set Gods TIME and JUDGMENT in the earth, it will
be delayed no longer. I recently bought a Time magazine collector's edition that was entitled
Time Goes To War. I feel it is God's timing that we go to war with the demonic spirits that are
controlling Iraq. The enemy is doing everything he can to get us out of Gods timing. We must
pray for those involved in the war efforts to know Gods timing of all events that must soon take
place. Satan knows his TIME is short.
What is the Churchs responsibility in the midst of times such as these? Among many charges, I
think the book of Revelation gives us some instructions that are as applicable today as they were
in the day they were spoken. Revelation 1:10 (Amp) says: I was in the Spirit - rapt in His
power - on the Lords day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a WAR
TRUMPET. Jesus was calling the Church to war and giving instructions that would cause them
to overcome and be victorious. Unfortunately, it is apparent they did not hear and do what the
Word said. May we hear the call to war and do what the Word of God instructs us to do. The
following provides a brief outline of the warfare Jesus gave to the seven churches, the Church of
that day. This guidance is still relevant today.
Things TO DO

Things NOT TO DO

Work-labor for Christ - spreading His

Gospel and furthering of His
Kingdom

Do NOT leave your first love falling

from where you were

Let patience work in you

Do NOT grow weary

Repent and do the first works

DO NOT tolerate wickedness

DO NOT deny my name or my faith

Test the spirit of those among you

DO NOT fear suffering, or death

Hate the work of the Nicolaitans

those who teach and practice
immorality and idolatry.

DO NOT tolerate the doctrine of

Balaam, a seductive spirit drawing
hearts to idol worship and sexual
immorality.

Endure trouble, tribulation, and

blasphemy, and slander even from
those who say they are part of you

DO NOT sacrifice to idols or eat

things sacrificed to idols (do not eat
from Satans table)

Be watchful and strengthen things

that remain that are about to die

DO NOT commit fornication

Use the strength you have to step

though the open door

DO NOT tolerate the spirit of Jezebel

or partner with it in any way.

Hold fast to what you have that no one

take your crown.

DO NOT think you have everything

you need and become wretched,
miserable, poor, blind, and naked

Make a decision to be hot for

God. Lukewarm wont do.
Buy of Him gold tried in the fire so
that you will be clothed in white
anoint your eyes with eye salve to
see.

DO NOT despise the chastening and

rebuke of the Lord. Satans throne
may be right in your territory, rise up
and over-throw him. Greater is He
that is in us than he that is in the
world

As you read these chapters again, allow the Lord to show you all that He means for the Church
to be doing and not doing so we may be overcomers and receive all He promises in these
verses. There is much more we could add, this is just an overview of how we need to be living
as His Ambassadors in the earth.
On my recent trip back to the UK from the US, I was sitting in a window seat and looked out and
saw an airplane with a complete circle around it. The circle was shining like the sun, but had
color in it also, almost like a rainbow. I kept watching it for some time before I realized it was a
shadow of the plane I was on. I asked God, "Are You showing me that You have this particular
plane encircled?" I felt He said, "No, Im showing you what I intend to do for the planes that fly
in this war against the enemy." I immediately thought of the scripture in Zechariah 2:5 that says,
"I will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst." I know this is

speaking of Israel, but God uses His Word to speak about many things and situations we find
ourselves in today. "As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also
he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it." (Isaiah 31:5) Praise the Lord for His
promises.
As I kept watching, there appeared very clearly four perfectly square windows in the
clouds. The first one disappeared very quickly. The second one hesitated longer, the third and
fourth just sort of clouded over. I felt the Lord say this was a picture of the window of
opportunity over four nations, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. I am not sure if this means
these nations will have to be invaded by a natural army, or the army of the Lord in concert with
the prayers of the saints, or both in order for the land and the people to be free to hear the gospel,
but I had that impression. Pray the Lord of the harvest will have laborers ready to go into these
nations with the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven. Freedom is the sound of heaven. Jesus
came to make us free. May this sound hit the earth and shake everything that can be shaken and
cause the kingdoms of this world to become the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ.
These are things I saw clearly with the naked eye, but you might ask the Lord if He has
more to be added to this interpretation. I count it a privilege when God shows me things
like this, but I would never want to make it into something (of private interpretation), or
what I want it to be, rather than what HE is saying. I set it before you to be searched,
tried, and proven whether it is so.