Warriors Of The New Millenium
These are the Warriors of the New Millenium
By Kim Clement
Goliath stood gloating over the pathetic compromising church as they waved their silly systematic, methodical orderly swords at him. They hoped to frighten him away. Their swords didn’t frighten him. He held in his hand a sword that was dripping blood. In what battle have they used their swords? They’ve used them to kill an enemy or to annihilate an entire tribe of priests. Unfortunately, Goliath was not going to leave.
The present onslaught of witchcraft against the church, with crafty intimidation from the princes of darkness, will only intensify as long as the church continues to sit at board meetings, prayer breakfasts or a pastor fraternal; hoping to avoid the plain and simple fact: WAR
How could we possibly think we could escape war?
King Saul and his choice soldiers (fresh from the best bible colleges) waved whimsical weapons; shouted silly slogans and simply waited for their hero to come. They waited for him to come out of his legislative lethargy, disingenuous debating and procrastinating pit to make a decision. After all, multiplicity was about to happen and once Saul had made his decision a genetic duplication of the identical spirit would immediately begin amongst his soldiers.
God help us if we are to reach this present generation with our present reproductive organs, spiritually impotent, with no desire to reproduce anything more than a perfect religious specimen. The thought of any more identical organisms descending upon us is frightening.
Saul made his decision - Prognosticate. Based on present signs, we are to make a decision. The trouble with leadership in the church today is they have embraced the power of “realistic” prognostication and rejected the futuristic powers of the prophetic. After all, every other media in the world has managed to predict every kind of failure based on the present statistics. Why has the church not done this? Why should they listen to prophets and unrealistic predictions? Because God is able to defy any prognosis and intervene with a little characteristic he owns called sovereignty. Is He not, after all, the chief of state in the monarchy? Does He not have the supreme rank and power? Is He not autonomous with a theocratic attitude? We are not willing to take the chance.
When a young lad came onto the scene, he was horrified at the fact that the giant had wasted Israel’s time for so long. Immediately the opportunistic Saul forgot about the lack of training David had received, or that he hadn’t spent three years in the bible college, but rather saw the chance to sacrifice a youth in hopes that this would entice and provoke his unmotivated soldiers to action. Perhaps he thought that this youth would keep the giant occupied until they could work out a “new” strategy. In the meantime, they donned David in the regular armor, in hopes that if by any chance David won the battle, they could at least say that it was Saul’s armor David wore. God was going to take the foolish things of this world and confuse the wise.
The present warriors of Christ are unknown at this point in time. They are presently in the backyards of their family house: tending sheep, polishing cars, watching Bart Simpson in some disgusting dilemma, laughing at the heroic vulgarity of Beavis and Butthead. Maybe they’re tapping their feet to the sounds of gangster rap, or singing “I love you” with Barney. They are very possibly enjoying intriguing fellowship with the Lord and in so doing are disposing of a few lions and bears.
They don’t worry whether these great victories are ever published in the latest bulletin of evangelistic signs and wonders. They couldn’t be bothered whether anyone hears about it, as long as God uses their victories. They hope that he will use their successes to bring about another, greater victory at another place, in another time, proving that a little stone can go a hell of a long way.
Samuel did not see in David what God had seen in him. David did not meet up to Samuel’s idea of a king. The prophet was mourning over the fact that God had rejected Saul, but it was self-pity. Was Samuel more upset over the fact that he had anointed Saul as king, and his words were not coming to pass? God could see the bigger picture, however. The kingdom must continue and he had chosen for himself a king — a young boy whom no one knew. This boy was a new breed of musician, one who not only played with skill, but also had anointing. Anointing that drove back the spirits of torment and depression, which antagonized the anointed of the Lord.
God is raising up a new standard of music in the Body of Christ. This new standard will not only bring glory to God, but will also antagonize the forces of darkness. It will bring freedom to a hungry world and have access into the kingdoms that have had free reign over our children. This music has been set apart for this generation, kept for such a time as this. This music will not only be heard in the plush pews of the sanctuaries, but in the marketplaces, on MTV and wherever the secular music has had full reign.
Composition will take on a new meaning and songs will be written that will astound the world, songs the world has never dreamed of. Korg and Roland will be bygone names as young men and women, filled with God’s Spirit, begin to tap into His creative ability and invent new instruments and sounds. Why not? King Saul was chosen by the popular demand of the people. God gave them what they wanted and the rest is history.
Today, most of the church has an image in their minds as to what their leader should look like, act like, dress like, etc. When God suddenly decides that they have overstepped the mark he starts raising up an untidy yet potentially dangerous generation. The prophets of the hour begin to mourn. In this state of mourning they find it difficult to recognize and anoint the “new” warriors. They are seeing through the eyes of pity, self-defense and self-righteousness. “How could we have made such a mistake?” they say. Well, they never made the mistakes. The prophets who anointed them were simply obeying the voice of God. Saul was to blame, not Samuel. Saul spared the Amalakites, not Samuel.
The old rejected order still survived because David had to grow up. Saul began to hate David. He eventually used the weapon that was intended for the enemy to wound his greatest warrior. This scenario is repeated in history time and time again. The old predictable order fights the new unpredictable one that begins to challenge the very forces of hell; they have overcome the organized religious group.
A new danger is on the horizon. A generation without a prophetic voice will drive the church to tap into familiar spirits. Saul had driven David into seclusion and Samuel had died. Not only that, but Saul had annihilated all the priests. This meant that there were no priests in the kingdom. If there are no priests and no prophets, then there is no balance to the king.
One cannot operate as a king without the influence of the priestly and prophetic. Without these two very important factors, one would have to search for an answer elsewhere. In Saul’s case, he went to a witch. When Samuel appeared he repeated the same words to Saul that God had given him before.
“You will have to literally eat the words of yesterday’s prophets if you annihilate the prophets of today.” Today there is a war to be won against this generation. This war has to be won, even if by a few.
www.kimclement.com
By Kim Clement
Goliath stood gloating over the pathetic compromising church as they waved their silly systematic, methodical orderly swords at him. They hoped to frighten him away. Their swords didn’t frighten him. He held in his hand a sword that was dripping blood. In what battle have they used their swords? They’ve used them to kill an enemy or to annihilate an entire tribe of priests. Unfortunately, Goliath was not going to leave.
The present onslaught of witchcraft against the church, with crafty intimidation from the princes of darkness, will only intensify as long as the church continues to sit at board meetings, prayer breakfasts or a pastor fraternal; hoping to avoid the plain and simple fact: WAR
How could we possibly think we could escape war?
King Saul and his choice soldiers (fresh from the best bible colleges) waved whimsical weapons; shouted silly slogans and simply waited for their hero to come. They waited for him to come out of his legislative lethargy, disingenuous debating and procrastinating pit to make a decision. After all, multiplicity was about to happen and once Saul had made his decision a genetic duplication of the identical spirit would immediately begin amongst his soldiers.
God help us if we are to reach this present generation with our present reproductive organs, spiritually impotent, with no desire to reproduce anything more than a perfect religious specimen. The thought of any more identical organisms descending upon us is frightening.
Saul made his decision - Prognosticate. Based on present signs, we are to make a decision. The trouble with leadership in the church today is they have embraced the power of “realistic” prognostication and rejected the futuristic powers of the prophetic. After all, every other media in the world has managed to predict every kind of failure based on the present statistics. Why has the church not done this? Why should they listen to prophets and unrealistic predictions? Because God is able to defy any prognosis and intervene with a little characteristic he owns called sovereignty. Is He not, after all, the chief of state in the monarchy? Does He not have the supreme rank and power? Is He not autonomous with a theocratic attitude? We are not willing to take the chance.
When a young lad came onto the scene, he was horrified at the fact that the giant had wasted Israel’s time for so long. Immediately the opportunistic Saul forgot about the lack of training David had received, or that he hadn’t spent three years in the bible college, but rather saw the chance to sacrifice a youth in hopes that this would entice and provoke his unmotivated soldiers to action. Perhaps he thought that this youth would keep the giant occupied until they could work out a “new” strategy. In the meantime, they donned David in the regular armor, in hopes that if by any chance David won the battle, they could at least say that it was Saul’s armor David wore. God was going to take the foolish things of this world and confuse the wise.
The present warriors of Christ are unknown at this point in time. They are presently in the backyards of their family house: tending sheep, polishing cars, watching Bart Simpson in some disgusting dilemma, laughing at the heroic vulgarity of Beavis and Butthead. Maybe they’re tapping their feet to the sounds of gangster rap, or singing “I love you” with Barney. They are very possibly enjoying intriguing fellowship with the Lord and in so doing are disposing of a few lions and bears.
They don’t worry whether these great victories are ever published in the latest bulletin of evangelistic signs and wonders. They couldn’t be bothered whether anyone hears about it, as long as God uses their victories. They hope that he will use their successes to bring about another, greater victory at another place, in another time, proving that a little stone can go a hell of a long way.
Samuel did not see in David what God had seen in him. David did not meet up to Samuel’s idea of a king. The prophet was mourning over the fact that God had rejected Saul, but it was self-pity. Was Samuel more upset over the fact that he had anointed Saul as king, and his words were not coming to pass? God could see the bigger picture, however. The kingdom must continue and he had chosen for himself a king — a young boy whom no one knew. This boy was a new breed of musician, one who not only played with skill, but also had anointing. Anointing that drove back the spirits of torment and depression, which antagonized the anointed of the Lord.
God is raising up a new standard of music in the Body of Christ. This new standard will not only bring glory to God, but will also antagonize the forces of darkness. It will bring freedom to a hungry world and have access into the kingdoms that have had free reign over our children. This music has been set apart for this generation, kept for such a time as this. This music will not only be heard in the plush pews of the sanctuaries, but in the marketplaces, on MTV and wherever the secular music has had full reign.
Composition will take on a new meaning and songs will be written that will astound the world, songs the world has never dreamed of. Korg and Roland will be bygone names as young men and women, filled with God’s Spirit, begin to tap into His creative ability and invent new instruments and sounds. Why not? King Saul was chosen by the popular demand of the people. God gave them what they wanted and the rest is history.
Today, most of the church has an image in their minds as to what their leader should look like, act like, dress like, etc. When God suddenly decides that they have overstepped the mark he starts raising up an untidy yet potentially dangerous generation. The prophets of the hour begin to mourn. In this state of mourning they find it difficult to recognize and anoint the “new” warriors. They are seeing through the eyes of pity, self-defense and self-righteousness. “How could we have made such a mistake?” they say. Well, they never made the mistakes. The prophets who anointed them were simply obeying the voice of God. Saul was to blame, not Samuel. Saul spared the Amalakites, not Samuel.
The old rejected order still survived because David had to grow up. Saul began to hate David. He eventually used the weapon that was intended for the enemy to wound his greatest warrior. This scenario is repeated in history time and time again. The old predictable order fights the new unpredictable one that begins to challenge the very forces of hell; they have overcome the organized religious group.
A new danger is on the horizon. A generation without a prophetic voice will drive the church to tap into familiar spirits. Saul had driven David into seclusion and Samuel had died. Not only that, but Saul had annihilated all the priests. This meant that there were no priests in the kingdom. If there are no priests and no prophets, then there is no balance to the king.
One cannot operate as a king without the influence of the priestly and prophetic. Without these two very important factors, one would have to search for an answer elsewhere. In Saul’s case, he went to a witch. When Samuel appeared he repeated the same words to Saul that God had given him before.
“You will have to literally eat the words of yesterday’s prophets if you annihilate the prophets of today.” Today there is a war to be won against this generation. This war has to be won, even if by a few.
www.kimclement.com
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