Who is In Charge
Who’s In Charge?
THE BATTLE FOR THE ROYAL SEED
Taught by: Carolyn Sissom
Sunday, 6:00 p.m. m January 18, 2009
Jer. 31: 15-16 KJV: “Thus says the Lord: A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Thus says the Lord; Refrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.”
The promise of God stands sure. The pure Seed will be preserved in the midst of demonic fury and malicious carnage.
As Christians we face a time in the history of this nation when we do not have leaders who are protecting our children from abortion, molestation, pornography or sodomy. Satan through the liberal government is throwing our children to the devil for his evil fury and malicious carnage. This is the action of savage character throughout history.
In the 21st century, abortion is America’s national evil. The Herod spirit in control of our government is marked by the senseless killing of babies.
Matthew 2:16-18 fulfills Jeremiah 31: 15-16.”then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding angry ,and set forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted, because they were not.”
King Herod tried to kill the baby Messiah, the anointed Seed, the rightful King of the Jews.
Why this senseless slaughter? There cannot be two kings (Josh. 24:15; 1 Kings 18:21; Mt. 6:24). One of them must abdicate his throne. There are two kingdoms, two natures, two races, two kings—Jesus and you. Both cannot reign at the same time. Both John the Baptist and Jesus came preaching the gospel of the Kingdom. Wicked men try to kill the message of theocracy by killing the messenger.
Acts 17:7 KJV…there is another king, one Jesus”
There is no other king but Jesus! That’s why the warfare is raging in our churches, homes, minds, nation, nations of the earth and our mouths. There are two kinds of words: those that exalt the King of kings, and those that promote the king of self. Eventually, men will have to choose between life and death, blessing and cursing.
This morning I made a comment worth repeating, “Nobody ever left your ministry over doctrine; that is but the smoke screen for their real feelings: they couldn’t be in charge! When a man’s beastly nature cannot have his own way, he bears his fangs and shows his claws.
Ps. 75:7 NIV “But it is God who judges: He brings one down, He exalts another.
2 Cor. 10: 3-5 KJV:
“for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
The story of Herod’s attempt to kill Baby Jesus reveals the pattern of casting down thrones, illustrated in the Old Testament by the downfall of King Saul and the coronation of King David. Herod’s diabolical act is paralleled elsewhere in Scripture with Pharaoh’s extermination of the Hebrew babies in the time of Moses; Athaliah’s unthinkable effort to kill her own grandsons, including little King Joash of Judah. (2 Chron. 22-23); and the dragon standing before the sun-clothed woman to devour her man child as soon as he is born (Rev. 12: 1-5)
Herod represents an angry devil, “king over all the children of pride” (Job. 41:34), who recognizes that he has but a short time (Rev. 12:12). He is terrified when the Seed speaks.
Herod is also a picture of the carnal mind, the arrogant king of self (Rom. 8: 5-8), 2 Thess. 2:3-4). Just as Samuel completely rejected the seven sons of Jesse so the Holy, spirit, the dove of God will not anoint dead flesh. He rejected the head (human wisdom) and shoulders (human strength) of Saul and chose a man after His own heart. All the great men of the flesh will be disqualified in the days of the Glorified Church. God is not interested in what Herod thinks or says.
Simply put, Herod represents anyone or anything that tries to stand in the way of the “holy thing” (Lk. 1:35), purposing to destroy or usurp the rightful reign of the divine Seed in order to preserve a lesser authority. King Jesus was a threat to Herod’s throne. There is a governmental throne being set up in this nation that through the mouth of the beast (liberal media) out of the sea (unredeemed people) is set to stand in the way of all “Holy Things.”
Herod’s butchering of Bethlehem’s children was in every way in harmony with his savage character. He was tormented with incurable disease, and yet even more incurable suspicion. He gave this evil command among the cruel and reckless acts that marked the last months of his life.
When Herod heard that the King of the Jews was born, the word of God says he was troubled. Herod and the whole religious city were disturbed and intimidated by the news that another King was alive.
Jesus Christ is the seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15) as well as the Seed of Abraham and the Seed of David. This is the Royal Seed that is protected throughout the entire Bible and the history of the world...
- From Genesis to Malachi, the Seed comes.
- In the four gospels, the Seed lives, Speaks and dies.
- In the Book of Acts, the Seed lives and is raised from the dead.
- From Romans to Jude, the Seed preaches
- In the Book of Revelation, the Seed reigns. (Rev. 11:15)
Satan purposes to contaminate the witness of the prophetic word. Like Herod, the evil one does not want the anointing to live. Our adversary panics when the Christ in you begins to mature and prophesy. Herod, then and now, will always “despise the prophetic word, treating it with contempt and counting it as nothing (1 Thess. 5:20). With the king of pride so troubled and angry, it can be dangerous to prophesy.
The devil is paralyzed to hear that the anointed seed, having learned to speak, has begun to reign. This is why he vehemently hates the gospel of the Kingdom (Mt. 14:14) and those who preach it—Kingdom living deals with governmental authority and the bottom-line question, “Who’s in charge?”
Only when the Seed reigns does change come, for within that living Word is the power and authority to conform everything around it to its own nature!
The Royal Seed cannot speak through us if He does not live within us. We must be born again (Jn. 3:7).
The anointed Seed cannot reign if He does not speak. We all must learn to prophesy. (1 Cor. 14: 1-5, 24, 26, 31, 39)
Joseph was warned by the angel that Herod was plotting against the messiah to destroy Him. He sent forth wicked men to murder the promised Seed. As there is even now a time of birthing, we must be alert to the devilish activity of “false apostles”. (2 Cor. 11:13; Rev. 2:2).
Rebellious men have carefully learned the craft of killing the Seed (spiritual abortion) and vexing the Holy Ghost (is. 63:10). They unabashedly use the Scriptures to substantiate their insane ploys. The sword of the Word of God is being used to kill and not to heal. Even this week, at the inauguration of the President-Elect, there will be a direct and intentional attack on the purity of the seed through the validation of Sodomy.
But the pure Seed will be preserved. In the midst of demonic fury and malicious carnage, the promise of God stands sure. Messiah inauguration brings about great warfare. The divine Seed cannot be contaminated! Herod is troubled and very angry. He appears to be “In charge”.
God has gloriously promised to bring back His people from captivity. Jeremiah 30 and 32 together are called the “Song of Restoration.” These two chapters detail the promise of the New Covenant and restoration of the glorious church!
Jer. 20: 1-3: “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, thus says the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all of the words that I have spoken unto you in a book. For, lo, the days come, says the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, says the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
These verses were historically fulfilled in the Old Testament post-exilic days of Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah! Their spiritual fulfillment is shown in the restoration of the New Testament Church (The New Covenant).
This promise is sure. At the very time Herod was massacring innocent children, god was faithfully promising to restore and preserve the messianic Seed!
I taught Tuesday on the time of Jacob’s trouble and identified it with the Day of Atonement.
Jeremiah continues his “Song of Restoration” by first describing the restoration of the city. He then declared to the surrounding nations that Jehovah had ransomed and redeemed His people. He appealed to the people to turn from their backsliding and participate in God’s restoration.
In verses 3-4, he reminds us that I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Dry your tears, mother Rachel! (The Church)! Herod has been fierce and the labor has been hard, but your Messianic Seed will live.
The day will come when the apostolic angel will proclaim, “Arise…for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.” (Mt. 2:20
Preached by: Carolyn Sissom
Text quotes from The Time of the Messiah by: Kelly Varner
Comments and conclusions are my own relative to the present circumstances.
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