When Witchcraft Clouds Your Eyes
Now it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” So he answered, “What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?”
2 Kings 9:22
Every time I have a massive encounter with God, it seems like I get attacked with some expression or assignment of witchcraft shortly after, sometimes the very same day.
At first, I didn’t connect the dots, but then after a while I recognized a pattern: when God increases a seer’s sight, the enemy often rises to shut it down, unless you shut him down first.
Paul seems to have experienced this phenomenon of attacks after encounters. In 2 Corinthians 12:1-7, he describes being caught up into Heaven—whether in the body or out he did not know. But he was in Paradise and heard inexpressible words. Next we read, “So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud” (2 Corinthians 12:7 NLT). Notice that God didn’t send the messenger of satan, but he allowed it.
Now that I see the encounter-warfare pattern in my life, I am better equipped to discern and shut down witchcraft retaliation against my seer eyes. And if it slips by me, then I can shut it down quickly before it settles in. When witchcraft attacks, it can lead you into deception. It can make you feel like you’ve lost your spiritual sight. It can even cause a burning sensation in your natural eyes or physical pain in your body.
In Scripture, we see Queen Jezebel, operating in what we call today a Jezebel spirit, practiced witchcraft. Second Kings 9:22 speaks of Jezebel and her witchcrafts, and one of her primary attacks was shutting down the prophetic voice.
Thank God He has given us authority over all expressions of witchcraft. Jesus tells us in Luke 10:19, “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Remember, after you have an encounter, armor up. The enemy wants to steal the seed from your heart.
Prayer
Father, in the name of Jesus, would You help me not to be ignorant of the devil’s devices? Help me to be sober and vigilant. Help me to gird up the loins of my mind so my seer eyes are not attacked.
Discerning Demonic Portals
Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means “rock”), and upon this rock I will build my church [congregation], and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
Matthew 16:18 NLT
It’s one thing to sense or feel something off in the spiritual atmosphere, it’s another thing to discern the source of what you are feeling. And it’s yet another thing—another layer of seer discernment—to understand what is being released that needs to be shut down.
I am talking about demonic portals. We don’t see a chapter and verse that calls out demonic portals, but Jesus did say in Matthew 16:18, “…on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” These gates of hell are often associated with a pagan grotto in Caesarea Philippi. People believed this was an entrance to the underworld. A portal.
A demonic portal is an opening in the spirit realm where wicked spirits ascend and descend. It allows a free flow of demonic activity in a home, church, city, business, or nation. It’s a corridor for trafficking violence, oppression, confusion, and every evil work. A portal is an open door that we need to shut.
Some seers have more of a spiritual warfare bent and are wired to pick up on these portals before others notice. You may see a vision of the portal or of demonic activity in the second heaven. You may see dark clouds in the spirit working to cloak demonic trafficking. You may see shadows. You may see a literal door in the spirit. Or you may see actual demons moving through the portal.
What you see may not be literal. It could be symbolic or parabolic. Serpents often represent lying or deception, for example, while flies can represent corruption. Fog can represent confusion. Always ask the Holy Spirit what you are seeing. Identify the spirit so you are not, as Paul said, beating the air. We want to be accurate so we can shut it down.
How do you shut it down? Name the function of the portal and command the portal to shut. If it is a portal of fear say, “I command this portal of fear to be closed now, in the name of Jesus.” Be specific because the devil is legalistic. Of course, some portals have legal rights that you have to discern before making a command. This is spiritual warfare 101.
Prayer
Father, in the name of Jesus, would You help me discern demonic portals? Help me to understand what demons are trafficking through these portals and to take a stand in the name of Jesus to shut it down.
Don’t Let Anyone Pimp Your Gift
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
2 Peter 2:3 KJV
There was once a young seer with a breaker anointing who could preach down Heaven. He was humble and Christ-centered, but when the speaking circuit saw his ability to raise an offering, he started gaining ground on some of the largest platforms in the Body of Christ. This twenty-something raised millions of dollars. Today, he’s operating in a false spirit.
What happened? When people see the gift of God in you, they may do more than celebrate you. They may try to use your gift for their own personal gain. They may exploit your anointing to serve their purposes. I call this pimping the gift. This is a dangerous trap for unsuspecting seers who just want to serve the Lord.
Peter warned of those who merchandise spiritual gifts: “And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep” (2 Peter 2:3 AMPC).
How do seers fall into this trap? One way is through inexperience. The young seer I mentioned probably had no idea people were using him to gain money. He probably thought he was serving his elders. But seers are also seduced through flattery or straight up manipulation. Eventually, this leads to learned behavior and instead of other people pimping your gift, you start pimping your own gift.
If our motive for ministry is money, our motive is wrong. God is love and everything we do should be to His glory as we seek to advance His Kingdom—not our kingdom. Remember, 1 Timothy 6:10 (AMPC) tells us, “For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many acute [mental] pangs.”
Guard your heart. Stay accountable to people in your life who can tell you what you may not be able to see. Stay grounded in the Word of God and pursue humility.
Prayer
Father, in the name of Jesus, would You help me to guard my gift from people who want to use me for the wrong purposes? Help me discern people’s motives and not fall into the trap the enemy sets for me.
Seeing the Ranks of Angels
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Colossians 1:16
Did you know angels have ranks? As a seer, it’s important to understand the ranks of angels you may see in the spirit.
Pseudo-Dionysis, a Christian philosopher of the late 5th century, describes angels ranked into three hierarchies and nine orders. As he explains it, the first hierarchy contains seraphim, cherubim, and thrones. The second hierarchy contains dominions, virtues, and powers. And the third hierarchy contains principalities, archangels, and angels.
In his hierarchy, seraphim are the highest order of angels. Strong’s Concordance defines seraphim as majestic beings with six wings, human hands or voices in attendance upon God. You might say these are God’s armorbearers who take care of His throne room. Cherubim are second in the first order of angels. Strong’s Concordance defines cherubim as angelic beings that flank God’s throne. We see cherubim appear 66 times in Scripture.
Then there are thrones, which can be either good or evil. Next are dominions. HELPS Word Studies offers a slightly different definition: “a power exerting itself in a particular jurisdiction.” Moving down the list are virtues. In line with Jewish angelic hierarchies, Pseudo-Dionysis and Saint Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica speak of virtues, and point to relation with the Greek word dunamis in Ephesians 1:21. One of Strong’s definitions of dunamis is “power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces and hosts.” They believed these angels work with God in signs and miracles in the world.
Then comes the powers. The Greek word for powers in this verse is exousia, which means, “power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence.” We see an angel in the book of Revelation who has the power over fire (Revelation 14:18). After that are principalities. Vine’s Expository Dictionary reveals that principalities are “supramundane beings who exercise rule.”
Finally are archangels and then angels. The most famed archangel—and the only archangel mentioned by name in the Bible—is Michael. Archangels contend with demons (Jude 9). The Greek word for angel is angelos and in the New Testament takes on the masculine form; there is no corresponding feminine form of the word. Angels are essentially messengers.
Prayer
Father, in the name of Jesus, I know angels and demons have ranks. Help me to understand the ranks of angels and demons so I can respond rightly and receive their ministry.
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