Okay, I'm going to break this down even further. Those who mock will continue to mock; those with wisdom may learn something.
The fact that attempts have been made to discredit and marginalize me by mischaracterizing what I'm saying, and labeling me a "complainer," convinces me all the more I've hit on something. And it just proves that the scoffers really have no sound counterarguments so they resort to personal attacks.
The lyric's to Jobe's song, "Holy Spirt," go:
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
In the first place, the Holy Spirit doesn't need our permission to go anywhere or do anything. He does as
He wills, not as we will. It's a totally arrogant thing to think we can tell the Holy Spirit: Okay, you can come now, you have our permission.
Secondly, the Holy Spirit doesn't need to flood the atmosphere. He lives within each one of us if we're born again. This notion of "filling the atmosphere" comes from the idea of
Territorial Spirits. These are demonic spirits that rule the atmosphere of certain geographical areas. Before a city or region can be won for Christ, the territorial spirits must first be banished, or so it is taught especially by the New Apostolic Reformation. The NAR promotes a plan called the Seven Mountains Mandate, a form of dominionism. The idea is to take back for Christianity the seven spheres of influence now ruled by Satan and his demons. They are government, media, family, business, education, church, and the arts. Notice the church is included in this list.
In order to take back these spheres, Christians are encouraged to do battle with the demons and cast them out. Then the doors will open for "Christianity" to step in a assume its rightful place as rulers. It stands to reason that if the leadership of the NAR (the "apostles" and "prophets") will inherit these kingdoms, they'll also inherit the church itself—theoretically at least, assuming their plan succeeds. Rather than casting out the demons, IMO the demons are actually
helping them.
No doubt I'll be labeled further as crazy or a complainer. That's okay. This is a real thing and all anyone has to do is look into it. I'm not sure if the Seven Mountains Mandate will succeed or fail; I don't really care. My whole point is to simply show where this idea of conjuring the "Holy Spirit" to fill the atmosphere comes from. It has gotten so far from preaching the gospel and making disciples it's absurd.
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