Wow talk about putting the fear of God in you wow don't mess with God or His people Lelia Struve email [log in to unmask] msn [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: Jezebel Part 2 of 2 > ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: JEZEBEL & WITCHCRAFT II > > Good Morning and Blessings on you! > This is going to be an even more spectacular day than yesterday! Ready? > A quick note before we get started today. In case you've visited our > website lately > (http://www.CoffeeBreakOnline.com<http://www.coffeebreakonline.com/>) > and found the daily posts missing, and most of the archived articles > gone, that's my fault. I accidentally deleted the archived articles > when I was trying to update the site. > Sandra Hartle is our regular webmaster, and normally she has taken care > of updating the site. However, several weeks ago, she had to undergo > some pretty serious surgery that laid her up and incapacitated her for > over a month. Although she has been recovering nicely, she still hasn't > been up to sitting up for several hours to reconstruct the site after my > blunders. I know she will appreciate your prayers for her complete > recovery and total restoration of strength. > In the meantime, if you are looking for any of the archived articles, > they are available at our MSN discussion site: > http://groups.msn.com/RegnersRangers/general.msnw<http://groups.msn.com/R > egnersRangers/general.msnw>. You are invited to join the site as well > and participate in the forums. > Got my good strong cup of French Roasted Columbian (still haven't > figured out how the French got into this act!) poured, and I'm on my > second cup. Better grab yours before its too late. > Yesterday, I ran out of time (and space) to complete a story on seeing > firsthand the spirit of Jezebel in operation. It never occurred to me > at the time that this was what I was seeing, and not for several years > thereafter did I understand the demonic nature of what transpired. Not > until the Holy Spirit led me into the ministry of deliverance did I > begin to comprehend what had unfolded before me; and then I watched as > the Lord brought both judgment and vindication. > As I wrapped the day up in part one of this discussion yesterday, I said > that as soon as I was gone from Barrow, a fake trial was held before the > church board. Dwain was found guilty in absentia. He never had an > opportunity to present evidence that would have cleared him. Neither > was I ever given an opportunity - as one who had personally worked with > him and been involved in the day-to-day ministry - to present any > evidence or testimony contrary to that of the conspirators. > Dwain was contacted while in California and advised to get back to > Barrow to pack up his personal belongings, and told that he was through > as a pastor in Alaska. You can imagine his shock. He flew to Fairbanks > to meet with the District Superintendent (DS) to plead his case and was > brushed off without so much as an ounce of grace. > Anyone who knows me knows that I'm about the last person on the face of > this earth to believe in conspiracies and I don't abide conspiracy > theories very well. Nevertheless, as this situation unfolded, it became > clear that certain preachers in Alaska wanted titles and political power > within the Alaska Missions. Because of my father's long history of > building and establishing churches and his pioneering ministry, they > figured he was in line to become the top leader within the denomination > and its operations in Alaska. > Dad was about as apolitical as any person you've ever met. He wasn't > the least bit interested in titles or positions. He was there because > God called and anointed him to lay foundations, and build and establish > the Kingdom of God throughout the arctic. He didn't have time for > church politics and adamantly criticized those within the denomination > for getting wrapped up in it. > Nevertheless, he was given a title (as General Presbyter - that's an > overseer and representative of a group of churches) and a certain amount > of authority within the statewide operations of the denomination. What > Dad knew was that his authority didn't come from the denomination; it > came from the Lord who called him and sent him. He used his position - > not as a political power base, but as a means to extend his reach in > ministry. > One of the things I've found to be true in a lifetime of ministry is > that those who seek political power and position generally tend to be > afraid of it; and their seeking after that power and position comes from > a place of wanting the esteem of men. Likewise, those who seek after > power and political titles tend to believe that everyone else also wants > that power. It becomes a place of competition, manipulation and > control. Hence, it becomes a platform in their lives for witchcraft to > take hold and function in and through them. > Thus, those who conspired to remove Dwain from the pastorate in Barrow > did so because they felt he was a "vote" for my father to have the > general superintendence of the denomination in Alaska. Hervel was a > pawn - a willing one, to be sure, but a pawn nevertheless. His greed > and willingness to subvert the Gospel for the sake of what he viewed as > a powerful political position (he became the pawn of a spirit of > witchcraft) made him an easy target for those who also had subverted the > Gospel. > Dwain didn't waste much time nursing any wounds over the conspiracy and > his removal from Barrow. He began ministering in a church in southern > California as new doors opened up to him. The conspiracy hadn't ended, > of course, but the Lord was setting the stage for judgment for the > would-be conspirators. > By now, of course, I was in Nome, working at the bank and receiving my > training to take the management of the Kotzebue branch; and at the same > time helping our family friend and brother in the Lord, Paul Bills, in > his pastorate of the church in Nome where I'd grown up in my early > childhood. A general unrest began to develop in my spirit in the midst > of my bank management training, and I realized this was not the > direction of the Lord in my life. The job wasn't paying a whole lot of > money (unless you are in management in banking, you don't make any money > at all), and I was struggling to pay my bills. > Our young daughter, Debbie, was fighting with one sickness after > another, and money was spending like water. A friend I'd known from my > youth was working for the state of Alaska as a civil engineer. He knew > of my engineering and math skills and offered me a high-paying job with > the state as a surveyor on a remote highway project. I decided it was > time to get my bills paid off and actually make a move towards > permanent, full-time pastoral ministry, resigned from the bank and took > the surveyor's job. > In the meantime, I discovered that the denomination was looking for a > missionary to take the church in Nenana, Alaska so I submitted my name > to the missions organization. As soon as my father heard that I had put > my name in consideration, he contacted the missions leadership and put > in his plug on my behalf. > It never dawned on me - and certainly not on my Dad - that this move > would be regarded in exactly the same way they regarded Dwain's > pastorate of the church in Barrow: namely, another vote for my father, > and a threat to those who sought political power and position. I > waited, and waited, and waited, and waited some more. It didn't make > sense that I wasn't receiving any response from the missions leadership. > The need in Nenana was urgent and I was more than qualified. > Weeks turned into months, and still no response was forthcoming. I > asked Paul Bills to check on it for me and see if he could rattle some > doors on my behalf. The look in his eye when I asked should have spoken > volumes, but I was na EFve enough to think that he was fully supportive > of my request. > After some five months had passed and still no answer was forthcoming > from the denomination, a letter arrived in the mail from Audrey Mieir, > the songwriter, arranger and singer whom I had known from my days in > Bible College. She asked me if I would pray about and consider taking > over the youth ministry in her brother-in-law's church in Duarte, > California: Bethel Union Church. There was an immediate "YES" in my > spirit. This was the direction of the Lord, and it was clear. > I still didn't understand why I hadn't heard anything from the > denominational missions leadership, but decided to let it pass. In the > midst of the transition in moving from Alaska to California, I used my > aunt and uncle's home in Santa Clara, California as a stopover and a > staging place from which to make the final move. A letter from the > missions board that was sent to my Alaskan address caught up with me in > Santa Clara. To sum up that letter, it read, "with your life so out of > order and your bills unpaid, how dare you apply for a place of ministry > with us?" > Since I had paid off my bills before leaving Alaska with the high-paying > job as a surveyor, the letter was puzzling to say the least. None of it > made any sense, and I simply threw the letter in the trash can. > Besides, I already had my direction from the Lord. > Now. Let's fast forward to the late fall of 1976. I've been > ministering with Dwain McKenzie (again!) at Long Beach Christian Center > for the past five years. The events of a decade previous are long gone > from our memories. The past ten years have produced such change in me > that I'm no longer anything like what I was in 1966. There has been an > unfolding of a series of miracles and spectacular works of the Holy > Spirit as I could scarcely have imagined. Now I've accepted Scott > Hessek's offer to take the ministry of CBN and the 700 Club to Alaska. > Arriving in Anchorage and on my way to Saint Paul Island where my folks > are ministering, I spend a few days reacquainting myself with people > I've known throughout much of my life. On Sunday, prior to my Monday > departure for Saint Paul Island, I decide to visit the denominational > church in Anchorage where many of my past friends or acquaintances would > likely be. > The Sunday morning service gets under way and the pastor makes a point > of publicly acknowledging and recognizing my presence. At the > conclusion of the service, a hand taps me on the shoulder from behind > and a familiar voice says, "Regner, I'm so glad to see you." It was > Paul Bills. I spun around, grabbed him and gave him a big bear hug. > "Brother Bills, I sure am glad to see you! What are you doing here?" I > hadn't kept track of him or his movements, and was unaware that he had > been gone from Nome for some time. > Tears came to his eyes, and he began to weep. "Brother, I need to ask > you for your forgiveness," he said. You could have pushed me over with > a feather. "Why on earth do you need my forgiveness," I asked. > "Ten years ago, I did you a terrible wrong. When you applied for > missionary status with the missions board and requested appointment to > Nenana, I sent accusatory letters against you in order to block your > appointment." He went on to relate the conspiracy that had taken place > between him, the then-District Superintendent, and others in ministry in > Alaska to block people from being in a position where they could become > supporting votes for my father to have the general superintendency. > I responded, "Brother, you didn't have to do that! Dad couldn't have > cared less for the title or the position. He was too focused on > accomplishing what the Lord anointed and appointed him to do. Becoming > the General Superintendent was the last thing on his mind!" > Paul Bills nodded his head. "I know that, now, but I was too caught up > in wanting the position myself. I was wrong, brother, and the Lord has > taken me to task for it. I am suffering His judgment because of my > actions. He has instructed me to put my house in order and prepare to > die. Brother, I have Lou Gehrig's disease, and I have less than two > years to live. I did you wrong, among others, in the midst of my greed > and manipulation to have political power, and I'm asking you to forgive > me." > I was so overcome with emotion it was hard to speak. "Brother Bills," I > said brokenly, "Whatever you meant for evil, the Lord has meant for > good. I wouldn't trade the past ten years of seeing and experiencing > all that the Lord has done in and through me for the whole world! > Consider yourself more than forgiven." > I only saw Paul Bills a couple of times after that. His health > deteriorated rapidly and in less than two years, he was gone. Inquiries > into the whereabouts of the previous District Superintendent, as well as > the would-be pastor in Barrow (Hervel) who had aided in the conspiracy > to remove Dwain yielded the following, and I realized that the Lord was > executing judgment. > The previous DS had also been stricken with a nerve disorder that > eventually caused his death. The church board in Barrow soon realized > after Dwain's dismissal that he was not guilty of the accusations > leveled against him, and that in fact, Hervel had trumped up charges of > criminal activity of which he was personally guilty. The church asked > for his removal and he was gone shortly thereafter, dismissed from the > denomination, and he moved to Nome where he became its City Manager. It > didn't take long for Hervel to resume his financial fraud. An > investigation by federal agents brought about an indictment for > embezzlement. His wife divorced him, and he wound up in prison. > See what the spirit of Jezebel does to people? See what happens when > folks become contaminated by the sin of witchcraft? > Remember the quote I shared with you yesterday from Revelation 2, "And I > gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. > Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with > her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I > will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that > I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every > one of you according to your works." > That's EXACTLY what happened to all those who committed adultery with > the spirit of Jezebel in this case. In case you haven't seen it yet, > this WAS the spirit of Jezebel hard at work to usurp the power, the > authority, and the anointing of God's anointed and appointed. Those who > committed adultery with the spirit of Jezebel were "cast into great > tribulation" because they never repented of their deeds - at least not > until it was too late. Paul Bills publicly repented for his part in the > ongoing conspiracies, and his public repentance exposed sin and > corruption that had plagued the missions organization in Alaska for > years. > Yesterday, I said that I would show you how the Lord vindicated Dwain > after all of the false charges and accusations. > Let's fast forward one more time - this time to 1988. By this time, > Della and I are in Anchorage. Dwain calls me on the phone needing a > place to stay for a day or two ON THE WAY BACK TO BARROW!! That's > right. Think the Lord doesn't remember the afflictions of the > righteous? Think the Lord doesn't make good when His anointed and His > appointed are falsely accused and conspired against? Think the Lord > doesn't have the last word in these affairs? > Think again! After all the water that had gone under the bridge during > a span of more than 21 years, Dwain was asked to consider taking the > church again in Barrow. Understand that he hadn't been with the > denomination during most of that span of time. Nevertheless, there were > people in Barrow who had kept in touch with Dwain, and when the > opportunity presented itself they asked him to consider coming back. > Like me, Dwain had an adopted daughter of Eskimo heritage along with an > adopted son as well, and the ties meant ongoing contact. > It probably isn't necessary to go into all of the details that unfolded > other than to say that Dwain resumed the pastorate of the church in > Barrow, remaining there for 14 more years, and taking the church to new > dimensions spiritually. That didn't mean he didn't have a battle royal > on his hands when he returned to Barrow. He did indeed. Some of those > folks who had participated in the original conspiracy in 1966 thought he > ought not to be back in Barrow, and they once again raised their hands > in judgment against him. > This time, the Lord demonstrated His judgment, and just about every > single person who lifted up their voice or their hand in judgment > against Dwain suffered a similar fate as those who initially led the > conspiracy. God's tolerance with Christians who submit continually to > witchcraft and the spirit of Jezebel has grown shorter and shorter and > shorter as the age has been drawing to an end. When people continue to > commit spiritual adultery with those wicked spirits, refusing to repent > of their sins, the judgment of God has a finality about it that displays > little tolerance. > I still want to take you into the eight characteristics I outlined > yesterday that depict the nature and character of this spirit, and > that's where we will go with it tomorrow. > I'm an Extremist! 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