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Understanding the
Heavens
Abu Bako
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It was taken from tapes and/or other documentation from the GAPNET website or
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Table of Contents
About The Vessel ..................................................................................................................................... iv
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1
Occult Use Of Heavenly Bodies e.g. Crescents and Quarter Moons ............................................. 1
Understanding The Kingdom Through Patterns In The Heavens ................................................ 4
Decrees Come From The Seat Of Government .................................................................................. 5
Dominion Was Given To Man ................................................................................................................ 6
The Heavens Are Seat Of Kingdom Authority................................................................................... 7
Highest Heavens Gods abode............................................................................................................. 7
Mid Heavens Abode of Angelic Ministers ........................................................................................ 8
First Heaven Visible Firmament ....................................................................................................... 8
Satans Access Limited To First Heavens ........................................................................................... 9
Jesus Christ Is Above All ........................................................................................................................ 9
We Are Seated With Christ Above All ............................................................................................... 10
Our Role As Body of Christ .................................................................................................................. 10
Knowledge Is Key ................................................................................................................................... 11
Learn From Pharisaic Error ................................................................................................................ 12
Introduction
During one mission trip to Brazil, a colleague and I had the LORDs assignment to
go and visit an institution of higher learning in one of the major cities. The purpose
was to take away the scepter from off their leadership and bring a shut down on the
wicked institution. It was the well-recognized and attended University of
Witchcraft.
In that institution they trained people in all manner of witchery from all over the
world; and awarded them with degrees in witchcraft. There is witchcraft from the
Far East, Africa, Americas, Europe, Polynesia and the Pacific. There are masters
who train in everything from massage, hair-dressing, crafts, the arts, sciences,
corporate witchcraft etc.
We were taken to a place where there was a huge cauldron. The head-witch guide
informed us they would cook the destiny of individuals and nations. How do they do
it? They watch for the patterns in the heavens, and on the exact moment the new
moon appears, they begin to make incantations into the lay lines of the earth and do
their enchantments to manipulate the destinies of leaders, world meetings,
financial institutions, nations as per their agenda.
Can you imagine this going on and the uninformed Ambassadors of God sleeping
away on the job, and rejecting knowledge of these heavens which God gave us?
When we left that control room empty, the enemy came and hijacked it and is using
it in all manner of ways including astrology, horoscopes, and other demonic
practices.
shoot destructive demonic arrows (Psalm 91::4-6). Deuteronomy 23:25 forbids this.
It is therefore the duty of every child of God to enforce this provision.
Pray that the sun, moon and stars will this month, on a daily basis, yield their
finest and very best firstly for the church and secondly for the nations. Deut. 33:14.
Pray that the One who sits on the cloud with the sharp sickle in His hand will
thrust in the sickle and reap off the earth all those who involve themselves in such
wicked acts of reaping the gains of the ignorant to enrich themselves (Joe 3:13, Rev
14:15).
US First Lady Nancy Reagan relied on a San Francisco astrologer to determine the
timing of the Presidents every public move. In dead earnest, she looked to the
alignment of the heavenly bodies for guidance [1]. In her own memoirs, the former
US first lady quotes, I felt panicky every time Ronald left the White House, and
made it her concern to know her husbands schedule: the events he would be
attending, and with whom.
Eventually, this protectiveness led to her consulting an astrologer, Joan Quigley,
who offered insight on which days were good, neutral, or should be avoided,
which influenced her husbands White House schedule. Days were color-coded
according to the astrologers advice to discern precisely which days and times would
be optimal for the Presidents safety and success. Even the signing of major arms
deals with former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev were manipulated for a
particular day and a particular hour because these were favorable. Sometimes the
president would be a prisoner in the white house because he was not allowed to go
out as the day was not right[2].
Steel business magnate Lakshmi Mittal is the CEO of the one of the worlds biggest
steel manufacturers. Even against fiercest rejection from whole national
governments like France which was against his bid for a steel manufacturing plant
in Luxembourg he was able to win over the EU and buy the plant. How does he do
this? He is well known to rely on prognostications and spiritual influences from
alignment of the heavenly bodies to gain favour before he makes a bid to buy any
steel company or run any business deals [3].
He has a team of Indian astrologers, diviners and prognosticators who study the
patterns in the heavens for six months or even longer before advising him on when
and how to make his business decisions. This way, he has made his acquisitions by
registering [4] himself in the spirit realm, and securing the deals there. Currently,
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he is said to be the wealthiest man in the UK and the fourth wealthiest man in the
world, owning vast steel businesses all over Europe, USA, South America, Asia and
Africa. This one man produces 10% of the worlds steel.
In Africa it is common for people to rely on the spiritual influences of the heavenly
bodies before they enter into any project, make any major transition like marriage,
or merging with other companies etc. From presidents to peasants, people have an
understanding of the influence of these heavenly bodies on daily life both spiritually
and physically.
As a Kingdom citizen, you may think the above are sensational events that have no
real impact. However, more and more Kingdom citizens in their numbers dabble
with the demonic science of astrology both casually and earnestly, to determine
their lives and actions.
Is there a gap which the body of Christ has not filled with regard to
understanding the heavens?
For a number of years now, our ministry has been called to raise up an army of
people with spiritual steel backbones, who will take their families, neighbourhoods,
communities, cities, nations and literally continents for God.
To achieve this, part of what God has given us, is a burden to raise strong
foundations in the body of Christ by equipping this body with knowledge and
understanding of the Kingdom of God and its patterns in every area of life. Our
purpose is to transform these men and women into the ultimate expression of God
and His kingdom wherever He allows them to be in life. This will enable them
integrate kingdom values to gradually replace all other values, thus laying Gods
kingdom foundations for future generations.
That which has been [is] what will be, That which [is] done is what will be done,
And [there is] nothing new under the sun. (Eccl 1:9)
The above scripture reminds us that we are not teaching something unique or new
to the body of Christ. We are simply going back to the ancient paths. There have
been numerous teachings on the kingdom of God from the time Jesus Christ
manifested Himself here on earth to date.
However, everyone has a unique contribution to make to the body according to
Ephesians 4:16.
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies,
according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth
of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Eph 4:16)
This month we share a bit on the heavens as part of our contribution, as LogosRhema, to the effectiveness of the body of Christ in taking responsibility for the
earth (as Gods property Ps 24)
God has revealed Himself as JEHOVAH SABAOTH the LORD of Hosts; and we
are to understand the word hosts in the most comprehensive sense, as including
the hosts of both the heavens and the earth.
In the heavens these include the angels and other spirit beings such as the living
creatures of Revelation 4, the sun, the moon, the stars, all planets, and the waters
above the heavens, which, as an army in battle array, perform the will of God.
On the earth, these include all bodies of water of earth and their inhabitants, the
atmosphere (including lightning, hail, snow, clouds and stormy winds), mountains,
hills, animals (wild and domestic), small creatures (such as the locust that plagued
Egypt, the palmer worm, canker worm of Gods army of Joel 2:25), birds, spirits that
move upon the face of the earth, nations and human beings of all races, class and
sex. Lastly, the people of the LORD, both of the old and new covenants, a truly
great army, of which God is the general and commander in chief (2Sa 6:2 Ps 24:7-10
Ro 9:29 Jas 5:4).
of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel
ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their
command; (1Ch 12:32)
According to the Targum, this meant that they knew how to ascertain the periods of
the sun and moon, the intercalation of months, the dates of solemn feasts, and could
interpret the signs of the times. A company from Issachar came to the celebration of
the Passover when it was restored by Hezekiah. Even for the birth of Jesus, wise
men from the East observed signs in the heavens and saw his star, which they
followed to a manger where he was born, to see him.
As a child of God, therefore, you ought to be interested in, and conversant with, the
heavens and these elements that seem to be so far away from us. If you still further
convincing, all you need is to look at even physical science which proves that the
heavens have an influence on the founding and function of various earthly matters
e.g. the ebb and flow of the tides, the gestation period, bodily responses of creatures.
Some people will go to the extent of saying We are supposed to deal with serious
issues. They are trying to make us go into the heavens. Those things are strange
and ungodly. In fact some well known ministers of the gospel have even gone to the
extent of writing books informing the Kingdom citizen that he has no business
dealing with the heavens.
Some of the teachings that we receive today like refusal to gain understanding of,
and deal with the heavens or any other area of intercession, is because sometimes
because of inadequate knowledge or understanding, or level of spiritual maturity,
some people handle carelessly some portions of intercession and get heavy backlash.
Instead of going back to learn where they went wrong so that they can change, and
get it right, they freak out. Over time, they pull together scriptures and create a
doctrine refuting that style of intercession, or that portion of Biblical teaching.
Nevertheless, I would like you to see only one reason why we should take
responsibility for the heavenly elements and ensure that they perform the duty they
were created for.
for the nation are not taken on the streets, but in the kings palace or the
presidential palace or the state house (e.g. the white house in the USA) Those are
seats of government. All ordinances and laws for governance are regulated from
there.
Representatives of the King or President in various places form part of the
government and they have some ordinances and laws which they have charge of.
Normally, cabinet ministers and other national leaders are privy to the decrees and
decisions that come forth from the seat of government because they are part of these
meetings.
The ministers of government do not necessarily live at the seat of government, but
they work there and attend meetings there. Most of their duties are then carried out
in their assigned places of work. Then their instructions trickle to lower level of
authority where the decrees are turned into policies and work plans that are
implemented in the nation. How does this relate to the kingdom of God?
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing. And He does
according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth,
and none can stay His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?(Dan 4:34,35).l/
church], [Ps. 8:6] Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in
that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who
fills everything everywhere with Himself].(Amp)
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We do not want to be observers of time but possessors of the gates. In the Old
Testament times, God used the seasons and times to bring the people to a place of
heightened intercession, prophetic actions in solemn assemblies as a shadow of
things to come. We are in a new dispensation. Jesus Christ has already won the
victory over all creation on our behalf. When we take responsibility to maintain
sustained victory of every area of creation, we do not only spiritually, but physically
stake a claim on the territory of earth for God. We do this by directing the
ordinances of the heavens and ensuring that they affect the earth positively so the
kingdom of God and His purposes are established firmly on earth as it is in heaven.
Knowledge Is Key
We are fond of quoting Matt 16:19 that whatever we bind on earth will be bound in
heaven but we miss the strong emphasis of the authority to bind and lose; Jesus
Christ said He would give us the Keys of the kingdom first before he could bind or
loose. What are the keys of the kingdom? In Matt 23:13 and Luke 11:52 Jesus told
the Pharisees that they had shut up the kingdom of heaven for they had taken away
the keys of knowledge from the people and refused to enter in themselves. Could it
be that the rejection of the truth about the heavens is a strategy by the devil to keep
Kingdom citizens from entering in and enjoying the full benefits of kingdom
authority here on earth? Job was asked
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the
earth? (Job 38:33)
In this new dispensation where we are not operating in types and shadows any
more, we ought to answer in affirmative, that because of the victory of Jesus Christ
on the cross of Calvary, because of the indwelling Holy Spirit who teaches us all
things, we do know the ordinances of the heavens and we shall set their dominion
on earth to the glory of God. We do not do this through horoscopes and other
practices of demonic science of astrology.
In the prayer guide, you will pray about some of the star constellations and planets
that are prominent during each month. Each of these occurs in the Bible but is not
necessarily named as you know them today. Most of the 12 major constellations
occur in Mazzaroth, also known as northern crown or Zodiac (Job 38:32, 2Ki
23:5) and were appointed for holy use by God Himself . Mazzaroth (from Arabic
menzil an inn) are the 12 lodgings or stopping places in which the sun
successively stays or appears to stay in the sky.
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To the Hebrew and ancient Eastern people, Mazzaroth means the 12 signs,
literally, premonitions, i.e. group of stars that give warnings or presages. from
the usage of the root, mazzar or nazar, ((rzn meaning consecrated, set apart for
holy use.). Mazzaroth, the group of stars set apart for holy use by God, has
ordinances which have been perverted and manipulated by Satan in astrology and
other demonic activities in the heavens. However, as the Body of Christ gains
knowledge of these constellations and how to set their dominion on earth, we shall
redeem them from the frustration that the enemy has rendered upon them to play a
role that they were not created for.
For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons
of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him
who subjected [it] in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Ro 8:19-21)
Today, if you will receive an understanding of the heavens and their purposes here
on earth, you shall begin to enter in to a new level of kingdom authority.
For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington Donald T Regan 1989 St.
Martins Press
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My Turn The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan with William Novak 1990 Reed
Business Information
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