~~ The Seven Spirits ~~
Re 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Re 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Re 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Re 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Re 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Now notice that this ‘woman�?is said to sit upon many waters. These waters are all the peoples of this world, every nation and tongue. Yet these are also the seven mountains where this woman sits. So then we see that the peoples of this world are also these mountains. So these mountains are the peoples of the world, and they are the beast, for she sits upon all of these. Now these mountains have a king over them. So there are seven kings. Re 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
So these seven kings are the seven spirits over these peoples of the world. These spirits are spirits of devils.
God is said to have seven spirits also. See than that the wicked one seeks to be known as God, so he ‘impersonates�?God. What are the seven spirits of God? Did any of you ever seek for this answer and find it? Well I did. Here is what I found: ( I wrote a message on these seven spirits one time, but do not know where it is.
Isa 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isa 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Now right here we have listed four of these seven spirits of the Lord. Who are they upon? Re 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the SEVEN SPIRITS OF God sent forth into all the earth.
So we see that Jesus, the Lamb of God, is the one who has these seven spirits of God. So the first is the spirit of the LORD. He said the Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for He has anointed me. So this is Jesus with the seven spirits of God. The second spirit is the spirit of wisdom and understanding.
The third spirit is the spirit of counsel and might. Fourth is the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
Isa 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
So there you have the means by which the Lord will wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion. The fifth spirit is the spirit of judgment. The Sixth is the spirit of burning. The seventh spirit is found in Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ, so this seventh spirit upon Jesus was that of grace and truth. These are the seven spirits of God which were upon Jesus Christ.
Now I wish to show you the seven spirits which Jesus gave to his saints. Ro 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Ro 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Ro 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
1co 4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? (Remember how Jesus said I am Meek and Lowly? Well, he gave this spirit to his disciples also.)
1Pet 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (The Spirit of the Lord God was upon Jesus. So the spirit of Christ was upon his disciples. See how this works?) God gave his seven spirits to Jesus, thus anointing Jesus to be as God. Jesus gave his seven spirits to his disciples, thus anointing them to be as Jesus.)
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come
1Pe 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Re 11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Re 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
So the seven spirits which Jesus gave us is: 1. Spirit of adoption. 2. Meekness. 3. Spirit of Christ.
4. Truth. 5. Glory 6. Life 7. And the spirit of prophecy. So with these seven spirits we may become in His image. With God’s seven spirits upon Jesus, he could become in the image of God.
So now, to our message, the seven spirits of Satan. Why would Satan have seven spirits? Remember he desired to be God, so he is a counterfeit. He copies all that God is and does, in order to deceive people into worshipping him as God. Re 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth
See that the Lamb has seven horns and seven eyes. These are the seven spirits of God. Horn in Scripture represents a king or head, so these spirits are heads. So Satan also has seven heads, horns, or spirits upon which his kingdom sits and from which it is ruled. See the counterfeit copy?
So now, these spirits will mimic those seven spirits of Christ. Jesus said I am meek and lowly. So his opponent is right the opposite. Where does this show up? Just as I have taught, in Adam, that old serpent, desiring to rule over everyone else. Adam, that old dragon, desiring to be God and have power.
Ge 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
All of the OT law system runs by certain ones RULING over the others. This is law. It is how Adam gained control over Eve and the world. His lust for power is this first spirit of Satan. It showed up even in the disciples of the Lord, until He taught them how wrong this evil is. His own disciples were arguing and disputing among themselves of who should be the GREATEST and rule, one on the right hand and the other on the left hand of Jesus when he sets up his kingdom. But what did Jesus tell them? With you it shall not be so, that one RULE over the others. You are all ONE, or equals. Satan wants no part of being equal. His entire nature and kingdom is of ruling over others, of being lifted up in pride over all others. Adam was so proud of his BEAUTY. All the trees in the garden of Eden became jealous and envious of Adam, because of his power and beauty. He was lifting himself up in his height and lording over all the others. This is his spirit of lust for power.
It shows up in our world all over the place. The churches are full of this lust for power and greatness. The pastors all wish to rule over the other members of the church. The pope rules over the others. The priests rule over the others. In governments of men, they rule over others. The world is full of this evil spirit of Satan. The husbands wish to rule over their wives. It is everywhere. Only a few true Christians, with the spirit of Christ, meekness, will ever get beyond and above this evil spirit of lust for power. It rules this entire world. It is totally in the church system, proving it is of Satan.
What was the sin of the Pharisees? They sit in the seat of Moses. This means they were using law to rule over others. So they were of Satan. Jesus rebuked them for this, and told his disciples not to go into this way of life. So now we find that this spirit of ruling over others is one of those heads the woman, kingdom of Satan, sits upon. This evil kingdom in into this ruling the world over. So it is one of the ruling heads of Satan’s kingdom.
Jesus had the spirit of life. This is manifest in kindness and love. His kingdom will eradicate all violence, even in the animal world. He said the lion and bear will play together and nothing will hurt anything else in his Holy Mountain, or kingdom.
Violence is a spirit of Satan. It is death. It is hate. It is evil. It is one of these spirit heads upon which this harlot woman sits. Violence is world wide now as it was in the days before the flood. Adam’s kingdom was filled with violence then. It is the reason God destroyed that kingdom with the flood. Only those of us who acquire the spirit of love and gentleness, as Christ was, will not go into this violent spirit. The entire world is filled right today with this evil violence. It is this spirit of Satan destroying the world, his kingdom. It is worldwide, as those waters upon which the whore sits. Violence does not come from God. It comes from Satan. It is a spirit of Adam and Cain. Remember how Cain killed Abel? It was this evil spirit of violence from his father, Adam. Also a descendant of his killed a young man. So this violent spirit was in that race of Adam.
I have taught how everything in this world now, shows the condition of Adam’s world. It is in this knowledge that we can see these seven evil spirits of Satan manifest. The third evil spirit is pride, haughtiness, or outward show. Remember how God said man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart, or inner man. Well Adam or Satan deals strictly in this prideful spirit of outward show. It is fully manifest in all his kingdom. It is especially manifest and evident in the church world, for this is Satan’s seat, or ruling throne.
Just look at how the churches all dote so much on tall, beautiful expensive buildings. Just look at how magnificent that tabernacle Moses built in the wilderness was. It was the seat of Satan’s kingdom at that time. Sure it was. Law! Then just look at the fabulous temple Solomon built. That thing was not of God, it was of Satan. It was this show, pride, haughty, lifting self up above others thing. God did not tell any of them to build him a building. In fact He told them not to think they could build him a house to dwell in. Yet they went right ahead. They are still working it for all their might. It is Satan at work. They must have the most expensive building in town, with lavish carpet, stained glass window, and all manner of art, high steeples etc. Do you think for one minute that God receives any glory from all of this? No! Indeed not. It is only the works of man. It only glorifies Satan. Jesus told Peter, get thee behind me, SATAN, for thou (Peter) art an offense to me FOR you savor the things which be of MAN and not of God. This is how I know that Adam set up these same kinds of ‘church�?temples in his day. It is his spirit.
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