Scripture:
Deuteronomy 28v21-22: (When you forsake the Lord and
disobey His commands): "The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto
thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to
possess it. The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and
with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning.....until thou perish."
Hebrews 13v8: "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and
today, and forever."
According to John 1 the Word, Jesus Christ, created
everything. He made us. He created Adam when God said Let us make man in our
image. Who Jesus was in Eden, He is the same now and forever, therefore His
word applies throughout all of history.
He has always made it clear that there are consequences
for disobedience to His Word. Not because He wants to hurt or destroy us but
because He knows that our only hope of survival is to be obedient to Him. So
things happen for a reason and always for us to learn from.
Throughout history there have been plagues like during
the Exodus the disobedience of Korah who fomented a rebellion against Moses
(Numbers 16) resulted in all the rebels being destroyed when the land beneath
them caved in and swallowed their whole families and all their houses.
The plague came on those who murmured against God and
Moses for this punishment of Korah. Verse 46.
Aaron had to take fire from the altar and stand between the dead and the
living but in that short time 14,700 died.
Today we call plagues epidemics or pandemics but back in
the 14th century the Bubonic Plague or Black Death hit Europe and killed
millions. I have attended the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany, in which
every 10 years the people of that town celebrate their survival from that
plague. They committed their town into the hands on Jesus and not one died.
Obedience to God stops plagues.
Today we have plagues like HIV/AIDS and Ebola. Why are they
so hard to stop? We need to look at why they started.
Take South Africa which has the highest incidence of
HIV/AIDS in the world. Back to Deuteronomy 28 v 58-59! If you will not obey God
then you will have plagues of long continuance and sore sicknesses. This plague
has been running for over 30 years already!
Let us look at the disobedience that gave rise to this
plague. It is entirely spiritual. Thousands of years of witchcraft and
ancestral worship, spiritualism at its worst, laid a foundation for HIV/AIDS to
flourish upon. God sent the Dutch and the English and the Huguenots to South
Africa to bring the knowledge of Jesus Christ to the people of the land. Some
believed but most stuck to their traditions.
The Afrikaners separated themselves from the heathen and
made laws against them which became known as Apartheid. A terrible scourge that
brought great hardship on the African people.
They increased their witchcraft and ancestral powers and
now rule this land under a communist socialist government. The corruption of
the leadership is well known. AntiChrist, atheiest and godless.
The plague of AIDS marches relentlessly onwards. I have
prayed for people with AIDS and seen the majority of those instantly healed who
have rejected the power of their dead ancestors.
On one occasion I had a group of African women in my
house for such prayer and I recall saying to the demon spirit of AIDS - you may
not wait outside my gate to follow them.
After they left my prayer partner returned and asked Why
is there a demon of AIDS wandering around the garden? I recalled forbidding it
to wait outside the gate! I asked him what it looked like as he sees demons
clearly. He said it resembled the cursed zombies in the movie Pirates of the
Carribean!
One thing I have learned in 40 years of ministry - you
cannot heal a demon! You can bind, rebuke and cast out a demon in Jesus' name
and it will leave. You must fill that space with the fullness of Jesus or it
will return.
Ebola has invaded West Africa where witchcraft, voodoo
and ancestral worship also flourish. Our God has turned His face away and
allowed Satan to bring the consequences of disobedience on those nations.
In 2 Samuel 24 the old and dying King David did something
that displeased the Lord. He offered David a choice of 3 punishments - 7 years
of famine; 3 months of war or 3 days of plague. David chose the latter in hopes
of God's mercy. He was told to build an altar and offer sacrifice to God. By
the time this was done 70,000 people had died.
David cried and said to God, I was the one who sinned but
those who died did nothing wrong, rather judge me and my house. If only the
world's leaders had the heart of David. And a conscience.
Prayer: Heavenly Father let us obey You and Your Word to
remain in Your presence with righteousness. Let us destroy the evil traditions
that kill us in the millions and accomplish nothing. If we pray and lift up
Jesus' name You will forgive us and heal our land. We repent of neglecting Your
commands. In Jesus' name. Amen.