The Coming of Elijah Apostle Sergio G. Enríquez O. Guatemala, June 20th of the Year of Abundance
This time the message is about something the Lord Jesus Christ has been showing us, an impressive promise He gives us in His Word, and it is about the coming of Elijah before the great and terrible day of the lord comes. When we zoom it, we see ending times are nearby for all the events are harder than ever before, however, this points at the soon fulfillment of the Lord’s promise about the coming of this man that was taken alive. Malachi 4:5-6 ESV “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” Elijah was not taken to heaven, since the Bible says no one can come from heaven but the One who descended from heaven, in this sense, according to the Hebrew word Shamayim there are several levels, and among them God prepared one for the living, hence He will send the Prophet Elijah, and the power that runs through him before the Lord comes down in the clouds. We can highlight several point in this passage, one of them is that He will turn the hearts of the parents to their seed. On the other hand, we could add that in Hebrew the word “father” is translated as “ab,” just like Abraham which means “father of multitudes.” If we analyze the Bible, we find the Prophet Elijah will come to work in the fathers, not in mothers, and it is a fact that mothers have been in some way extolled for the work they have done throughout the times; nevertheless, this has come as a result of the same thoughtlessness towards men. When Elijah appears in history, we encounter he had a conflict with Jezebel, who was a matriarchal spirit, therefore when the Lord sends the Prophet Elijah, he will meet again with this entity yet greatly increased, thus the instruction of God is for him to work within the fathers. When in the New Testament we find the context of what Malachi says, there is a variation: Luke 1:17 KJV And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the rebellious to the prudence of the just, to make ready a prepared people for the Lord. This verse states that Elijah will come before Jesus with the spirit and power of Elijah, and it does not necessarily say that he will come in flesh and blood, but he will come in spirit and power, turning “the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the rebellious to the prudence of the just, to make ready a prepared people for the Lord,” in other word, a family restoration must take place. Thus, we will highlight that God abhors the rebellious, and He states that they will abide in loneliness. A rebellious is a person who is given instructions and always rejects them, yet the Lord gives opportunities even to the rebellious, and He does it through a paternal spirit, which we find in the Bible when it says “we have received a spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”;
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The Coming of Elijah Apostle Sergio G. Enríquez O. Guatemala, June 20th of the Year of Abundance
however, this does not mean that crying out is enough, but this is the beginning of acknowledging the great mystery and mercy of paternity; with all of this we understand the world rejects paternity, and we find it in Matthew 23:9 ESV when it says: “Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.” This passage does not refer to biological fathers but to the spiritual ones; fathers that have acknowledged always the Eternal one, such will be called fathers. God will bring fathers, but furthermore, He will bring a paternal ministration to rescue the rebellious. What are the characteristics of the rebellious? Genesis 16:12 KJ21 And he will be a wild man. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” The abovementioned passage refers to a man that fights against everyone, who is wild, untamed, and does not give in. God refers to this kind of men as He says He will turn their hearts, from rebellion to the obedience of the righteous through a spirit of paternity. 1 Kings 15:2 ESV He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. The name Abishalom means “father of peace.” In these ending times, there will be a spirit of paternity, and a power poured out over us to pacify the rebellious; this is a kind of power that comes through ministering peace, and it will manifest just with our presence, the peace of God will come, but it will come from the peace of God, and the God of peace. Then, for us to become men of peace, an anointing of peace will come, which means, before we are able to minister it, we will need to receive it, for otherwise we will not be able to share it. So, we must receive an anointing of peace the Lord wants for us, for when a man fears the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him; the anointing will be so strong that they will be at peace with him, yet before a spirit of peace needs to come at all levels. In the Bible there are female anointments executed by men, for example, when the Lord gave a sign saying that Communion would be prepared at a place where a man was carrying a pitcher. As we know, in the ancient times only women carried pitchers, because this was a proper characteristic for a woman. We also find that the Apostle Paul did show a female anointing when he said: “my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again.” Another passage is 1 Thessalonians 2:7, when he expressed “But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children;” nevertheless, there are also functions proper to men, which women spiritually speaking do, for example, when we find what is said in 1 Samuel 3:11: “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of
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The Coming of Elijah Apostle Sergio G. Enríquez O. Guatemala, June 20th of the Year of Abundance
Everyone who hears it will tingle,” this meant a woman will cover a man, which was a function of man performed by women. Also, in Corinthians 7, it says that a woman is able to spiritually cover her household, this means God will pour out a paternal spirit on men, and even on women. May God fill us with peace, and a peace-making power! When we are willing to make a decision, it is a must that we consider before that we must have peace in our hearts, otherwise, we ought to wait for it to come, since peace serves to guide, thus the Bible says “may the peace of God rule your hearts, and minds.” If problems have been on us, we better wait to receive God’s peace, but it must happen before the great, and terrible day comes. Courage is shown when we find a difficult situation, because that is where our bravery is made known. Submission is also shown until we have an issue with authority. The Prophet Elijah will bring us the ministration of the father of peace, in such a way that if a ministry of peace moves, it will be because there is an environment of uncertainty and nervousness, but we who are in Christ will be at peace through the storm, for the Lord will minister peace on us. Peace will come through the mighty ministering of a spirit, and power of the Prophet Elijah, modifying hearts through a paternal anointing, therefore, we must lift up our eyes to the hills from where our help come, and do not let go of that peace. Proverbs 29:21 NLT A servant pampered from childhood will become a rebel. If children are pampered, they will take the path of rebellion, and it will be difficult to turn them back to meekness, yet there is a promise of the Lord through the Prophet Elijah, to turn their hearts, sending a facet of paternity ministered to the heart of rebellion caused by pampering. 2 Samuel 23:31 ESV Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim, Abiy-`albown = father of strength. A supernatural strength must come to confront those who need it. To demolish this, the paternal vigor of God is required. The father is in charge of correction, the punishment, for the strength, and the vigor of God is his, and this must come as a virtue, and an anointment. Proverbs 28:2 NET When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained. When a country is rebellious, it has many princes, which means it does not have a head since there are many voices trying to give commands in everything.
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The Coming of Elijah Apostle Sergio G. Enríquez O. Guatemala, June 20th of the Year of Abundance
Numbers 1:11 JUB of Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni; The name Abidan means “father of a judge”, which means, there must be unity of command. We need a powerful anointment of peace and unity to come on us, because without anointing, we are unable to rule our house, since it is the anointing that orients and guides towards the Holy Spirt, who blesses our family.
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