ARE YOU AT WAR OR ARE YOU OCCUPYING?
Thursday – April 30, 2026
Video link: https://youtu.be/ByGfpkEXDAA
Greetings dear saints, sons of God and all others joining. Welcome to this enlightening and inspiring study of the Seven Mountains also referred to as pillars or gates. I will be continuing today with the “Religion Mountain”. Whoever controls the gates to a city in ancient times controlled the city. Think of it like this. What ideas are being allowed and promoted through the various gates of our society? Hideous wickedness is being promoted and even imposed on all including the righteous little by little. It is out in the open raging on the streets of America and controlling the gates of all seven mountains.
Isaiah 5:20-24 (KJV)
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
I suspect that even if you did not know the meaning of the word “woe” intuitively you knew you didn’t want any. Woe is the opposite of happiness and joy. Woe is anguish, distress, despair, misery, and calamity. If you have carefully read the above passage and don’t understand it, you need to get saved and pray earnestly to the Lord for insight and wisdom. This is everywhere today. And here is the sad, really sad, even wicked part, the Church, the ones with all authority, authority beyond challenge, have allowed it to happen. They were too busy fighting a nonexistent war instead of occupying in our God given authority. In case you’re thinking this is some mysterious way and will of God that we don’t understand, get a grip. This is a failure of the Church which has exchanged light for darkness. Much of the Church is following after the traditions of men, the doctrines of demons, and sacred cows. Where is the Power of God that is supposed to be all around us according to Jesus? Do you believe the following or has your Denomination perverted His Words?
Mark 7:13 (KJV)
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
John 14:12 (KJV)
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
I will continue to deal with the “Religion Pillar”. There is this awful devilish idea that ministry for God happens only in the pulpit, only in the Five-Fold Ministry. Some don’t even believe in the Five-Fold Ministry. Oh, what wickedness!
Ephesians 4:10-14 (KJV)
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
The Word of God is eternal, He does not change, and He cannot lie. So, is the prior passage just as true today as when Paul by the unction of the Holy Spirit wrote it or not? The context of the passage is that Jesus is the one that descended, came to earth, then He ascended. As promised, He left gifts for men, all men who receive Him as Lord. Did you notice verse twelve, you have got to, you’re in it. We each minister or function in a Godly way in our calling and gifting whether that be in business, government, or any of the other mountains. The body of which you are a part should be getting stronger by the day coming to common beliefs, knowledge of the Truth. In this way we are no longer children tossed to and fro with every idea that comes down the pike.
Jeremiah 3:15 (KJV)
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
In this verse a pastor or shepherd is one who leads not just the appointed and gifted to the office of pastor, it is anyone who leads. It is any of the Five-Fold Ministers and I believe elders of your particular group. A pastor or shepherd is one that sees to it you get the proper knowledge and understanding.
TAKE HOME:
- We are not at war; we are to exercise our authority and occupy what Jesus already liberated back to those who worship Him.
- Traditions of men, doctrines of demons, and sacred cows leave individuals and congregations without the Power of God.
- We have been given the Five-Fold Ministers, shepherds of the sheep, to guide us into faith in Truth in our calling.
As the Lord wills, I will return tomorrow with fresh revelation. I say the Lord bless and keep you and yours. Remember, we love you, the Lord loves you, and there is nothing you can do about either one.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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