You are Invisible and Invincible to the Enemy!

 

A pastor I trust recently had a dream in which he was ministering, preaching, pastoring a group of Christians. He heard something and turned around to see a massive army coming at him, but it was an unusual army. The uniforms were all very different and mostly from history... they looked like you would expect uniforms to look from Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, etc. It was a frightening sight. They were advancing fast and with great power, and there was nothing this pastor could do but continue to minister to the people. Oddly, as this army overcame him, they marched right past him and the people, moving past them as if they couldn't even see them. Shortly after this, he was taken up into the clouds. Later the Lord gave him the interpretation of the dream. The army is the army of the Beast System. It's the Beast Statue of King Nebuchadnezzar rising and conquering the world, as we see it begin to do now. Many of you feel like that beast is advancing toward you and backing you in a corner, but the Lord wants you to know that you are invisible to the enemy!

 

This reminded me, of course, of how a mother hen covers her chicks with her wings. I never really understood what that meant until I went to a farm and actually witnessed it. The mother hen not only covers her chicks beneath her wings, but she hides them. I watched as she gathered all her chicks, stuffed them next to her body, and then fluffed out her wings over them. There had to be a dozen chicks, but I could no longer see them. If an enemy came upon that hen, it would not have even known the chicks were there. 

 

Of course this reminded me of Psalm 91.

He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge;  Psalm 91:4

 

And these passages too

 

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings, Psalm 17:8

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. Psalm 36:7

 

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by. Psalm 57:1

Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.Psalm 63:7

 

Remember when a mob of angry people grabbed Jesus, intending to throw Him off a cliff? 

 

 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way. Luke 4:28-30 

 

It wasn't His time, so Jesus was able, by the power of God, to basically become invisible to this murderous mob and slip away without them even knowing!  Do you think He will do less for you?  

 

Remember Jesus told us that the devil will never win against the church

 

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.  Matthew 16:18 

 

But we are told that the devil WILL be able to conquer the Tribulation Saints

 

It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. Revelation 13:7 

 

This may seem like a contradiction until you realize that the church is taken out of the world BEFORE the Tribulation. 

 

If you are a true follower of Jesus and you love and worship Him, you are part of the church. So, as we are all watching the beast rising in this world, seeing his army start to march, don't be afraid! Dwell in the secret place of the Most High, and He will draw you beneath His mighty wings, where you are not only invisible to the enemy, but invincible! 

 

So, just like this pastor, don't watch the enemy's army, turn around and keep your focus on Jesus and what He wants you to do. He will protect you. He will provide for you. He will always be with you, right up to that moment you hear the trumpet sound and His call to you to "Come up here!" 

 

Which I think is happening sooner than we think.