| There are geographical gates (portals) in the earth. We, the sons of God, are also gates of heaven upon the earth!
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah
Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory.
-Psalm 24
All Things Restored has been in a 3-year time of cleansing and preparation (clean hands and a pure heart) and of learning to live out of the place where we are seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (ascending the hill of the Lord). October 3rd, 2015 was our coronation, when we crowned the Lord with our worship, enthroned Him on our praise, put Him in His rightful place in the Gate as King of kings. Then, He crowned us as the kings that He is King of.
Now when He had taken the scroll,
the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb,
each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense,
which are the prayers of the saints.
And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals;
For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth.”
Revelation 5:8-10
The Father sent Fear of the Lord to help us rule righteously and then ushered us into a realm of worship that went beyond songs and words, into sounds and frequency. And from that place, we stood in the Gate, decreed and declared, said YES to all that is of God and NO to all that is not.
Guarding the gates in the earth is the exciting privilege and responsibility of all believers who are willing to yield to the process of preparation. We must allow His spotlight of Truth to shine upon any places of agreement with darkness in our souls, so that we can repent and walk in dominion. Allowing the Lord to cleanse, restore and align the gates in our own lives enables us to function effectively as a gatekeeper in the earth.
The human will…
The will is that part of the soul which is responsible for saying YES and saying NO. For several years, the Lord has been speaking about the Roman centurion of Matthew 8 and Luke 7, revealing that he is a prototype of the mature sons that will rise up to rule and reign. He understood that the Creator was not limited by the laws of creation.
The centurion answered and said,
“Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof.
But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.
For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me.
And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;
and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes;
and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed,
“Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!”
Matthew 8:8-10
This passage is of tremendous significance to us. As a gatekeeper (first of our own life, and then of creation), we are responsible to say YES and NO according to the will of the Father. We must be free to be under authority and also to walk in our authority.
Our YES has to do with obedience and absolute surrender to Him. And true surrender is born of trust in our Heavenly Father. So, if your trust was broken through trauma or abuse, then fear, control or rebellion might be standing in your will gate, making it difficult to say YES. It is sometimes a struggle to bring our will into subjection to the Father’s will, but it becomes easier when the will gate is intact and is no longer occupied by darkness. Jesus modeled the perfect YES when He yielded to the Father’s will in the Garden of Gethsemane
Our NO has to do with not allowing the enemy to usurp our God-given authority through intimidation or deception. We can’t truly say YES without saying NO to something… to the enemy, to temptation, to the agendas of others around us, to the flesh. If your will has been broken and your NO stolen through abuse or control, you may be saying YES when you should be saying NO. Your will gate may be nonexistent or very damaged, or it may be occupied by a demonic spirit of fear, false guilt or false submission. Satan has lost his place in heaven and desires a kingdom upon the earth. Dominion over this earth was given to Adam, and Satan used deception to usurp that authority. But where Adam failed, Jesus succeeded. And He modeled the perfect NO!
Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain,
and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him,
“All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan!
For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
Matthew 4:8-11
A personal encounter…
Recently, I was walking on the Ancient Paths with the Father and He said, “Let’s work on your Will Gate today. There has been much damage done to it over the years, much usurping, much trading. Your YES is strong, and it pleases Me that you are wholeheartedly Mine. But you are often defeated because your NO is weak. Now, we must strengthen this gate. We must get your NO back.”
Then, suddenly, we were descending together into the depths and we entered Satan’s trophy room. I knew by the Spirit that a spirit of control had stolen my NO and had brought it here for “safe keeping.” Then I saw other spirits join the spirit of control in this assignment: fear, fear of man, false guilt, false responsibility, shame, condemnation and victim. They all had their specific parts to play in this stronghold and in stealing and guarding my Gatekeeper mantle. I specifically saw the spirit of fear. He was huge and grotesque. Control was by his side, but was a subordinate and was about half his size. They were handcuffed together and seemed to always work in tandem.
The Father was still with me, but was more of an observer, allowing me to deal with this thing, because He knew I knew what to do. So, I went into the courtroom to break all agreements, alliances and contracts with these spirits, both in my life and in my generations, so that I could have authority over them. I knew that, until these contracts were nullified, it would be impossible for me to have authority over them, to walk in victory in that area or to fulfill my mandate as a gatekeeper. I repented for trading with them and broke my agreements, releasing the fire of God to burn the contract papers. A verdict was rendered on my behalf and I was given new documents to take into the angelic court for execution in my life.
From there, I went into the angelic court and handed the scroll to a very tall glowing angel wearing a bright white garment. He was exuding the Father’s light and love, and smiled as I handed over the scroll, as if to say he was glad I had finally come for this. Immediately two smaller angels with wings came on either side of me, lifting me up and carrying me to the Trading Floor, where I traded fear for the Fear of the Lord.
Then, the Father said, “You must count the cost, dear one, for with this trade, the road becomes very narrow. The Fear of the Lord will now be your constant companion, just as the demonic spirit of fear had been. This will require constant yielding, and that yielding will overshadow the weakness in your will. For saying YES to Me will cause you to say NO to many other things, some of them very good things.”
Then I went with the Father and the Fear of the Lord to my will gate. The first time I had seen it in 2013, it was practically nonexistent. Much work has been done since then, but it was still in quite a state of disrepair. The Father and I placed the Fear of the Lord in that gate, and I knew that, together, we would finish rebuilding it.
The Lord has been singing over His bride, “Look at her! She is the beautiful gate of heaven!” So join with us in inviting Him to restore and to flow through the gate of your will:
Father, I invite You to come and to do Your work of healing and restoration in my will gate. I renounce and break agreement with any alliances I have made with darkness, and I ask for Your white, hot, holy fire to come and to burn up all that is not of You. I yield to You and set you in this gate as King of my life. I ask You to rebuild all parts of this gate that have been torn down. And I say YES to being Your gate of heaven, that place through which Your glory can flow and fill the earth! |