Not All Devils Equal
Not all devils are created equal. It is amazing to me that there are churches that have reduced the demonic realm to a mere metaphor for evil. I don't know how they deal with Paul's exhortation, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Nor does their denial explain the realities we encounter. My problem is that I risk you questioning my sanity if I even tell you what we face, but here it goes:
George Butron (Foursquare Missions Regional Supervisor for East Asia) was visiting with a great team from Singapore, consisting of his son Gregory and his wife, Arlie, Greg's boss in the "Driverless Car Technology sector”, Doug Parker and a wonderful couple from Las Vegas, Nevada, Gary and Pat. This team went to see our new rice land along with several of our church homes. At the farm on one 160 acre section of land which we purchased, there is a dense growth of trees in the center, a little more than one acre in size. Our workers have noticed orbs (beachball size) of light traveling to and from this sight every few weeks and they all saw the manifestation of a tall, dark skinned, muscular, warrior with swords crossed behind his back. Paul Mok, (our rice farm manager) who is no superstitious fool, encountered this ghostly apparition on several occasions, once it attempted to kill him. Upon inspection, we discovered that this sight contains the remains of some prehistoric structure, cut stones, the remnants of a moat, etc. On several occasions the workers would see people enter the area at night and conduct strange rituals and hear ancient music. To put it mildly, they were afraid to stay there. As I prayed, I knew we were not dealing with some small demon, but some territorial principality. I instructed Paul Mok to place solar powered "Proclaimers" (audible Bibles that play dramatized versions of the Cambodian Bible) at the corners of the compound and let them play continuously. After several days of this, the spirit stopped manifesting, but we know the area is not cleansed. When George saw the place where our 'demon' lived, he told me of a man he knew from UK who had a special gift for discerning spirits of ancient places. He pulled down a Google Earth map (above) and sent it to him with no other information other than to let us know what he saw. Within a couple of minutes the reply came, "This is the sight of ancient human sacrifices." Somehow, I sense in my spirit he is right. This is no small demon, and we need wisdom in dealing with it. For now we keep it bound with the Word.
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