The Real War A Parody By Clay Sikes

CHAPTER ONE

My Visit To The Strategy Room By Itell U. Whaticy

I am a freelance news reporter by trade and recently experienced my most unusual assignment, which is the basis for this chronicle. I was recently assigned a story that required travel for some distance into the spirit world and eventually to the Strategy Room of the one they called "General," and known to others as Satan. My editor spoke of a great war now taking place in a spot called the heavenlies and though I have traveled the world extensively, I had not visited this particular area. I later learned that the heads of the powers of darkness meet on a regular basis in this room, planning strategy in their ALL OUT war against the Army of God. Having intermittent duty as a war correspondent in the past, I found this assignment to be of great interest, but I must say, nothing prepared me for what I was to find in the inter workings of the Strategy Room. Upon arriving, I was given a gracious and informative host, as well as the freedom move about within the confines of the War Room and the freedom to ask questions. This is my story.

I have always possessed a keen interest in military strategy and looked forward to the observing the tactics of the Army I was sent to observe. The physical presence of the Strategy Room, also called the War Room, reminded me of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The rank and file of this Army reminded me much of the US Military. Each soldier was identified by rank and had specific duties and responsibilities for certain regions within the United States. As I entered the room, I could see divisional commanders meeting with regional commanders. All studied their maps of responsibility and military intelligence reports much the same as I had seen commanders directing the Persian Gulf War. I also realized that this was only one of many such strategy rooms, and in fact, other rooms existed for war efforts against other countries. I eagerly awaited my first meeting. The atmosphere was tense as I sensed anxiousness and perhaps problems of some kind. Great! I thought, now I will get to see the real thing.

My host told me that it was not a good day for me to be here. "We are losing ground in one of our regions and the General is concerned," he remarked. I quickly learned during this meeting that the General was particularly upset; taking unexpected causalities from a small group identified to me only as "prayer warriors." I was interested to learn more about these special warriors and would soon hear some real dialog on these folks. The General’s screams became incessantly louder and directed against one of his regional directors responsible for the southeastern United States.

From what I gathered, a small group of seemingly defeated Christian soldiers began to fight, using a tactic called intercession. This word was new to me, but I later learned that it is further described as intercessory prayer, a weapon of warfare used by the General’s enemies. I was told that this little known but powerful weapon was one of the most effective weapons in God’s Army, but fortunately most did not know to use it. I was intrigued that the General’s Army, also known as Satan’s Hoards, feared this weapon greatly, yet remained confident that the Army of God would not use it against them. This reminded me of the brashness of Sadam Hussain and his taunts against Coalition forces a few years back.

Somewhat astonished, I asked my host, "Why would God’s Army not use this powerful weapon?" He laughingly replied, "They are lazy and ignorant of its power; if they only knew what happens to us when they gather in groups and pray their intercessory prayers. Even those who solo this way cause great harm to our mission. We cannot understand their words, which are prayed directly to God, and these prayers move his hand against us and cause them to have great faith. We are virtually helpless against those who truly operate in faith. They often speak directly to us with the authority of God, rendering our operations against them to no effect. Those who pray this way are feared greatly by all who are under the General’s command: Even the General fears them."

With great interest I prodded my host for more information: He responded by telling me "Fear is our greatest weapon against them and we use it with stealth and ferocity, however, if we lose the power to invoke fear, we can never seem to regain the upper hand again; particularly if they begin to operate in faith. You see, their faith can overcome our weapon of fear but fear cannot overcome faith." "So they have the stronger weapon," I asked? "Yes," my host replied, "But what we have learned about most of them is that they want instant success, and if they do not see it, they usually give up or at least pray less, and we are greatly encouraged and, in fact, gain strength from this character flaw. Their manual tells them to be persistent and pray always, but most of them either do not read it or don’t believe what they read."

"We love it when they stop believing because we can kick their butts and take their goods. Public humiliation is our ultimate goal – it serves to convince them and their peers that they are a defeated group. We have learned that momentum is a vital strategy in this war we wage. When we can deceive them into believing they are defeated, we can count on them giving up…even discouragement often sends them back to their old sins and legally, when not confessed to God, we gain the legal right to maneuver against them. We have an old saying down here that goes like this – "When adversity comes, the sins of their past rise up to comfort them." Obviously, when given the opportunity, we create as much adversity as we possibly can through a powerful weapon called Deception. We paint pictures of defeat and hopelessness in their minds. Our objective is to draw them into sin and unbelief: It is here that they are easily defeated."

Division – A Strategy For Victory

"Our mission is to first divide them, especially the ones God ‘called’ and ‘ordained’ to be together. When they (the called ones) are together, fulfilling his plan, they are very dangerous to us. In fact, we have little power against them! We will oppose this type union with every weapon in our arsenal. These pose the greatest threat to our power and even our ultimate existence. We take no chances with them, assigning our top intelligence officers to study and intently search for any weak chinks in their Armour.

Occasionally we are able to use our forces of pride and spiritual pride to divide them, but more often than not, we are able to defeat them by their own traditions; a powerful force they seem to know nothing about. They are like lambs to the slaughter, often embracing the very thing that is destroying them. We have successfully used Church Tradition and Soul-Ties to keep them apart. Separation from those appointed by God to be joined, makes it much easier to kill, steal, and destroy them. Separation and division are one of our greatest strengths against them, and frankly, it has been fairly easy to accomplish."

"Our major concern though is that they never be given the revelation that they are joined to specific parts. As long as we can make them feel that the Body is an institutional establishment like a denomination, building, or even a church, then we can easily keep them where we want them - powerless. We constantly focus on keeping them from understanding that the Body is made up of specific people with whom they have a special connection. As with a physical body, when a arm connects to an arm part it becomes empowered to do what it is designed to do; however, we have kept them from recognizing this at all. As you can see by the present condition of the Church, toes are connected to noses, legs to necks, eyes to kneecaps; if only they looked through THE EYE that God has given them, they could see, but lucky for us, they seldom do."

Religion – A Method Of Deception

"Mr. Reporter, Many years ago we began to understand their extreme vulnerability in the area of religion. By using doctrinal and religious differences as our catalysis, we create wars, genocide, ethnic cleansing, hatred…I could go on and on. They are highly susceptible to anything that sounds or looks religious or spiritual. One of our most esteemed plans involves giving them ‘good’ works to do – this keeps them busy, tired, and out of His will. Spiritually ignorant Church leaders are our greatest vehicles for the power we now enjoy over the Church. If they ever get the revelation that they are only called to do ‘God works’ and willing to pray and get their instructions from the feared Holy Spirit, our authority and power on earth would end in short order, but again, we are not really worried because this requires some discipline and disciplined they are not! They do not even like hearing the word discipline and when they do hear it, we are quick to whisper "LEGALISTIC" into their ears."

"They are also highly susceptible to discontentment. We routinely destroy their destiny, marriages, financial blessings, friendships, and family relationships with this powerful force. If they knew that Godliness with contentment is great gain, and gave their money and time only as He directed, and learned to be content in the state they were in, God would give them more than they could imagine; however, we have kept them exactly where we want them with misinformation or as some would say, false doctrine. We have been able to program many of their most visible leaders with messages of self-righteousness attained through giving… a giving to get sort of thing! At headquarters, we jokingly call it the Christian lottery because the odds of their success are similar to playing the state lottery. We have kept them in the dark and financially defeated, using these teachers and their false teaching to do it. To be honest Mr. Reporter, they are one of our greatest assets! They use their jets, clothes, big houses, and buildings as a testimonial evidence that "giving to get" is legitimate and acceptable to God, when in fact, this has given us legal authority to curse them financially."

"What these fools have not figured out is that God sent His only son for their righteousness, which affords them whatever they need. Fortunately, they still do not have a clue that they cannot earn righteousness. Acts of self-righteousness actually produce the curse we now enjoy against them. We have made great headway in this arena in recent years with the prosperity message and television. They even fund this wholesome disinformation process for us…its great! We can keep them bound and defeated financially and use their leaders and money to do it. Pretty inventive don’t you think?"

Who Has The Real Power?

Curiously, I then made a military observation, which I asked my host about, "It appears that your enemy has much more power and strength than you, but you, through cunning and guile, have developed patterns, strategies, and tactics to keep them off balance and defeated." My host replied, "You are a smart man Mr. Reporter, they perish for lack of knowledge. We have never been able to figure out why they have not fought us with basic military strategy, using their firepower weapons. They have so many. In their war manual, which is their leader’s instructions to them, they are told that they have been given power over us. Even the ones that have knowledge of this seldom use it against us. Actually, Mr. Reporter, we are pretty happy about this war."

The screams of the General startled me back into reality as to where I was and the particular significance of this assignment. As the tongue-lashings continued, the General scoffed, "How did you allow the revelation of intercession to get to those idiots? We have taken their money, destroyed their health, separated them from those they are called to be with…defeated them in every way! How has this happened you freaking idiot?" The frightened regional director answered in a wavering voice, "Only one began to pray sir…we were not worried at first because there was only one. He must have labored for hours until the dreaded ‘breakthrough’ took place. At first we were able to cloud his thoughts with everything you can imagine, he was getting nowhere, he even looked discouraged enough to quit. Believe me sir, we tried, but he just kept on and on, praising and worshiping that God of his, then our strength began to weaken as he focused on his God. We were frightened at this point, particularly as he began to speak to us personally and call us by name. That’s when we took the heaviest casualties."

"Soon there were others, and sir, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TEN OF THEM ARE PRAYING THOSE HORRIBLE PROPHETIC INTERCESSORY PRAYERS! We simply cannot stand against this." The General’s rage grew as he bellowed, "Get our best forces out there before it is too late and replace this regional director with a real commander! If they get a revelation of the power they have been given, we will have Hell to pay!"

I must admit I was taken aback when I learned how real this war was. My editor had given me some idea, but frankly, I was not prepared to accept the magnitude of this conflict. Several aspects of the General’s Army took me by complete surprise – its size, its strength, and greatest of all, its level of military intelligence. I was also amazed that the General’s Army had very little power against a relatively small group in God’s overall Army. As this story unfolds, much more will be made known of this small group called ‘The Remnant.’ In spite of the General’s massive troop strength, I quickly realized that he did not like dealing with ‘The Remnant.’ When I asked about these Special Forces, my guide fearfully told me, "What makes them different is their willingness to lay their life down for their leader; in fact, they die daily to themselves in order to do his will. A few of them are more dangerous to our operation than hundreds of thousands of the others." Being a history buff, I was reminded of the dangerous nature of soldiers willing to sacrifice their life for their cause, like the Japanese Kamikazes and French Resistance Fighters of WWII. "One man willing to lay his life down can change the tide of battle… even win a war," I thought.

Against others in God’s Army however, the General’s organized force is able to exact complete, precise, and systematic destruction. Later, I was invited to several lines of attack sessions and was quite fascinated to find out that Satan’s Hoards drew strength in great part from God’s Army. Much of the present day policy in the Strategy Room is based on what the Army of God does. Interestingly, as mentioned, I learned that the General and his soldiers had no real strength. I was told that it was taken away from them at a place called Calvary 2000 years ago, and subsequently they must spend the bulk of their time deceiving the Saints from knowing their real power and authority. I asked for an explanation and was told abruptly not to bring the subject up around the General, lest I find myself on the outside very quickly.

I later learned that the soldiers in God’s Army were also called ‘believers;’ a strange name for soldiers I thought. "Why are they called that?" I asked my host. "We think it is a joke with many of them," he replied. "They are anything but believers!" I then learned one the greatest and certainly most newsworthy aspects of my story. My host informed me that the General’s strength in battle was only possible when the ones they call believers didn’t believe! What a contradiction in terms! Many of the ones they call believers are destroyed because of unbelief. What an interesting concept I thought, "a believer gives strength to his enemy through his unbelief." Wow! What a story I was getting!

As earlier indicated, one of the General’s highest-ranking officers carries the name Deception. His subordinates were called, Religion, False Doctrine, Tradition, and Entertainment. I quickly grasped how Religion and False Doctrine were being used, but Tradition and Entertainment, "Boy, this is really getting interesting!"

Here is how it works. While in the Strategy Room I heard the General say, "We only have authority to operate in places where we can get in, and our main points of entry are strife, division, lies, lust, selfish ambition, double mindedness, legalism, fear, insecurity and false doctrine, however, we are now making great strides with tradition and entertainment, so keep up the good work." He further added that he could care less about those who already walked in darkness; his war was and always will be with the believers." My interest peaking, I asked my host, "How are you able to use entertainment to your advantage?" "It is easy for us to do this with most, but not all Christians. Most Christians live out of their soul and like to be entertained…it makes them feel good. They look to ‘receive’ during their church meetings during what they call Praise and Worship. You see, when they are entertained, they are not worshipping God. Some of them think they are, and we love that because when they bless the Lord with praise, worship and adoration, they come into His presence, and when that happens our power against them comes to nothing."

All of a sudden the picture became crystal clear to me: Satan’s power is based on diverting the saints from real worship with good and sometimes great entertainment. What a masterful strategy, I thought, and like tradition, it doesn’t even look wrong; but what about those others I asked?" "Some, we cannot deceive with entertainment. Those in ‘the remnant’ have learned to live out of their spirit. God dwells in their spirit as he does with all the saints, but because those in ‘the remnant’ are completely sold out and die daily to themselves, God provides them with a supernatural gift called discernment. Those that operate in this gift are not susceptible to being fooled. It is very difficult to deceive them because God is constantly allowing them to see into the spirit realm with clarity and spiritual vision."

The General was chastising Religion and False Doctrine on the day of my visit. From what I could gather, he was telling them that he was tired of their unwillingness to move out of the Catholic and Episcopal Church, that there was work to be done among the Pentecostals and Charismatics. False Doctrine sheepishly replied, "Sir, in all due respect, look how we have kept both the Pentecostals and Charismatics from truly knowing how wrong their present Church government is. We have continuously convinced pastors that they are the only ones through whom God can work. Sir, if they become aware of the fact that the entire five-fold ministry could operate against us, our days would be numbered. Think of our horror, if all those dead ministries now sitting in pews were released against us. To our credit Sir, we have infiltrated the minds of pastors with our greatest robber yet…Sir, it has taken hundreds of years, but we have now established Church Tradition and it works so well. We have settled in God’s own house and effectively taken away the power of the Church…Sir, give us some credit here!"

The General paced and pondered his next remark, "Yes what you say is true. We have been successful for many years; even to the point of shutting God’s own mouth by removing the prophetic ministry from the church. I suppose I have overlooked some good work here, but I warn you, do not let those intercessors take our ground. If they breakthrough to those pastors, this thing could be like wildfire and we would soon be looking defeat squarely in the face."

"I am afraid that those prophetic intercessors are praying for those pastors who have rejected them. The thought of this kind of love sickens me. You know HE claims in that Book of His that He will show us His manifold wisdom through His Church, those He calls Saints!" False Religion thought before he commented, "Sir, we can combat God’s Army as long as we have something to work with, but prophetic intercession pulls down our strongholds, renders us inoperative and powerless. Even you cannot save us from this power because it is stimulated by His love, and against that, we have no power."

At this point, I felt my story was taking shape; men willing to lay their life down, a powerless army taunting the most powerful Army in the world, unbelieving believers, and most interesting of all, a remnant seed called ‘prayer warriors’ and a weapon called prophetic intercession…what a story! Could it be that this faithful few, as with other wars, would be used by their leader to turn the tide of battle? Would other believers come to know of this all-powerful weapon? Would the believers become willing to pay the price for victory?

My fascination with this war has now turned into a commitment of observation, my curiosity now peaked, and my desire is in full blossom, I asked for and received permission to continue covering this war. With my correspondent transfer now set with my editor, I anxiously anticipated my permanent assignment as war correspondent to the greatest war in the history of the world.

(To Be Continued)