John Mulinde Prayer Warfare

 

How s@tan Stops Our Prayer Warfare (COMBAT) in the Heavenly Realm

I want to share with you from a testimony of someone who was saved, someone who had been serving the Satan  And when that man gave his testimony, it so challenged me, I did not want to believe it.  I had to go ten days before the Lord in fasting, asking Him, “Lord, is this true?” And it was at that time the Lord began to teach me what happens in the spiritual realm when we pray.

This man was born after his parents dedicated themselves to lucifer.  When he was still in the womb, they made so many rituals dedicating him to serve lucifer.  When he was four years old, he began to exercise his spiritual power.  And his parents began fearing him.  When he was six years, his father surrendered him to the witches to go and be trained.  And by ten years, he was doing great things in the kingdom of the devil.  He was feared by the normal witches.

He was still a young boy, but he was so terrible in the things he did.  He grew up to be a young man in his twenties with so much bloodshed on his hands.  Killed at will.  He had the ability to go out of his body through transcendental meditation.  And he could levitate.  Sometimes his body would lift off the ground and stay in the air.  And sometimes he could go into a trance, and come out of his body; his body would remain behind, and he would go out into the world, this is called astro-travelling.  And this guy was used by satan to destroy so many churches, to break down so many churches and to destroy so many pastors.

One day, he was assigned to destroy a church that was so full of prayer.  There were so many divisions in this church, and many confusions.  And he began to work on this church.  But at that time, the pastor called a fast for the whole church.  As the church began to fast, there was a lot of repentance and a lot of reconciliation.  And the people came together, and they began to pray for the work of the Lord in their midst.  And they continued interceding and crying to God to have mercy and intervene in their lives.  And as they days went by, this man was coming again and again with demon spirits against this church.  But there was a word of prophecy that came telling the Christians to rise up and to wage warfare against the powers of darkness that were attacking the church.

So one day, this man leaves his body in his room and goes astro-travelling.  He leads a mighty force of demonic spirits against this church.  Now this is his testimony.  His spirit was moving in the air over the church and trying to attack it, but there was a covering of light over the church.  And suddenly, there was an army of angels that attacked them and there was fighting in the air, and all the demons fled, but he was arrested by these angels.

Yes, arrested by the angels! He saw himself being held by about six angels, and they brought him through the roof right before the church altar.  There he was, and the people were praying.  They were deep in prayer in spiritual warfare, binding and breaking and casting out.  The pastor was on the platform leading the prayers and the warfare.  The Spirit of the Lord spoke to the pastor, “The yoke has been broken, and the victim is there before you.  Help him through deliverance.” As the pastor opened his eyes, he saw this young man collapsed there.  His body was with him, he was in his body.  The young man says he doesn’t know how his body joined him; he had left it in his house.  But there he was in his body, he didn’t know how he had entered in except the angel had carried him through the roof.

Now these things are difficult to believe, but the pastor silenced the church and told the church what the Lord had told him and asked the young man, “Who are you?” The young man was trembling as the demons began coming out of him.  So they prayed for deliverance, and afterwards he began to share his life.  This young man has now come to the Lord and is an evangelist, preaching the Gospel.  He is being used by the Lord mightily in setting other people free by deliverance.

One night, I (John Mulinde) went to a dinner.  The sole reason I went is that someone told me about this young man, and I was so curious to see him, and see if his story was true.  So I sat at that dinner and in the evening, this man was given the chance to give his testimony.  He talked about so many things.  Sometimes he cried because of the things he did.  As he finished, he made an appeal.

There were many pastors in that room.  And he said, “I appeal to you, pastors.  Please teach the people how to pray.” The people who don’t pray, can be taken in anything, in anything by the devil, and there are ways that the enemy exploits their lives and their prayers.  The enemy knows even how to exploit their prayers of those people who don’t know how to pray.  “Teach the people how to use the spiritual armor that God provides.”

Then he shared how he lead expositions into the air.  He would go with other satanic agents and lots of demon spirits into the air.  It was like a shift, you’ve got to go and work your shift.  So regularly he had a time he had to go and wage war in the heavenlies.  And he said that in the heavenlies, in the spiritual realm, if the land is covered under the blanket of darkness, that blanket is so thick, it is like a rock.  And it covers the whole area.  And these spirits are able to go on top of this as well as below this blanket.  And from that level, they influence the events on earth.

When the evil spirits and human satanic agents leave their shifts, they go down on earth at the points of covenant, even waters or on the land at the points of covenant for refreshing of their spirit.  And how do they refresh their spirit? By the sacrifices that people give at these altars.  They could be sacrifices in open witchcraft, sacrifices in bloodshed of all types including abortion, including warfare and human sacrifices and animal sacrifices.  They could be sacrifices of sexual immorality where people go into sexual perversions and all kinds of promiscuity.  And that act services the strength of these powers.  And many are the different types of sacrifices.

He said that when satanic agents are up in the heavenly realm, and the Christians begin to pray on earth, the prayers of the Christians appear to them in three forms.  All prayers appear like smoke that is rising up into the heavens.

Some prayers appear like smoke, and it goes drifting along and disappear in the air.  These prayers come from people who have sin in their lives and they are not willing to deal with it.  Their prayers are so weak, they are blown away and disappear in the air.

The other type of prayer is also like smoke that rises up until it reaches this rock, but it does not break through the rock.  These are usually people who try to purify themselves, but they lack the faith in what they are doing as they pray.  They usually ignore the other important aspects that are needed when someone prays.

The third type of prayer is like smoke that is filled with fire.  As it rises up, it is so hot that when it reaches the rock, the rock begins to melt like wax.  It pierces the rock and goes through.

Many times, as people begin to pray, their prayers look like the first type, but as they continue praying, their prayers change and become like the second prayer.  And as they continue praying, suddenly it ignites into fire.  And their prayers become so powerful, they pierce through the rock.

Many times evil agents would notice that prayers were changing and coming very close to the state of fire, then these agents would communicate to other spirits on earth and they tell them, “Distract that person from prayer.  Stop them praying.  Pull them out.”

Many times Christians yield to these distractions.  They are pressing through, they are repenting, they are allowing the Word to check their spirit up, Faith has been building up.  Their prayers are becoming more focused.  Then the devil sees their prayers are gaining strength and the distractions begin.  Telephones ring.  Sometimes we, in the middle of very, very intense prayer, the telephone rings and you think you can go to answer the phone and then come back and continue praying.  When you come back, you go back to the beginning.  And that’s what the devil wants.

Other kinds of distractions come your way, even if it means touching your body and bringing some pain somewhere.  Even if it means making you hungry and you want to go to the kitchen and fix something to eat.  As long as they can get you out of that place, they have defeated you.  And he will say to the pastors, “Teach people.  Set aside some time.  Not for just some casual kind of praying.  They can do that the rest of the day.  Once in a day, they should have a time when they are focusing wholeheartedly on God, nothing distracting them.

And if people persist in this kind of prayer and allow themselves to be inspired in the spirit and keep going and keep going, something happens in the spirit.  The fire touches that rock, and it melts.  And this man said, when the melting begins, it is so hot, no demon spirit can stand it.  No human spirit can stand it.  They all flee.  They all run away.

There comes an opening in the spiritual realm.  And as soon as this comes, all this trouble in prayer stops.  The person who is praying on the ground just feels like prayer is suddenly so smooth, so enjoyable, so powerful and intense.  And I’ve discovered at that moment, we normally lose conscience of time and other things.  Not that we become disorderly.  God takes care of our time.  But it is like you lay down everything, and you hook up with God.  And this man said that when the prayers go through, from that moment there can be no resistance at all, and the person praying will continue as long as he wants.  There is no resistance that can stop him.

And then he said, after he finishes praying, the hole remains open, and he said that people, when they rise out of their place of prayer, and they walk out, this open hole moves along with them.  They are no longer operating under the blanket.  They are operating under open heavens.  And he said in that state, the devil cannot do what he wants against them.  And the presence of the Lord is like a pillar from heaven resting on their lives.  They are protected, and there is so much power inside that pillar that as they move around, that presence touches other people.  It discerns what the enemy has done in other people.  And as they talk to people and those people are standing with them, they come inside this pillar.  And as long as they stay inside that pillar, all the bondages of the enemy weaken.

So when these people who have this spiritual break-through share Jesus Christ with the sinners, their resistance is low.  It is so easy to bring them through.  When they pray for the sick or pray about things, the presence which is there makes all the difference.  And this man said the devil hates such people.  And it said if there are places where prayer is regularly being prayed through like that, the presence comes upon that place and does not leave.  So even the people who don’t know God, when they come into this place suddenly all the bondages are weakened.

And if someone cared to just minister to them patiently and with love, they can easily be pulled through, not by power nor by might but by the Spirit of God, who is present.  And he said, if no one bothers about these people, they come into his presence, they feel convicted, they begin to debate whether to yield or not, but if they are not pulled through, when they walk away from this place, bondages get stronger.  And the devil tries his best not to allow them to come back into such an environment.

You can imagine we were all seated looking at this man.  He was telling us the things he used to do and what he used to see.  Then he told us what they would do to people who have broken through in prayer.  He said they marked such people; they studied such people.  They dug up everything they could find about such people.  So they knew their weaknesses, and when someone overcomes them in prayer and breaks through, they communicate with other spirits and say, “Target him with this and with this and with this.  These are his weaknesses.” So when this person walks out of the prayer closet, the spirit of prayer is upon him, the presence is upon him, his spirits are high, the joy of the Lord is his strength.  As he moves the enemy tries to bring those things that can distract him from focusing on the Lord.

If his weakness is in the area of temper, then the enemy is going to cause people to do things which can make him really angry.  And if he is not sensitive to the Holy Spirit, and he allows himself to go into the temper, he takes his eyes off the Lord.  He gets angry, he feels so furious, and after a few minutes later, he wants to put that behind him and move along in the joy of the Lord, but he doesn’t feel it anymore.  He tries to feel good again; he doesn’t feel any good again.  Why? As he yielded to the temptation, they worked hard to close the door upstairs.  And once they restore the rock, the presence is cut off.  The person does not cease being a child of God.  But that extra anointing that goes on his life, that presence that could do things without his manipulating anything, it’s just cut off.  They seek out where the weaknesses are.

If it is in the temptation to sexuality, the enemy will prepare people, events, something that will suddenly draw out that passion to go towards that temptation.  And if that man yields to this temptation and opens up his mind to receive these thoughts, entertains them, when he is through with everything and wants to move again in the anointing, he just discovers it is no longer there.  Maybe you say, “That’s not fair.” Just remember what the Bible says, “Put on the helmet of salvation.  Put on the breastplate of righteousness.” We normally do not see the position, the place of these weapons of warfare.  But remember what Jesus told us to pray towards the end of the Lord’s prayer, “Take us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

Every time you have a breakthrough in prayer, as you come to the end, remember you are still a weak human being.  Remember you have not yet been perfected.  Ask the Lord, say “Lord, I’ve enjoyed this time of prayer, but when I walk out into this world, lead me not into temptation.  Don’t allow me to walk into the devil’s trap.  I know the enemy is setting a trap out there.  I don’t know what form it is going to take.  And I know I am still weak in certain areas.  If I am just put in the right place, I will yield to that.  Protect me, Lord.  When you see me turning that corner where the trap is, just cause me to turn to the other side.  Intervene, O Lord.  Don’t allow me to move by just my own strength and ability.  Deliver me from the evil one.”

God is able to do that.  He is able.  That is why sometimes things happen, all you need to say is, “Thank you, Jesus.” That’s why Apostle Paul wrote in the book of Thessalonians and said, “Thank God in everything for that is the will of God in Christ for you.” Some things are not good.  They are painful, and we wonder why God would allow it.  But if only we knew what He is saving us from, we would thank Him.  When we learn to trust the Lord, we just thank Him in everything.

Beloved, I don’t know whether to go deeper because I do not want to start something I cannot finish.  Let me just try to take one step forward.  And this man said that when prayer breaks through like that, the answer will always come.  He said he does not know a case where prayer broke through and the answer did not come.  He said the answer always came, but in most cases, it would never get to the person who asked.  Why? Battle in the heavenlies.  He says as long as they succeed in cutting off the open heavens and the rock is restored, they watch this person, they are waiting because they know the answer is definitely coming.

And then this man spoke something that really shook my faith.  It is because of the next part he shared that I went into fasting ten days to say, Lord, is this true? Can you prove it to me? This man said that every Christian has got an angel serving that Christian.  Now we know the Bible says angels are ministering spirits to us.  He said that when people pray, the answer comes in the hands of the angel.  The angel brings the answer like we can read it in the book of Daniel.  Then he said something really tough; if the one who prays knows the spiritual armors and is clothed with them, the answer comes by an angel who is also clothed in full armor.

If the one who prays doesn’t care about spiritual armory, their angels come without spiritual armor.  Christians who don’t care about what kind of thoughts come into their minds.  They don’t fight the battle of their minds.  Their angels come without the helmet.  Whatever spiritual weapon you ignore on earth, the angel doesn’t have it as he serves you.  In other words, our spiritual armor is not protecting our physical bodies; it’s protecting our spiritual exploits.

This man said, when the angel is coming, they would focus and look at him and notice the areas which are not covered, and those are the areas they would attack.  If he has no helmet, they would shoot at his head.  If he has no breastplate, they would shoot at his chest.  If he has no shoes, they would make a fire that he is walking in the fire.  Now I am just repeating what this man said.  Actually, we asked him, “Can angels feel fire?” And you know what he said to us? Remember this is a spiritual realm.  These are spirits dealing with spirits.  The battle is intensive, and when they overpower an angel of God, the first thing they target is the answer he is carrying, and they get that from him, that is what they give through the cults, the witchcraft, and people say, “I got this because of witchcraft.”

Remember what the Bible says in the book of James? All good things come from God.  So where does the devil get the things he gives to his people? Some people who cannot have children, they go to witch doctors and satanists, and they get pregnant! Who gave them that baby? Is satan a creator? NO! He steals from those who don’t pray to the end.  Jesus said, “Pray without ceasing.” And then He said, “But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith?” Will He find you still there waiting? Or will you have given up and the enemy would steal what you have prayed for?

Then this man said that they are not satisfied with just stealing the answer.  They are also interested in detaining the angel.  And they start fighting him.  And he said sometimes they succeed in holding and binding the angel.  And he says, when that happens, the Christian is a victim on earth.  They can do anything with that Christian because he is totally left without ministry in the Spirit.

I said to him, “Do you mean an angel can be held in captivity by demonic forces?” This man did not even know the scriptures by the time he was saying all this.  He did not know very many scriptures.  He was just sharing his experiences.  And he said, they wouldn’t hold the angel too long because as other Christians prayed elsewhere, reinforcement would come, and the angels would go free.  If the Christian responsible did not pray through, he remains a captive.  Then the enemy sends his own angel as an angel of light to this person, and that is where the deceptions come in.  False visions and false prophecies.  False leadership, I mean leading, guidance in the spirit, making wrong decisions of all types.  And many times this person is open to all kinds of attack and bondages.

And I asked the Lord. I left that dinner so troubled, so troubled. I said, “Lord, I don’t want even to try and believe this.” It removes all my confidence, my security. When I went to seek the Lord, it was ten days, the Lord did two things. He did not only confirm the things I had heard, he opened my mind to see a lot more that this man could not tell us of what happens in the spiritual realm. And two, he led me to see what we are supposed to do as the things are happening so that we are not overcome but that we can overcome. And we need to know three things and really come to terms with these three things:

• 1️⃣: How to operate with the weapons of our warfare.  The Bible calls them the armor of God.  It is not our armor; it is God’s armor.  When we use it, we allow God to fight on our behalf.  
• 2️⃣: Understand the relationship of the ministering spirits-the angels-to our spiritual lives.  And to be sensitive to what is happening in our hearts as a leading to what needs to be happening in the spirit concerning us.  That brings us to the third thing: that is the Holy Spirit.
• 3️⃣: The Holy Spirit is not supposed to come as our servant, serving us and bringing things to us.  He does not run to and fro to the Father to tell Him what we need.  That is the work of angels.  But He stands by our side.  Doing what? Guiding us, teaching us, leading us, helping us to pray the right way.  And when these things are happening in the spiritual realm, He tells us, sometimes He wakes you up in the night and says, “Pray.” You say, “No! My time is not yet come.” And He says, “Pray now!” Why? He sees what is happening in the spirit.  Sometimes He says, “Tomorrow-fasting!” You say, “Oh, no, I’ll start on Monday!”

But He understands what is happening in the spiritual realm.  We should learn to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit.  He guides us in the paths of righteousness.  Beloved we’ve got to stop here.  Maybe tomorrow morning, we can talk about how we can pray through, knowing the battles in the spirit and how we can break through.  How we can maintain our breakthrough once we have scored it.  And once we learn this, it becomes enjoyable.  Then we learn one thing: the battle is not ours; the battle is of the Lord! Hallelujah!

Let’s just stand up.  Look someone in the eye, and just think about how many times that person could have missed what God had for him.  But join your hands if you can, two or three people, and just tell each other, “There’s no need for more defeat! We can overcome! There is enough power to overcome! Jesus has already done the whole work.” Pray for each other that the Lord will help us to overcome.  We should not lose.  There is enough grace, enough power for victory.

Thank you, Jesus.

-Divine Revelations

Veronica Meneses Raptured to Hell

SOME WHO HAD RAPTURE EXPERIENCES STILL END UP IN HELL 

 by Veronica Meneses of Puebla, Mexico 

Before I knew the truth, I was just a member of the church. My body was enslaved by the devil. My spirit was weak, I could not overcome the flesh and I had no strength. My husband who was just a  member of the church and did not come home to sleep.

My life began to change after a missionary met me. She was hungry and thirsty. I took her to my house and we had lunch together. My husband was at work. That woman prayed for me and my body fell back. 

PASTOR IN HELL FOR ADDING TO RAPTURE TESTIMONY 

My soul was not in my body and I watched everything. The angel of God appeared to me and said,  "Let's go to hell and enter that hot and dark place." The angel said, "Be prepared to write down the  revelations." The angel took me to a place, I saw a woman in the flames. He asked me, "Do you know this  woman?" I said, "I do not know who she is."  

The angel said, "Her name is Sori Park. This pastor had the privilege of knowing heaven and hell.  She added a lot to her testimony, adding to the facts that did not happen in her experience and still  said she saw what was not shown. That's why she's here. When the apostle John was raptured he did not add anything." 

Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this  book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in  this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall  take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are  written in this book.  This woman's suffering was heightened by adding to the revelations. 

CHRISTIAN IN HELL FOR MARKETING RAPTURE EXPERIENCE 

The angel led me to a man who burned in the flames.  He said, "He is called Jacques Dembele of Cameroon. He was also snatched up to hell. But he sold  his testimony and marketed the revelations. He exalted himself and became known. He charged  high sums of money. He thought he was special and that God would not send him to hell after He  revealed hell to him.

Some who still live on the earth and have been raptured are taking the great  risk of coming here. They thought they have the security of guaranteed salvation. From the moment  that eternity is revealed, the demons know that that person has discovered the hidden supernatural  secrets, the whole hell will rise against their lives."  

PASTOR IN HELL FOR SUPPRESSING REVELATIONS ABOUT HOLINESS 

The angel took me to the third person. This man also lost his salvation after he was raptured. The angel said, "His name is Harold Berthold, and he was a pastor of churches. He was caught up in heaven and the great revelations concerning holiness were passed on to him to be communicated to the church."

When he returned to earth he spoke of the beautiful things of heaven to the church but hid the revelations that spoke of holiness. Because of his testimony, the church began to fill. Pastor Harold was very apprehensive of losing the souls he gained so he hid the parts that speak of renunciation.

The messages revealed were harsh. He only reported the beauty of heaven to the joy of his congregation. This pastor cut down the visions by speaking only half.

Revelation 22 verse 19, if any man takes away any prophecy from this book, God shall take away his portion from the tree of life, and from the holy city which is set forth in that book.

This man kept the revelations to him, leading him to his grave. Many souls went to hell because he had hidden the revelations. No coward will enter the kingdom of heaven, Revelation 21 verse 8, the timid will not inherit the kingdom of the heavens.

This pastor had the pleasure of seeing the heavenly paradise but did not enter it when he died. I remembered the passage that Moses saw the promised land, but he could not enter because of his sin. Moses spoke to God and had many experiences, but did not enter Canaan.

CHRISTIANS WITH POWERFUL RAPTURE EXPERIENCE STILL ENDED UP IN HELL 

The angel took me to another man, he is in great torment. The angel said, "This man had an  opportunity to be saved. God in His infinite mercy took this man out of hell. He had died without  Jesus and by a miracle was resurrected in the hospital. He witnessed his passage through hell and  won many souls. This man is called Oscar Rodrigues." 

Mark 8:36, For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  

Many people who have heard his testimony died saved and are in heaven. Oscar after the rapture went through a great test. The whole hell rose against him. His family and his wife abandoned him.  His wife went to court and took sole possession of their home. He was so depressed that he stopped  praying that God abandoned him. Because of these thoughts, Satan had access to his mind. He  walked away from the church and his spiritual life weakened. A demon possessed his body and  turned him into an alcoholic. He died addicted to alcohol and is now in hell.  

Luke 9:62, And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is  fit for the kingdom of God.  

The spiritual battle for the rapture is waged, where our souls are at stake. After my rapture, I  discovered that I have two goals on earth. Win the souls and not lose mine that is saved. He said, "Some people come up with testimonials to make themselves famous and sell books."

FALSE WITNESSES WHO LIED ABOUT THEIR RAPTURE EXPERIENCE

The angel said, "Jane Curia's testimony is false. She was never taken away and everything she said was a fantasy in her mind. She wanted to be promoted and become known. This woman never left  her vanities and did not want to renounce the world. When a Christian is raptured, he is corrected  and exhorted to let go of sin. All who are raptured have their lives transformed. This woman said  she was raptured and yet she is still not born again."

Another woman who lied about her rapture is Gloria Polo. She is from the Catholic church and said  she saw purgatory where people die in sin and go there. And after their sins are purified in  purgatory, they go to heaven. This woman has spread her lies. How did she go to purgatory if it does not exist? 

WOMAN IN HELL FOR NOT RENOUNCING HER VANITIES

The angel showed me a Christian woman who is suffering a lot in hell. The angel showed me her life on a screen. She was sick in a hospital bed. Even the patient was in makeup, wearing necklaces and earrings. 

On the day of her death, she was happy and comforted her husband and family. She had the conviction that she would go up to heaven, she had the faith and certainty that she was saved. When she died, a demon appeared on the hour and carried her soul to the bedrooms of death in hell. She did not believe this was happening. She thought she was safe and was cheated. She would not listen when Christians told her to leave the sin of vanity.

CHRISTIANS IN HELL FOR SUICIDE 

This woman's husband suffered greatly from her death. His life was empty of God despite being a  Christian. Depression entered his life. He could not live without his wife and he said, "I'm going to  kill myself and end all this suffering. I will never exist again and everything will end. My life is  hell, it all ends now."  

That man took his life thinking he would not exist anymore and now he's in hell. He committed suicide with a rope around his neck. He is in hell and said, "I thought this place did not exist, now my suffering is worse." When he was on earth he did not suffer so much. He said he would rather  go back to earth and live his depressed life than it is there. 

The angel said, "It is too late for him and he will be in this state of torment forever until the final judgment, where he will be cast into the lake of fire that is much worse than this place."  

REVELATION OF OWN FILTHY SOUL 

The angel took me out of hell and led me into the flower garden in the sky. The angel brought a canvas and made me see what was inside of me. 

I saw a river of sin flow within me. The waters of this river were filthy and imprisoned my soul. On the screen my soul stopped near that river that looked like a sewer, I drank from its waters. I knelt to drink from those stinking waters full of insects and dead animals. 

The angel said, "Until now you have killed your thirst with the things of the world. You have prostrated yourself to the pleasures of your flesh. Your interior is filthy and needs to get the dirty  water into you."  

The angel offered me a bottle of crystal clear water from heaven. When I drank from the water of  life, it pushed all the dirty water from inside me out. I vomited all the dirty water. My mouth felt  like a tap spouting all that dirty water. I stayed clean and felt the crystal clear water flowing inside  me. It was like a stream running through me. The water circulated freely inside my body, I felt great refreshment. From my heart that water flowed.

The angel said, "You are clean, from today the Holy Spirit will be part of your life."

The angel touched my lips and said, "The filth has gone out of your tongue and you will have the  courage to speak the Word of life. Now go back to earth and witness everything you have seen." 

When I began to speak of my testimony my spiritual battle increased. An entrepreneur offered me  millions of dollars to report my testimony in a football stadium to crowds of people. He tried to  corrupt me with the money, I said, "No, as I learned from my experience, Lucifer had everything in  heaven, corrupted himself and was expelled. Being caught up to heaven and hell and seeing the  spiritual mysteries is no guarantee of salvation. If we do not watch, we can lose eternal life and have our name scratched from the book of life. Lucifer had everything in heaven and lost because of his  pride." Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take  thy crown. Satan has lost his crown and is now the greatest thief of crowns.  

GIVING UP MAKEUP 

My pastor approved the women of the church to put on makeup and dye their hairs. When I stopped using the makeup my husband started to say that I was ugly and tried to convince me to go back to  use makeup. I looked at him and said, "You like me or the makeup I wear? If you prefer makeup  more than me, then you can have it. I am this person without makeup that you live together. I was  born unpainted and you have to like me just the way I am." My husband was offended and left the  house. 

LEGALIZING MARRIAGE 

He stayed and slept in his parents' house. I wanted to formalize our marriage before the law. I was  willing to live a holy life before God. I prayed to God to convince my husband to marry me legally.  He as a carnal believer understood nothing and needed deliverance. Weeks later he came home and  said I was right. And God began to work in his life, from that moment on. I was different after the  rapture.

My husband could not stand in the way of God because of his lust for women. Even though he was married to me, his soul wanted other women. He confessed that he had betrayed me and  prayed for God to kill the lust of his flesh and to free himself from these evil desires. It was a war,  but he won in Jesus and today is a man of God. He was taken up into heaven and found that his  name was not written in the book of life because he was not married to me. After he returned from  his rapture, we were married by law. 

My husband and I were congregating in a spiritually dead church. We were the example of sanctity and revival of that place. We read the Word and did prayer campaigns and our spirit was strengthened. Our soul was glad to feed on the Bread of life, while many churches are not offering the Bread of life. They were feeding on the earthly and perishable bread instead. 

DEMONS IN TOYS THAT BLOCK PRAYERS OVER CHILDREN 

My daughter and son had lots of toys in their rooms. I had a dream that every toy has a legion of  demons inside and the children who buy these toys bring legions of little demons to their homes.  That's why I prayed for my children and my prayers had no effect on them because of these toys.  When I threw away these toys my children got better, because the rebellious spirits that were in them went away, which are the same ones that were in the toys. 

I was praying to God and Jesus said that all these toys are devoted to the little demons that children  possess. When a child brings such a toy home, she brings legions of demons to her home. These demons will change the behavior, influence and even own the child. I threw all the toys in the trash  and left them well hidden so no child would take this curse and bring them home. 

LEAVING A DEAD CHURCH 

The Christians of my church persecuted me because I preached against vanity. They felt  uncomfortable and offended by my preaching. I was called a radical and a Muslim. My pastor  rebuked me and took me out of church work. I saw the despair of Satan who did not want to lose  souls. 

The fury of the demons rose against my testimony. A servant of God believed in my testimony and  renounced the world. The devil used her husband to plan her death. He was going to kill her on a  Sunday, but God had other plans. He died on Saturday of a heart attack. His wife was free to do the  work of God. 

My husband and I were not having a doctrinal agreement with our pastor. We had no alternative but  to leave that church so that we would not have any strife or controversy. We went to a simple  church. Thank God, He joined my family to a church that follows the biblical standard and truth  that Jesus showed me.  

May the Good Lord bless everyone with the grace of Jesus Christ who hears my testimony, Amen

Howard Pittman Placebo

Howard Pittman, a Baptist minister, had a near-death experience in 1979 where he claimed to be shown the reality of the spiritual world. He described passing through the Second Heaven, seeing demons working to deceive mankind, and then approaching the Third Heaven, where only a few believers entered compared to the many who were turned away. Standing before God, Pittman realized that much of his ministry had been self-serving, like a “placebo” — outwardly religious but inwardly empty. God warned him that many professing Christians are deceived, merely “playing church” while failing to live genuine faith. His testimony serves as a wake-up call that true Christianity is more than words, requiring daily commitment, repentance, and authentic obedience to God.

On August 3, 1979, Howard Pittman, a Baptist minister for 35 years, died while on the operating  table during surgery and had a near-death experience. After angels showed him the second and  third heavens, he was taken before the very throne of God where he was given a message to share  with the world.  

The following is an excerpt from his booklet, Placebo, which documents his amazing near-death  experience. You can purchase his audio tapes and booklets at the Lake Hamilton Bible Camp  store.  

Forward 

Webster's Dictionary defines "placebo" as "a medication prescribed more for the mental relief of a  patient than for the actual effect on his disorder, or something tending to soothe."  

The doctors tell us that if we know we are being treated with a placebo, it does not work. In our minds we must think that it is a real medication and has the strength or power to heal. If the patient believes this, then the treatment has been known to work wonders in many cases that otherwise 

could not have been treated. Placebo treatment is, in fact, nothing of substance, but in the mind of  the patient it is real. In order for this kind of treatment to work, the doctor must convince the  patient of the work of the medication.  

My friend, I declare unto you that this is the exact "treatment" that most "mouth-professing"  Christians are using today. The doctor administering this "medication" is satan himself. He gives  the "patient" a sugar-coated religion, a shallow experience, and whispers half-truths into his ears.  He then tells the "patient" that it is real and that it is all the "patient" needs. The "patient", having  been taken in by satan, believes this and goes on his merry way declaring to all that he has been  born again, his salvation is real, and this experience is all that he needs. Doctor satan will allow his  "patient" to continue to go to church and will allow him to take part in any church, that is, singing,  leading in prayer, teaching Sunday School, and even preaching. He will allow the "patient" to  make any kind of statement in connection with his "mouth-professing" religion, even to the point  of the saving power of Jesus. Yes, he will allow the "patient" to do all and say all with one  exception. That exception is that the "patient" will not be allowed to live the life that he confesses  with his mouth ...  

Preparation  

In the year 1978, I retired from the New Orleans Police Department and moved my family to a  sixty-one acre farm in Mississippi. Around August 7, 1979 I was suddenly stuck with a grave and  disastrous illness. The night before the tragedy I went to bed as usual …On awakening that  morning I was slightly nauseated and skipped breakfast. My wife asked me if was not going to eat.  I replied that I had to hurry to keep my appointment with some folks who I hoped would support  my candidacy for sheriff with campaign contributions. I was unaware that God had also made an  appointment for me that day. Let me remind you that the Bible says that it is appointed once unto  man to die and, without warning, my appointment came. Like a flash of lightning, the main trunk  artery in my body cavity ruptured causing a devastating, sudden, blood loss …So at midnight they  carried me into ICU and at 6:00 a.m. the following morning, my vital life signs failed again. The  chief physician came out of ICU and told my wife, “It is something else.” They took me into  surgery where they worked on me for an additional seven hours ...  

[For the sake of brevity, a large amount of Pittman's description of his Emergency Room  experience is not reprinted here. Read his book for the full description.]  

Somewhere in that period of time when the physicians were working on me, I came to myself and  realized that I was dying …Knowing that only God could give me back my life and that only God  could change this appointed time to die, I prayed a strange prayer. My prayer was that God would  allow me to appear before His throne and pleaded for an extension of my physical life. In any  other time and place this sort of prayer would be unusual, however, all of this was planned by God  to ultimately serve His purpose. The thought to pray such a prayer was instilled in my mind by the  Holy Spirit ... 

Chapter 7: The Grand Tour  

What happens next is so incredible that some people find it hard to believe. May I say at the outset  that I know the difference between dreams, visions, and a real experience. May I also point out  that if you do not believe in satan and demons as being real, individual beings, then you do  yourself and the Kingdom of God a great disservice. It stands to reason that you cannot understand  or even withstand an enemy if you do not believe he is real.  

At the moment I resisted satan, he fled from me. The angels were there and they took my spirit  from my body. These angels were present all the time that satan tempted me although I did not  know it because I was still in the flesh. The angels did not attempt to help me until I had resisted  satan with my own will. The only help I had was the supernatural revelation from the Holy Spirit  that the voice I was hearing belonged to satan and not to God. Whether or not to obey that voice  was my choice.  

When the angels lifted my spirit from my body, they carried me immediately to the Second  Heaven. We did not have to leave that hospital room in order to enter the Second Heaven. We  entered there in that same room where my body was, just by passing through a dimension wall. It  is a wall which flesh cannot pass through, only spirit.  

For you the reader, to understand what was happening, you must understand the separation of the  spirit from the flesh. To know how this works, we must know how we, ourselves, are made. The  Bible states that we, as humans beings are made in the image of God. To understand this, we must  know what God is. The Bible states three immutable things about God: 1st God is Spirit, 2nd God  is invisible and 3rd God is immortal. If we are made in His image, then we are spirit, we are  invisible, and we are immortal. Therefore, when we look into a mirror we do not see our real  selves. We see only the body, or earthen vessel, in which we live. Since we are all made in the  image of God, we would all be mirror images of one another without our earthly, physical bodies.  Therefore, we were given a soul to separate us from one another to make us an individual.  

The animals in this world also have a soul. The only difference between their souls and ours is that  our soul belongs to the spirit. Their souls belongs to the body. When their body perishes, their soul  perish with it. When our body perishes, the soul remains with the spirit. When the spirit was lifted  from my body, my soul came with it. I suppose the simplest way to identify the soul would be to  say that it is one’s personality. The entire time I was away from my body I remained an individual,  that is, I retained my own personality. I retained all my faculties. In fact, they were greatly  enhanced.  

As we moved through that dimension wall into the Second Heaven, I found myself in an entirely  different world, far different from anything I had ever imagined. This world was a place occupied  by spirit beings as vast in number as the sands of the seashore. These beings were demons [devils],  or fallen angels, and were in thousands of different shapes and forms. Even those in similar shapes  and forms were contrasted by diverse coloring. Many of the demons were in human shapes or forms and many were in forms similar to animals familiar to our present world. Others were in  shapes and forms too hideous to imagine. Some of the forms were so morbid and revolting that I  was almost to the point of nausea.  

When I first arrived in the Second Heaven, I knew immediately in what direction I must go to  reach the Third Heaven where God was. I don’t know how I knew that, but I did. I also knew that  if I was going to get my prayer answered, I was going to have to appear before God the Father in  the Third Heaven. I was aware that I was traveling in that spirit world under the protection of the  Holy Spirit, and that the angels who were escorting me were also moving about under the  protection of the Holy Spirit. It might seem strange to you, the reader, that the angels needed the  protection of the Holy Spirit, but remember where we were, the Second Heaven. The Second  Heaven is the place where satan presently has his throne located. satan is not yet in Hell although  Hell is to be his final destiny.  

All the spirits in that world were aware of our presence and were aware of the Holy Spirit’s  protection over us. To give you an idea as to why that protection was necessary, let me give a  Bible reference to the power of satan as demonstrated in the Second Heaven. The tenth chapter of  the book of Daniel tells about God sending one of His angels to deliver a message to Daniel.  Because of the importance of that message, satan did not want it delivered. In order for the angel  sent from God in the Third Heaven to reach Daniel, he had to pass through the Second Heaven.  satan sent one of his princes, or one of his archangels, to stop the angel. The angel had to fight and  could not get through alone so he had to call for reinforcements. God had to send one of His  princes, or the archangel, to help the messenger and even this took twenty–one days. After the  angel delivered the message, he reminded Daniel that he, the angel, would have to fight his way  back through the Second Heaven.  

As we moved about there in that world, I was greatly disappointed that my escort did not take me  in the direction of the Third Heaven where God was. Instead, we moved in the opposite direction.  As we moved from place to place in that world, I learned many things about demons.  

I did things differently in the spirit realm than what we do here in the physical world. For instance,  we do not communicate with our mouths and ears, but rather, we communicated with our minds. It  was like projecting our words on thought waves and receiving the answer the same way. Although I could still think to myself without projecting, I discovered that this really did not benefit me  because the angels could read my mind.  

I could hear different sounds in that world, but I did not hear with my ears. I heard with my mind,  but I was still able to “hear” those sounds. When we traveled, we traveled mostly at what I call the  “speed of thought.” When we traveled at the “speed of thought,” there was no sensation of  movement. The angel would say where we were going and we were there. There were other times  when we did not travel in that manner, and I was very much aware of movement while traveling.  One of those times when I was aware of movement was when they brought me back into the physical world and allowed me to see the demons working here. We moved about here somewhat  like floating on a cloud. Still, I had the sensation of movement.  

Make no mistake about demons for they are very real. The Bible makes more statements about  demons than it does about angels and it points out in Luke 10:18 that demons are evil. Mark 5:8-9 indicates how numerous they are and Matthew 10:1 shows that they are unclean. Matthew  12:21-30 states that they are under the command of satan and Matthew 8:29 shows that they can  possess humans.  

In the demon world, there is a division of power much like a military structured chain command  with rank and order. Certain demons carry the title of prince, which is always the demon in charge  of a principality. A principality is a territory, an area, a place or a group that may range in size  from as large as a nation to as small as a person. When satan assigns a prince a task, the prince is  given the authority to act in the name of satan and use whatever means necessary or available to  him to accomplish his task.  

When we started the tour of the Second Heaven, the angels began by showing me the different  types of demons. Each demon was revealed to me in a form that indicated his area of expertise,  and I soon discovered that there is no such thing as a “general practitioner” in all the demon world.  They have only one area of expertise which they do very well.  

Chapter 8: Demons  

As each type of demon was pointed out to me, I quickly discovered a social order, or rank, that existed among them. Those at the top of that order were revealed in forms similar to humans. As we moved down the order, or rank, I saw demons in shapes or forms that looked like half–animal and half–human. I saw demons in forms resembling animals we know in this present world and I saw demons in forms and shapes so revoltingly morbid that you cannot possibly imagine them. At the very top of the order were the warring demons which were the “cream” of satan’s “crop.” They moved about the Second Heaven and were always traveling in groups, never alone. Wherever they went, all other demons  moved out of their way. These warring demons were revealed to me in human form. They looked  like humans with the exception that they were giants. Appearing to be about eight feet tall, they  were rugged and handsomely constructed, somewhat like giant athletes. All of the warring  demons were colored bronze. They were giant, bronze soldiers. All of the other demons seemed to  be subject to them.  

The second most powerful type demon was also revealed to me in human form and these demons  looked like ordinary people. All of those possessing this area of expertise seemed to group together at about the second place of command. Chief among this group was the demon of greed  and contained within this same group were demons of hate, lust, strife, and a few others.  

The third most powerful type and group of demons were revealed to me in mixed shapes and forms. Some had human form while others had half–human and half–animal forms. Others resembled animals in their forms. These demons possessed skills in the dark arts area such as witchcraft and other related areas. Also among this group were demons of fear and the demons of self–destruction as well as those demons which are expert in mimicking departed human spirits [familiar spirits] and in manifesting themselves to the physical world as ghosts.  

When we got down to the fourth group, or order, all the demons of this rank were revealed in  forms other than human. Some had forms like known animals while others had unknown forms. In  this group were the demons of murder, brutality, sadism, and others related to carnage.  

As we moved even further down the order toward the end of the chain of command, all the  demons were revealed in horrible and morbid forms. Some were so revolting that their appearance  produced nausea. They are so despised by their own companions that they always seem to be lurking off to themselves while in the Second Heaven and even while in this physical world. They  do not associate with the other demons except in the line of their duty.  

There was another group of demons that I was able to see, but I do not recall much of their ability.  It was purposely taken away from me as I was not permitted to learn or retain too much memory  about them. I don’t even know where they rank in order and their form was not revealed to me. I  am not sure of their entire area of expertise, however, I am vaguely aware of their powerful hold  on the flesh. It seems that this mysterious group of demons work differently from all other demons  and are used in only special cases and special situations of which I do not clearly understand. As I  stated, I was not permitted to retain too much in my memory about this particular group of demons.  I was only permitted to retain that portion which I am now reporting to you and this, in itself, is  very vague.  

I’m also aware that these particular demons are harder to deal with than any of the rest. It seems their great strength rests in their ability to remain anonymous in their work in the human being. Among this group is the one that is able to manifest himself as a form of epilepsy in the human. I am not sure but I seem to recall that some other demons in some of the other groups also have the ability to mimic epilepsy. I do not know if demons cause epilepsy, per se, but I do recall very vividly that they can mimic this condition in human beings. At one time during this tour of the Second Heaven, I watched the demons within their own related group and I experienced an awful feeling. It was an overwhelming, oppressive, and morbid feeling. This feeling came to me shortly  after I had entered the Second Heaven and I wondered what was causing it. It was at this time that  I learned that the angel could read my mind because my guardian angel said to me, “That feeling  you are wondering about is caused by the fact that there is no love in this world.” The angel was  telling me that in this Second Heaven there is not one bit of love! Wow! Can you imagine all of  those demons serving a master they don’t love and the master ruling over beings that he doesn’t  love? Worse than that, these companions are working together for an eternity and they do not even  love each other.  

I started reflecting on what our physical world, called the First Heaven, would be like without love.  If God had not introduced His love her in our world, then we would be living in a no–love  atmosphere like the Second Heaven. By God giving us His love, we are able to return that love  and then love one another. Can you imagine what it would be like in your own home or your community it was totally void of love?  

When I was made aware of the fact that no love existed among the demons, I wondered even more  about their motivation and zeal. What makes them work so hard? What makes them carry out  orders so rapidly? They don’t love one another, yet they carry out these orders so quickly and with  such zeal that any military organization on Earth would be proud to have such loyal and obedient  employees. I wonder if their motivation could have anything to do with the judgment and sentence  that awaits them. It seems that since their first rebellion ages ago while in the Third Heaven, they  have reached a place in their existence where they can no longer rebel. Whatever it is that  motivates them seems to excel in their very being while they, in turn, are expressing their fury  upon the flesh. It may just be that the only enjoyment of their entire existence is to create misery  for the flesh. Even though I was permitted to go among them and watch them while they worked,  many things were not explained fully or made clear to me. Some of the things that I saw in entirely,  I was not permitted to retain in my memory. I knew the high order of the demons resented my presence and would have withstood me had I not been under the protection of the Holy Spirit. One of the warring demons came right up to me and leered into my face, but I did not flinch for I was  not afraid. I knew it would not be me with whom he would have to contend but, instead, it would  be He who brought me, the Holy Spirit. The demons in the middle order seemed to totally ignore  me and went about their existence as if I were not there. Those of the lower order seemed to  display slight fear of me or fear of the angel that was escorting me, however, the higher order of  demons had no fear of me or the angel.  

My escort informed me that he wanted me to see a demon in the process of actually possessing a  human being. At this point in the trip, I was escorted back through the dimension wall separating  the Second Heaven from the physical world. When we came back into this world, we were in the  same hospital with my body but in a different room. The room appeared to be an employee’s  lounge. I saw tables, chairs, dishes with food, and in the room were a young man and a young lady  facing each other while laughing and talking. It was obvious that they could not see the angels, yet  I was so close to them I could almost reach out and touch them. I could hear and understand every  word they said. They thought they were alone and as they laughed and talked, they were unaware of the horrible creature standing between them. This demon was so horrible in the appearance of  his shape and form that I recognized him immediately to be from the lower group, the perverted  group. The angels, the demons, and I were in the spirit in that room and were aware of everything  that was happening. Those in the flesh were only aware of themselves for they could not see or  hear us even though we were back in this physical world. Since we were in the spirit, we still  communicated with our minds.  

I was not really paying close attention to the words the two were speaking. My entire attention was focused upon the demon. He was a most horrible looking thing, reminding me of an over–grown, stuffed, slimy, green frog all out of shape and proportion. He moved slowly up into the face of the man then, suddenly, like a puff of smoke, he seemed to disappear into the face, just as if he went through the pores of his skin. When the demon had entered the man, the angels said, “Now it’s done.” The angel then proceeded to tell me how it was that this man was possessed. He stated, “The demon made himself desirable and attractive to the human.” The angel then pointed out to me that mankind has a sovereign will, all his own, beyond which the demons cannot come. He also pointed out to me that the angels could not come beyond that  sovereign will of man. God, Himself, will not violate that will. We are made in the image of God,  therefore, we were given, like God, a sovereign will, the right to choose our destiny. I was not  permitted to retain all that I learned along these lines.  

I faintly recall that there is another process under certain given circumstances whereby demons  may possess or be allowed to enter small children. It seems as though those demons from that  mysterious group are the ones that are allowed to do this. From what I recall about this, it is only  under the most unusual circumstances that this can happen. According to what the angels told me,  over ninety percent of all cases of demon activity in human beings is restricted to those humans  who are at or over the age of accountability.  

During the course of this talk the angel was giving me, he pointed out that all of God’s children  have been given power over all demons and can cast them out, however, this power is based on the  faith of the Christian. It will only work when the Christian knows without a doubt what he is doing.  There are certain Christians who have received a special gift in this area. They are those who have  been called specifically by the Holy Spirit to a deliverance ministry and in almost every case,  those called to a deliverance ministry have also received the gift of discernment. When one is  commanding demons, it is most important to know what spirit one is dealing with. In those rare  cases where children are possessed [not so rare anymore folks… a number of children are  possessed today because of the opened doors to the enemy.], it takes a special effort and divine  insight in each case to deliver them. Such a case was reported in the Bible in Matthew 17:14-21.  All Christians potentially have the ability to command demons. 

My escort told me that they wanted me to see demon activity in the outside world. I was then  escorted outside the hospital directly through the brick wall into the streets of that city. I was  amazed as I watched all the activity of the humans in the physical world. Going about their daily  pursuit, they were completely unaware that they were being stalked by beings from the spirit  world. I was totally flabbergasted as I watched and horrified as I saw the demons in all shapes and  forms as they moved at will among the humans.  

While I learned about demons not being able to work in a person’s life against their will, I also  learned the angels cannot do it either. Each born again Christian has a guardian angel and before  that Christian’s life is over, it might take a whole host of angels to keep him. I learned that  guardian angels fight for us, but they cannot fight in the area of our will. The fighting they do is  sort of like protecting our “blind” side. They oppose the demons when the demons come against us outside the area of our will.  

They cannot oppose the demons when the demons come against us through our own will. Remember, we are made in the image of God, like God, we have a sovereign will. I learned that the demons will fight the angels if they must, but they prefer not to do so. They find that it is easier and safer to destroy us through our own will where the angels are unable to interfere, rather than go outside our will where they would have to fight angels personally. Because of this, the demons have developed great skills in the area of deception. They move through our lives by deceit and trickery and keep us totally unaware of their activity.  

I was made aware of the fact that not all demons are in the Second Heaven. There are some  demons so awesome that they are reserved in chains in Hell, however, satan and his army of  demons are not in Hell, presently. Neither do they want to be there. I was not permitted to look  into Hell, nor was I permitted to view the chained demons. I do know that these demons who are  chained went beyond the limitations of their domain.  

God in His wisdom has allowed satan and his demons certain bounds or limitations within which  they may work. They may not go beyond those limitations established by the Lord, however,  those demons who are chained in Hell did just that. Because they went beyond the restrictions  established by the Lord, they are now chained in Hell.  

The Bible points out this fact in many places, especially in the book of Jude. Any time satan goes  beyond those bounds, he must receive permission from God. In the case of Job, he was granted the  permission, but in Peter’s case he was not granted permission. The demons who work in children  under the age of accountability are allowed to do so only after obtaining this special permission. [I  might add that a “legal” door was opened by certain sin or sins that gave the demon/s a right in the  first place… ] It was not made plain to me what sort of circumstances must be present for God to  grant permission, although it was made clear that in certain circumstances permission is granted. 

However, permission to work in children under the age of accountability is rarely granted. [Look  around since he got this, things have changed folks, satanic doors have been opened… more by  parents.] The majority of the time satan is denied this special permission, but in these last days we  can expect a substantial increase I demonic activity, not only in adults but in children as well. This  increase in demonic activity is what the Lord warned us about in Mark 13:22 when He spoke of  the incredible miracles that false prophets would perform in the last days. It is difficult to  understand why the Lord would allow demons to work through children…  

The demons that are reserved in chains did not obtain permission for their activity which violated  the restrictions established by our Lord. Their illegal deeds are recorded in Genesis 6:2-5. Because  they did not obtain permission, they received immediate punishment. Specific punishment for the  devil and his demons is scheduled for the end–time and is recorded in Revelation 20:1-3. As you  well know, the lake of fire was created for the devil and his demons as their eternal fate.  

In this age we must be on guard for satan’s fiery darts of deception and temptation that are allowed  within the limitations of the Lord’s permissive will. There is a time limit set by the Lord in which  demons may work, but that time period has not yet been fulfilled. As Christians we are able to  have them “bound” under the authority of Jesus, however, this is NOT permanent. We can NOT  cast them into HELL for only God can do this. That is why it is very important for someone who  has just been delivered to be properly instructed to remain in the Lord’s will, lest they become  afflicted again. A Christian CAN cast out demons from a lost person, but unless that person gets  saved and abides in the Lord’s will, there will be the possibility of the demons returning. [See  Matthew 12:43-45].  

Demons are real, individual, spirit beings and they are the ones manipulating all the evil in the  world today. This was shown to me while I was in the spirit world traveling through the street of a  city and watching in horror as the demons went about their task of corrupting humans.  

Although humans are spirit beings, we are confined to physical bodies. The great spiritual warfare  that rages today is between the “spirit of man” and the “spiritual forces” of evil directed by satan  which are contending for control and manipulation of our fleshly, physical bodies. Our spirits  fight by faith and through our sovereign will; while the devil and his [fallen] angels fight through  deceit, cunning, trickery, and temptation. You must make no mistake about this war or the  weapons involved because the scriptures are plain. I actually saw these demons contend for  control of that human body.  

It may seem to you that mankind is vastly over–powered by these spirits because these spirits are  able to see and hear everything we think, say, and do; while we are totally unable to perceive any  of their activities. It is very difficult to fight an enemy you cannot see, hear, and feel, but as long as  you trust the Lord, you have nothing to fear. At times, even the strongest Christian may doubt their  existence and activities, thus making it easier for them. However, man was not left defenseless.  Being made in the image of God, man, like God, has a sovereign will and no spirit can violate that  will without the permission of the person himself. Because of this, these demons have developed great skills in deception. The basic principle of their operations is to make something evil as desirable, beautiful, and non–threatening as possible so that the person being tempted will lower  his guard and accept whatever it is that is being used to cause SIN. Once someone is deceived, it  becomes easier for the deception to remain. In the case of possession, it becomes easier for the  demon to maintain his control.  

Another great defense man has is the guardian angel. The guardian angel is not assigned to all mankind, but only to those who are “saved and belong to God.” Remember, just like the demons the guardian angel cannot violate the will of any man which is why most of his activity is reserved to protecting that individual outside his sovereign will. Man’s greatest weapon, however, is the Word of God. In his description of the weapons  

used in our spiritual warfare, Paul insists the Word of God [Ephesians 6:11-18] as the only  offensive weapon mankind has. Although vastly outnumbered by these beings [thousands to one  individual], man is adequately prepared for battle. Because of a sovereign will, guardian angels,  and the Word of God, man has superior defense and is much more potent in the battle for his soul  than the demons.  

Therefore, I say to everyone — if you are serious in your commitment to fight this war and win,  fear not! Your commander–in–chief, teacher, healer and sustainer — the Holy Spirit — will  NEVER leave you NOR forsake you.  

Chapter 9: The Way Home 

When the angels decided that I had seen enough of the demons at work in this physical world, I was taken back into the Second Heaven just by passing through the dividing, dimension wall. Once back inside the Second Heaven, my escort guided me in the direction of the Third Heaven and I was happy at last. After all, this was where I had wanted to go all the time. Even at this stage, my physical life was still my primary concern.  

Suddenly we came to a most beautiful place. I know that I’ve already reported how terrible that the Second Heaven was, so you can imagine how surprising it was to find anything beautiful over there. God would not allow me to retain the memory of why this place was so beautiful. I do  remember that it was the most beautiful place I’d ever seen. This place looked like a tunnel, a roadway, a valley or some sort of highway. It had a most brilliant light all its own and was  completely surrounded with an invisible shield. I knew that the invisible shield was the protection  of the Holy Spirit.  

Walking in this tunnel, or along that roadway, or valley, or whatever, was what appeared to be  human beings. I asked my escort who they were. He told me, “They are saints going home.” These  were the departed spirits of Christians who had died on Earth and they were going home. Each of  these saints was accompanied by at least one guardian angel and some had a whole host of angels  with them. I wondered why some saints were accompanied by only one angel and others had  many. I was watching as the saints passed through the way that all saints must take to go home.  Here it was, the passageway from Earth to the Third Heaven. I found that only “authorized” spirits  were allowed in that tunnel. No demon was permitted there.  

When my escort had finished explaining to me about the homeward trip of the saints. I started into  the tunnel. The angel stopped me and told me that we had to travel alongside the tunnel and not  inside of it. I traveled, therefore parallel with but outside the tunnel where the saints were. While  we were traveling alongside the tunnel, we did not move at the “speed of thought.” Instead, we  traveled as it floating on a cloud. In other words, there was no cloud but the mode of traveling felt  as if I were floating on a cloud.  

I could see the saints at all times moving along inside the tunnel. They were in the form and shape  of humans, yet I could not detect any race, age, or sex. They were all clothed alike with the  garments appearing to be made up of two pieces. There was a blouse or shirt and a pair of slacks.  The color of the garments was a pastel, baby blue with one of the garment pieces being a shade  lighter than the other piece. The blue was so light that it was almost white. I realize that these  saints I was viewing had not yet received their glorified body because that must wait until the first  resurrection.  

At first I was disappointed that I was not permitted to travel in the tunnel with the saints, but the  disappointment was eased when I was told that we were going to the same place they were going.  After all, I knew that if my physical life was going to be extended, I would have to appear before  God. Even now, my physical life was still the uppermost thing to me.  

As we traveled along, I noticed all around me that the demons were beginning to drop behind. The  Gates came into view and the closer we got to those Gates, the farther behind fell the demons.  When we arrived before the Gates there were no demons in view. Although the Gates of the Third  Heaven opened out into the Second Heaven, no demon could come close.  

Instead of allowing me to enter, the angel stationed me before the Gates, slightly to one side. He  instructed me to stay there and watch as the saints were permitted to enter into Heaven. As the  saints were allowed into Heaven, I noticed a strange thing. They were permitted to enter only one  at a time. No two were permitted to enter those Gates at the same time. I wondered about this but  it was never explained to me. I’ve studied about this often since I have returned and now I think I  know why. I believe this is a tribute or a salute to the individual. After all, that individual made the choice with his own sovereign will. Remember, it had been pointed out to me specifically that we,  as images of the Living God, possess a sovereign will through which we have the right to choose  our own destiny.  

As the saints were being admitted, I was wondering why I was not being allowed to do what I  came to do. I was so impatient to get my request before God that I missed the whole point of what  I saw. This point was so important that the Holy Spirit told me Himself. I watched the fifty saints  enter Heaven, but the point I missed was the time frame involved. It was explained to me that at the same time those fifty saints died on Earth, 1,950 other humans also died; or only 50 out of  2000 made it into Heaven. That other 1,950 were not there. Where were they? That was only 2 ½  percent going to Heaven! Ninety seven point five percent did not make it! Is that representative of  the entire world today? If so, 97 ½ percent of the population of this world today is not ready to  meet God. The sad part, my friend, is that it is exactly representative of this Laodicean Church  Age in which we live today. We are now in the time when the great majority of church goers are  only “mouth–professors” and not “heart–possessors.”  

At the outset, I stated that I would not try to convince anyone of anything I said. However, I would  like to offer as evidence the parable of the sower as told by Jesus in the thirteenth chapter of the  book of Matthew. If you read this chapter closely, you will notice that three out of every four  people who heard the gospel preached, turned it down. That is seventy–five percent anyway you  look at it. I am talking about three out of every four people who bothered to hear the gospel, turned  it down! The sad part about this is the overwhelming majority of the people that did turn the  gospel down, do not know that they have turned it down! They have bought a lie of satan and have  been deceived. They have been led to believe something that is not the truth and they been fooled  by satan into rejecting the gospel! Place the seventy–five percent who turned down the gospel  with those in the world who made no pretense of hearing the truth and you have the overwhelming  ninety seven and one-half percent of the population today!  

As I contemplate this fact. I now understand the Lord’s disgust with the Laodicean–type Church.  I also clearly understand the verses of scripture in Matthew 7:22-23 that describes how many  people will stand before the Throne at the Judgment pleading. “Lord, Lord, have we not  prophesied in thy Name? And in thy Name cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful  works?” only to have the Lord say to them, “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work  iniquity…”  

Chapter 10: The Rude Awakening 

My escort told me to stand to one side of the Gates and present my case. He assured me that God  would hear and answer my request. As I stood before the Gates, the sense of joy, happiness, and  contentment radiated out from Heaven. I could feel the warmth it produced and as I stood there to  plead my case. I could feel the awesome power of God. No being could possibly appear before  Him, even separated by a gate as I was, without experiencing this awesome power, might and 

majesty. At first I had a sense of fear, sort of guilty feeling that is always produced in me when I  believe I have imposed on others. In my mind’s eye I could just visualize a busy God who was  annoyed with me for taking Him away from important things. Then, just as suddenly as this  feeling came, it passed. I then found strength or boldness in my belief that I had served my God  faithfully for many years. To me, I was convinced that this request of mine would be a snap!  

Boldly I came before the throne and started out by reminding God what a great life of love,  worship, and sacrifice I had lived for Him. I told Him of all the works I had done reminding Him  that I was now in trouble and only He could help by granting me an extension on my physical life.  God was totally silent while I spoke. When I had completed my request, I heard the real, audible  voice of God as He answered me.  

The voice I heard was not like the sweet voice that satan had used to trick me before in the valley.  You could put together the noise of all the storms, volcanoes, tornadoes, and hurricanes and they  could in no way imitate what I heard. The sound of His voice was in no way like the sweet voice I  talked about earlier. The sound of His voice came down on me from over the Gates even before  the words hit me. The tone of His anger knocked me on my face as God proceeded to tell me just  what kind of life I had really lived. He told me what He really thought of me and even other people  who lived as I did. He pointed out that my faith was DEAD, that my works were NOT  ACCEPTABLE, and that I had labored in VAIN. He told me that it was an abomination for me to  live such a life and then dare call it a life of worship. Furthermore, He said to those who do it, they  are in danger of experiencing His everlasting wrath. As God dealt with me, He displayed His  wrath to me. Notice, it was not His everlasting wrath. He did say there are some who will experience His everlasting wrath.  

I could not believe He was talking to me in this manner! I had served Him for years! I thought I  had lived a life pleasing to Him! As He was enumerating my wrongs, I was sure He had me  confused with someone else. There was no strength left in me to even move, let alone protest, yet  I was panicking within myself. No way He could be talking about me! All of these years I thought  I was doing those works for God! Now He was telling me that what I did, I did for myself. Even as  I preached and testified about the saving grace of Jesus Christ, I was doing that only for myself in  order that my conscience might be soothed. In essence, my first love and first works were for  myself. After MY needs and wants were met or satisfied, in order to soothe my conscience I  would set out to do the Lord’s work. This made my priorities out of order and unacceptable.  Actually, I had become my own false God.  

He makes it plain in His teachings that He is a jealous God and will have no other gods before Him;  flesh, stone, blood, or whatever. He will have no other gods before Him. God told me that He  would not accept this kind of worship in the day of the Pharisees and He certainly was not about to  accept it now in this the Laodicean Church Age. He put it to me as plain as words and actions  could make it. In order for our works to be acceptable, we must work according to His command  in Matthew 6:33 which empathically states, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His  righteousness; and all these other things shall be added to you.” As God told me about my true motives, the verse of scripture in Matthew 16:24-26 and Luke 14:26-33 became so clear to me. In  Matthew 16 it states, “Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after me, let him  DENY himself and take up his cross, and follow me, for whosoever shall save his life shall lose  it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” In Luke 14 beginning with verse 26  it is stated, “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,  and brethren, and sisters, yea, and HIS OWN life also, he cannot be my disciple. And  whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you,  intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have  sufficient to finish it?” In verse 23 of this same chapter Jesus makes the following statement  which is the cornerstone of the two portions of scripture previously stated: “So likewise,  whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not ALL that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”  

Only now as I was here before Him being chastised did those two portions of scripture become  crystal clear to me as to their true meaning. As God told me about my TRUE MOTIVES, I could  see plainly for the first time how MY WORKS were DEAD. Because God was displaying His  wrath toward me, I could not stand nor could I speak. No strength was left within me as I was  nothing more than a wet rag lying there writhing in agony. It indeed, was fortunate for me that this  was not God’s everlasting wrath, only temporary wrath. However, at this time I did not know this  was only temporary.  

It needs to be stated that at no time while God was chastising me did He say I was not saved nor  did He say that my name was not in the Lamb’s Book of Life. He never mentioned salvation to me  at all but only spoke about the works produced through my life. He told me the type of life I lived  was an unacceptable life for a true Christian. As He spoke to me of my dead works, he indicated  that there are some people who are not saved but think they are. These people will experience His  everlasting wrath. He also made it plain to me that there are others of His children who will find  themselves in my present condition on Judgment Day. This revealed to me the true meaning of 1  Corinthians 3:15 which states, “If any man’s works shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he  himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”  

There are no words that can describe the pain I endured as God’s wrath was upon me for this life  of so–called service. The agony was beyond the scope of the imagination and the remorse that I  felt produced a very heavy burden similar to a physical weight pinning me down or an enormous  stone crushing me. Growing weaker and weaker, my mind was frantically racing in an effort to  grasp what the Lord was telling me while recalling each actual incident. God leaves no room for  error and that includes whatever is in our minds.  

The surprise was so overwhelming in its magnitude that it rendered me senseless. My strength left  me immediately, just as though I had been hit by a bolt of lightning. Even if God would have  ceased and allowed me to speak on word of protest, I would not have been able to do so. I had  absolutely no strength whatsoever to utter anything. In my mind I was constantly DENYING the  wrong in my life while acknowledging the fact that I had committed them. My conscience was  asleep but my mind was NOT. 

Slowly, it all began to be absorbed by me. Remember how the Bible tells us to have no other gods  before us? I had thought that the Most High God was the only God of my life, but I was not  fulfilling that part of scripture which tells us that if we allow anything to come between us and the  Lord, (whatever it may be) it becomes our “God.” I realized that each day of my life was devoted  only to MYSELF! My whole life I was preoccupied with MY needs FIRST and THEN I was  concerned with what the Lord wanted. The money to help the church, the poor, or anything else  was secondary because I was my OWN “god.” Naturally, the devil was contented with allowing  me to remain in that condition because as long as I was in that condition, I was of no use to the  Lord and His kingdom.  

I allowed this to occur because I was really indifferent to the things of the Lord. It was too  uncomfortable to change and I was convinced I could remain as I was without having to really DO  anything (such as following the Lord’s commandment about DENYING myself and picking up  my cross daily to follow HIM.) For this reason, my life was wasted and amounted to absolutely  nothing in the Lord’s eyes.  

I hope that you understand what it is that I am saying because it is the whole point of this chapter.  The fact is we must prove we are really Christians by first examining our motives behind each  deed in our lives, and then repenting and recommitting ourselves to follow the Lord daily. When  we decide to serve Him FIRST, this decision must be followed by ACTION or it will be as useless  as if we did not decide to do so in the first place.  

Chapter 11: My Real Father  

When God was through with me the interview was over as suddenly as one would turn off a faucet.  I was not allowed to linger or even reflect on what God said. The angels immediately carried me  away as if I were as wet rag having no strength in myself. Totally annihilated, I could not even  gather my thoughts.  

The angels carried me back through the Second Heaven, through the dimension wall, and into the  hospital room where my body was lying. It was not until I reached the bed upon which my body  lay did I regain my composure. As I regained my composure, I vehemently protested, “No! No!” I  told the angels, “God did not answer me! He did not say yes or no to my request! Please, oh please,  take me back!” I pleaded with the angels.  

God is a God of order and He never does anything haphazardly. Since all of this entire experience  had been planned by God, the angels complied with my request to take me back. God was dealing  with me gently and tenderly through His great LOVE knowing what was necessary for me to  experience in order for me to have the scales fall off my eyes.  

During the time God was displaying His wrath toward me, I thought this wrath was terrible and  painful. I found out later that it was nothing compared to the pain the lost will experience when  they receive His everlasting wrath. 

While in route back to the Third Heaven, I was beside myself trying to come up with a logical  reason or legitimate basis on which to plead my case. God had already told me that my life had  been a failure, therefore, I could not offer my past life as evidence of my intentions to serve Him.  Somehow or another, the thought of Hezekiah came to my mind. When God sent word for him to  put his house in order, he cried and prayed and God heard him. God extended his life for fifteen  years. I remembered from my studies about him that Hezekiah was the “good–old–boy” type,  similar to me. I remembered how he had good intentions in his heart but how he had trouble  translating out those intentions into everyday living. Since this seemed to be the same kind of  trouble I had in my life, I concluded that God dealt with Hezekiah based on the intentions of his  heart. Because of this assumption, I concluded this reasoning would be the basis of my plea.  

Upon my arrival back before the third heaven, I was brought to the same place from which I had  previously pleaded my case. Not nearly so bold this time, I remembered how God's wrath had  floored me beforehand. Nevertheless, I had asked God for a favor and God had not answered.  Wanting his answer no matter what it was, I timidly started pleading my case again.  

This time God did not knock me down but let me talk. God did not talk to me in anger but started  out answering me in a tone of pity. Before it was all over, God was speaking in sorrow.  

Opening my plea by quoting scriptures to God, I began by telling him all about Hezekiah. I told  God that I figured out that Hezekiah was the "good-old-boy" type, that the intentions of his heart  were pure, but he seemed to be unable to translate out those intentions into everyday living. Here  I was, an insignificant nothing and the smallest creature in all his universe, bartering words with  this great and awesome God who had created it all.  

I said, "Father, if You will grant this request, I promise you I will do better the next time."  

The Lord answered me thusly, "Howard Pittman, you have promised before." God did not have to  say another word. There they were, all the promises I had made to a holy God in my past entire life.  Not one of them remained whole. Somehow, someway, I had managed to break them all. With  nothing left to say, no words in all my vocabulary, nowhere to go, I fell on my knees before him.  All I could say was "Amen" to my own condemnation. I knew that if at that moment God would  banish me into the pits of hell, it would be just to say "amen" to my own condemnation.  

At that moment God did not demand justice but showed me mercy. The scales fell from my eyes  and my soul was suddenly filled with light. That powerful, awesome, all-consuming God was now  not evident. There on that throne dealing with me was my REAL Father. God was no longer a  distant God, but a real, genuine Father. The realization of his being my true Father and my best  friend came to me for the first time in my life. The wonderful relationship I had enjoyed with my  physical father and the wonderful love we shared for each other was suddenly brought to mind yet  magnified a thousand fold. For now I was with my real Father, the one who loved me so much that  God left all of his creation to deal with me, the prodigal son. 

For the first time in my life, I saw in my mind's eye who God really is. For the first time I met God  as God truly is, my real Father, my very best friend. As the realization of who God is flooded my  soul, great and painful sorrow also came. Sorrow came when I realized that through disobedience  I had hurt my Father. This realization and sorrow produced actual pain which was not just a guilt  feeling but actual pain similar to what one would experience in the flesh when one sustains a  physical injury. At this point in time, God started dealing with me in sorrow and no longer did the  tone of his voice express pity. Instead, the sound was of genuine sorrow. I suddenly realized that  God was hurting too. God was hurting because I was hurting. Being a true and just God as God is,  God had to allow me to suffer the pain and God could not lift it from me. Although God had to  allow me to suffer the pain, God would not allow me to suffer it alone. God the most High, the  most Supreme, the Creator of all, the Father of all would not let me suffer alone.  

By this time I suddenly realized that my physical life was not so important after all. What I was really concerned about now was what my Father wanted. His will had suddenly become the first thing of my life and my physical life was no longer important. This is when God gave me back my physical life. Only when I reached a place that my life did not mean anything to me, did God give it back to me. Now that the prodigal son had returned, the Father could talk at last. God could tell me what my trip to heaven was all about and that God had a message God wanted me to tell people on earth.  

Chapter 12: Wake Up!  

I now repeat for you point by point the entire five point message that God gave me to deliver to this world today: 

• Point Number 1: For those who call themselves Christians, this is the Laodicean Church Age in which we live. A high majority of so-called Christians are, in fact, living a deceived life. They talk Jesus and play church, but do not live it. They claim to be Christians and then live like the devil. They have bought the great lie from satan who tells them that they are alright. He tells them that it is alright to go to church on Sunday and attend mid-week services but as far as the rest of the time is concerned, they are to get all they can out of life. As far as their Christian life is concerned, they  believe they are comfortable and have need of nothing and as a result, they are only lukewarm  Christians if Christians at all.  
• Point Number 2: satan is a personal devil.  
• Point Number 3: To the whole world, this is Noah's second day. As it was in the days of Noah, so  shall it be in the days of the coming of the son of man. Humans took no thought of what Noah was  saying nor did humans believe that anything was about to change. Humanity could see the storm clouds over the horizon, but yet did not believe the rain was imminent. Notice the close parallel  today. Humanity can see all the signs of the last days, yet humanity does not believe that anything  will change. He does not believe in the impending coming of our Lord and he does not prepare to  meet God."  
• Point Number 4: For those who claim to be Christians, they are supposed to be ambassadors for  Christ here on earth. One cannot have any true witness or power in his life unless that one lives his  Christian faith at all times, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. To be a true Christian one  must live it, not just talk it. To honor God with your lips and not your heart is not acceptable.  Those who accept the responsibility of teaching, preaching, or any leadership role have much for  which to answer.  
• Point Number 5: God is now in the process of recruiting an army with which God will shake this  old world one more time. By working through his soldiers, God will produce great miracles that  will shake the established hierarchy of the so-called organized religion that is in this world today.  These soldiers that God is now recruiting will demonstrate the power of God to a greater extent  than did the disciples in the Pentecostal age. Now the recruitment has begun in earnest because  God is about to perform the great miracles through his army that God promised us God would do  in the Bible. John the Baptist brought the spirit of Elijah into this world and he did not even know  he had it. John denied it, but Jesus confessed that it was so. The purpose of that spirit was to make  straight the paths of the coming of the Lord.  

"The Alpha and Omega, the Cause of all the universe's existence was hurting because a mere  Earth child was hurting. Oh, what Love! What Understanding! It was so far beyond anything a  mere Earthling can understand. Oh how precious just one, little, insignificant Earth child is to that  Great God" – Howard Pittman