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The time is nigh. The angels are positioned. It is time to stand for the Lord with angels surrounding us. It is time for a victory!
From Give Him 15. Hello and thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15. We have a really special post planned for today. I have two of my comrades that run with me and work with me – my brother, Tim Sheets, who’s just doing amazing things for our nation right now, hearing from God in so many ways and becoming a real trumpet here, and around the world for the Lord during this season. And then, Chuck Pierce, my friend and prophet from Texas who is truly a prophet to the nations. It’s a joy to have them on today. We’ve never tried this before – we’re going to go back and forth with our interview – if there’s a slight delay don’t worry about it, we’ll figure this out and we’ll get it done. We probably won’t stick to the 15-minute time frame, but we won’t go terribly long. So without taking any more time from these gentlemen, let me just hand it to Chuck and ask, “Chuck what’s on your heart to talk about today?”
Do you want state prayer alerts?
Chuck Pierce begins to share:
“Well first of all, it’s an honor being with you two and, Dutch, I want to say that yesterday Destiny Image promoted our book, The Prophetic Destiny of a Nation. All of you who do not have that book, I want to encourage you to get it because it’s just as important today as it was when we [Dutch and Chuck] wrote it.
“Now, one thing I want to do, especially since Tim is here with us, is go back to something that occurred in December 2017. That was the month God visited me (I’ve tried to make a couple of slides to show you). I woke up and standing in the place where I seek the Lord was this incredible angelic being. I asked him who he was and he said that he was the angel of war for the harvest. He then showed me the world and timed the harvest ahead. Certain nations and certain states in America would all of a sudden have these incredible harvest sheaths of wheat rise up. Therefore, I could see where harvest was going to take place. Yet it was a war angel for harvest.
“The first time I shared this was at Tim’s church in February 2018, because he is so adept in his understanding of angels. The angel and I had a conversation, which I was in fear and trembling, regarding how the Lord of the harvest would begin to train us for these next five years that we are in [2017-2022]. That brings me to this year that we’re soon entering into. This upcoming year is a year of divine recovery and the opening up of new supply lines. What a divine recovery means, is that we return to a state of authority where we are in the place of rulership, that we should be in, and especially all of us Kingdom people. We need to understand that.
“Something happened when Dutch and I were in South Carolina at one of the very most important, sovereignly gathered meetings that we have been in, within the past year. We were at the Citadel (Charleston, SC) and it was the first time they had a Christian meeting come in from the outside. It was so important for our nation, for the [spiritual] war ahead. While we were there, Dutch was speaking and the Lord caught me up and showed me something happening in and around America. Now let me show you that [on the screen]. He showed me these four key war angels that had surrounded America. If you’ll notice, the one that aligns with Alaska and on the other side of Hawaii – these four angels were ruling angels from North, South, East, and West.
“Then something happened: all of a sudden, 51 angels surrounded America. The Lord began speaking to me and said, ‘I am getting ready to commission change.’ The angels all had their swords in their sheaths, so they were not ready to be sent for war yet. And yet, I knew they had surrounded America. Now I want to encourage each one of you: America is now surrounded by a supernatural angelic force. Then He showed me that in April, things would start changing rapidly. Each one of these angels would be sent to a state and that state would come under a divine choice for the future. If that state didn’t choose, it would be harvest – one way or the other – because you’re harvested based upon what you’ve sown. All of a sudden that angel was going to start harvesting that state based upon what had been sown in the past season and what it had been aligned with.
“So I want to encourage you, I know, Dutch, that you and Tim are so focused on America where I have remained focused more on China and Russia and many other nations. But I know when God calls me to America – and he usually calls me to be with you because I need that Apostolic covering. With that, I want to say to all of us: beginning in April, there will start to be great changes in harvesting America. That means, God will begin to make it very clear concerning what is happening in each state regarding how we have sown. Therefore, the prayers that you have been sending up – they have caused America to be surrounded by these angels. Now we are headed into a whole new season where we will be very aware, beginning in April of next year [2023].”
Dutch responds:
“That’s awesome, Chuck, and very encouraging – very encouraging. Tim, I’m going to put you on the spot here. I don’t think you’ve heard this – we didn’t talk about what Chuck was going to say or do today, but you have a great revelation regarding angels and you have great insights regarding the nation. Jump in and tell us what you’re seeing.”
Tim shares:
“I’ll take us back to when you and I as well as others were in Tucson, Arizona. I don’t remember what we called that tour, but it was four to five years ago, during the 2017 time frame. While in Tucson, I remember that after I preached, we were getting ready to make decrees. We were in a large sanctuary, it was like a box store they had made into a church, and I saw 51 angels, Chuck. I have talked about this so many times. They were all governmental angels. When they appear to me, they are wearing a purple sash – a ruling and reigning sash – so I can always identify them.
“After I was done preaching, we were getting ready to make decrees in this big conference, and I saw them line up along the left side, the back wall, and along the right side. I said, ‘Holy Spirit, I’ve never seen this many governmental angels!’ I’ve seen them, but one or two, perhaps even three or four, but not 50. And He said to me, ‘There are 51, if you want to count.’ Well I didn’t dare count; I’m going to take His word for it! But I leaned over and said to Dutch, ‘The governmental angels are here.’ I asked Holy Spirit, ‘Why are they here?’ He responded, ‘They’re here to get their assignment. There are 51, one for each state plus Washington, DC.’ We began to make decrees over the states and as we listed each state (this must have been a two-hour session of prayers and decrees that afternoon), making the decrees over each one, that particular state-angel would leave, until I finally saw them all depart except for Washington, DC. We then concentrated on that region, decreeing the governmental authority of King Jesus into the government there; then that angel left.
“Chuck, you’re saying – 51 angels are surrounding the United States. I believe they are probably the governmental angels that are fueled by the decrees of the King’s Ekklesia, His warring saints – His remnant. The angels take that decree as an assignment. If you think about all the assignment decrees the Ekklesias have made just in that the past five years, or the prayers, or even the prophetic words that are now synergizing together under Holy Spirit leadership – the governmental angels are assisting in each state.
“I believe there is a governmental angel assigned to each Ekklesia in each state. We’re coming to the point where I believe we can say in all 50 states, there is a functioning Ekklesia. It’s not conceptual anymore. In other words, we’re not just teaching what the Ekklesia is. I believe a governmental angel is assigned to each of these Ekklesias – maybe even several – so that the intention, calling, and purpose of the Lord for that particular region or state, that the Ekklesia is taking on that identity and cause, and the government angels are beginning to assist in those decrees. All of us together are also focusing our decrees and prayers on Washington DC, which again, these angels can stir and answer.
“Then, there’s another level to this, because at the beginning of summer, I began to sense a different level or order of angels that I’ve never experienced before. I’ve experienced seeing the governmental angels for 15 years, and also seeing other divisions of angels. But I’ve never experienced this particular order of angels.
“During the beginning of the summer, I began to share regarding this, but I also began to experience the presence of a very powerful angel that I’ve never seen before. I received a prophetic word about this angel. Long story short, I came to know that it was a seraphim. This is the highest order of angels. They’re the most powerful order of angels. Most theologians believe that Michael and Gabriel, although they are archangels and have additional powers and authority, are also in this order. The seraphim are those angels that minister in the throne room and carry the presence of the Lord. The Lord can commission them from the throne room to go and be part of what He’s doing in the earth realm, helping the Ekklesias.
“Gabriel is all over the Scriptures and we also see this mentioned in the book of Daniel. The angels were fighting to get the message through as well as the decrees that were made by Daniel. He was praying and decreeing that the prophecy would come to pass. God, from the throne room of heaven, commissioned a seraphim who was in the Throne Room – Gabriel – to go and bring the promise to pass. Gabriel battled, what I believe, is a fallen seraphim, the Prince of Persia. I believe Lucifer promotes the fallen seraphim to positions of rule or thrones in regions. So Gabriel comes and the battle is intense, but stalemated. Father then speaks to another seraphim (Michael) to go and take care of this. Michael and his angels did – similar to what God did when Lucifer fell with one-third of the Angels and some of the seraphim that went with him. God didn’t get involved in that. He didn’t, Holy Spirit didn’t, Jesus didn’t. It wasn’t as if they were overly concerned. They turned to the seraphim, Michael, and said, ‘Michael, you and your angels – take care of this.’
“Regarding the governmental angels that have been assisting us for five or six years now, I feel that there is coming another level of high-ranking angels who are coming to assist them. Now regarding the functioning decrees of an Ekklesia, to some of these governing Ekklesias, I believe God’s going to release seraphim to help them as needed, and I believe DC is part of that target. I sense that the governmental angels and the seraphim are going to begin to take out the principalities over that city. I feel that’s the goal.
“So I’m just saying, about that same time, we saw the 51 governmental angels (as Chuck mentioned), and God is saying, ‘Now I’m going to put the highest ranking angels I have and commission them on assignments with my governmental angels and other angels, as well as with my Ekklesia. I believe we are going to win some awesome victories, preparing the way for an awesome harvest.”
Dutch responds:
“Chuck, do you want to jump back in?”
Chuck replies:
“I just want to say a couple of things. First of all, I’ve got that ‘Holy Spirit shake thing’ going on in me. What we’re doing right here is so important for all to hear because it’s something that is confirmed by the mouth of two witnesses. Tim saw the angels being sent. I saw them positioned around America, and they’re carrying the decrees of the saints. They’re coming to war over the harvest of America. If you’re listening from another nation, you will begin to see the same thing I saw in December 2017 where I saw that the nations would actually start shifting into their harvest realm. This is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen.
“I want to end by saying, ‘Tim, I’ve been reading in Isaiah right now, and I think of Isaiah’s visitation with the seraphim. It said, ‘In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord’ because the seraphim caught him up and showed him a dimension of what would happen. There’s another passage in Isaiah 6 where it talks about how the stump would come alive. One of the Hebrew meanings of this year, is the stump begins to come alive again. So what these angels are going to do is find the stump in each place [state] so they can start attempting to bring life from it. If life will not come forth, then I think everybody in that state will recognize there’s something greatly wrong in their state. Dutch I want to encourage you and say that Jerusalem, our America, is being surrounded now, and we are in a time of great change. It’s just like what Isaiah said and you can interpret this yourself. ‘In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord.’ So get ready – there’s going to be visible reckoning that we will fully recognize, and there will not be confusion over it.”
Dutch shares:
“Let me just jump in for a minute and and then I’ll ask both of you to pray and release anything prophetically you might have. But in this season, I keep coming back to the dream about the baseball game – World Seers Series – that showed us the four quarters of 2022. Of course, the last quarter is when the Lord revealed the enemy who was pitching for the team as Baal-zephon. In the dream, we eliminated the voice of that spirit and his ability to rule America. Of course, there’s been a 15-year a battle by the praying Church – repentance, decrees, prayer assignments, and of course, the ending of Roe versus Wade – to disempower that spirit over America. But in the dream, what is significant to me that relates to this conversation is the umpires were aligned with the adversary. They were cheating in order to help the powers of darkness defeat the church. At a certain point in this last quarter, the umpire was expelled from the game. The home plate umpire and Michael the Archangel replaced him. I feel this is all saying – it’s all similar in the sense that God is saying we’re moving into a season now where He’s releasing these high-level angelic beings – probably led by Michael – to war on our behalf and enter the game – to call the game, to release justice and help turn the nation. That was the end goal and result of the series. I believe these two encounters, what God’s been saying to you both, is encouraging us that we are on schedule and our prayers and decrees are working. God is listening and they are being used to release this angelic activity. As Chuck says, it’s not just for America. It’s about the nations of the earth.
“I was very impacted by your statement, Chuck, about divine recovery, this being a time of divine recovery. Maybe we should pray into that, maybe we should just ask the Lord for that. Feel free to share before we pray regarding what that might mean, or prophesy into it. When he’s finished, Tim, if you would, also jump in.”
Chuck begins to share, then prays:
“I think I’ll just prophesy, because regarding 51, that means there’s going to be a testimony of the grace that has been developing. This will create a staking of the claim for each state and territory. That’s what that number means. I decree right now that we are in agreement with what we saw, and some of you are wondering, what will become of me? I’ll tell you what will happen: you will see angelic movement, because they are now positioned. Tim saw them. I had no idea about that, but knew that all of a sudden, that word burned as a word of knowledge. There were 51 of the angels that would be sent and now I believe there’s seraphim, based upon what you said, and they will be timed like you said – in quarters starting in April. We need to watch how our nation focuses beginning in April. We’ll have four quarters that will lead us back to the greatest change we have ever known.
“So Lord, we come into agreement. Father, I know that when You reveal, You also conceal, and You also establish. Father, You have revealed this by the mouth of two witnesses, and we say, ‘Let it begin!” Time it as You have shown us through the baseball game dream. Now, Father, we loose this into motion and come into agreement with You.”
Tim prays:
“Amen. Our hearts and faith cry out and we say, ‘Welcome Lord Sabaoth, the Lord of angel armies, to orchestrate the plans of heaven on the earth, energizing the Ekklesias and adding the assistance of Your armies – government angels, seraphim the the mighty fiery ones that strike with power. And even as a seraphim in years gone by, took out the voice of Zechariah for a time, we declare that the angels are taking out the communication systems of the adversary, and that system will be replaced by a system of truth declared into this world by the functioning Ekklesia led by Lord Sabaoth. Holy Spirit, in the greatest outpouring that we’ve ever seen, is leading us into the greatest harvest we have ever seen. So we, the Ekklesia, say, ‘Welcome Lord Sabaoth, welcome, angel armies. Welcome from the Throne Room, commissioned one, assisting us in great victory. We declare this in Jesus’ name, amen.”
Dutch prays:
“Amen. And Lord, I agree, we all agree – all of those joining us on this post today agree this shall be so. We’ve moved into this new season. We release it now by faith, all around this nation and the nations of the earth. In the powerful name of Jesus, amen.
“Anything else, Chuck? You want to jump in?”
Chuck:
“I’m just amazed. I think that would be the word.”
Dutch:
“Thank you both. What a great post. I know we rushed through these things quickly but that’s okay.
“Friends, thank all of you for joining us. It’s a joy to have you with us every day and we look forward to seeing you again.”
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I found this to be remarkable. My granddaughters 11 and 15 have had angels come to them and both have been told that time is short and Jesus arrival is coming very soon. This is so encouraging to me as I have praying that God would bring His justice to this earth when seeing so much evil seem to get away with breaking every law on the books. Come mighty angels and war for truth and justice.
Wow! This is the first time I heard you men. Powerful!
I pray that our Heavenly Father will send his mighty grace’s to every state here in the US. Thanks for being so gracious to all of us.
Most uplifting article of the last four years.
Lord thank you for sending Your Angel Armies to help us. Lord you know how important this matter is for protecting our children from truly unnecessary mental stress and physical damage to their perfect bodies; come Lord Jesus , make a way Lord and protect these innocent lives from being altered and abused by the hands of physicians who desire is to profit from inaccurate diagnosis and alter these people-children for their own selfish desires. Send protection as Psalm 91 says You would do. Watch over and protect all these vulnerable children and people. Thank You Lord
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yes and Amen we thank zYou Lord for our wose godly leaders who show us what The Lord is hearing our repentance and prayers and will heal our land! The Lord is not done with America! The Lord will bring unmistakable clensing an Lord remove all stumbling blocks! the spirit armies are in position and dispatched to do Your will We pray Psalm 91 protection over every believer household that we would be safe in the cleft of the Rock and covered by Your hand and send angels with flames of fire to encercle us in these wicked days. Help us not get distracted by the chaos of this world but hold fast to our faith. Thank You for the mighty harvest that will come from this.Save o save from the greatest to the smallest in each state as they see the Judgement of those evil powers behind our government perpetrating schemes and shenanigans of deception to the American Fall from the battering rams the Lord’s angels army is bringing ! people all over the world will know the truth Lord in Jesus mighty Name Amen
Wow! I am excited about praying for the nation and specifically Wisconsin.
This word so encouraged me but then I read the comments saying this does not line up with scripture, discouraged. It’s now hours later and I have searched through scripture, I have biked and praised the Lord while listening to several renditions of the “Revelation Song” and found this document that I share below.
The depth of the riches of God’s wisdom and knowledge are immeasurable. His judgements unsearchable and His ways untraceable. NO ONE knows the mind of the Lord . NO ONE has counseled Him. God owes NO ONE repayment. ALL things are from Him, through Him and to Him. To God be the Glory forever. Amen
“According to the Book of Revelation, there will be a future ministry of angels. Their work toward God and humanity is not yet finished. ”
✝️We find innumerable angels worshipping around God’s throne.
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands (Revelation 5:11).
✝️The Bible says four angels will restrain judgment upon the earth.
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on earth or sea or against any tree (Revelation 7:1).
✝️There will be seven angels that will stand before the Lord with seven trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them (Revelation 8:2).
✝️Angels will be fighting in Heaven under the leadership of Michael the archangel.
And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. And the dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night (Revelation 12:7-10).
✝️An angel will travel all around the world and preach the gospel.
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, with the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth – to every nation and tribe and language and people (Revelation 14:6).
✝️An angel will announce the fall of Babylon.
And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her adulteries” (Revelation 14:8).
✝️The wicked will be judged in the presence of angels.
he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb (Revelation 14:10).
✝️God will send the angels to become harvesters at the end time. They will harvest both the good and the evil.
Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and he threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God (Revelation 14:17-19).
✝️Before Christ returns angels will pour out seven bowls of judgment on the people of the earth (Revelation 15 and 16).
✝️The great prostitute of Babylon is revealed to John (Revelation 17:1-7).
✝️John saw an angel calling for the judgment of the people.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God” (Revelation 19:17).
✝️After Christ returns, an angel will bind Satan in the pit for a thousand years.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the pit and a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time (Revelation 20:1-3).
✝️Interestingly, there is no mention of any angelic ministry during the millennium – the thousand year reign of Christ. During this time, the King of Kings will reign in His visible glory. After the kingdom age, we come to the eternal state. At that time, we find the angels praising God.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel (Hebrews 12:22-24).
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Thank you, Susan! I too am greatly encouraged! Thank you for highlighting the wondrous ministry of angels in the scriptures. We sure need them right now!
O Lord, strengthen Your heavenly host to accomplish everything You have sent them to do. Help us to be encouraged and strengthened, and aware of their presence, working on our behalf as we pray and work to bring Your Kingdom into the earth. Thank You for creating them and sending them to minister on our behalf. We need them, and treasure them as Your gift to us! Amen.
Amen and Amen to your most powerful prayer Roxanne.
God’s Angels are everywhere & they do God’s bidding as He commands & directs. The prayers of God’s people move God’s hand – in the past & still today. That is biblically sound truth – regardless of how anyone tries to “diffuse or tamp that down or reduce it to manageability”. Some comments want to limit God – not sure really why other than the enemy, Satan’s darts, hitting their target of “putting limits on God through dissension & verbal torpedoes”.
I don’t profess to know God any more or less than others. He is a God of mercy, forgiveness & love – the God of 2nd chances. Of that I am sure. He established America, using people centuries ago to dedicate this nation to God. We are like Israel, having turned away (many times)…yet He still loves His people. I cannot shake the conviction deep within my soul that God is preparing America to do something unbelievably wonderful. There are things happening, some very subtle, that God is directing. And God’s angels are actively TODAY a part of that. God allows insight to some people who have faithfully believed Him despite the turmoil around us. Dutch, Chuck, IFA, etc., – thank you for sharing something that is of great encouragement from our God… it’s sorely needed today for many Christians who have become so beaten down that they seem not to be able to see the various ways that God continues to work. He isn’t done with America yet. And just like our great history book…the Bible shows us — he often waits for people to pray, believe, get involved & most of all…not walk in circles in the desert complaining… some for years on end. He moves when we pray because, although he is in control & omnipotent — He is actively involved in a 2 way relationship with us. That is our God….and it is humbling to know He hears & moves as we pray.
“The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His Almighty Power. Nothing is too small for His Love.” Corrie Ten Boom. Angels seen and unseen are at Our Abba Father’s command. All Praise and Glory to His Holy Name.
Kingdom Now theology sees the second coming of Jesus in two stages: first through the flesh of the believers (and in particular the flesh of today’s apostles and prophets), and then in person to take over the kingdom handed to Him by those who have been victorious (the “overcomers”). Prior to the second coming, overcomers must purge the earth of all evil influences. Kingdom Now claims that Jesus cannot return until all His enemies have been put under the feet of the church (including death, presumably).
This is not biblical.
First, the idea that God has “lost control” of anything is ludicrous, especially coupled with the idea that He needs human beings to help Him regain that control. He is the sovereign Lord of the universe, complete and holy, perfect in all His attributes. He has complete control over all things—past, present and future—and nothing happens outside His command.
In the last days many would be deceived.
Line everything up according to scripture.
Colorado?
What Bible scripture do you have to support that Angels position themselves to do whatever you are talking about. It’s this kind of foolishness that makes us Pentecostals look foolish, not to mention it makes the God of the bible look like He’s condoning anything that comes into our mind. We know that isn’t true. God does do miraculous things, but they are safe guarded with and by scriptures.