Prophecy

The Battle of the Bulge

by Dutch Sheets

A friend of mine likens where we are at to the Battle of the Bulge. This battle was an intense counter offensive launched by Hitler in WW II, after D-Day. When it looked like the Allies had won the war, Hitler tried one final desperate onslaught to turn the tide. This caught the Allies by surprise and, though we eventually defeated Hitler's armies, it was for a season, demoralizing and very costly to us.

Likewise today, an intense counter offensive has been orchestrated from Hell, to pull down President Bush and derail the destiny of America. This whirlwind of darkness over America is bringing great national confusion and is causing paralysis even in the praying church. I have sensed this strong confusion in both the civil and spiritual realms, from leaders on down.

It is strong in Washington D.C.--godly governmental leaders know things are in disarray and that something is desperately wrong, but they also say that nothing seems to work when it comes to reversing it. Spiritual leaders also know things are not right--that we have lost momentum and anti-Christ forces seem to be prevailing--but no one seems to know what to do about it.

My friend Lou Engle, in a recent prayer alert said, "Wherever I go, I can feel the attitude of resignation, criticism and despair..." Lou's entire alert can be found at www.justicehouseofprayer.com.

The Spirit of Babylon

Chuck Pierce, another friend and internationally trusted prophet, connected our desperate condition to the war in Iraq: "The spirit of Babylon is slapping us around." Iraq is modern day Babylon. Babylon means "confusion," which is obviously one of the results of this spiritual war.

America's armies had no problem taking out Saddam's physical army. But we are now dealing with an ancient principality, the spirit of Babylon, which cannot be defeated with natural weapons and strategies. This spirit is currently (though I believe it not to be permanently) prevailing against us.

As previously stated, the symptoms of confusion and disarray can be seen in the church, on our president, and in the nation in general. A further result of all this on our president is political disfavor. He has one of the most unfavorable performance ratings of any president in history--ranking down with Nixon during Watergate. The cover of one major magazine reads: "How Low Can He Go?" Usually when the economy thrives (and ours is), a president's ratings are high. He has lost his favor and consequently his voice, neither of which will return until certain things occur.

A Dream About the President

Regarding this loss of voice, a pastor related to me a dream he had recently about President Bush. The president was in a jail cell in a desert region. He was very agitated and his bottom lip was torn in half. (I believe this desert region represents Iraq and the tearing of the president's lip--it pictures my assertion that his voice has been torn from him.) As the dream continued, a man grabbed the president from behind, and said, "Let go. Give in." Snakes then came out of the man's cloak, wrapped around the president and one of them bit his torn lip. The president fell to the ground and disappeared.

The snake then took the form of a woman and looked at the man having the dream (who had run in to try and help the president), and said, "There is nothing you can do to stop this." The man in the dream changing into a serpent, confirms to me, that we are no longer dealing with flesh and blood in Iraq, but with "principalities and powers" (see Ephesians 6:12).

They have entrapped our president, stolen his voice, and intend to completely destroy his effectiveness. Their ultimate goal is to steal his destiny--which is warring against terrorism and shifting the courts, especially the Supreme Court of America. Though the president has been disabled and seemingly taken out by this spirit, it is not true that there is nothing we can do to stop it. I will address this momentarily.

The Reality of Where We Are

It is vital for us to grasp the magnitude of this spiritual war against America and our president, and also to realize that the forces of evil are currently prevailing, though it need not remain so. If the November, 2006 elections were held today, it is almost certain that pro-life and morally conservative voices would lose some, if not complete control of Congress.

It is also quite likely, that if the third vacancy occurred on the Supreme Court now (and I believe it is coming soon), one of two things would happen. Either Bush would bow to the temptation to appoint a moderate, because of his weak position; or if he appointed a true conservative constitutionalist, like Roberts or Alito, the liberals would be empowered enough to stop the nomination through filibustering or character assassination.

Worse yet, if the vacancy doesn't occur until after the November elections and conservatives do lose control of Congress, we can very likely kiss goodbye our current opportunity to shift the Supreme Court of America. This would be the most devastating setback of our day. The consequences are unthinkable.

The killing of babies and pro-death culture would continue; God would continue to be unwelcome in schools; and government, public life, and another generation, would spiral further downward into Godless, humanistic relativism. Our God-given destiny in America could be lost indefinitely, perhaps forever. We simply cannot allow this. Regarding the war on terrorism--if we don't turn the tide spiritually and do so fairly soon, it will turn into a quagmire that our generation doesn't have the strength, courage, boldness, or selflessness to endure. This is the reality of where we are.

What God Is Saying to the Church

What must happen in the praying church and with our president at this critical time? There are biblical pictures that can help us identify our current position and point us toward the right strategy. First--where is the church and what must we do? If the praying church does not re-engage in informed, consistent and fervent intercession for our nation and president NOW, we will lose our Battle of the Bulge. Our past victories and the ground we have gained, are all on the line. So is our future. We have grown complacent and overconfident, as did the Israelites at Ai.