Sorry for the delay in posting this; I had computer issues today.
There is a place for imprecatory prayer.
It requires understanding that your first and highest loyalty is to Christ. You must absorb the kind of thinking that identifies His enemies. Who qualifies for the nightmare vengeance depicted in Revelation, among other places? In case you didn’t notice, those mysterious messages in Scripture sometimes sweeps together both the human and spiritual agents of wickedness.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. (Ephesians 6:12 NET)
If you are loyal to Christ, then you would expect to be loyal to His word and His work. By the same token, you would expect His enemies, both human and heavenly, to oppose the same. In particular, we need to identify the one thing He emphasized Himself: His Covenant. When you seek to promote His interests, that means promoting the Covenant.
The world is filled with enemies of the Covenant. Where would you start? How would you justify one target over another for imprecatory prayer? The answer is your convictions. What rattles your cage? What provokes your spirit the most?
One of my favorite all time targets has been the so-called “Deep State”. It’s not just the clandestine agencies we could name, but a host of figures who operate in the shadows to steer events to demonic purposes. They operate under a dark covenant, and anti-Covenant world we cannot begin to understand. It is by default anti-Christian.
They are the kind of people who dreamed up Operation Northwoods. This is your government, America. It hasn’t changed; it’s only gotten worse.
Indeed, it’s downright difficult to envision who they are, so deeply buried in Darkness. Thus, we end up referring to what we can see. That would be the deep suffering of souls. Keep in mind that the whole of Western Civilization was designed from the start to blind hearts to the gospel message. It’s designed to keep people materialistic, hedonistic, whiny and dependent.
Have you ever thought about the paradox of a culture that promotes the myth of the strong individual, even as it hollows out that image and promotes herd responses? Everyone who sees themselves as a strong individual is actually choosing from a narrow menu of popular options, all of which steer them away from walking by their hearts — anything to prevent that.
There is fear that sometimes comes out of the shadows of common human consciousness. It starts with the naked fear of dying. But that’s not really it; it’s the fear of having no control over the way they die, nor even the way they live. They are denied that otherworldly connection that makes life and death meaningful, so that suffering is this big ugly beast that consumes everything they think they have.
This is how the Deep State operates. It’s run by demons, of course — the imprisoned souls of the Nephilim. They hate us for sure; it’s the primary reason they exist. Still, they have their place in the grand scheme of things, and that place is to capture souls that do not have Covenant covering. We don’t hate those souls; we pity them. They imagine they will gain some kind of heaven, but they live in Hell. It will come to nothing.
Here’s the issue: Hate the ground on which they stand. Not the literal ground, but the metaphorical ground. They live in a place of darkness, and we are praying that the Lord defend the place of Light. We are praying that He will defend the holy ground of His covenant camp. “Rise up, O Lord, and vindicate Your children!” Show who is and isn’t holy, Lord.
Thus, we pray that the Darkness in which the Deep State hides will become uninhabitable for them. Let the light of glory shine and disrupt their activities. Let it be painfully obvious for all to see who is walking in Darkness, and how futile their plans are.
Pray that their deeds will be exposed and their intentions frustrated. Call down fire from Heaven on their dark world. Don’t listen to the lies of your flesh that this is futile; God will keep His Word. He has promised to hear our prayers for purity and judgment, if we pray that He start with us. We eagerly look for His cleansing hand; they cower in darkness, trying to escape it. Their whole game is built in hiding from view.
Warning: We will always be surprised who turns out to be on the wrong side. Pray that the Deep State be exposed, because exposure alone is enough to destroy them.
