The Ordinances of Heaven – Chapter One || Command The Morning By Dr. D. K. Olukoya
In this book, we shall address a spiritual phenomenon that will usher you into a realm that is unprecedented in every sense. God will open your eyes to certain deep truths, which will completely transform your life and make you exceptional.
This topic is so uncommon that many people spend their entire lifetime without knowing anything about it. Yet, such knowledge determines a lot of things.
The truth, however, is that what we are considering in this chapter cannot be found on the surface of the scriptures. They are like hidden treasures tucked away in some chests. Hence, we shall examine some of the deepest scriptures ever found in the word of God.
These deep Scriptures can make a great difference between living or dying, enjoying victory or suffering defeat, living under abject poverty or enjoying stupendous wealth. In fact, what you are going to discover in this book will determine a lot of things in your life in the days, weeks, months and years ahead. You will discover the secrets of doing exploits for God and reigning in the realm of the supernatural.
By the time you learn how to pray in line with what you will discover, every area of your life will move forward by fire.
IGNORANCE
Someone has rightly observed that every man’s mountain is the mountain of his ignorance. A lot of what people suffer in life can be traced to ignorance. The moment you are able to conquer the mountain
of ignorance, you will be empowered to deal with every problem in life.
Knowledge empowers you to possess your possessions. When you become knowledgeable in the deep things of God, you will become too hot for the devil to handle. To experience the fulfilment of your dreams in life, you need knowledge. When you are armed with knowledge, you will be positioned strategically to experience dominion in the strictest sense of the word.
We read one of the most amazing revelations in the Scripture.
Job 38:12-13: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Here, God was speaking to Job concerning one of the deepest secrets of reigning in life. Job was a contemporary of Moses According to Bible scholars, the book of Job is said to be the first book of the Bible. Here, God asked Job if he has ever commanded the morning.
Another version renders it this way
Have you ever given orders to the morning?
‘Have you ever sent the dawn to its correct place?’
Another version of the Bible renders it this way.
“In all of your life, have you ever ordered the morning? Have you ever shown the dawn its place, that it may get hold of the corners of the earth and shake wickedness out of it.”
These are deep Scriptures.
“let us go examine some Bible passages on the power of creation. In Gen 1:1, the Bible says
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
We are told that God made the Heavens. Note that the word Heavens is in the plural form. The Bible portrays three kinds of Heaven.
The highest heaven which is referred to as the third heaven is
God’s throne. In 2Cor. 12:2-4, the Bible says:
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
The third heaven is described as the paradise of God.
The Bible also portrays a place referred to as the second heavens. This place can be described as the dwelling place of spirits. These are bad spirits.
The Bible says in
Eph. 6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
This second heaven is an abode of wicked spirits. It is also referred to as the habitation of cruelty.
The second heaven is described below.
Psalm 74:20: Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
The Bible also tells us about the existence of the first heaven. This is described in Gen. 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
God created the Heavens and itemized the duties.
To divide the day from the night
For signs
For seasons
For days
For years
God went further to institute what has been described as ordinances.
Gen. 1:15-18: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
This passage highlights the ordinances of the heavenly bodies. The heavenly bodies have been given a spiritual mandate to carry out certain functions. Those who belong to the kingdom of darkness have taken advantage of those ordinances.
Unfortunately, God’s people do not understand the implications of these ordinances. Satan has therefore, continued to thrive on the ignorance of Christian believers.
From the above passage, we discover that, light plays a crucial role in the life of man. The life of everything on earth is connected to light. Your age is determined by light. Your growth in terms of chronological age and height is determined by light.
There is a power that rules the light. Here, the wonderful words of the Psalmist become relevant.
Ps.121:6: The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
SATANIC WORSHIP
The powers of the day and night reside in the sun and the moon. Powers of darkness have continued to use the forces of nature against
believers who are destined to exercise dominion over all elemental forces.
There is a power that rules the night. There is a power that rules the day. When God created the sun, the moon and the stars, He endowed them with great powers. He created them to bring forth His glory. This explains why God forbids the worship of the sun, the moon and the stars.
Those who belong to the kingdom of darkness are violating God’s commandments by trying to put the powers that reside in the sun, the moon and the stars to negative uses.
Hence, demonic men and women are using the forces of nature to hurt the innocent. The heavens were established to declare the glory of God. God created the heavens to give light to the earth. Powers of darkness as well as God’s enemies have captured the heavenlies and are putting it to negative uses. They are now using it to foster satanic worship and perpetrate wickedness.
Children of the devil have found in the heavenlies a powerful weapon for carrying out their evil assignments. Many lives have been lost, many homes wrecked, innumerable destines truncated and several tragedies orchestrated.
As long as we continue to remain under ignorance, evil will continue to triumph over good and the children of darkness will continue to torture the children of the kingdom.
There must be a change. Power must change hands. As God’s children, we must take our rightful position and begin to rule. God expects us to exercise dominion over spirits, men and forces of nature. The discovery of these deep secrets should introduce a new dimension into your life. Rather than allow satan and his agents to oppress you by using the forces of nature, you should carry an offensive battle to the gates of the enemies and begin to oppress them.
If you are a victim of the manipulation of the heavenly forces,
praying as if you are blindfolded will not change the situation. Coming up with a resolve to go for deliverance will not solve the problem.
For example, if someone has raised an altar against your life in the vicinity of the stars you cannot deal with such attacks by simply going for deliverance. You must learn how to fight back by using exactly the same weapons.
Deliverance should not be mis-understood. It bothers on the removal of the deposits of the kingdom of darkness.
However, it does not address any form of conspiracy against you in the heavenlies. As you have gained new insights into the ordinances of heaven you should prepare for battle.
PRAYER POINTS
- Every power spending the night to pull me down, O sun, throw
them away, in the name of Jesus.
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O day, arise and give me my portion, in Jesus’ name.
O day, arise and curse any power stealing my portion in the name of Jesus.
- Every wicked power in the second heavens, that is representing
my family, die, in the name of Jesus.
- Every rod of affliction from the second heavens, break, in the
name of Jesus.
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Any problem that wants to kill me, die, in the name of Jesus.
Every mouth speaking against me with satanic anointing, O sun,
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transfer the arrows back to them, in the name of Jesus.
Every arrow of ancestral witchcraft, die, in the name of Jesus.
- Everything stolen from my life from the powers of the night, I repossess you by fire, in the name of Jesus.
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Thou power of polygamous witchcraft, die in the name of Jesus.
Affliction of the day, die, in the, name of Jesus.
- Every negative flying power delegated against my destiny, the angels of God shall pursue you, in the name of Jesus.
