The Sin of Jeroboam
Jim Rinker
Archived prophetic words and bible teachings from the Mercy Seat Fellowship
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Kings 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the
house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD
at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord,
even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to
Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves
of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
The entire motivation here is, as was with Saul, was fear. The specific fear is
the loss of the position that ironically God gave them. Both Saul and Jeroboam
were made king by God yet they did not have the faith in God that He would
ESTABLISH them as king over Israel because they feared the will of the people
over the will of God!
The end result of this inner fear (lack of faith in God) was to block the
pathway to true worship AND establish an order of false worship to take it's
place in order to keep the people under his position. If we look at much of the
pastoral leadership today we can see this exact fear and subsequent substitution
in full operation.
If I could re-write 1 Kings 12:26-28 for today it would read:
Then the church leaders called by God to their leadership positions said in
their hearts: If these people are allowed to find the true place of worship
where they can find God for themselves and hear His voice for themselves then
they will not need me any longer and I will be out of a job. Therefore, we will
persecute any person who dares to come into our local institutions preaching any
doctrine that will allow any of those under my authority to find God for
themselves. So we made a covenant that we shall sit in the SEAT OF MOSES and
make ourselves intermediaries between them and God and and instill fear in them
that they will fall away from God if they listen to any doctrine that does not
come from the established church leaders. So people, it's too much for you to
ead that bible for yourself and hear God's voice so come to our conferences and
bible studies and we will tell you what God wants from you and for you.
These same Nicolaitans existed in Jesus time as He taught:
Luke 11:52 - Woe unto you,
lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in
yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
The Lord is RE-ESTABLISHING the five fold ministry for the sake of raising up
the body. But make no mistake about it, they won't be most of the apostates who
submit themselves to the false Nicolaitan leaders. It will be those in the
wilderness both currently and those to come once they finally awaken out of
their sleep. Over the past 30 years or so I have seen time and time again a
perversion of this ministry when it tried to operate under the current religious
institution.
If we are going to be the ones who are finally entrusted with a greater
anointing FOR THE SAKE OF THE BODY then we need to understand what has happened
historically, what is happening currently, and discern how to avoid it happening
to us.
Mike Russo wrote in a recent article:
> One of the main problems within most of each fellowship I run into is a
lack of
> Local understanding for the particular part of our Lords corporate body. A
LACK of
> KNOWLEDGE and SIGHT.
This is purposefully hid by that hideous spirit of Jeroboam controlling the
local churches. I don't see this changing as the call is to "come out of
her My people". Those called to repent by John had to go outside of
Jerusalem, those called as disciples had to find Jesus in the wilderness away
from Jerusalem (the religious center), Jesus died outside of Jerusalem, and
finally Paul tells us to partake with Jesus "outside the camp".
Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies
of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest
for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might
sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go
forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here
have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
The true revival is happening outside the camp. Many are willing vessels. Let us
wait for our calling. The Lord will bring the harvest to us if we will wait!
I mentioned Escape
From Christendom to
the list previously. I feel so strongly about reading to that i offer the link
to you as it is a "now" word.