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Johnny Enlow, prophesied about hurricanes over Biloxi and New Orleans awhile back, because of "baal worship" of Mardi Gras. First he speaks about Florida, then about Biloxi and New Orleans:

Hurricanes That Prophesy
Johnny Enlow
Oct 20, 2004

This post has been delayed a couple of weeks because of our busy season we have just gone through as we moved into a new church building. Since the time I wrote this word two weeks ago, we have also had the arrival of yet another storm named "Matthew". This tropical system was again drenching the Gulf coast region. When I looked on the Weather Channel at where it was going to hit, it showed in red from New Orleans to Pensacola- as it's primary target. Then this region received even more unneeded heavy rains.

Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and is where John the Baptist first announces "Prepare the way". Matthew is the specific gospel that presents Jesus' credentials as King, and specifically King of the coming Kingdom of Heaven. The term "kingdom of heaven" appears 33 times in Matthew and none of the other gospels compares with this level of emphasis. Also the word "righteous" or "righteousness" is listed more times in Matthew than in all the other gospels combined. I believe that this last storm is still the Lord speaking the same message. Prepare the way because Heaven is about to make the whole world notice that there is a God. Righteousness is the foundation of His throne and He is coming with that emphasis. He is coming not to take us away at this time, but to establish the foundation of His Kingdom HERE on the earth. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, and He is coming to make sure we all know that. This posting is a little lengthy so give yourself time to read it. Blessings.

HE THAT HAS AN EAR TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE HURRICANES ARE SAYING

ROSH HASHANA 2004: PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD

We have just entered a new year on the Jewish calendar and it is a brand new season in the spirit as well. In my last post, (God Is Riding In The Whirlwinds Of The South, www.theissacharianpost.com), I wrote of the hurricanes that were upon us and how the Lord was speaking through them. Even as I was writing that word, Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico and Jeanne had not yet done her damage. This time I will write on Ivan and Jeanne and the things that the Lord has shown me they are saying. There are very strong and specific prophetic messages concerning Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras, Haiti, Palm Beach, Stuart, Florida, and New Orleans. This is an overall message as well to those "who have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches". IVAN THE BAPTIST AND JEANNE THE BAPTIST "In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" "...The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight." Mt 3:1-3 Ivan is the Russian word for JOHN and interestingly enough, JEANNE is the French female form of JOHN. The Greek word for Baptist or baptizer means to overwhelm with water. These two hurricanes are making a similar announcement as John the Baptist did. These are "John the Baptist" hurricanes and they are announcing a coming move of the Lord into our midst. There has been nothing happenstance about these storms and I have only been shown just a piece of what they are speaking. Again, "he that has an ear to hear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches" Rev 2: 7 UNDERSTANDING GOD'S MERCY First I want to address the issue of whether these storms have been "from God" or "from Satan", as some of you might really be struggling with that. If these storms were just totally from Satan then there would be no lesson to learn other than we must get more authority to rebuke storms. However, if we say these storms are from the Lord, then it seems as if we are saying the Lord is the source of the death and destruction that appears to be indiscriminate in whom and where it hits. This will be an ongoing issue for believers as we enter into a season of increased judgment and mercy from God. Many of us will have to develop a new grid work for understanding His goodness and His kindness. In fact, what we will learn is that He is SO good and kind that He will go to enormous and extreme measures to redeem and rescue us. We should certainly expect this of a God who gave His only and perfect Son to be brutally beaten and sacrificed for our sakes. He has demonstrated that He will go to extreme measures of pain and difficulty that His ultimate kindness might be revealed. As to the question "Are these storms from Satan or from God?" we may find that the answer is a very similar answer to the question "Was the cross Satan's plan or God's plan?" I believe that it is easy to see the influence of both God and Satan in the hurricanes and in the crucifixion of Jesus. If you watched Mel Gibson's movie The Passion, it was quite clear that the hand of the evil one was involved in all that had to do with Christ's death. Yet we also know that this was the perfect plan of God for man's redemption. In hindsight Satan seems to have been the perfect puppet for God's specific plans. Satan was 'induced' to participate in God's plan in Jerusalem and at Passover. I'm sure he now knows what a bad plan and strategy that was! I believe that in the same manner, the enemy gained access into these hurricanes. Involuntarily the enemy has become the spokesman for a message from the Lord and ultimately these hurricanes will seem as though they were the Lord's ideas. Satan thought up the idea of the cross and yet the cross today is the symbol of God's intervention into humanity. We wear around our necks symbols that seem to have been first thought up by Satan yet were taken over by the Lord. This is what the Lord loves to do. Nahum 1:3 says,"...The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm." The Lord may or may not have started them, but He definitely will have His way in the storms. THE COMING SEVERITY OF GOD'S KINDNESS One of my favorite scriptures is the Romans 2:4 passage that states "the kindness of God leads to repentance". I have seen that truth played out time and time again in my own life. Yet this scripture, if it stands alone, creates an incomplete puzzle of the truth of God's kindness. Looking in Isaiah 26, we will see the second half of the puzzle and will therefore not 'freak out' when God's kindness appears more radical than we can imagine. "For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Let grace be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness." Isaiah 26: 9, 10. There is one sure message that the Lord has determined that we all get from these 'John the Baptist' storms. It is that the time is upon us for the inhabitants of the world to learn righteousness. Righteousness is the theme of this season and we are going to see great resolve by the Lord to teach us what it all means. The above two scriptures appear to be in total contradiction. One seems to say that "kindness" will get the message across; the other seems to indicate that only "judgment" will adequately instruct. Actually there is no contradiction, but we just need a renewed understanding of His 'kindness'. If you were on a boat unknowingly headed for the Niagara Falls it would be an act of kindness for the Lord to flip over your boat before you faced the utter devastation of going over the falls. This 'flipping of the boat' would be traumatic and life threatening. However, it would definitely be necessary because previous warnings of the upcoming Niagara Falls would have been ignored. It would be severe kindness from the Lord because initial gentle kindness had been ignored. This is where we are headed on a worldwide scale today and many will falsely accuse the Lord in this process and not recognize His kindness. Earlier I quoted Nahum 1:3. However it is the entire chapter that is beginning to unfold: Verse 3 begins: < Nahum 1:3 says: "The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked." Nahum then speaks of some of His intense dealings with the world. Verses 7 and 8 say: "The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, and darkness will pursue His enemies." Notice that the Lord is introduced as "good", but it is in the context of Him coming in like an "overflowing flood." This whole chapter ends with verse 15: "Behold upon the mountains the feet of him who brings GOOD TIDINGS; who proclaims peace!" We will learn to recognize judgment and mercy, not as two separate options, but as a 'package deal' that brings both. MOBILE AND IT'S ALTAR OF BAAL I was led to study and research Mobile, Alabama even before this city was in Ivan's confirmed path. I had heard other prophetic voices speak of Mobile as being key in many ways and yet I didn't understand it. However, I had a knowing inside that Mobile was going be in the basic eye of the storm and that it had great significance. I will attempt to share what I have learned and what I feel that the Lord has shown me concerning Mobile. The History of Mardi Gras In 1699, Mobile had the nation's first celebration of Mardi Gras. This celebration is now more associated with Mobile's neighbor New Orleans, but is still a major celebration every year in Mobile itself. Being the original beachhead for Mardi Gras is no small thing, especially if we fully comprehend what is actually being celebrated. Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday. It is a Hedonistic celebration that starts in January and then climaxes on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It is a celebration of intentional debauchery that is interwoven with Christian holidays. Ash Wednesday was the beginning of Lent and the season of fasting and limiting the flesh. Therefore Mardi Gras was the precursor to the season of limiting the flesh. It was the season of no restraint. The word 'carnival' which speaks of Mardi Gras actually means "good-bye to the flesh". Consequently it means the last hurrah of sin before you 'get spiritual'. The entire Mardi Gras experience is interwoven with "Christian" imagery and parallels. One can imagine that it is a virtual abomination in the sight of the Lord. It starts January 6, as it is supposed to begin 12 days after Jesus birth, and the initial celebration is called Epiphany in 'honor' of the three kings that visited baby Jesus. Of course, as this celebration progresses it becomes marked by drunkenness, promiscuity, orgies and public nudity. Mardi Gras roots are Lupercalia. Mardi Gras' direct roots are actually pre-Christian. It was first a Roman fertility festival that was deeply engrained into the Roman culture. The god being worshipped was Lupus and the ritual festivities were to induce him to have intercourse with a female god thus bringing rain. Full vent toward sexuality was very intentional, including priests and prostitute priestesses, in order to stir the gods to a union that would bring the rains. When Constantine "Christianized" the empire after 300 AD, this fertility festival also became "Christianized" in order to survive. It was then celebrated up until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and is now what we call Mardi Gras. Lupercalia's roots are Baal worship The roots of Lupercalia are from the ancient worship of Baal, which we find mentioned often in the Old Testament. The worship of Baal was a constant problem with the children of Israel and they were repeatedly chastised and judged for its' ongoing activity. It is most amazing that while Moses was up on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments, Aaron led Israel into having a "fertility festival" in front of a golden calf that they had made (Ex.32). These were people who had actually seen the physical manifestation of the Lord's glory. In the original worship of Baal, it was believed that Baal was the male god and that Ashtoreth was the female god (as well as his sister). A festival of orgies was performed among priest and priestesses so that Baal and Ashtoreth would be stirred to union. This union would cause thunder and rain which was believed to be the physical evidence that the gods had had intercourse. Baal was the Canaanite fertility god and was also considered the god of agriculture. Baal was considered to be the son of Dagon, the Philistine god, who was depicted as a god with a fishtail. MOBILE HAS BEEN THE GEOGRAPHICAL SIGHT OF AN ALTAR OF BAAL I trust I have shared enough information for it to be evident that it was no small harmless matter for Mardi Gras to be first celebrated and established in Mobile. In the spirit, it laid the first stone for the altar of Baal in the region. I believe the rest of the stones of this altar are made up of the sister cities in that region, particularly New Orleans and Biloxi. This area has become a regional altar to Baal and as the festivals increase in intensity and depravity, it becomes a greater and greater affront to the Lord. The Golden Calf If you doubt the connection between Baal-worship and Mardi Gras, you would lose that doubt if you were present at some of the celebrations. At one point during the activities a golden calf is brought out and the mob yells out, "Hail to the Calf!" This is all considered harmless and great fun, but as you know, it is not. These festivals to Baal have allowed this region of our country to become a gateway of great evil. It is not coincidental that every city that strongly celebrates Mardi Gras also has a large homosexual community. The Golden Calf and Abortion Baal-worship was not just limited to sexual deviation. The god Moloch was one of many Baals that Israel served at one time. This god was the abomination of the Ammonites and was distinct in the fact that it added child sacrifice as part of the worship of this god. Interestingly enough, the picture and symbol for Moloch was a calf's head. This altar of Baal in the Gulf ports has also been a door for a spirit of abortion that has swept into the whole nation. If you go back and study some of the history of clashes between pro and anti- abortion forces, you will see that this region carries some very key and ongoing confrontations. The Pensacola abortion clinic bombing might be a story you are familiar with. OTHER KEY MOBILE HISTORY Mobile was also a city that played a great part in the slave trade. A first ship of slaves arrived in 1710. Over the next century many thousands of slaves were brought through this port and distributed all over. Mobile's town center was where the slave auctions would take place. For a time, this was Mobile's primary identity. Mobile also holds the distinction of being the site where the last ship of slaves arrived in 1859. Shipping slaves had been outlawed for 50 years, but even so, a ship of slaves was brought in against the law. The name of the ship was Clothilde and it traveled virtually the same path as Hurricane Ivan, coming all the way from West Africa. In an amazing "coincidence", Clothilde is the name of a High Priestess of Witchcraft in the comic series Ghost Rider, whose specific powers are described as "can generate powerful winds, can travel at great speeds and use tornado-like force to wreak destruction". The report of the illegal arrival of Clothilde came on the backdrop of the social explosion brought on by Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' which was at this time, a soaring best seller. It stirred an even greater demand for something to be done about the slavery issue. Months after the arrival of the Clothilde, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, ushering in an era that would dramatically alter the social landscape of America. It was then, finally in 1865, that Mobile became the last Confederate stronghold port to fall, thus sealing the fate of the Civil War. As you see, Mobile has for some time been a contested spiritual gateway in the spirit realm for the United States. MOBILE HAS A REDEMPTIVE DESTINY: BAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT "When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him." Is 59:19b One of the awesome things about our Lord is that He never gives up on a person or a place. In His awesome goodness and kindness He always has a redemptive plan and destiny for everyone and every place. Jerusalem was first a Jebusite stronghold meaning "depressed" and yet the Lord chose Jerusalem for a most marvelous destiny that will yet unfold. Similarly the Lord is not just biding His time to wipe Mobile off the face of the earth. Yes, it is true that that entire region and the cities of that area are in increasing danger from the increased adoration of Baal. Yet, in the midst of the enemy's flood the Lord has raised and will raise a standard. It is noteworthy that, nearby in the Brownsville Assembly of God Church, is where the most impacting revival of recent decades has been ordained by God to manifest. In 1519 a Spanish explorer arrived in this region and named the whole bay the Bay of the Holy Spirit. This is the redemptive destiny for the region and I believe that there will be a prophetic fulfillment of its original recorded name. I've never heard why prophetic ministries of Bob Jones, Bill Hamon, and Paul Keith Davis are in this region, but I suspect it is not coincidental. Isn't it interesting that the region where Baal has proliferated is the very region where the Lord has concentrated prophetic ministries? It was Elijah the prophet who was called to ultimately engage, show up, and destroy the prophets of Baal and Baal worship. He was God's response to the arising of Jezebel. I believe this Gulf region has also been a place where Jezebel has been strengthened and released in times past. As the altar of Baal in this area is further destroyed, it will also squeeze out the easy access that Jezebel has had into our churches. An altar to Baal becomes like an outlet mall for certain iniquities. The product may show up everywhere but the outlet mall is the geographical stronghold. THE PENSACOLA-MOBILE-BILOXI-NEW ORLEANS GATEWAY I believe that the entire gulf coast area from Pensacola to New Orleans is a major gateway in the spirit. By and large, the cities of Pensacola, Mobile, Biloxi and New Orleans have produced fruit that shows evidence of their influence from the altar of Baal. However, the Lord is greatly intervening in this region and has already broken through mightily in Pensacola (Brownsville Revival). Tremendous blessing has been released worldwide from the most Eastern point of this major gateway and there will be yet another mighty visitation of the Lord from this geographical point. PENSACOLA WILL HAVE TWO MORE MAJOR REVIVAL WAVES I believe that Pensacola has experienced only the first of three waves of revival that are coming. Each successive wave will be more powerful than the preceding wave. The next wave of the Spirit will break off once and for all the prevailing discouragement that has always plagued God's Spirit-filled people of the area. It has been the influence of a spirit of Jezebel that the Lord will soon eradicate. I see it as smoke coming from the altar of Baal that has consistently brought 'coughing' and 'sore eyes' to God's people. Yet the Lord is now in the process of dismantling the regional altar of Baal. Prepare the way, Pensacola, He's about to make another triumphal entry! BILOXI: THE EYE OF A HURRICANE HAS YOUR NAME ON IT Biloxi is a city that has grown as it has given full vent to wrongful pleasures and hedonism. It virtually exists to satisfy practitioners of 'Baal'. I believe there is an eye of some future storm that has Biloxi's name on it and it will be a significant storm. The warning storms are over for Biloxi and I see the next one is judgment. I see a small silver sword in Biloxi that represents a small resistance against darkness. After a coming judgment, that small silver sword will grow dramatically and become a redemptive voice in the area. NEW ORLEANS: YOU'RE HEADED FOR A BIG UNEASY New Orleans stands as the western end of this great spiritual gateway and the Lord is raising His answer to the spiritual violence of this city. I saw in the spirit, that Mardi gras in this city is not just fun and games. It is a very violent thing in the spirit and I see it as human vampires devouring human blood. The iniquity of the city is very heavy and threatens to sink New Orleans into the sea. Yet the Lord is raising and will raise His Elijahs in this city to bring about a glorious redemption. The coming Elijahs will operate in a great "kingdom violence" and there will be many future confrontations with the prophets of Baal. The Lord will strongly back those who are under this prophetic mantle and Baal's altar will ultimately be decimated. The Lord showed me that many churches are already in great compromise with Baal and they will in fact be a source of persecution to the Elijah movement that the Lord is raising up in the city. This is no city for believers to casually dwell in. I see great hurricanes headed to New Orleans and they are energized by Mardi Gras and voodoo. New Orleans has already been spared multiple times by the prayers of God's people. However at some point, Isaiah 26:9 and 10 will have its way. "For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Let grace be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness." HURRICANE JEANNE AND HAITI Haiti was the most devastated country by the recent storm, with thousands of deaths and probably hundreds or more swept to sea. It has continued to experience repeated judgments and difficulty and it is possibly the central place on the planet where kingdoms are colliding. About 30% of the population is now Christian and represents the Kingdom of God. The rest of the population is almost in it's entirety given over to voodoo, which is a very serious wickedness and represents the kingdom of Satan. In every true voodoo ceremony, demons are invoked and all who attend invite the demons to possess them. All voodoo practitioners repeatedly give themselves over to being possessed in various ways by the devil. They, of course, have names for these spirits, but they are clearly demons. Voodoo is a religion of remarkable power because it is a core representation of evil and direct interaction and possession by demons. HAITI'S DEDICATION TO SATAN IN 1791 In 1791, in the region of Bois Caiman, a voodoo ceremony took place with profound ramifications for this French possession. A priest and a group of angry natives gathered together to seek Satan's help to free them from their French oppressors. In an intense ceremony that involved drinking the blood of a pig, they vowed to allow Satan to run free in their country for 200 years if he would help them overcome the French and other white men in their nation. This started a violent revolution that concluded in 1804, with Haiti gaining its independence. In 1804, from the city of Gonaives, independence was proclaimed and the 200 year "agreement" kicked in. It was this very city of Gonaives that was totally flooded out 200 years later by Hurricane Jeanne. There is a very intense battle front taking place all over this country, but I believe the end of it will be good. HAITI WILL BE A CROWN JEWEL LIFTED UP BY THE LORD Haiti's destiny is to be a jewel on a crown raised up by the Lord that testifies to powers and principalities everywhere that His redemptive powers are limitless. It is right now the country with the most missionaries per capita and this is a trend that will increase. Where darkness has greatly prevailed, the Lord is sending and raising a great Light. There is a breath of the Holy Spirit now to allow the believers in this nation to better unify and work together. Much of even the Christian work in this nation has been contaminated and those who have used Haiti for unethical fund raising will be forced out as the battle intensifies. Hurricane Jeanne has come to this nation with the announcement, "Prepare the way, the King is coming." The marines of heaven are about to pounce on this land and will bring an explosion of heaven to this troubled soil. There has been great and violent prayer unto the Lord from this nation and He is coming to remove the cancer out of the nation's soul. This nation, which was once the most prized and prosperous French possession, will again turn green and flourish. The curse will be reversed and even surprising discoveries of gold and other minerals will follow. This battle and great victory will require increased forces of Holy Spirit-filled and empowered missionaries. The greater works with the greater weapons must become common place and it will be so. THE HAITI, NEW ORLEANS AND HURRICANES CONNECTION Virtually all of our Atlantic Ocean Hurricanes are started by trade winds off the coast of West Africa from the very area where voodoo has its roots. There is then a path energized by voodoo that goes to the Caribbean and then towards New Orleans, which is the beachhead in America for voodoo practice. It is not coincidental that the hurricanes that strike our nation follow the basic path of the slave ships that came hundreds of years ago to the U.S. I believe unconfessed sin and voodoo give Satan an opening to attempt to control various storms, bringing death and destruction. Consequently, any island, nation, or city that primarily exists to serve the impulses of the flesh, becomes a place of easy access for the enemy's destruction. True believers throughout the Caribbean and the United States have been saving these areas from very severe destruction. Their prayers have repeatedly diminished, and often even extinguished, what the enemy would have liked to do. "If the Atlantic were to dry up, it would reveal a scattered pathway of human bones, African bones marking the various routes of the Middle Passage." This statement was written years ago and most of us are knowledgeable about our nation's history in the odious slave trade. However, most of us are not familiar with just how severe it was in terms of the number of deaths it brought to those who never made it to America. Nobody knows for sure, but it is estimated that some 3-5 million slaves died at sea and were simply tossed overboard. A primary path for these dead slaves is the route from West Africa to Mobile. Could this 'path' still energize destruction or has it in fact been properly atoned for? HURRICANE JEAN AND PALM BEACH FLORIDA How interesting is it that Jeanne made landfall at virtually the same spot where Hurricane Francis had just hit? There is obviously a message there and I believe it has only been partially discovered. The very area where the last disputed election was determined is also the spot where double-hurricanes hit four years later! This is clearly a very targeted and disputed area in the spirit. I keep seeing a vision of a hidden darkness in this area and there is some stronghold of the enemy there. It is presently empowered by ongoing licentiousness and immorality. Anywhere that love of pleasure is exalted, is a place where Satan has great access. Scripture says that in the last days men will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. This is a growing dynamic of the last days and the end result is that its an invitation for judgment. God also promises that in His presence is fullness of joy and at His right hand pleasures untold. He is not for us being serious, religious phonies. However, it is very probable that as the Western church we have given ourselves over excessively to the pleasures of the flesh thus becoming susceptible to backlash from the Hedonistic principalities. Even the new contemporary concepts of church are that it should be entertaining rather than that which engages the spirit. The mark of the true end-time church will be joy in the Holy Spirit and that really is miles away from a church that is trying to be "entertaining and relevant". We will finally get it that there is no ultimate relevance to anything we do if it is not accompanied by His presence. STUART GET READY FOR REVIVAL Stuart, Florida is the specific spot where the eye of both hurricanes came ashore. I believe this will prove to be no coincidence. The Lord will raise a standard in this city that will testify against the prevailing principality. A wind of the Spirit is sweeping into Stuart and it will be a revival center. The revival will be fed by passionate worship and you will be repaid in the spirit realm for what you have lost or endured in the natural. As churches and believers choose to meet together for extended times of worship they will begin to connect to this wind of the Spirit. However there will also be a specific place of visitation and it's not very fancy.

CONCLUSION

This is an incredible new season in the spirit. We are going to see the intervention of the Lord in multiple places and arenas like never before. The message truly is, PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD. He is coming FIRST in a historic visitation IN us before He comes FOR us. These are the beginnings of the days of God's extreme kindness. He is coming to take over and impact EVERYTHING. The only safety will be in the "eye of the storm" and it will be where perfect peace can be found. No matter how great the storm is, there will always be an "eye" available for those whose hearts are fully towards the Lord. "Fringe" Christianity will put you in 'harm's way' and you will be shaken and rattled by the storms. This is a bad time to have one foot in the world and one with the Lord. Only in the "eye of the storm" is there safety, security, refuge, peace, and provision. This is also a bad time to be caught separate from God's people. Lone Ranger Christianity is not going to work for the coming season. Luke-warm Christianity is not going to work. Powerless Christianity is not going to work. Hot, radical Christianity is the "eye of the storm" and every other form of Christianity will be greatly shaken and tried. So then, PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD and let that work begin in you. SELAH Johnny Enlow The Issacharian Post