Supernatural Immunity: The Power of the Blood of Jesus

Connie D'Alessandro‎ to The Spirit is Calling

Today I am sharing something I believe is extremely important and with regard to the virus and Revelation 6:8.

I have been asking the Lord for wisdom in processing the current crisis and how to pray with perspective from the Throne. Today I got a post from a friend that I copied and pasted below.

Then I was taken to God’s Word in Rev 6:8 where it talks about the 4th of the 7 seals of the apocalypse. According to this reading this 4th seal releases the “pale horse” and it brings widespread death from sword and hunger but interestingly some is from the beasts of the earth (the animal kingdom).

That being said, to those who think this virus is like other human flu/sickness we might want to re-think that assumption. The post below relates a knowledgeable assessment of the real threat to humanity and I find that it related to the verses in Revelation 6.

Since this pestilence is animal in origin and we have no natural immunity to it we must then rely on an immunity of a supernatural sort. Our supernatural immunity comes from the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross. Believers have the ability to call upon the immunity that the Holy Blood gives us in this earth realm where threats can overwhelm our “natural” immunity.

Please read this and call out to our Lord for His provision in the midst of this crisis. And by all means share the information and our faith✝️☝️✅


A friend on Facebook posted this and it explains a lot:

It has been so very hard to be quiet even though my phone is blowing up with questions that I can’t answer... for some of you who don’t know my daughter is a contractor for the CDC in Atlanta, she is a microbiologist.

My sister shared this and I hope those of you who think our government is overreacting read this and also don’t just watch the local news... pay attention globally.

This should help explain why we have to quarantine and not just those with compromised immune systems.... but everyone until this contained.... read it until the end.

Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand..
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It has to do with RNA sequencing.... I.e. genetics.

Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that make up the virus are recognized by the human immune system.

This means that your body has some immunity to it before it comes around each year... you get immunity two ways...through exposure to a virus, or by getting a flu shot.

Novel viruses, come from animals.... the WHO tracks novel viruses in animals, (sometimes for years watching for mutations).

Usually these viruses only transfer from animal to animal (pigs in the case of H1N1) (birds in the case of the Spanish flu).

But once, one of these animal viruses mutates, and starts to transfer from animals to humans... then it’s a problem.

Why? Because we have no natural or acquired immunity.. the RNA sequencing of the genes inside the virus isn’t human, and the human immune system doesn’t recognize it so, we can’t fight it off.
Now.... sometimes, the mutation only allows transfer from animal to human, for years it’s only transmission is from an infected animal to a human before it finally mutates so that it can now transfer human to human...

Once that happens..we have a new contagion phase.

And depending on the fashion of this new mutation, thats what decides how contagious, or how deadly it’s gonna be..

H1N1 was deadly....but it did not mutate in a way that was as deadly as the Spanish flu.
It’s RNA was slower to mutate and it attacked its host differently, too.

Fast forward.

Now, here comes this Coronavirus... it existed in animals only, for nobody knows how long...but one day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China, in December 2019, it mutated and made the jump from animal to people.

At first, only animals could give it to a person... But here is the scary part.... in just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and gained the ability to jump from human to human.
Scientists call this quick ability, “slippery”

This Coronavirus, not being in any form a “human” virus (whereas we would all have some natural or acquired immunity). That propelled off like a rocket.

And this was because, Humans have no known immunity...doctors have no known medicines for it.
And it just so happens that this particular mutated animal virus, changed itself in such a way the way that it causes great damage to human lungs..

That’s why Coronavirus is different from seasonal flu, or H1N1 or any other type of influenza.... this one is slippery AF.

And it’s a lung eater... And, it’s already mutated AGAIN, so that we now have two strains to deal with, strain S, and strain L....which makes it twice as hard to develop a vaccine.
We really have no tools in our shed, with this.

History has shown that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past pandemics.
Philadelphia and Baltimore were reluctant to close events in 1918 and they were the hardest hit in the US during the Spanish Flu.

Factoid: Henry VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near him, till the Black Plague passed...(honestly...I understand him so much better now).

Just like us, he had no tools in his shed, except social isolation...

And let me end by saying....right now it’s hitting older folks harder...

But this genome is so slippery...if it mutates again (and it will). Who is to say, what it will do next.
Be smart folks... acting like you’re unafraid is so not sexy right now.

#flattenthecurve. Stay home folks... and share this to those that just are not catching on...
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For Such a Time as This

In honor of Purim, it's interesting to re-read and re-visit the story of Esther in the Biblical book that bears her name.

This is an amazing and encouraging book and historical account of the over-arching protection by God for His people.  I can see some interesting parallels with what was happening to them back in the days of Esther and the King of Persia, and where God's people find themselves today. 

The account tells of a time when the Jews were living in exile in the land of Persia.  Life was reasonably peaceful but a person with antisemitic hatred had the ear of the King.  

The Body of Christ is like a nation within a nation much like the children of Israel were over the course of their history.  We are a group of Christ followers living in exile away from our Heavenly Home.  We have our "Hamans"; those people in power who lie about us and the "threat" we are to the nation and the world. Their persecution takes various forms from hateful derogatory speech to acts of violence and threats of bodily harm.

The story of Esther is a story of courage and standing firm in the face of incredible odds for her people's right to exist. It is an encouraging story given the social, political and spiritual environment we find ourselves in today. 

Esther was a beautiful Jewess who had captured the heart of the King in the land of exile and he made her his Queen. Unwittingly, the King of Persia had been deceived by one of his advisors, a man  by the name of Haman, about a contrived threat the Jews (and a man named Mordecai) were to his kingdom and was manipulated into signing a decree calling for their annihilation.

Haman did not know of Queen Esther's genealogy nor the favor she had with the King.  Queen Esther was the one person of Jewish descent with standing who could approach the king for favor and she did so with humble grace and great courage.

Since the decree, once sealed could not be revoked, the King out of love for his Queen and her people, permitted anther decree to be sealed whereby it was granted the Jews the ability to fight and defend their lives against any who would come against them. When the devious plot was brought to light,  Haman was hanged on the very gallows he erected to dispose of Mordecai.

As I read this historic account, God's Sovereign providence is clear despite the fact that His name is not mentioned in this book reflecting some of the struggles the Jews have had in their lands of exile.

It is clear to me that while the "battle belongs" to the Lord, we must be prepared to do battle as He grants us the right to fight and defeat the enemy who brings charges against us.  While I see the battle in spiritual terms, the message is clear that we must fight against the attempted annihilation of the faithful here at home and around the world.

Our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the dark rulers in the heavenly realm who manipulate people and fan the flames of hatred toward all who belong to the Lord Jesus Christ.

The weapons of our warfare, we are told, are not carnal but have Divine power unto the bringing down of strongholds (power grips) that exist to challenge and if possible destroy our lives, our faith,  and our calling in God's great purpose and will. 

The story of Esther reminds me of all that our Lord God controls and provides for our victories in the trials we face in our temporal land of exile. 

It is important to note that the "Haman" hatred toward people of faith is the hatred inspired by Satan himself and is not reserved only for the people of faith but rather a hatred of all humanity in general.  No one is exempt from being a target of this demonic hatred.  The evil one hates all mankind and seeks to destroy even his loyal followers.  It's only a matter of time until they too are marked for annihilation.

It's now so important that all who are followers of Christ pray for the lost; even and especially those who self-identify as enemies of our Lord.  It's been said that the best way to get rid of an enemy (human and so far as we are able) is to make him a friend.

Who knows and perhaps you were born for such a time as this.

The Spirit is Calling.  Can you hear Him?            

Exercising Our Restored Dominion

The Holy One calls to me this morning.  His message is clear:

"Your dominion has been restored.  Do not permit the evil one to steal it again".

Today as I settle into our early morning on-going conversation, I am aware of the voice that speaks lies and so thankful that the voice of the Holy One is more clear than that of the oppressor.

Life on earth in these seemingly dark days offers up many challenges.  We have been told that nation will rise against nation, there will be earthquakes and other forms of natural disasters, sickness and disease will attack our bodies, we will find division even in our most trusted human relationships, and the faith of some will grow cold. 

God's Word promises that victories are possible even in these dark days if we will grab hold of them.  

One such promise is conveyed in in Matthew Mark 11:23.  As Jesus was walking with His Disciples on His way to Jerusalem, He spotted a fig tree and looked for edible fruit.  Finding nothing but leaves, He cursed the fig tree (Mark 11:14).  

He continued on His journey and then on His return trip passed by the same fig tree and the Disciples noted and said to Him, "Rabbi, look!  The fig tree that you cursed has withered away".   

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God.  For assuredly I say to you,  whoever says to this mountain, 'be removed and cast into the sea', and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done.  He will have whatever he says.  Therefore I say to you, whatever you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them."

I heard the testimony of a man defeating cancer and what he said was profound: "When I stopped telling God about my sickness and started telling my sickness about my God, things changed."  In his case, he went into remission and was delivered from the grip of that devastating disease.

As I read the foundational promise for moving mountains in my life found in Mark 11:23, I ask myself, what is the  "fig tree" at the moment that might need to wither?  What mountain am I facing that needs to be remove in order to continue on in my journey?  What obstacles lay in the way of my mission?  This promise given by our Lord has many practical applications and gracious victories to award those who will say and believe.  

The enemy is a thief and comes not but to rob, kill and destroy.  Creating "doubt" is the enemy's most effective strategy.  Re-taking our turf and exercising our dominion as God's Beloved regents is clearly His will as the life, death and resurrection of His Son Jesus empowers us to do.  As regards to this truth we must never enter into or engage with "doubt."  But it takes wisdom, discernment and applied knowledge of the devil's schemes to keep from being deceived by that serial liar and thief, Satan. 

I am reminded that while this life is a battle against a dark enemy of our soul and not just a whimsical passing hope for good things, we are never alone.  God's promises will always be challenged by evil so we can and should count on a white knuckle battle for truth in the trenches.  It's sometimes even under the threat of death that we come to truly know we can speak to the mountain and it will move. 

Exercising our restored dominion is glorifying to the One who made it possible.  Thank you Jesus. To you be all glory, honor and praise and worship.  

The Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?    

   
     




 

Simple Evangelism

Many of us who are followers of Jesus live on a subtle guilt trip provided by the enemy of our soul for not going to far away lands to "make disciples of all nations".

While refusing the Lord's  assignment given to us personally is not a wise move, understanding our part or role in the Great Commission might look different than we think.

Luke 8:26-40 is the account of a man with a mental health issue to put it mildly.  In describing the man, it was said that he "had demons".  This man was naked, and homeless when he met up with Jesus.  He suffered with seizures and was considered dangerous.  He had escaped from the chains, shackles, and bonds used to constraint him and from those whose job it was to guard him. 

Jesus met the man when He stepped out of the boat that brought Him to the country of the Gadarenes.  Jesus was well recognized by the demons in possession of the man and in a manner befitting a confrontation with the Son of God, the demons pleaded that He not torment them nor send them out into the abyss.  The legion of demons requested from Jesus His permission to enter a herd of swine instead.  

The account states that great fear came upon the multitude who heard of the incident and the man's deliverance. They asked Jesus to leave them.  The man who was delivered from the demons naturally wanted more of the One who healed and restored his mind.  

Luke 8:39-40 says, "But Jesus sent him away saying, " Return to your own house and tell them what great things God has done for you".  And He went away and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for Him. 

So it was that when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed Him for they were all waiting for Him". 

This account is a wonderful explanation and example of simple evangelism: Telling others what great things Jesus has done for us. 

Our testimonies may not be as dramatic as this demon possessed man, but when the love of God through Jesus Christ, His Son, touches our lives things change and miracles happen. The very fact that Jesus died in our place changes our eternal destination and that is something amazing to tell others about.  Even our trials are engineered to provide wonderful testimony when they come to resolution and our "Red Sea" parts. 

As we go about our daily lives sharing with others what great things Jesus has done and is doing for us, others will want meet Jesus themselves. 

The Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him? 
 
 

The Far Side of Tomorrow

The clock tics off the minutes so slowly during the dark watches of the night. When will the joy of the morning that is promised after the long night of tears finally arrive?
  
There is no short cut through the emotional grief that cuts the heart when death comes to take one of our own.

When that "one" happens to be  child regardless of how many  years of earth time has been given to the parent-child relationship, the devastation of loss is acute.

In God's economy we were never meant to die and therefore death runs against everything that is eternal about our being. In and of ourselves we have no emotional tools to handle the separation that happens when death divides us from our loved ones. The hope of a reunited relationship is all that holds us together.  And Jesus is the only One who promises that hope.

For me, memories haunt the dark places where he once filled our lives with bright joyful days, exciting times and loyal love for his family.  Looking back only accentuates the sorrow.

When facing what feels like an emotional scorched earth scenario is there anything to be gleaned from the tragedy?  When there can be no replacement; when the intense love has no place to be poured out; when death stands alone as the villain and there can be no counter-punch to throw.  How does life go on when our personal world stops turning?

For a life-long believer in the One True God and His son Jesus Christ, this hard, hard emotional trial produces what is called a "faith crisis".   Something that represents such a challenge to all our fine sounding arguments that we make before our personal world comes crashing down.   Grief does that and as I have found no words can off-set the pain. 

How can the "love of God" be so cruel is a question the enemy of my soul wants me to dwell upon?  I have five other children and their spouses and 16 grandchildren who are every bit as deeply loved.  Why him and why now comes echoing back from the dark and empty abyss.  Questions without answers all lead back to something my Lord spoke to me years ago:  "I know you trust My will but do you trust My ways?"

To what some might label a PTSD experience, the "what-if" question goes to the "what's next" one and tends to drive the acute anxiety train right down the center of my once peaceful home town. 

Emotional, physical and mental fatigue all play their part in the attempted coup of my Spirit-life and relationship with the One I have trusted since I first found Jesus or better said til He first introduced Himself to me. 

In the recent past, I have walked my husband of 31 years and my mom through the valley of the shadow of death and somehow been able to return to the land of the living.  What then, makes this death such a hard mountain to climb?   

Was it the suddenness of  the loss without warning?  Was there a preparatory warning I missed?  Or something much deeper regarding the mystery of Holiness yet to be revealed?

Questions abound but the one thing I  do know is that there is only one place I can go for answers, if there are any to be found on this side of the veil.  Until then I wonder what I will find on the far side of tomorrow where many of God's promises are kept for delightful discovery at that future moment in my life?  What will be that incredible Joy of the Lord once I get through the dark storm of today? 

The Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?   
                 
 

2020: A Victory Over the Darkness

For whatever the reasons and Divine purpose in the delay of this post, I returned to it today to share the beginning thoughts to the new year 2020.  Sometimes in the God's mysterious sovereignty we need to go back in order to go forward.  Such is the case in my life and the hard events that came at the beginning of 2019

The time of mourning and processing the deep grief of this momma's heart, must give way for a return to the plans and purpose and even "works" that God has prepared for me at the foundation of the world. Thankfully Eternity awaits and the sweet hope of reunion with those who have gone before calms the emotions and steadies the weak knees.  Until that day we press on with greater understanding and determination to share the hope we have in Christ Jesus with the lost world around us.

2020 A Victory Over the Darkness

Waking up after the cross over to another year, I hear the Lord speak into the dawn of a new day and a new year,  

"Go back to the original mandate I gave humanity in the garden of your origins".

It always interesting how one sentence from the Lord to my mind, sends me into the catacombs of deep thought and curiosity as to what He has to show me in any given day.  What better "point to ponder" on new year's day, than a look back to where time itself began.

I grab the Word and re-read the account in Genesis 1:27-28.  I see where the human mandate given by God back in the beginning was to go forth and multiply (create) and to have (exercise) dominion over all the Lord God made.  Mankind was to be the care-giver over all the Lord's vast creation.

As I read and re-read the account, I realize that the original mandate was never revoked nor cancelled after the fall.  The thing that changed due to a sinful choice, was the over-bearing continuous presence of an evil antagonist and the painful challenges he brings to that original mandate of our delegated dominion and authority.

Humanity got deceived and most of us have lived under that dark deception over the ages.  Throughout all the generations since the fall, evil has been acting out an alternative narrative to the one God ordained from the beginning which was this:  The Creator and the ones He designed as His "image bearers" (that's us) would rule and reign together WITH Him as His regent/representative over all He caused to exist.  That is to include the angelic beings called the Heavenly Hosts. And therein, I believe, was the rub to Satan and his rebellious crew.  In order to not be subject to inferior mankind, Satan left his place of serving God and humanity and in rebellion hatched a plot to cause division between God and man that would leave dominion  power and authority in his, not man's hands.

God's original mandate for humankind to rule and reign with Him has been the overarching purpose throughout all the generations and that purpose continues to this day.  But what of our dominion lost?  And how could the plan go forward with such an evil supernatural antagonist who "seems" to control life and the situations we meet?   Who but God Himself could take back the power of our "stolen" dominion intended for mankind and place it back in the hands of it's original holder?

Enter Jesus, God in a flesh body to win back what was lost by the first flesh/man Adam.  Since a purely flesh man made in the image of God was too accommodating to flesh temptations, God's eternal plan involved redemption by a "hybrid" if you will, of the Spirit of God Himself infused in a flesh body.  God sent His Son to redeem humanity and pay the price of .Holiness which was death for sin.  Do not think that God did not have the plan in mind before the fall.  That was Satan's weakness and his epic fail.  The great deceiver himself was deceived into thinking that he could separate God from His Beloved creation for all eternity. 

Salvation of the human race required the co-ordinated effort of the Holy Sovereign God and flesh-man to complete the plan and provide the way of escape for all humanity.   Salvation can be described as the rescue from an eternal penalty for rebellion of our Creator. Death spoken of in Genesis was more than physical as Adam and Eve lived on after the fall..  It was death of the beautiful relationship they once enjoyed and a carefree fulfillment of the Divine mandate.

God, the Father sent His Son Jesus to accomplish the means of reconciliation He planned before the fall, back to the original relationship whereby we are in a co-governing role with God Himself.  Unlike any generation before the Lord came to show us the Father and the plan, we have the grace in the power of the Holy Spirit to be reconciled and re-united with our Creator God.  We have the ability to live in co-laboring government with Him in the world that touches our lives.

That unity involves the 3rd person of the Trinity called the Holy Spirit who by His indwelling presence enacts the power of God within.  If we attempt to fulfill the mandate without the Holy Spirit we will fail. Satan is a corrupting influence and our flesh is still weak.

While we have certain constraints to our dominion until Jesus comes back to evict Satan for good, our sin issue has been dealt with so we can and must press on with all our strength.  We can and must go forth and multiply (with good works that glorify God) and operate in our delegated and restored dominion as the Holy Spirit leads and empowers us over the things in this temporal world that touch our lives.

The never ending story of our relationship with the Author of Life continues and so we will continue  to grow ever so slowly in the knowledge of the Holy One who calls us His own.  But this year He has reminded me to take up what He has ordained and what Jesus died to provide as our delegated dominion and see what He will anoint and empower in all we are impressed to do.

Happy New Year 2020

The Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?   

 

 

   

 

Understanding the Spirit Realm

When I first started journalling and set up this blog, I was a bit concerned that in cyber space, there might come some misunderstanding as to the nature and source of "The Spirit is Calling".

People are drawn to the spirit realm as a matter of curiosity or fear and some are drawn to the perceived "power" that the supernatural might grant them. 

To be clear, the spirit realm is real and inhabited by angels of light and demons of darkness  The "devil" is real as God is real, but God is the Creator of all and the devil is merely one of God's created.

The Holy Spirit is the 3rd person of the Triune Godhead as in God, the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Ghost).

My life history and experiences have offered lessons regarding the dark side of the spirit realm so I know the power there is real however (thankfully) limited.  These life lessons have enabled me to understand and process the hard events that take place here on earth as we have an unseen enemy committed to our defeat as humans. 

We get a behind-the-scenes look at the spirit realm in the first few chapters in the Biblical book of Job.  This is vital information for all humanity when attempting to understand the challenges and life shaking events that we all will face sooner or later.

The Bible is hard truth even if our finite minds cannot fully grasp such knowledge.   

Understanding that Earth experienced a hard fall when God's chosen regent and designated governor (original Adam) rebelled the Divine structure of Sovereign authority and lost his dominion to a dark deceitful being, helps explain the sense of a missing part of our Divine design.  What drives us deep within our core is to be "whole" or "Holy" and "complete", as we were designed to be back in the beginning.

We are hard wired for relationship with our Creator God.  Our internal design and DNA is as an immortal image bearer of the one True God. 

Until and unless we are restored in that glorious image, deep sorrow fills our soul and a vexing mystery floods our mind.  It is the Holy Spirit Who enables our restoration.  His indwelling Presence is only available to those who have come to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior from the penalty of rejecting Him that is to come. 

This blog was initiated to share the ministry and role of the Holy Spirit as He has worked in my life since that saving moment when Jesus took over.  

For those who have come here looking for the "occult", I'm sure you will be sorely disappointed, but I hope you will find value in reading about the true picture of the spirit realm and Who holds the power therein.

Before the creation of mankind in His very own image, it seems that the Lord God created the "Heavenly Hosts" otherwise known as angels,  to serve His purposes in what and for whom He was about to create.  These angels are supernatural to us and more powerful in design than flesh and blood humans. While awesome in power we are never to worship angels as they are merely servants of the Most High.

These celestial beings were given free will at their creation just as mankind was given.  And, just as mankind,  some in a free will decision chose to reject God's Sovereign structure in Divine authority.  In other words, these angels became infatuated with themselves (in pride) and chose a life and course at cross purposes with the plans and purpose of the Creator.  Back in the Garden of Eden, darkness (from an evil spirit) took ruling authority over mankind and all creation groaned. 

While the majority of the Heavenly Host remained loyal to the Creator and faithful to their Divine assignment, the full power of their role in our lives awaits our decision to become a citizen of Heaven.  

Jesus came to redeem what was lost at the fall but until we accept Him as our personal Savior, evil will dominate our lives. 

He is our PERSONAL SAVIOR because He is the One who died in our PERSONAL place. His death paid the ultimate penalty of death for sin that falls upon every person ever born because sin controls our flesh.  But by His death only and yet all of those who trust in Him as Savior are exempt from the judgement to come.  Once we declare our trust in Jesus we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, and evil will no longer dominate our lives.

Many live under the dominion of darkness but Jesus came to set the captives free.  

These are just some "cliff" notes of a much grander supernatural love story where you have an important role to play as the Lord's Beloved creation.    I hope you might follow along with my story and be encouraged by things I have discovered on my journey with Jesus as you come to find your own place in His Presence.

The (Holy) Spirit is calling.   Can you hear Him? 

Job chapters 1-2
John 14:15-18
Revelation 12 
Hebrews 1:14

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