The Future War of the Church

319 Pages·2001·2.61 MB·English

by  Chuck D. Pierce

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RAISE OR
T F W
H E U T U R E A R O F
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T H E H U R C H
Chuck Pierce is one of those rare individuals who deftly handles the
tension between the prophetic gift and ministry—with a practical eye
toward implementation of the prophetic.
F D
RANK AMAZIO
SENIOR PASTOR, CITY BIBLE CHURCH
PORTLAND, OREGON
Every generation needs a few Joshuas with the courage and spiritual
insight to lead the Church into conquest. I believe Chuck Pierce is one of
these Joshuas. In The Future War of the Church, Chuck not only sounds
the alarm, but he also gives us specific instruction in how to overcome
the enemy. This book fanned zeal in my heart. It gave me courage to
fight until we see the kind of global spiritual transformation that Jesus
said His message would bring to the earth.
J. L G
EE RADY
EDITOR, CHARISMA MAGAZINE
LAKE MARY, FLORIDA
This surpasses Chuck Pierce's best work so far! He doesn't shrink from
honesty or slip into mere speculation. Rather, he provides a passionate;
confident and penetrating account of the future of the Church. The
Future War of the Church contains more life, more hope and more useful
information than anything I have read in a long time.
T H
ED AGGARD
PASTOR, NEW LIFE CHURCH
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
The Future War of the Church is must-reading for all Christian leaders
and saints who desire to understand the times and seasons in which we
live.
B H
ILL AMON
PRESIDENT, CHRISTIAN INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES NETWORK INSTITUTE
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
The authors reveal that even as the darkness in our culture is increasing
exponentially, the release of God's people into a fuller dimension of
power and victory has never been so near. The Future War of the Church
summons us to embrace this crucial hour and move forward in our
destiny as the Third Day Church. A must read!
J H
ANE ANSEN
PRESIDENT, AGLOW INTERNATIONAL
EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
Chuck Pierce identifies the strongholds of the enemy, and he tells us how
to subdue and destroy them. Chuck is an apostolic prophet with a keen
eye and ear toward the future. Put this important, revelatory book on your
reading list!
J P K
OHN ELLY
EXECUTOR APOSTLE, INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF APOSTLES
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
Chuck Pierce has an amazing gift and and anointing to hear what God is
saying to the Church for the coming hour. The Future War of the Church
reveals how the shift we are seeing in the Church's governmental order
and authority is even greater than that experienced in the days of Martin
Luther and John Calvin.
S S
TEVE HULTZ
MODERATOR, THE ELIJAH LIST
ALBANY, OREGON
Once again, Chuck Pierce is sounding a clear trumpet, rousing the
Church to alertness and a place of abandonment to the Lord in these
momentous days. With clarity and breadth, this book summons all
believers to take their places in the army of God.
R S
OBERT TEARNS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EAGLES WINGS MINISTRIES
MILWAUKIE, OREGON
This book is a clear prophetic window into what God has planned for His
kingdom in our generation. The authors have given us a practical strategy
manual, showing how the army of God can win victory upon victory in
the future war of the Church.
C. P W
ETER AGNER
CHANCELLOR, WAGNER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
COLORADO SPRINGS. COLORADO
THE
F U T U R E
W A R
OF THE CHURCH
CHUCK D. PIERCE
AND
REBECCA WAGNER SYTSEMA
A DIVISION OF GOSPEL LIGHT
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA. U.S.A.
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© 2001 Chuck D. Pierce and Rebecca Wagner Sytsema
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pierce, Chuck D., 1953-
The future war of the church / Chuck D. Pierce and Rebecca Wagner Sytsema.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8307-2517-2 (trade paper)
1. Church. 2. Spiritual warfare. I. Sytsema, Rebecca Wagner II. Title.
BV600.3.P54 2001
243-dc21 2001018575
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This book is dedicated to all the intercessors, prophets,
apostles and spiritual leaders who have led us through the
last season of the Church and paved the way for God's glory
to come. May His glory bridge the past to the future and
synergize the generations who together will pioneer the
next move of God. May we enter this new season of
Church history with expectation, joy and strength to
overcome. Hope deferred from past defeats will be unleashed
as God's presence comes upon His people to fulfill
the best He has destined for our lives—individually,
corporately and territorially.
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C
ONTENTS
Foreword.................................................................................................9
Chapter One..........................................................................................12
Prepare For War
Chapter Two..........................................................................................38
Foundations For Future Victory
Chapter Three........................................................................................77
The Third Day Church Arising
Chapter Four.......................................................................................107
Dethroning Thrones of Iniquity
Chapter Five........................................................................................134
Urgent, Fervent Prayer: How to Outwit the Devil
Chapter Six..........................................................................................168
The Transference of Wealth
Chapter Seven.....................................................................................197
Lawlessness!
Chapter Eight......................................................................................221
The Modern-Day “Ites”
Chapter Nine.......................................................................................249
Women Arising Now
Chapter Ten.........................................................................................288
The Best is Still Ahead: Pressing Toward Prophetic Fulfillment
F O R E W O R D
Amos spoke about a "famine ... for hearing the words of the
Lord," a time when people "will go to and fro to seek the word of
the Lord, but they will not find it" (Amos 8:11,12). The prophet
Samuel was born into such a time: "And word from the Lord was
rare in those days, visions were infrequent" (1 Sam. 3:1). A
shortage of revelation, understanding and prophetic words from
the Lord is indeed a curse.
Daniel, on the other hand, spoke of a time when prophetic
insight would increase:
But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book
until the time of the end. Then many shall run to and fro
and search anxiously through the Book, and knowledge
of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets shall be
increased and become great (Dan. 12:4, AMP).
Without a doubt, we are blessed to live in a day as seen by
Daniel. The increase of prophecy has indeed become great,
reaching a point probably best described as multiplication—
10 Foreword
another meaning of the Hebrew word rabah, translated
"increased" in the above verse.
When Daniel was allowed to look ahead to a time such as
this, he could easily have seen Chuck Pierce, a person who walks
in as keen a gift of prophetic revelation as I have ever witnessed.
He is a spiritual son of Issachar, one who understands the times
and, therefore, has knowledge of what we must do (see 1 Chron.
12:32).
Combine this rare gift with the writing skill and
understanding of Rebecca Wagner Sytsema—one who obviously
inherited the literary genes of her father, C. Peter Wagner—and
you have what you hold in your hand: an incredibly important
book for the future of the Church. Perhaps this is why God has
given Chuck a national voice so rapidly. We need him!
The Future War of the Church is not an imaginative, Frank
Peretti-type depiction of the spiritual realm, with frothing
demons and sword-wielding angels locked in lethal combat.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed This Present Darkness, and it
may not be that far from reality in the spiritual realm; but this
book isn't about that. The conflict Chuck speaks of is not
imaginary, nor is it an ethereal attempt to sensationalize spiritual
warfare or the prophetic dimension of the Spirit. This is clear
scholarly teaching, filled with and substantiated by an abundance
of Scripture, brought to a prophetic point of application for a
people born for such a time as this. For those who would be truly
strategic and progressive in the coming days, The Future War of
the Church is not optional.