Jeremiah 23:21-22 says,
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words. Then they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.
Strong's #5475 Coud, Sode
Counsel= means company of persons. (In close deliberation) intimacy, consultations. A secret assembly, secret counsel, inward session.
Eph. 2:6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
When we meet with God we ascend into heavenly places in Christ Jesus. As we personally or corporately go before God we ascend by the spirit. In that time and place we can enter the counsel of the Lord as the Holy Spirit would allow. We Release our faith and our heart surrendering to God. Who may ascend to the hill of the Lord? Those who have clean hands and pure heart. Ps. 24:3-4
We must allow the Lord to purify us. Let any weight of sin fall off. Sin hinders you from entering into the heavenly realm. Sin separates and wars against your faith. No one is pure or holy apart from God. No one deserves this place. But Christ made It possible through the work of the cross. He washed us and released us from the prison of sin and bondage. We enter the heavenly realm by Jesus Christ, who is the door. Through His shed blood. John 10:7
As priest unto our God we go before the Lord. There are levels and degrees of what we may experience in the spirit realm. We may even grow in our experience and our relationship with the Lord. Our eyes become more open, our hearts more pure. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8
He doesn't mean we will only see Him after we die but even now. Even while living in the earthly realm. We enter the counsel of God for God's express purpose.
Hebrews 12:22-29 shows us the heavenly realm. It tells us who is present. When we enter The Counsel it may consist of the Lord, Angels and heavenly creatures. It may consist of other saints called in together in Christ. It is designed to set a meeting with the Lord and to take hold of God's affairs and spiritual matters that are working In the earth. We join heaven over the affairs of the earth.
The counsel and intercession and deliberation are before God and it is linked to heaven and earth.
God moves through man concerning earth's affairs. We are called into the privilege of meeting with God. A privilege we should never take lightly.
In the counsel we may receive:
1. A spirit of revelation, Daniel 9:22
2. Intercession 9:3-23
3. Spirit of justice- Zech. 3:1-8
4. Spirit of wisdom and counsel. Eph 1:17, Isa 11:2
5. Enrapture, ecstatic state and experience 2 Cor. 12
6. Impartation Ez.2:9
7. Consecration ,preparation - Isa. 6:6-7
8. Counsel of peace. Zec. 6:13
Abraham ? Gen. 18:17-33
Abraham stood before the Lord asking for God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah. He asked for the sake of the righteous. There was good ground for Abraham to stand on as he inquired of the Lord. In verse 23 it says, and Abraham came near (to the Lord) and said, Would you destroy the righteous with the wicked? Then Abraham began to ask God if there are 50 righteous would you destroy the place? He continued to talk with God and he asked him over and over until He got down to just 10 righteous. The Lord said He would not destroy for the sake of 10. God and Abraham had discussed the pending judgment but Abraham had made his plea to God. Abraham was in covenant with God, so God listened and considered what he had to say. Because there were so few righteous, God judged the cities. But He spared Lot and his family because of His covenant with Abraham. The outcry was great and the sin was grave against Sodom and Gomorrah so God came down to see about it.
This counsel was first with the angels and God and then with Abraham. But it took place on the earth. It says, Abraham stood before the Lord.
Nothing is out of Gods sight. God's mercy and longsuffering has held back many judgments. But often this has been because God has led someone to pray or intercede or repent in some way. Sometimes this has been because a counsel of God has taken place in the earth or heaven. But there comes a time when judgment may fall or mans protection removed because of sin, rebellion and hardness of heart. Or because the warnings have not been heeded, nor Gods heart satisfied.
In the Counsel of God he may speak to you. He may show you things from the past, present or future. The Lord may give you direction. He may give you strategy. He may give you keys to open and unlock things in the heaven and the earth. He may show you what doors need to be closed. It is an experience where we partner with God in prayer and sometimes concerning matters of Justice.
We are then released to pray, decree, release, cutoff, curtail or even seal the plan and purpose of God.
The Lord is catching up men and women into His Holy counsel. He is sending, setting, and dispatching His people into key places for His express plan and purpose.
Jeremiah 23:22
The word said if they had stood in His counsel they would have lead His people to repentance. They (Prophets) would have turned the people from evil. They would have heard God!!
God wants us to be conduit of change. He wants his people to turn completely to him. He wants us all to know His presence, power, and purpose. He wants us walking near to him free of the world's snares. He wants us free of weights so we can move in and out of the heavenly realm in Christ Jesus. As we do, we will cease and He will increase in our lives.
Who can stand in his awesome presence?
The Lord told me, "It's time for His Counsel."
Written by: Willicia Rucker