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Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 5:55 a.m.

Jeroboam was chosen by the Lord to lead the ten tribes divided from Judah and Jerusalem but we saw something very worrying that we should carefully consider that should never be given a place in our lives. Due to the spirit of fear and insecurity in the life of this King, he built a false altar to replace the designated place of worship and sacrifice in Jerusalem. Building a false altar is a detestable thing in the eyes of God, and we must resist the temptation of repeating the mistake of Jeroboam. 

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1 Kings 12

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25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel. 26 Jeroboam thought to himself, \u201cThe kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.\u201d28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, \u201cIt is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.\u201d 29 One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other. d31Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel, he also installed priests at the high places he had made. 33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

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As the spirit of the Lord continues to reinforce the issues around intercession in dealing with warfare in this new day, it's important that we continually readjust our perspective and understanding of the nature of governmental warfare. addressing the issue of false altars is a prominent feature in the ministry of this new day priesthood.  One of the things the Spirit of God is emphasizing in the context of intercession, especially in that initiative of reclaiming our nations and territories back, is the matter of pulling down false Alters. Our intercession is only as effective to the degree we successfully dethrone the erected high places erected over our Cities. 

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The false ideological belief system, wickedness, and perverted thinking that has been allowed to reign in our schools and government communities' must be addressed and pulled down.  If we are going to advance into the days ahead, we have to locate the false altars and bring them down. As we seek to rebuild the altar of God within our lives and communities, we must also identify high places that need to be brought down. 

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