Death of the Man of God

11 Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. 12 And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” For his sons had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah. 13 Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it, 14 and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?”

And he said, “I am.”

15 Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”

16 And he said, “I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place. 17 For I have been told by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’ ”

18 He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (He was lying to him.)

19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

20 Now it happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back; 21 and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you, 22 but you came back, ate bread, and drank water in the place of which the Lord said to you, “Eat no bread and drink no water,” your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.’ ”

23 So it was, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 When he was gone, a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the corpse. 25 And there, men passed by and saw the corpse thrown on the road, and the lion standing by the corpse. Then they went and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

26 Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord. Therefore the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to him.” 27 And he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it. 28 Then he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the donkey. 29 And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. So the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him. 30 Then he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!” 31 So it was, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. 32 For the saying which he cried out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass.”

33 After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy it from the face of the earth.

One prophet lied to another prophet. As I read this scripture, I couldn’t help but wonder, was God Almighty testing his prophet? Who are we to question God Almighty? No one. But it does serve us as an example. The prophet of God that was deceived had just been used by Almighty God to speak to wicked king Jeroboam in the verses before (read here) concerning the king’s idolatrous deeds.

1 Kings 13:1-10

The man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name shall be born to the house of David; and on you, he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ” And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken; Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.” So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand, from the altar, saying, “Arrest him!” Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered so that he could not pull it back to himself. The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as before. Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.” But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place. “For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.’ ” So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.

And this is where the other prophet comes in to deceive the man of God. Side note: I am amazed that God in His mercy restored the king’s withered hand.

The enemy can use anyone to deceive us. I don’t believe that God was testing the prophet because He clearly told him what to do and what not to do. He didn’t tell him to wait to hear from another prophet who himself would hear from an angel of the LORD. He clearly told Him not to eat bread nor drink water, nor return by the same way he came- very clear instructions. God Almighty has given us very clear instructions in His Word- in the Bible. Hence the importance of reading the Bible DAILY. We can’t afford to not read God’s Bible. I went many years without reading God’s word and I sure have paid for it- I have suffered the consequences and that is why I have created this platform to expose how the enemy can deceive us and lead us astray. I also highly recommend listening to teachings on YouTube or Podcasts that will help you in your walk with JESUS CHRIST. My recommendations are Hungry Generation, Joseph Prince, Derek Prince.

The enemy can use even our own parents to try to get us out of the perfect will of God. I will now share a personal experience that recently happened to us which I pray will help others. I, unfortunately, married a guy who had already been with another woman whom he met at one of his first not-manly jobs (which totally matters- he was working at a store similar to Family Dollar) when he was single. This woman that seduced him in his late teens was living with another man and had a child with him. I’m not sure if my husband knew this at the time he mingled with her or not? Long story short the father of her child found out about their affair and he kicked her out. My husband says that he had no choice but to take her in along with her child. The woman got pregnant supposedly without my husband consenting to it? She claimed to be using birth control but was not. The enemy deceived me into marrying an unbeliever and I have greatly suffered the consequences. Anyone can be deceived. Jimmy Swaggart comes to mind. LORD have mercy, that was quite the scandal when I was a teenager.

Fast forward 30 years later, the woman contacts my mother-in-law and later shows up at their house and rumor has it that she stayed with my inlaws for some time. Talk about boundary issues and sheer lack of discernment. But that’s not the worst of it, this woman also tried to contact me through social media and I simply ignored her message because I have nothing to talk to her about at the moment. If it’s the LORD’s will that I speak to her, I’m sure He will lead me to do so. It is my belief that a person must first repent of their transgressions against you otherwise it’s just inviting trouble. This woman also contacted my oldest daughter but my daughter had no idea who she was. I explained to my daughter who she is and my daughter basically told her to leave us alone.

Sometime later my mother-in-law and my husband’s oldest sister began harassing him to try to get him to contact his adult “daughter” (it hasn’t been confirmed that she is actually his daughter). Let’s just say that that woman would go out and party with friends while he babysat her child. I know this because he would call me when she was out partying. Talk about missing the red flags. Let’s also just say that I was a naive young gal but that’s why I’m sharing this so that other young gals do not fall into the same traps. My husband eventually left her (red flag young gals) and we got married, he was 25 years old and I was 20 years old.

My husband needs some serious divine deliverance because that stuff is very demonic- they are generational curses of perversion and witchcraft. I tried to help my two oldest daughters not to fall into the same demonic trap of marrying an unbeliever to no avail. The curses- the sins of the fathers are a very real thing. I thank my good LORD that their husband’s were not previously living with another woman. And I do pray that their husbands are radically saved soon, in the mighty name of JESUS CHRIST AMEN.

Side note: being married to a person who has previously been with another person is the worst thing anyone can do to themselves. It doesn’t matter if they are good to you, there are soul ties keeping them bound to the other person/persons, and as much as they try they will not be able to have true intimacy with you UNTIL someone with the authority of JESUS CHRIST can break the soul ties between them and everyone they have been with. I know this from experience. Please listen to these messages on Soul Ties: One, Two, Three.

When a parent begins to meddle in their adult children’s lives it is very wrong and demonic, but when they try to meddle in their married children’s lives with the “other woman/man” it’s VERY WRONG and VERY DEMONIC. My mother-in-law thinks that she has every right to do so because that’s her son?? She is very wrong because I too have an adult married son and I thought, would I do that to my son and his wife/marriage?? Certainly not! Marriage is SACRED and God Almighty Himself says so.

Mark 10: 9-12

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’  ‘For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

There will be consequences when anyone tries to go against God’s Word and/or disobeys the Word of the LORD. My mother-in-law unfortunately has recently suffered several mini-strokes. We are praying for her, we pray that she will recognize that she was trespassing/meddling so that she can repent before Almighty God and her children also because she continues to cause them alot of pain, which is clearly demonic. She and anyone who has abandoned their children need divine deliverance.

I believe I should also add that she left her children when they were young with her mom (their Grandmother) in their country of origin (El Salvador) to come work in the U.S. It’s very common for women who abandon their children in their childhood to go out and work or leave them to “live their life” to later want to “make up for it” when their children are adults and married. It is SO VERY WRONG. Call it dysfunction, ignorance or call it demonic, whatever we call it it is very wrong and I see it a lot mainly in the Hispanic culture.

As a mother of married young adults (ages 29, 24, 23) I always ask God to give me grace and favor before my children, their spouses, and my grandchildren so that I can be a blessing to them. I ask Him to help me be a blessing to my children and their families and NOT a stumbling block to them in any way, in the mighty name of JESUS CHRIST – I pray every day.

I thank our good LORD that He has given me the discernment to know how the enemy works (know thine enemy) to try to come to steal, kill, and destroy. If we’re not careful he can also use our children. Sometimes when our children are young; for example. I’ve seen children being used by the enemy to cause division between husband and wife by turning them against each other. Momma’s be careful to not allow your children to turn you against your husband. Make sure that your children always see that you and your husband are on the same team and that you are both on the same page to discipline them because that’s how God Almighty intended it.

Another way (adult) children can be a stumbling block to their parents is to constantly want to be over or to constantly want to have their parents over their house. Family get-togethers are a blessing but we must be wise and not overstay either way.

I would love to visit my parents every weekend but I understand that they need their time together also. Now if there’s a parent or spouse that would prefer to have their children or parents over their house or to go over their house instead of spending more time with their immediate family (spouse and young children), that’s a red flag. That is very like an intimacy issue – they’re either consciously or unconsciously trying to avoid intimacy with their spouse and/or are avoiding spending quality time with their children living at home. I see that alot also. Please listen to this message on the subject of fatherhood (part 1 of 2).

I also highly recommend this message: Marriage, Family, and Parenting- Paul Washer

Please also check out this post on restoring true worship.

May God Almighty give us wisdom, discernment, boldness, and courage to stand up against all the deception that comes our way because it will come.

The most current demonic deception that I see causing a shocking amount of chaos and is possibly behind so many deaths in hospitals is the head of the CDC -Dr. Fauucii and the wicked vaccine marketing guru Bill Gaates (both intentionally spelled incorrectly). Just because they have a title doesn’t mean that they can be trusted. They are all part of a very sick agenda of population control (AKA killing the masses). We must pray that God Almighty will expose them and have them removed how He sees fit ASAP, in the mighty name of JESUS CHRIST.

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