Removing and Destroying the Demonic Inhabitants of your Land

Joshua 6: 21 KJV

“And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.”

A very important aspect of spiritual warfare is the removal of all obstacles to our advancement and complete possession of our land. When we have been prompted by the Lord that we have entered a new territory in the spirit or in the natural, it is imperative that we war against the things that may hinder us and try to snare us in this place that is contaminated with the influence of the Antichrist spirit. 

After the prompting of the Lord, we are then directed to eliminate all the giants in our territory —that is, the demonic that has been influencing the region, place of assignment, or land we were promised by God that we are now taking possession of. This also means that the removal of the demonic will also cause the removal of obstacles in the natural, including the people used of the enemy so those of us appointed by God can replace them in the positions and offices they occupied. The demonic we are called to remove in these places include: 

Men—those demons that are stronger than us and would want to become the strongman that would try to stop us from being effective or from advancing and would even attempt to plunder us. 

Women—everything that has a demonic womb that would want to give birth to demonic assignments against us, and also give birth to things for the Antichrist spirit to influence that place and the people again. 

Children—every demonic spirit and assignment of the enemy aimed at taking us out in the future,

The Old—old ways and demonic entities that were hard to remove. These are ancient demonic structures, devices, or demonic gatekeepers that kept doors and gates closed to the truth and the advancement of the gospel and were also shut against us and our generations so we can occupy those places and positions and see room made for us and our gifts.

Ox, sheep, and donkeys—these are all devices, stumbling blocks, weapons, as well as assignments against us that need to be removed from the hands of the enemy and from his camp to make him vulnerable, disarmed, utterly destroyed and removed from our territories. For this reason Exodus 34:11-16 says, 

¹¹“‘Observe what I command you this day: Behold, I am driving from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

¹² “Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.

¹³ “But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars and cut down their wooden images

¹⁴ “(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God).

¹⁵ “lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods, and make sacrifices to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice,

¹⁶”and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods. “

We can see in this passage a list of reasons why it is crucial for us to remove and not partake of the worldly things that the people in the place of our assignment and new territory do which can cause the jealousy of God to be ignited against us. For this, we need to continue steadfastly in our communion with the Lord and spend times of consecration so we can hear His instructions for what He wants us to do in the new place. 

Someone that was given this same admonition and failed to obey carefully, and his presumption caused him the kingdom (place of assignment and position of authority), was King Saul. In 1 Samuel 15, we see that he was given the assignment from the Lord through the prophet Samuel to remove everything that was in the land whether it seemed of value in the sight of him and his army or not. But they failed to obey the command and instead decided to keep for themselves what looked good and of value, and killed what looked worthless. Saul even spared the life of Agag, the king of the Amalekites—the enemy of God`s people. The prophet Samuel had to come and kill him, but not without first informing the king of the consequences of his bad decisions.

The aforementioned was the worse of the line of bad choices King Saul made and it is supposed to be the first thing we ought to do. That is—we must remove the demonic king with the sword (Word) God gives to us, and then go after the lower ranks because when they see their head (leader) cut off, the rest of the demonic army will flee (See 1 Samuel 17). We can also see as we read in the accounts of the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, that Saul`s disobedience and presumption caused more damage than he anticipated. 

One evidence of his failure to obey carefully was that he was ensnared and took on the same character of the spirit of the demonic king he did not remove. This is seen in how he persecuted David, his successor. After he perceived that David was anointed and had more abilities than him to bring victories for the Kingdom, Saul started plotting ways to eliminate David. Every plot became worse than the previous one until God Himself removed him in the battlefield. 

Another evidence of his failure is that not only did King Saul lose the kingdom, but his descendants lost ground and even died in the same battle where he lost his life. All this can be avoided when there is steadfast obedience and a heart sold out to God that is willing to serve Him with reverent fear, whether we have understanding of what He`s doing or not. In addition, other descendants and generations that survived from King Saul`s family went astray from the ways of the Lord and many committed worse acts of rebellion and defiance against God than he did. 

In essence, let`s be people that receive the grace of God to advance His Kingdom one obedience at a time because in our obedience there is protection, power, and authority to do the work we have been assigned to do. Philippians 2:13 says that it is God who works in us to both will and do for His good pleasure. This will also guarantee that we remain in the land and grow in it until perhaps God instruct us to move and take on another assignment because He knows He can entrust us with more. And always giving the glory to Him alone.▪