ISSUE 208
Prophetic Brief
Insight and Analysis for the 21st Century
The Afghanistan
Briefs
Afghanistan continues to be in the
news with new troops, a renewed
push against the Taliban and
increased deaths. The month of July
has seen the highest death toll of
Amer ican soldier s since the
beginning of the war in 2001, and
the total may increase still more
before the month is out.
In a series of short video briefings,
S c o t t We b s t e r a d d r e s s e s
Afghanistan from the perspective of
the Word of God. Included in the
video sessions are:
 
1. Why Be Aware
2. The Formative Process
3. U.S. Involvement
4. Key Players
5. What Does the Future Hold
6. Kingdom Insights
Visit scottwebsterministries.org,
where these videos will be available
for viewing soon.
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God is Shaking the Heavens and the Earth
Hebrews 12:26 which is but for a moment, is
Once more I will shake not only the working for us a far more exceeding
earth but also the heavens." 27
e words "once more" indicate the
and eternal weight of glory, 18
while we do not look at the things
remoing of what can be shaken- which are seen, but at the things
that is, created things-so that what which are not seen. For the things
cannot be shaken may remain which are seen are temporary, but
the things which are not seen are
We are in a time when God is shaking the eternal.
heavens and the earth, and things are being
removed and re-shaped in the unseen realm.
We know that God cannot shake Himself so
when it says He will shake things in the
heavens He is speaking about principalities
and the structures of wickedness that seek to
keep the earth locked in darkness and
mortality. It is a day of massive tectonic
movements in the heavenly realm, and we
are feeling the results as core structures in
the unseen realm are being shaken and
removed
One result of the shaking in the heavens is
the demise of capitalism which I wrote
about in a previous newsletter. e system
which has endured for hundreds of years was
Paul made it clear that there is an unseen
architecture to the universe, something
removed in a few short months because
behind the obvious, which we must focus
unseen principalities – which goern the
our attention on and seek to understand. We
thinking systems of man through principles –
are commanded to look at the things which
are being shaken and removed. It would be
are not seen; the word is skopeos and it
easy to misperceive the natural results – and
many who feel strongly about defending or
means to consider carefully, to observe, to
attacking a specific ideology, institution or
contemplate, to exert effort in continually
acquiring understanding. In other words
system will in fact misperceive – while being
without intense scrutiny and appropriate
completely blind to the fact that behind the
attention, the unseen realm will be missed
economic and political events that we can see
entirely by intelligent and rational people
there is a catalyst that can’t be seen.
whose eyes are fixed on the illusory and
deceptive realm of physical life.
e Primacy of the Unseen
Realm e verses also indicate that if a focus on
temporal reality produces weak people who
2 Corinthians 4:16 erefore we
are incapable of changing the earth, but
do not lose heart. Even though our when we have sight into the invisible
outward man is perishing, yet the architecture, we are empowered to stand
inward man is being renewed day strong and rule even in the most difficult of
by day. 17 For our light affliction, circumstances. ere is a spiritual design
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that governs all of life on the earth. ose
who see it are elevated above the blindness
inflicted by carnal responses and motivations
to situations. ose who see it come to a
place of absolute conviction concerning
God, His nature and His purpose and gain
the power to represent Him.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we
understand that the worlds were
amed by the word of God, so that
the things which are seen were not
made of things which are visible.
(NKJ)
All of the prophets understood the seamless
connection between the visible and the
invisible. Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s
dreams and delivered prophetic insight
about the next 14 years of economic indices
and he made it clear that natural events in
the nations are not simply the result of
normal or rational processes and physical
outcomes. Joseph knew that there are
spiritual realities which lie behind: a)
economic cycles, b) political processes, c) the
emergence of nations on the world scene, d)
administrative systems, e) natural disasters,
etc. ese spiritual realities must be
discerned and understood; therefore the
greatest requirement is for a fresh
understanding of the Prophetic in the earth.
We are faced with the reality that in our day
God is shaking the heavens and the earth,
and we have to know what that means.
Implications of the Shaking
e shaking in the heavens that removed
capitalism also has implications for life in
the future in two primary areas: a) the
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Hebrews 12:26-27
26 Once more I will
shake not only the earth
but also the heavens."
27 The words "once
more" indicate the
removing of what can be
shaken-that is, created
things-so that what
cannot be shaken may
remain
United States will be less dominant,
coherent and stable b) the system that is
replacing socialism & capitalism will be I know that many are
more oppressive.
expending massive energy
A) e U.S. will be less dominant, coherent
and stable. It just makes sense that if the
dealing with their political
spiritual reality behind the systems of the and social concerns that
U.S. has been shaken and removed, the
nation will be less powerful relative to other America is moving towards
nations, and that life in this nation will be
both less stable and the nation itself less a more socialist construct,
coherent (coherent means to stick together).
Reduced dominance will manifest primarily
but they will not ebb the
in the economic realm, with several points flow of events because that
of manifestation including: a) the U.S. dollar
being replaced as the world’s reserve is not the point. When
currency, probably by a basket of currencies
sometime in the next 20 years – I think it Pharaoh taxed all Egyptian
will be sooner rather than later b) domestic
difficulty in funding projects and necessary
farmers 20% and increased
budget items that can no longer be fully the federal bureaucracy by
financed by a system which is going
bankrupt c) increased dependence on appointing a new
foreign sources of financing and production,
etc. e U.S. will remain the most dominant Department of Agriculture
military power but will face an increasingly
difficult series of trade-offs regarding which
with Joseph as the
weapons systems and wars it can afford to operational head, many
finance, while at the same time some other
nations increase their military capabilities. within Egyptian society
e removal of the unseen architecture could have wondered about
which sustained life in the nation will
produce greater social instability and a
the swing of power towards
decreased level of coherence within the greater federal involvement
nation also. Among the possible outcomes of
this instability and incoherence are: a) social and authority which directly
and ethnic groups becoming more diffused
and antagonistic, perhaps even breaking off intervened into private life.
regions of the U.S. into new ethnic enclaves
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that seek to insert their interest against the
rest of the nation b) increasing disorder or
inability to control and police society,
leading to parts of cities or states which are
controlled by gangs or militias – this will be
especially true if there is a food or water
shortage c) some states will begin to
seriously consider succession either because
their ethnic base demands unique rights or
because the economic advantages of being
one of the states in the union are no longer
attractive, or because they disagree with the
direction of the federal leadership.
ere will be notable events that occur
during this time including acts of terrorism
and some natural disasters, but more
important than the events themselves is the
fact that American society will generally
trend towards more instability and
incoherence. ese are trends for the future
based on movements in the invisible
dimension and they cannot be reversed; they
are inevitable because the unseen reality that
sustained things in the past has been
destabilized and replaced.
B) e system replacing socialism and
capitalism will be more oppressive. e
system that is replacing that which has been
shaken is not ideologically based, it is
utilitarian and functional which is why I
subtitled our newsletter on each system as
the death of ideology. If we refer back to
Table 1 in a previous newsletter which
describes the two primary economic
philosophies, we note that the actual result
of each system was oppression. Under
communism the oppression was a state
oligarchy, and under capitalism it was a
private oligarchy (oligarchy means a small
number of persons who have all the power).
e new non-ideological system of Market
Socialism will merge the worst elements of
each and produce a time of great oppression
and darkness. ere will be things the state
does that are more and more totalitarian as
situations arise that require a response and
administrations from both sides of the aisle
will enact strategies that lead towards more
oppression. For example, in a time of
increased terrorism nations will try to
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protect themselves and in trying to create a
secure society they will produce greater The Architecture of
infringement of civil liberties. As nations
seek to stop the economic meltdown they the New Dimension
will plunge their nations into greater debt
and long term instability and the economic A revolutionary
realm will become more unequal and unjust. new look at
We can see this already since one result of prophetic
the meltdown is the consolidation of reality as it
financial institutions into fewer and larger exists in the
banks which now have increased power. 21st century
church.
Source of the Events is Spiritual
e source of the oppression is not human get this book>
for we know that the enemy has come to
steal, kill and destroy ( John 10:10). e
origins of these movements are not natural
but spiritual, and as we journey towards the
Finish of all things he will unleash
everything within his power to oppress
humanity. Even with people praying and
exerting maximum effort the oppression of
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more socialist construct, but they will not
ebb the flow of events because that is not the
point. When Pharaoh taxed all Egyptian
farmers 20% and increased the federal
b ure au cra c y by app o inting a n e w
Department of Agriculture with Joseph as
the operational head, many within Egyptian
society could have wondered about the
swing of power towards greater federal
involvement and authority which directly
intervened into private life. Others might
have questioned the immigration status of a
foreign people – Joseph’s family – who
received favorable treatment under one
administration but who were later to be
enslaved by a different Pharaoh. Even
Pharaoh’s perspective of God enriching his
nation in the short term was limited and © 2009 Copyright by SWM, copy and
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ultimately missed the point that God had a
purpose that required Him to visit the
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Empire with destruction in the future and
wreck the Egyptian economy to break the
slaves out.
Only Joseph correctly perceived that God
was sovereignly managing the nations which
required Egyptian prosperity in the short
term and then brutalizing the nation in the
long term. God’s purpose involved the saving
of Jacob and his sons with food during a
Releasing The New Prophetic Dimension • Activating The Capacity To Build • Obeying The Command To Finish
famine, and then enslaving and exploiting
them for centuries. is is a God who is over
prosperity and disaster, over slavery and
liberation. Certainly He is over Barack
Obama, the G-20 and the Great Recession
and we are required to see His working in
the earth just as Joseph did.
erefore we can say that there has never
been a worse time to be a liberal or a
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conservative because the danger is to
interpret political, military, economic and
social happenings in lieu of natural factors
when in fact God is enacting Divine
purpose. As God is shaking the heavens and
the earth it has never been more important
to have a belief system that stands outside of
time, and to have sight and perspective that
is not rooted in a political or economic
ideology.