Acquaintance with the Seven Spirits of God for Kingdom Dominion
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
Isaiah 11:1–2 (NKJV)
In Isaiah 11 the Seven Spirits of God rested on Him to enable Him to reign perfectly through the generations. The Seven Spirits of God are therefore sent out to establish the dominion of Christ in the earth. Jesus Christ was the Branch that initiated everything, and if the Spirits rested on the Root, they should also rest on the whole tree, which is the Church of Jesus Christ today. We must build a people to house the Seven Spirits of God and extend the reign of the Kingdom. Without the Seven Spirits of God the Church cannot reign on earth, and Jesus cannot establish and extend His dominion on earth. God is in the business of building kings to extend His Kingdom, and He uses the Seven Spirits of God to make and prepare them. This is the agenda of the end times: the making of kings through the Seven Spirits of God.
The Spirit of the Lord is the Spirit who governs all the others; He is the Holy Spirit. He is the Lord of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. The Holy Spirit, the gift of God, rules and governs all the Spirits. He is the first Spirit to rest, or settle, on an individual, and the first to prepare the vessel for the manifestation of the other Spirits. He is the ruling Spirit, and His perfection is manifested in these seven anointings, or divine personalities.
The Seven Spirits of God are the divine personalities and characteristics of the Spirit's nature; they are how He chooses to operate and reveal Himself. They come and operate in an individual through deep fellowship and acquaintance with the Spirit of God. Paul said, "Do not neglect the gift of God," and to neglect it is the worst thing a Christian can do. It cripples his potential for reigning in the Kingdom.
The greatness of a king lies neither in the strength of his army nor in the size of his kingdom. His greatness lies in the wisdom God places in his heart. That is the honour of all kings, and the thing that exalts his kingdom above other kingdoms. How much greater, then, will a king be when he possesses the fullness of the Spirit?
God is setting up the Church for an end-time programme of reigning and dominion, but the Church must first learn to acquaint herself with the King-maker, the Seven Spirits of God. That is where the strength of the Church and of Christianity lies. Let us wake up to this truth and walk in dominion for the glory of God.