Thread by @TaylorMatthewD

OK, I must comment, b/c I saw the same analytical error in 2 diff New Apostolic Reformation-related stories in the same day:

If you don't understand the concept of charismatic strategic spiritual warfare, you will misinterpret what NAR leaders are saying.

Let me explain... 1/

Illus. 1: In this otherwise good piece in @newrepublic, the journalist makes the interpretive leap from Lance Wallnau saying Kamala Harris "represents... an amalgam of the spirit of Jezebel" to say he's equating her w/ Jezebel.

Close, but not quite. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/184213…

Illus. 2: This @Newsweek story that describes NAR Apostle Robert Henderson as a "conservative Texas pastor" (sorta) interprets Henderson's comments about Harris being driven by "the Antichrist spirit" without any context or elaboration on that phrase.

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newsweek.com/conservative-p…

I, of all people, understand that NAR theology & terminology can be difficult to parse, much less explain succinctly.

So I am keenly sympathetic to anyone writing publicly about NAR leaders/ideas who's tempted to offer some broad generalizations or skip over NAR minutiae. 4/

But here's why it matters:

What Wallnau & Henderson (both members of the NAR innermost circle) are saying in these comments is not merely racist or misogynistic or hyperpartisan -- it's all those things too!

They are declaring spiritual war on Kamala Harris.

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By directly linking pres. candidate Harris to two of the major "territorial spirits" in the NAR theological worldview (), Wallnau et al., are labeling her one of Satan's top assets on Planet Earth, a person who must be opposed & defeated at all costs. 6/ arsenalbooks.com/Territorial-Sp…

This is the apocalyptic & strategic-spiritual-warfare rhetoric that was at the heart of the Christian mobilization for January 6th.

See:

my documentary (),

my podcast ()

& my forthcoming book (). 7/
icjs.org/charismatic-re…
icjs.org/the-violent-ta…

NAR leaders (apostles & prophets) understand themselves to be commanders/generals of spiritual warfare, directing the collective spiritual aggression & mustering of their charismatic spiritual warrior troops against particular territorial spirits or the demons' human allies. 8/

As much as NAR leaders hate Joe Biden (they really do!), this aggressive posture against Kamala Harris surpasses even the hyperbolic spiritual warfare rhetoric they've used against Biden.

This means that they view Harris as a more potent threat to their political program. 9/

So, yes, it's racist. Yes, it's misogynistic. Yes, it's hyperpartisan to the Nth degree.

But it also represents the NAR oligarchs declaring spiritual jihad against Kamala Harris, casting her as archvillain in they psycho-spiritual, apocalyptic, prophecy-infused melodrama. 10/

I've argued (see links above) that, 4 years ago, this style of spiritual blitzkrieg NAR rhetoric was a major contributing factor to the mobilization for & violence of January 6th.

What will the downstream effects of this new wave of NAR demonizations of political enemies be? 11/