Elijah List Johnny Enlow & Steve Shultz "The Rise of the Gladiators"
"The Rise of the Gladiators"
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Hey, happy Thursday everyone. It is Veterans Day in the United States of America. It is Veterans Day, November 11 at 11:02. This is the day we're launching American Warriors. We've told you about it for a couple of days. (Go here to watch American Warriors and subscribe.) Share what God's given you today: God Speaks Through the World Series and Sports Johnny Enlow (00:15:23): All right. Thank you, Steve. Well, for those who follow some of the Elijah List posts I've done; I don't want to repeat what's already available in written form. There was something where the Lord had me go and look some more into the World Series game, and just for some truth out of there. And so, I'm going to read briefly some of that, and then some more that was extracted, and then what that led to for us today. And I think there's really some important stuff and some really good stuff for us in that. Johnny Enlow (00:15:58): And if that sounds strange for those who think, Why would you get a truth out of a World Series game? For those who have followed me for a while know I've been doing this for a long, long time. But I'm used to hearing this: Why don't you just get something from the Bible? And of course, there's value in doing that, but if you just follow the life of Jesus as well; if you look at how many times He would quote Scripture, versus how many times He would just make up a story—a parable—He did that a whole lot more. And He would tell the story so it could make a point. Johnny Enlow (00:16:37): And then it tells us there, '...the visible things of Him (in Romans) from the creation of the world are clearly seen...' and so that He has... And there's another Scripture where He told them that they knew how to read signs in different ways, but they couldn't recognize what He [was] saying. So, just so you know, this is normal for the Lord to speak in every conceivable way, particularly something that would draw a lot of attention. I think, in general, I'm getting less from the sports events because they are being de-emphasized overall. Johnny Enlow (00:17:05): There's less attention to them; there's a pruning of everything to do with that... The Braves Win the World Series: What God Is Saying Through Freddie Freeman and David Justice So, the Braves won the World Series. And I'm just going to remind you again, for those who want to hear and see the full message, you can look just from a few days ago [on] Elijah List; it was on the World Series, from me. But I had pointed out how the MVP, the most valuable player of the World Series, was a player named Jorge Soler. And he's Cuban-born defector. So, someone born in Havana; he defected; he came away from communism, socialism and wanted to be where there's free. Johnny Enlow (00:17:51): And so, he hit a big home run. He's number 12 (we spoke about what that spoke into). And then Freddie Freeman was a big name as well. And he's actually the one that scored the seventh run. It was the seventh run because it was a home run, and the final score was 7-0 (we spoken into the 7 and the 0 and what that means). And so, Freddie Freeman is the prevailing, the reigning, Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the National League. He was from last year's game. And then he hit the home run again that made it 7-0. And I had asked the Lord a few days ago (a few days before then)—because I could see he was on the World Series game I was following—how it was going. Steve Shultz (00:18:31): Pretty cool. Johnny Enlow (00:18:31): I said, "You know, I will know that this is really something we should look into more, if Freddie Freeman hits the final home run." And that's the last run that scored. And so, Freddie Freeman hit the final run. What I didn't point out, even then that run that made it 7-0, Freddie Freeman's home run, was also the 45th run of the series. So, it was on the 45th run of the series. That's what made it final, 7-0. And so, we're speaking into how America—it's been called America's team, the Braves, really for many, many, many years. They have spoken into a destiny of the United States. Bob Jones would point that out many, many years ago. Johnny Enlow (00:19:14): And the last time they won the World Series was 26 years ago on a home run. It was a 'one-nothing' game, a home run by David Justice. And though they won 14 consecutive National League titles, they couldn't win the World Series. And so, there's something about connecting with David and Justice, and then connecting all the way up to where we are now where the Braves win 7-0. And so, I had pointed out about Freddie Freeman, the obvious 'free man.' And so, there's the defector who wants more freedom; then there's Freddie Freeman, and how these things correlate with a message for us in general, that freedom is going to win. Johnny Enlow (00:19:54): And, as opposed to 26 years ago, when it was a 'one-nothing' win and it wasn't enough, it was the announcement of justice. This was 7-0 because it's something that has to be reflected in the 7 mountains (in the 7 areas of society). So, I'm just giving you a little, tiny catch up from before. Are we still okay? The visual? Steve Shultz (00:20:20): Yeah, we're good. Gladiator: What God Is Saying Through Max Fried Johnny Enlow (00:20:24): All right. The main player, the Lord told me to look into it more over the last couple of days. And somebody else (we have some people that look on our prophetic and do the comments) had two people [who] actually had said, "Well, you know, the pitcher's name, the star pitcher who won that game, he pitched out shutout ball. He got some help at the end, but his name was Max Fried." [Pronounced: Freed.] But it's spelled F-R-I-E-D. So, if you just read it, you don't pick [that] up because it looks like Max Fry-ed, but his name is Max Freed. Johnny Enlow (00:20:57): And so, he was star pitcher, gave up no runs, and he's number 54. And so, the Lord was speaking to me. He [said], "This theme of freedom." Again, this is relevant to everything we're talking about. Everything we're talking about in our nation is: Are the Lord's promises going to be fulfilled? Is He using the person of President Trump? Is He going to take us into this place of it's a rescue operation for us? Are we going to lose to communism and socialism and the anti-Christ spirit... Steve Shultz (00:21:30): Wow. Johnny Enlow (00:21:30): ... that's definitely trying to accelerate things and really trying to change the timeline overall? And so, what was real interesting, I want to highlight several things about Max Fried. That's really the point because [of] where we have to go. [What] I had informally named (even what we're doing/talking about today) was Maximus, the gladiators and the rise of the Republic. And these will connect in a different way other than... You'll see—for those who remember the movie Gladiator with Russell Crowe—you'll see (you'll understand) some of the direction we're going. But it's really this is not so much a deciphering of the movie, as to the moment and the way the Lord led me there. Johnny Enlow (00:22:18): So, what's interesting about Max Fried is his nickname—Maximus. That's what the players call him is Maximus. And just like they nickname Freddie Freeman; he is named "Freddie the Hugger." And because he's always hugging and smiling, and so that's a significant part of the message that we'll get into in just a moment. But he is number 54, just like Freddie Freeman is number 5. So we're pointing out, it's the grace of God that's going to give us this breakthrough; that's going to give the Atlanta Braves. This is what He's requiring of us: courage, bravery. We [have] got to stand up just like Joshua when he's going into the Promised Land. Only be very courageous. Be brave. Be very courageous. Johnny Enlow (00:23:04): And so that's the message for us today; the direction that we're going. He also (just a couple of days ago), Maximus Fried, won [the] Golden Glove Award as the best defender at his position in the League. And that's a message right there as well— being the best defender. And he's number 54, and number 54 connects us with Isaiah 54. Isaiah 54: Sing, O Barren! I'd already shared that the 26-year gap between championships for the Atlanta Braves connected us to Isaiah 26, and in the word that I previously shared, that came out of the Elijah List. Isaiah 26 starts out (first verse): "In that day will the song be sung in the land of Judah..." And it's about the song being sung. Well, if you look at Isaiah 54, it starts out: "Sing, O barren, (sing)..." Johnny Enlow (00:27:18): I will pick back up where we were. You just confirm if you can hear me all right. So anyway, Isaiah 54. (And we're getting amazing opposition on this, [when] I actually have the best setup ever for this time, with a brand-new computer. But that's all right; we're going to insist on this.) Isaiah 54: "Sing, O barren (sing); break forth into singing..." And I'm giving these because these are Scriptures for us, as the Body of Christ, right now in this time, when it seems different than that. It's saying, "Sing, O barren." It didn't say, "Sing, O one who's producing triplets and quintuplets," or whatever else. It's saying, "O barren." Johnny Enlow (00:27:57): And on both of these messages we were instructed to sing, "Enlarge the place of your tent. You will expand to the left and the right and your descendants will inherit the nations." And it goes on in verse 13: "...great shall be the peace of your children." This is a prophetic word the Lord's speaking to us, and that He's continued to speak from that World Series result. Verse 17 is the well-known Scripture: "No weapon formed against you will prosper." The Days of Noah: A Coming Flood and the Curse Reversed If we actually look at verse 9, it talks about, "This is like the waters of Noah. I have sworn the waters of Noah will no longer cover the earth" [paraphrased]. Johnny Enlow (00:28:34): And so, this application of Noah is also in there as well; this is a flooding that's coming. (Photo via Pixabay) But ultimately, if you remember, the ark rests on top of Mount Ararat. And Mount Ararat means the "curse reversed." And so, the direction of this mayhem that's around us and around the world, though it looks difficult for many, depending [on] where you are (it's more intense [for some] than others), there is a promise from the Lord. And, really, it's about the peace for our children. He's speaking to our children [and] their children's children. So that's part of the 'Maximus' message that's coming to us, as he's number 54, [and] he was pitching the shutout. We Are Gladiators Who Carry Joy Johnny Enlow (00:29:14): But here's where the Lord then had me look and connect it to the Gladiator movie, because there is the call that Maximus had, and then there's a call that he has for all of us right now to be gladiators, and a unique application. There was the emphasis not put in the movie that the Lord put in it about being gladiators (G-L-A-D); about those who carry the joy. And the joy of the Lord is our strength at this time, and we have to be able to carry that strength in the middle of a very difficult-seeming season, where it doesn't seem to be our preference to carry joy. And, if you look at the one that was really recommending that to us, or speaking to that to us, [it] is the apostle Paul. Johnny Enlow (00:30:00): He's the one that said, "I have learned in whatsoever state I am to be content" [paraphrased]. And he talked about having "joy unspeakable and full of glory." Scripture after Scripture, he would talk about joy and rejoicing; rejoice in all things. And here's the guy that was already known to him that part of his prophetic destiny was to be a martyr. He knew that ahead of time. He had a prophet even confirm that to him. He went through all kinds of beatings and other things about being in prison with Silas, and he is rejoicing at midnight because he is deemed worthy of suffering. And so, this is a call to be gladiators and to be those who begin to set the people free. Johnny Enlow (00:30:44): So, [back to] the setting of that movie with Russell Crowe. (Russell Crowe starred in it, if you remember. He was the one that was the character Maximus) And there are just some quotes, some interactions, that I want to extract for us today that are important for us as we're moving forward. And again, they're parallel to what's taking place in our society at this time. And if you remember, there was (I'm not sure exactly the right pronunciation of [this]), we'll say, "the evil tyrant," Commodus. And he had really been responsible for killing Marcus Aurelius, and who had been, we'll say, "the good leader" that was there.
