Purpose of this article: To communicate to Aussie and Kiwi Christians who wish to stand with God’s purposes for Israel the importance of being ‘spiritual anzacs’—plugged into the battle for the Land – and pointing to the tie-in with the upcoming elections in Australia.
The four years encompassing the 100th anniversarof the Great War (2014 to 2018) have seen a marked growth of pride in the legacy of the ANZACs among young and old Australians and New Zealanders alike.
Widely held is the perception that these countries were forged into nations in the terrible furnace of World War 1. By many accounts, ANZAC Day has become a more patriotic event than Australia Day and Waitangi Day respectively.
Christians have hardly been immune, and a growing number also hold a Biblical perspective on the subject.
Quoting Genesis 12:3—the foundational principle pertinent to those who bless the seed of Abraham—they ascribe the prosperity and peace experienced by their nations since the 1920s to the heroic fighting and sacrifices of the men of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps; specifically to the fact that their diggers formed the point of the British Empire spear that liberated Israel’s land from centuries of Islamic rule.
The ANZACs thereby helped enable the resettlement of the indigenous people—the Jews—in their original homeland, and in so doing helped facilitate the independence 30 years later of the new Jewish state.
In the light of this, the much-anticipated Battle of Beersheba Centenary in October 31, 2017 is contributing to the discussion and debate about reviving ‘the ANZAC spirit’.
At the same time a number of groups have arisen described as ‘spiritual ANZACs’.
A significant difference in perspective exists between those who say they wish Australians and New Zealanders would emulate the ANZAC spirit, and those who see themselves as ‘spiritual ANZACs’.
In the words of a leader of one such group, ‘spiritual ANZACs’ are calling for “spiritual warriors in Australia and New Zealand who will…breach the strongholds Satan has built in our nations and break open our cities and towns for Jesus.”
Their words and emphasis indicate that spiritual ANZACs—God bless them—first and foremost seek the spiritual good of Australia and New Zealand.
But Israel—with her back to the wall and the nations lined up against her—would be helped by physical ANZACs – believing Christians who are warriors for Zion and have their feet planted in the corporeal reality of the immediate and ongoing and down to earth battle for the land of Israel against which Hell has mobilised all of its might.
Physical ANZACs, Australian and Kiwi believers with the spirit of ANZAC, will come to Israel’s aid – following the injunction to prefer Jerusalem above their chief joy, and knowing that God’s blessing will follow for their nations.
Revival will come, not when we focus on ourselves as ‘the Church’, but when our priority becomes standing with God’s purposes for Israel.
Too often we Christians behave as if helpless and ineffectual in the face of an apparently overpowering foe. But we are the vanguard of the victorious; we need not fear defeat.
Often too, we (I include myself) – read the truth that “our weapons are not carnal” as meaning that we do not need to do anything physical or (heaven forbid) political; all we need is prayer and God will do the rest. But God wants to live in and through us – He seeks for us to act under His direction as our Commander-in-Chief, in service of the Kingdom, being in this world, not of it but not removed from it either.
In early May I spoke in a number of US churches, and in July-August I am scheduled to visit Australia and New Zealand on a speaking tour – my third.
Something I’ve noticed over the past two years:
On the one hand, there is a pervading sense of gloom; Christians often expressing a near-readiness to give up hope for their increasingly godless nations.
On the other hand, many appear to be pinning their hopes—some almost desperately—on a national revival they expect will turn things around.
In defeatist tones, some I spoke to in America – where the bizarre twists and turns of the 2016 election campaign have daily, for months, baffled and confused media experts – told me that “it’s all over unless God does something.” More than one glumly opined, “The United States doesn’t appear in the Bible as a significant nation in the End Times anyway…”
Australian Christians—those who view with increasing concern the growing possibility of a Labor Party victory in the federal elections this July—have expressed similar thoughts, both politically pessimistic and spiritually hopeful.
One said to me recently: “There’s not much we can do but pray,” listing important topics to petition the Lord about in the hope heaven might move to perform some political miracle.
Yes there is prayer, but in there is also a great deal more.
In terms of spiritual hopefulness, many are looking in expectancy toward a mighty revival – one that has been prayed about for decades, now believed to be imminent. This expectation is tied to the unfolding 100-year anniversary of World War One.
From what I read in the Bible revival—if it comes to our nations in the days in which we live—will come not when we focus on ourselves as ‘the Church’, but when we align ourselves and work to align our nations, with the restoration of Israel.
God’s light and favour are returning to this nation and their land, and Zion is being readied to “arise and shine”.
Herein lies the secret that is really not a secret at all to those who know the Word:
Getting ourselves as Christians onto the same page as our God.
This means, specifically, that believers, including Australia’s spiritual ANZACs, sorely need to get ‘earthed’. That is, we need to get rooted in the land—the land where the LORD has put His name, and to which He is returning His Messiah—if we want to be plugged into the Spirit of the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.
Why Spiritual Anzacs?
As shown repeatedly through history, blessing for our nations is tied to how we bless the Jews in our midst, and the nation of Israel in our international midst.
This is the Biblical leveler which makes both the American and Australian elections equally important and equally critical to the futures of those nations – as it does New Zealand’s actions vis-à-vis Israel as it sits on the UN Security Council.
New Zealand and Australia are in the balances; both poised to make fateful decisions regarding the division of Israel’s land – with all the dire consequences that would have for them. 2017 will be a pivotal year, with a succession of anniversaries that relate directly to the rightful ownership and divine destiny of this land. (I’ve listed them here:
bit.ly/propheticevents)
Now, I’m no Aussie or Kiwi (although I do have blood from both mixed in my veins); however, what I do know, unshakeably, is this:
If the enemy could hijack the Reformation, if he could bring down the curtain on empires upon which the sun never set by causing them to curse the seed of Abraham; he will be doing everything in his given power, since de Queiros mouthed the words, to prevent the outpouring of God’s blessing on the great southern lands…
In light of this, it begs the questions:
Who will muster the practical, down to earth Aussies and Kiwis, with the spirit of the Light Horse, who—needing water for their steeds —weren’t afraid to think outside the box and launch a daring physical attack on an enemy of war; whom God used in such a decisive way 99 years ago (and who’s to say it wasn’t because of that national character that He could); and whom He could use again, in a very crucial way—on the ground, in the battle for the land—if only He could see signs of that same practical national character, that driven spirit of ANZAC, grounded and plugged in?
Are there Australians and New Zealanders who, under the Spirit of God like Gideon’s 300, are ready to rise up in prayer and action and risk their all to make sure that their nations do not stand guilty of cursing Israel but continue, in the spirit of the Light Horse, to bless her – in consequence of which their own nations will be blessed?
For Aussies, their mettle will be tested in the run up to July 2, in the elections themselves, and in the political landscape and battlefield that will be formed by them. For Kiwis, they’re already in the thick of it as their government seeks to support and even try lead the international effort to rob the Jews of their land.
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