Fall 2002
Strategic Intercessors
Van Tanner

Within the past few months, many believes have become aware that we have now entered a season of great spiritual warfare. The conflicts of the world are now clearly seen by many as also being spiritual conflicts. Prophetic word and powerful intercession is flowing from churches, and also in the halls of government, calling forth the urgency of deep intercession.

The Lord is placing many in key places for the purpose of strategic intercession. Each of us may be where we are, as Esther (Esther 4:14) was, so we can change the fate of a nation.

This “word” came while on a prayer - intercession tour of the Pentagon, while intercessors were surrounding me in a circle of prayer. However, the prayer quickly became intercession, and then the intercession manifested into full blown “travailing.” The Lord then birthed the following vision.

Two mushroom shaped clouds came up from the earth and stood next to each other. The first cloud was small, but the second became much larger. They had the appearance of an atomic cloud, yet they seemed to be frozen in time and space, having a shape which seemed almost too defined.

As I stood transfixed before these awesome structures, I begin to feel a breeze blow on my skin and then increase in force, becoming a wind. This “wind” began to attack the two clouds, causing them to lose definition, almost making them transparent.

Yet even in their depleted form, the winds could not move the clouds. However, as the winds continued their assault on the clouds, they began to relent, losing even more definition and finally, reluctantly, they were carried away into nothingness.

The Lord then spoke and said, “By My breath, this shall not stand.”

While standing there, inside the Pentagon, the Lord spoke again,

“I shall bring forth a company of people, I will place them strategically as an army of intercessors. I will give them visions, and along with these visions, will come the authority to release My spirit into specific battles.”

“They will birth forth, through intercession, the breath of My Spirit into the earth. For your enemy, Satan, seeks to bring premature tribulation into the earth. Yet My army, which is under My authority will release My presence as a ‘breaker’ against his plans.”

The Lord has placed Christian intercessors, like those working at the Pentagon, for the purposes of releasing His presence and power into the spiritual battle, which is now being reflected in the earth. He is placing them in specific places, so that they will have the ability to pray specifically, and thus release the presence of the Lord into critical areas.

We can rejoice in the fact that our Lord has intercessors in the seats of power, and they, like Esther, will be used to find favor, thus stopping the plans of the enemy.

“Haman” will not have his way and destroy the people of God.