REPORT OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY AT THE MOON DATED 26TH OCTOBER 2016. PSALM 89 : 37. RECORDED AT THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY.

REPORT OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY AT THE MOON DATED 26TH OCTOBER 2016. PSALM 89 : 37.
RECORDED AT THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY.

Glory be to God.

PSALM 89 : 37
It will be established for ever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.

Above word of God is the Covenant that uphold Light of God and Prophetic Ministry Operations in the moon.

SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES AT THE MOON.
1.Barely 4 hours that it was published Light of God and Prophetic Ministry presence at the moon, there was a serious spiritual battle in the heavenlies and God defeated the enemies Psalm 91.

2 . Position of the moon was sighted spiritually while there was sunshine in Lagos, Nigeria.

3. The distance between the sun and the moon was not far spiritually .

4 . At a point in time, spiritually, the moon rested on the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry on earth planet.

5. On the 26th October, 2016, while there was sunshine in Lagos Nigeria, I was able to locate the moon in the spirit realm and I saw the moon carrying the banner of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry.

6.The word of God that came out from the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry on planet earth corresponded with word of God that came out from the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon . This implies that there is a divine coordination between the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry on earth planet and the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry operating in side the moon. The coordination between the altars are the works of the Holy Spirit.

7. The altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon works 24hrs.

8.Glory be to the Most High God, as most of prayers conducted on the 26 /10/2016 , I stood on the moon to make Prophetic declaration.

9 . Based on the strategic location of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon, witches, wizards, marine powers and occultic powers will experience crash landing whenever they are travelling for their evil meetings with their transportation systems in the kingdom of darkness. It will result to sending the witches wizards, occultic powers etc. to the grave yard.

10.The altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon will destroy communication systems of evil powers operating in earth planet and the heavenlies.

11. With the location of the altar at the moon, iit will checkmate the activities of evil powers tthat may programme evil into the moon ,stars and the sun.

12. The activities of.the kingdom of darkness shooting down people stars in the heavenlies will be duly protected by the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon.

13.The altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry will protect peoples blessings as the altar will serve as a window to monitor any activities that is going on in the world by the power in the blood of Jesus.

As more reports from the moon comes in, we shall not hesitate to relay to the general public.
Matthew 5: Let your light so shine before men, tthat they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Thank you Jesus.

Prophet Isaac Elijah Esema
http:// http://www.lightofgodandpropheticministry.org.

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE MOON TO RAISE AN ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY PSALM 89 : 37 DATED 25TH OCTOBER 2016

SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGHS :

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE MOON TO RAISE AN ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY PSALM 89 : 37 DATED 25TH OCTOBER 2016 . RECORDED AT THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY.

Glory be to the Sovereign LORD .

The Covenant to establish Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the Moon was supported by the word of God in Psalm 89 : 37 which says :
It will be established for ever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.

The following prompted me to go to the moon spiritually to raise an altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry :
1.The Austronaut visited the moon spending trilion of dollars with all sorts of cameras planted in the moon.
2.The witchcraft /occultic powers can programme evil in the moon to harm people
3. An evil incantation can be programmed into the moon to kill and destroy.
The Psalmist says in Psalm 121:6 – The sun will not harm me by day nor the moon by night.
The above Bible verse shows that the enemy of your soul can fight spiritually from the moon.
4.Some Christians who knows how to fight spiritual warfare from the heavenlies will pray like this : a.O moon, fight against the stronghold of witchcraft powers of my father’s house, in the name of Jesus. b . Father Lord, let the moon favour me and my household today, in the name of Jesus.

The witchcraft /occultic powers have been using this strategy over the Christians to afflict the Christians and non Christians will all sorts of infirmities.

I am not here to preach deliverance or spiritual warfare. I am only trying to point out few explanations of my mission on spiritual journey to the moon to raise an altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry which is the first of its kind since Christianity came to this world.
The general outlook of this spiritual journey will gear the Christians to begin to seek the power of the Holy Spirit and seek for ways on matter relating to spiritual warfare.

Having discussed the general outlook on my mission to raise an altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon

The report of the revelation follows:

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE MOON TO RAISE AN ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY
PSALM 89 : 37

The revelation of Psalm 89 :37 which says :
It will be established for ever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.
The revelation of the Psalm came when I petitioned the Almighty God on my spiritual journey to establish altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon and God accepted my prayer request to go ahead.

The first thing that happened was that before I proceeded on this journey, witchcraft cobweb fell down physically and I killed the witchcraft cobweb.

In the revelation, God said the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry will stand from everlasting to everlasting and the faithful will witness on the sky .

The altar will be a Centre of Spiritual Research .

The altar will monitor activities in the heavenlies, sun, stars etc .

The altar will play a vital role in deliverance, healing, breakthroughs, Salvation, Preaching of word of from the Moon etc

The altar will swallow all other altars in the heavenlies by the power in the blood of Jesus.

The altar will work with angels of God to carry out spiritual activities.

The altar will relay various spiritual messages to the the entire world subject to messages received from the Most High God.

With the establishment of this altar, Prophets from Light of God and Prophetic Ministry will stand authoritatively from the moon to prophesy without fear as directed by the Holy Spirit etc .

As the spiritual journey proceeded to the moon, on getting to the moon, I stood near the moon and I saw an invisible hand who opened a gate that enable me entered the moon. The gate of the moon was opened by the authority of the word of God in Psalm 1 which says :
Blessed is the man
Who does not walk in the the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the mockers.
But his delight is the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by the streams of water which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prosper.
Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

While at the moon, I saw a very big angel of God flying around the moon. I was also hearing a voice in the moon instructing me direction of movement inside the moon.
Surprisingly, I saw a microphone in my right hand and a voice came to me in the moon that I should announced that my mission in the moon was to come and raised an altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry. As soon I finished this announcement, I saw a table with white table cloth used in dressing the table. On top of the table was Holy Bible, anointing oil, bell and hymn book. Pasted on white table cloth was the logo of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry. There was a big Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ which stood behind my right and left hand. The next thing I did was to kneel down and Psalm 136 appeared on where I was kneeling down in the spirit realm. Psalm 136 is normally used for thanksgiving .I read the Psalm on the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry right inside the moon. The angels of God also used this Psalm for thanksgiving song with piano and trumpets. Thereafter, an angel of God wore white garment and came to me directly and poured a very big jar of anointing oil on my head.

Within a few seconds, I saw a very big Cathedral of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry in the moon.No wander, the word of God says in Psalm 127 : 1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labour in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain

Right inside the moon, a voice came to me that I should go and kneel down and pray in the four corners of the moon. In that four corners of the moon, there was a big wooden cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The next activities at the moon was the conducting of the service at the Cathedral of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry at the moon. The attendance of this service were mainly angels of God . During the sermon, I was nominated by the angel to give a short sermon and I took my short sermon on the book Psalm 1:1 which says :
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

With the closing of the service in the moon, it was time for me to come back to the earth planet. I heard a sound of a bell in the spirit realm and I now decended gradually to the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry.
The Spirit of the Most High God told me to read Psalm 136 on arrival at the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry as a sign of appreciation and thanksgiving to the LORD of lords and King of kings.

As I arrived the earth planet, I looked at the moon and God opened my spiritual eyes to see an angel standing beside the moon waving bye bye and I waved same back to the angel.

My spiritual journey to the moon was very smooth. Glory be to God.

Brothers and sisters, why don’t you go on your knees and confess your sins and iniquities and accept Jesus Christ as your personal saviour.

At this end time, God is calling you to ask for the Holy Spirit. God is calling you to ask for the opening of your spiritual eyes .

God is also asking you to keep to His commandments so that you will make heaven.

The fear of God is also very necessary in this journey to paradise.

Prayer Points :
1.Father Lord, I am in your presence forgive me my sins and have mercy on me, in the name of Jesus.

2 . Father Lord, give me the eyes of Elisha and the ears of Samuel, in the name of Jesus.

3. Fresh fire of the Holy Spirit fall upon my life, in the name of Jesus.

It is settled in Jesus name.

Thank you Jesus for establishing the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry in the moon.
First ever in the world.

Prophet Isaac Elijah Esema
http:// http://www.lightofgodandpropheticministry.org.

END TIME REVELATION ON :- CHILDREN OF SATAN MARCHING TO HELL FIRE . REVELATION CHAPTER 3 TIME 6 : 46 AM DATED 17TH OCTOBER 2016 . WARNING TO CHURCHES AROUND THE GLOBE.

END TIME REVELATION ON :-
CHILDREN OF SATAN MARCHING TO HELL FIRE .
REVELATION CHAPTER 3
TIME 6 : 46 AM DATED 17TH OCTOBER 2016 .
WARNING TO CHURCHES AROUND THE GLOBE.
RECORDED AT THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC
MINISTRY.
Glory be to God
The Master of the day of judgment JESUS CHRIST.
God opened this revelation with the book of of Revelation Chapter 3.
As directed by the Holy Spirit, I am going to focus on few verses and I
will encourage my brothers and sisters to read the whole verses before
I go further on the revelation titled “Children of Satan Marching to Hell
fire ”
To the Church in Sardis /Philadelphia
Revelation 3 :1-13.
“To the angel of the church in Sardis writes :
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars. I know your
deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up!
Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your
deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you
have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake
up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will
come to you. Yet you have few people in Sardis who have not soiled
their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are
worthy ..He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will
never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his
name before my Father and his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear
what the spirit says to the churches .
To the Church in Philadelphia
To the angel of of the church in Philadelphia wrte:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key
David. What he opens no one can shut,and what he shut no one can
open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door
that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have
kept my word and you have not denied my name. I will make those of
who are of the Synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they
are not, buy they are liars- I will make them come and fall down at your
feet and acknowledge that I have loved you . Since you have kept my
command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial
that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on
earth.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take
your crown.
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the Temple of my God
.Never again will he leave It. I will write on him the name of my God and
the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming
down out of heaven from my God, and I will also write on my name.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.
Beloveth, we are at end time, this revelation “Children of Satan
Marching to Hell Fire ” shocked me as nearly the whole world was
marching to Hell fire.
The revelation came to me early in the morning after concluding my
normal morning devotion at the altar of Light of God and Prophetic
Ministry. I saw a very large crowd marching to towards the location I
sat near the altar of Light of God and Prophetic Ministry with their
leader carrying a signpost which read “Children of Satan Marching to
Hell fire “. In that revelation, there were no houses vehicles , names of
countries of the world vanished. The whole world looks like a field and
everybody was marching to hell fire. A voice came from among the
crowd that we are children of Satan Marching to hell fire .
The next thing I did in the spirit realm was to seek permission from the
Holy Spirit to engage into discussion with spiritbeing of the Satanic
leader who was leading the congregation of the world to hell fire. The
Holy Spirit now gave me go ahead to enter into round table conference
with the Satanic leader.
Find below my discussion with the spiritbeing of Satanic leader who
was leading nearly all the population to hell fire:
The first question I threw to the Satanic leader was :-
Why are you leading a large population of the world to hell fire with the
signpost “We are the children of Satan Marching to Hell fire?
The Spiritbeing of Satanic leader replied :
We in Satanic Kingdom knows that Light of God and Prophetic Ministry
is registered in heaven. All other altars are polluted . Only few altars
are registered in heaven. We believe in Broadway and we have
succeeded on this earth to win the hearts of Pastors, Prophets,
Evangelists , Reverend Fathers, Church workers and the worshippers
into hell fire.
The spiritbeing of the Satanic leader went as far, that the Muslims are
not left out. That many Muslims are also in hell fire.
The Satanic leader said they have tried to drag me to hell fire but the
God you are serving is very powerful .The Satanic leader said your
name is in the book of life. You have conquered the world and we
Satan are afraid of you because of the God you are serving.
The Satanic leader told me they have tried to kill me since my youthful
days on several occasions but resulted to failure. Immediately, Psalm
91 appeared in the spirit realm. The Satanic leader told me that Psalm
91 works for me, but that very Psalm works against many Christians
because we have succeeded in programming evil into their hearts.
The Satanic leader told me that the chronic disease affecting men of
God are fornication and adultery and they have succeeded in planting
this evil spirits in the hearts of the children of God .
Satanic leader said their coming this morning in the spirit realm was to
come and bowed down for you (Isaac Elijah Esema ) for truly God has
anointed you to preach the gospel and set the people free from
bondage (Obadiah 1 : 17 ). You have been anointed to see spiritual
things which most Christians are blind spiritually and yet to arrive at
this level of things of the spirit. The Satanic leader said, they
capitalised on inability of the Christians to see things of the spirit and
will use their powers to afflict many Christians in their dream line.
Thereafter, the Satanic leader disappeared.
In that revelation, I saw my spiritbeing living our altar and sitting at the
centre of the earth planet and I was witnessing large population
enroute to hell fire. In the spirit realm, I could not pray for their souls
because I was not permitted to do so by the Holy Spirit.
The book of Revelation Chapter 3 and this revelation from the the Most
High God are speaking same language, that hell fire is real. God takes
note of your daily activities likewise Satan knows you very well. As you
are hiding to commit all sorts of sins, God sees you. The day of
accountability is at hand. You will be very surprised Jesus Christ will
just come in to this world like a thief in the night and you will start to
gnash your teeth had I know I could have walked in the ways of the
Lord.
Beloveth, I tell you, that wordly affairs you have decided to subscribe
into will catch you and throw you inside hell fire . If you like to rebel
against the word of God continue and you want to walk in God’s way
continue. But I say unto you a day is coming you will not have an
opportunity to hear this call to repentance again and it will be too late
for you. This is a very big opportunity for you to say bye bye to sins and
iniquities.
Pray like this :Father Lord, I am a sinner, have mercy on me, in the
name of Jesus.
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee. The LORD make His face shine
upon thee, and be gracious unto thee.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Amen and Amen.
Thank you Jesus.
Prophet Isaac Elijah Esema
http:// http://www.lightofgodandpropheticministry.org.

SPIRITUAL PICTURE OF THE EVENT DURING THE PASSING AWAY OF PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL SHIMON PERES – JERIMIAH 22 . RECORDED AT THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY LAGOS – NIGERIA. 30TH SEPTEMBER 2016

THE FEAR OF GOD

THE FEAR OF THE LORD
We have the opportunity of going back to the basics, the foundation of our Christian faith, one of the Most important pillar that upholds the life of every child of living God.

The absence of this pillar has brought about decadence in our society, it has brought collapse in the homes and in our nation. It is responsible for the curruption that has become a monster that this nation is trying to arrest. This pillar of our faith is the fear of the Lord.

Why do we have failures in many places? It is because of the absence of the fear of the Lord. Why is the church, that is the salt of the world, salt of the earth losing her strength, losing her might and not making impact, as expected of her! It is because of the absence of the fear of God. Today as you read through this, the Lord will rekindle this fire that has been extinguished from your life and bring about the much needed revival in the name of Jesus (Amen ).Proverbs chapter 9 verse 10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is understanding “. In this passage, the fear of Lord is described as the beginning of wisdom ie when anyone fears the Lord, he starts in the path of wisdom, he or she allows wisdom to take place in his or her life. Proverbs chapter 1 verse 7 says, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction “.Looking at the two passages, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the second one,the fear of the Lord is
the beginning of knowledge, meaning that, the fear of th Lord serves as the foundation upon which every other things is built. The word fear, in Hebrew, means Yara and it has three kinds of meaning that is dread, as in Deuteronomy 1 verse 29 and Jonah 1:10 .

FOCUS ON THE GOD OF ELIJAH FROM THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY

FOCUS ON THE GOD OF ELIJAH FROM THE ALTAR OF LIGHT OF GOD AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY

In 1 Kings 17 :1 The Bible says ” And Elijah the Tishbite who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word “.That sentence was the introduction of Elijah in the bible. Elijah means “my God is Jah, “Jehovah is God “. The first characteristic of Elijah is that he was a prophet of fire, that is why we say, the God that answereth by fire. There are some gods that answer by spark, some by ashes, some by smoke ,some by water, but that is not the God of Elijah, that is why we call him the prophet of fire.

2 . Elijah was an invincible and mighty man

3.Elijah was the first man who challenged the prophets of Satan to an open contest. Before that time, nobody in the scripture had ever called an open challenge like that by saying , ” call on the name of your God, and I will call on the name of my God “.
Elijah stood against 850 prophets of baal and Asharoth. Therefore no matter the strength of opposition, no matter the power of the evil prophets gathered against you, they shall be disgraced, in the name of Jesus (Amen ).

4. Elijah was not an ordinary prophet. He was extra -ordinary. That is why God is going to move you from ordinary to extra – ordinary in Jesus name.

5. Elijah was a man of volcano force. When he appeared the whole of he’ll trembled.

6 . Elijah was a man of uncommon strength, his aggressive way he out-ran the king’s chariot shows that he was a man of uncommon strength.

7.Elijah was a strong changer. Before he came into the scene in Israel, people were living their lives outside God but he changed their attitude towards God.You too will become a strong changer in Jesus name (Amen ).If you go to Israel on pilgrimage, you will see the status of Elijah. The Israelis are proud to refer to him. God will do something in your life and people will be proud to refer to you in Jesus name Amen.

8 .Elijah was a man of tremendous spiritual force.

9.He confronted kings and pronounced doom upon them. Elijah was not like bishops and prophets we have now who beg to visit government houses , No! He was not like that.

10 . Elijah was a man of vision. I pray that you will be a man or woman of vision too ( Amen ).

11. He was a man of noble courage. At a time when all the prophets ran away, he stood to face the evil .

12. Elijah had a no- nonsense personality.

To be continued. ……….

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TRUST GOD CONCERNING THE TREACHERY FRIENDS PULPIT COMMENTARY

Introduction:

Psalm 55 is a psalm penned by David that deals with what can be one of the more painful experiences that people endure in life. David is dealing with the betrayal of a close friend. But David has not been betrayed by just any close friend, but by someone “with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God” (Psalm 55:14). It is an extremely emotionally painful experience to have someone with whom you put your trust break that trust and turn against you. It is even more painful when it is one of our brothers or sisters in Christ who breaks this trust. David has been betrayed by another child of God, with whom he had shared worshipping the Lord. In this psalm we will look at how David deals with this betrayal and make some applications for ourselves.
I. The Psalmist’s First Discourse (1-11)
A. Call to God (1-2a)

David begins this psalm by pleading to God to hear his words and listen to his prayer. The beginning of verse two declares, “hear me and answer me” (NIV). Immediately we see in this psalm that David is not simply complaining or bemoaning the things he is enduring in this betrayal. Instead, David is going to make requests of God and asks for God to answer his petition.
It seems that David feels abandoned by God from his words in verse 1: “Do not hide yourself from my supplication” (NRSV). There is no doubt that when such dramatic tragedies and painful situations arise, we feel that God has left us and that God is no longer on our side.
We must be reminded of the important lesson David has taught us repeatedly throughout the psalms he has written: turn to God first. When something happens in life that is hard to deal with and burdens our souls, we need to be sure to speak to God first. David has the right inclination to take his pain to God and make his requests know to him, rather than complain or curse God for what has happened.

B. David’s distress (2b-8)

This first discourse by David describes the emotional and mental distress he is feeling. David says, “I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught by the noise of the enemy, because of the clamor of the wicked” (NRSV). What an accurate description for what is happening when going through a great amount of suffering! This is especially true when speaking about when someone who is a close friend puts the “knife in the back.”
David says in verse 4: “My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.” One can hardly understand the feelings that David is expressing. Look at the word pictures that David gives to describe his desperate situation: anguish, terrors, fear, trembling, and horror.
The horrors that David is facing are so terrible that he wishes “O that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest” (NRSV). In fact, David says that he would flee far away and stay in the desert, to a place of shelter far from the tempest.
David feels like he needs to run. I know we all have these kinds of feelings. Sometimes we think that going away or starting at another place would make things better. But it is not possible to run from our problems. In fact, many times trying to run makes things worse. Why? Things can be worse because your problems did not go away, but your support group of friends and Christians are gone because of the move. Most problems are not a matter of geography, but a matter of emotional pain. David could have fled, but that would not resolve the pain he is experiencing due to the betrayal of his friend. But David feels the reaction that we all feel: run. Just move away, go to a different place believing a change of location will make everything better. David desires an escape from the terror around him.

C. Plea for judgment (9-11)

David calls upon the Lord to take action. The ways of his enemies are extremely wicked. In verse 9 we read that the city is full of violence, strife, iniquity, and trouble. Oppression and fraud are found in the marketplace. David tells the Lord that people are cheating other people in the marketplace. The city is a horrible scene of evil.
Therefore, David calls upon God to confuse and confound their speech. This judgment request is likely a reference to the tower of Babel where God confounded and confused the languages of the people who worked together to make a name for themselves. In the same way, David is calling upon God to disrupt the plans of the wicked so they cannot accomplish their goals.

II. The Psalmist’s Second Discourse (12-19)
A. Pain of betrayal (12-15)

In verse 12 we come to the heart of the problem and the reason why David is experiencing such deep pain. “It is not the enemies who taunt me—I could bear that.” These are not just simply strangers who are attacking David nor are these people acquaintances. The person who is causing the pain is a close friend. In fact, he is a companion and with whom David has spent good times together.
Perhaps the most devastating part of this cry is the knowledge that it is not just a close friend who has betrayed David, but it is someone with whom they have shared time worshipping the Lord. David says, “We walked in the house of God with the throng.” The betrayer is another person who is a disciple of God. Losing friends can be painful as it is, but it is worse when a close Christian friend turns against you as an enemy. Now the person attacks you with words, slanders your reputation, and desires to see you ruined.
Notice the sharp words of David concerning this person in verse 15: “Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol; for evil is in their homes and in their hearts” (NRSV). David has no trouble desiring severe judgment come upon them. We see a couple important lessons from this response of David. First, we cannot overlook the wickedness of a person simply because they are a “Christian friend.” We are not talking about a person who makes a mistake. David says the person has evil in the home and in the heart. We are talking about the person who makes a calculated decision to deceive, to sway the hearts of the people, to slander, to cause ruin, and bring pain. They want to inflict harm on you. David says to God, “let death come upon them”
But, the second lesson we learn is that David left these things in God’s hands. David did not become a vigilante and try to bring death on his betrayer. David’s plea is for God to bring death upon them for their actions. There are people who have done things to me in my life and have exhibited this kind of evil in their hearts that I can honestly say to the Lord, “I hope they burn for what they have done.” They deserve judgment for their evil. I can pray to God to bring justice upon the evildoers. David has been afflicted severely by close friend who is acting with evil in his heart. David calls for judgment.

B. Reliance on God (16-19)

David now speaks directly about his reliance upon God. David says, “But I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me.” While feeling abandoned at the start of this prayerful psalm, David realizes that God is listening and God will act on his behalf. Verses 17-18 show David’s confidence in the Lord: “I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice. He will redeem me unharmed from the battle that I wage.”
This shows us one of the reasons why we are to be perseverant in prayer. Prayer is not only a petition to God but also a way to mold our faith. Continual prayer helps us change our exasperation to dependence on God. Talking to God helps our souls become relieved and have rest as we know that God is listening and will respond for us. God will do something because these who have harmed David “do not change and do not fear God” (vs. 19; NRSV).

III. The Psalmist’s Third Discourse (20-23)
A. The character of the betrayer (20-21)

This companion of David’s has violated a covenant of friendship that exists between two people. Notice that David points out that the violation of the covenant was from the words that were said. In verse 21 David says the covenant was violated “with speech smoother than butter, but with a heart set on war; with words that were softer than oil, but in fact were drawn swords.”
David points out that this person’s words seemed to be flattering. The words of this person seemed to be righteous and innocent. But they really were not. The speech is as smooth as butter but the heart was intent on war. The words seemed to be as soft as oil but behind the words were drawn sword ready to wound.
It is imperative that we realize the damage that the tongue can cause. Remember the words of James, ” And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell ” (James 3:6; NASU). We can sever our relationship with God because of our tongues. Are we so naïve to think that our words cannot destroy friendships? While we may forgive the person for their error, the tongue can alter a relationship and completely end a relationship. There is only so long that a person can be under fire from someone’s tongue before they will not be able to be in fellowship with that person. I believe this is exactly what David is describing concerning his companion. Years may go by the pain may not dissipate.

B. Confidence in God (22-23)

David concludes by reminding himself and teaching others to place their burdens on God during these troublesome times. God can sustain us through a turbulent time as this and will never allow the righteous to be moved. There have been times in my life where people attempted to run my name through the mud. These supposed Christians rallied other churches and preachers to attempt to have my father and I (who were preaching together) run out of town. It is demoralizing and depressing to have a member of your own congregation turn on you and bring every weapon they can against you. Especially when you have spent many late nights around their dining room table enjoying each other’s company, eating food together, and play games. It is crushing when such a close friend turns against you.
But God will sustain you. God will get you through it. Eventually, these charges blew over and have been almost forgotten by all the people who were stirred up by this troublemaker. Eventually a resolution will come and your faith and integrity will be stronger for going through the terrible ordeal.
David also relies upon God to take care of the evildoer. God will cast them down into the lowest pit. The psalm ends, “But I will trust in you.” Justice does not come immediately against those who try to destroy us. But we have confidence in the promise of God that they will be cast down.

Conclusion:

One cannot help as they read this psalm to think of Jesus as he also was betrayed by a close friend, Judas. We do not always think of Judas as a close friend. But Jesus was with Judas and the other apostles for more than three years. There were many times when Jesus was alone with his apostles, sharing with them the intimate details concerning the kingdom of God . We need to remember that Jesus has gone through the pain of betrayal. He knows our pain and wants us to cast our burden on him.