Heaven Suffereth Violence

　
Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.(ref Matt.11:12). What does this mean? First, what does suffereth mean? Suffereth in the biblical sense means allow. Which would mean to say that heaven allows violence. What is violence? Violence in an earthly meaning would be: crime, wars, violation of rights, fighting, looting, killing with no regard for human life. These violent acts are usually committed by inhumane, ruthless and cold-blooded people, which are controlled unknown to themselves, by spiritual wickedness.
How do the violent take heaven by force? Are we the saints of God, the violent that takes heaven by force? If so, then in what ways can we use violence to take heaven by force? Do we storm heaven literally, sweep in there, and fight physically with the wickedness of the spirit world? Or is there another way? No we don't storm heaven literally and yes there is another way.
It is called faithfulness. How is faithfulness violent? Isn’t faith something that you feel in your heart toward God? Is there more to faithfulness? Is faithfulness really one way of taking heaven violently by force? It is.
Fervent praise and worship in church services is violent faithfulness. It tears down barriers and strongholds through the force of praise and worship. This kind of fervent worship upsets the kingdom of darkness tremendously.
Another way of being violent with your faithfulness, is by being faithful to God's call on your life. Faithfulness goes a long way. Every time you are faithful in your walk with God, it bombards heaven by force with violence. Our faithfulness is violent by force, through paying our tithes and offerings of our monetary income to God's kingdom. These tithes and offerings are distributed to support God's kingdom in many different ways. From supporting our local man of God, to foreign missionaries all around the world. This is violence in heaven as we trample down Satan's abilities to hinder God's work around the world, by supporting with our money.
Another way of faithful violence is through consistency. Be consistent at what you do for God's kingdom no matter what it is. Use your talents, use your voice in prayer, use your willingness to be God's servant. This is like a thorn in Satan's side. Our consistency to remain faithful throughout our storms and trials, is violence to Satan's kingdom. It shows him that we know that he who is greater is in us than he who is in the world. It also continues to loosen Satan's grip on our lives, as we face our storms and trials head on with our feet firmly planted on the rock of Christ.
To be violent and take heaven by force, does not mean to always pray in fervent intercession at the top of our voices, straining our vocal chords out. Yes. Prayer is definitely the most effective way of taking heaven by force violently. For it's through warfare prayer in intercession that the spirit prays the things that we know not what to pray.
But it's faithfulness that is the consistency of the violent taking heaven by force. By being faithful, our faith is being strengthened. By being faithful, we are growing stronger with God and gaining more overcoming power over Satan. This is the violence that takes heaven by force and breaks the stronghold of Satan in our lives. It’s our faithfulness.
Faithfulness stands on its own. Faithfulness is powerful, and because of faithfulness, we’ll see Satan's kingdom crumbling before our eyes, if we will just step back and observe our own lives, as to where we were before we came to God, and where we are now ,since becoming established and committed unto God, and most importantly, where we are going with God, as our faithfulness takes us into a deeper realm of spiritual experiences with him. Yes, heaven does suffereth violence, and we the violent, faithful saints WILL take it by force.
Jan 19,1998