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DEAR SAINTS,
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the Lord. My Spirit which is upon you, and My word which I have placed out of your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth—nor out of your offspring, or your offspring, says the Lord, from now and forever” (Isaiah 59:21). 

OUR GOD IS A GOD OF COVENANT. And that’s about the only thing that explains America’s generational continuity of freedom, especially given our against-all-odds beginnings. I know we’re celebrating 250 years with the American Revolution. But to understand our true founding, lets look back even further, to an unlikely group of religious revolutionaries known simply as the Pilgrims. 

Meeting My Pilgrim Forefather
I AM PRONE TO PROPHETIC EXPERIENCES. But this one was totally surreal. Gazing 400 years into the past, my Pilgrim forefather Richard Warren suddenly appeared, staring intently at me from a branch and bramble cottage with a thatched roof. He signaled for Jolene and me to come in.

The experience proved more prophetic than I could have imagined. Yet it was entirely real. Jolene and I were visiting Plimoth Plantation, encountering actors portraying both Pilgrims and Native Americans with historical accuracy. I was speaking with my Pilgrim forefather.

“I’m your offspring,” I began. 

My brief introduction provoked an aggressive defense in return. Eyeing me suspiciously, he insisted before God there was no possible way he had yet gained any offspring in the new world. He remained steadfastly faithful to his beloved wife Elizabeth, waiting patiently for her arrival from England. 

In the proper New England tradition, my mom’s lineage was reflected in her maiden name. Martha Elizabeth Warren Tudbury. Maybe the defiant Pilgrim would soften a bit when he realized I was descended from his wife.

“Whence are you?” He asked. “Where are you from?”

I smiled. “Washington DC. Maybe you’ve heard of it?”

“Indeed I have. An untamed wilderness!” He gasped. “RIFE WITH HUNTERS AND THIEVES…”

Well that about nailed it. To this day, in fact. 

Pilgrims and the Prophetic
“How are things with your church these days?”

“The church has suffered quite a controversy of late,” Warren began. “Unlearned men, and even women, are standing up in church and PROPHESYING!” 

Prophesying pilgrims? 

The first time I ever heard that Pilgrims prophesied was from my forefather, Richard Warren. His description proved very accurate historically. The prophetic spirit was cultivated in Leyden, Holland years before their voyage. 

Likely the guy playing my forefather had no idea that the descendent now before him was known nationally as a prophet. But that’s just how Jesus rolls, right? As the Isaiah 59:21 conveys, He keeps covenant even generationally. And as part of keeping covenant, He seeks to put His Spirit upon the offspring of our forefathers, and His word in our mouths. Spirit of America.

The Pilgrims and the Spirit of America
In the same way the the Pilgrims forged the land that became the United States of America, they also forged the Spirit of America. They established their community in covenant with Jesus Christ, and invited Holy Spirit to dwell. Through divine inspiration they created the first expression of representational governance in the new world. Of the people, by the people, and for the people. It stands to this day. 

And they prophesied. They spoke divine revelation under the anointing. Meanwhile Holy Spirit hovered not only over their lives, but their churches and communities to birth our land as a nation of awakening.

Maybe for this reason, to this day the motto still emblazoned on the license plates of Massachusetts is “Spirit of America.” No doubt competing spiritual forces contended for national influence from these shores. But God’s covenant always prevails, as long as we partner with Jesus for the mission on our end. Gideons arise!

Beach-Head Against Antichrist Dictatorship
It’s important to note that the Pilgrims who arrived on America’s shores were sent by an apostolic community preparing over decades for this assignment. Messianic Jewish leader Asher Intrater notes that Jews in Europe referred to the Pilgrim community as “People of the covenant.” According to Intrater, the Pilgrims “saw themselves as a new Israel, a nation in covenant with God” (from the book Covenant Relationships). 

The Pilgrims considered the monarchies of Europe, as well as many denominations forsaking biblical directives, to be conduits of the spirit of Babylon. They forged their apostolic community as a beach-head AGAINST ANTICHRIST DICTATORSHIP.

Covenant. Freedom. Prophetic release. A godly defiance. Governance by consent of the governed, as a beach-head against antichrist dictatorship. We have inherited a priceless covenantal legacy from the Pilgrims, invoking the Holy Spirit as the true Spirit of America. This Thanksgiving, be sure to give thanks for it. And lets together build upon the Rock to direct our future. NO KING BUT JESUS…