Wings of Liberty • November 17, 2024

The Seven Mountain Mandate

Part 1: My Kingdom is Not of This World

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Protestant Christianity affirmed that Christ’s kingdom was “not of this world”. John 18:36


One of the criticisms from the Protestant Reformers against the outrageous worldly excess of the papacy was its many violations of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Not only did the papacy accumulate gold and silver sufficient to make a sultan blush, not only did it flood the world with superstitious and unbiblical teachings such as the doctrine of purgatory, the veneration of the saints, the teaching of the mass etc., it claims the right to command the civil state.


The Popes of Rome have expressly declared that the Pope is the ruler of this world. It has never resiled from these statements, or many others like them.


“The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.”i


“The appellation of God had been confirmed by Constantine on the Pope, who, being God, cannot be judged by man.”ii


“The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man …. he is as it were God on earth, sole sovereign of the faithful of Christ, chief of kings, having plenitude of power.”iii


“The supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires… complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.”iv


Protestantism condemned the papacy’s greed for temporal authority. As recorded in the book, History of the Reformation, D’Aubigne writes,


In an appeal to the emperor and nobility of Germany in behalf of the reformation of Christianity, Luther wrote concerning the pope: "It is a horrible thing to behold the man who styles himself Christ's vicegerent, displaying a magnificence that no emperor can equal. Is this being like the poor Jesus, or the humble Peter? He is, say they, the lord of the world! But Christ, whose vicar he boasts of being, has said, 'My kingdom is not of this world.' Can the dominions of a vicar extend beyond those of his superior?”v


Jesus Christ did not come to this earth to live in a palace and compel obedience to Himself via the power of government. The Bible clearly describes the nature of His kingdom. It is not like the kingdoms of the empires that have risen and fallen throughout human history.


“And when the Pharisees had demanded of Him when the Kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, “The Kingdom of God cometh not with outward show. Neither shall they say, ‘Lo, it is here!’ or ‘Lo, it is there!’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”  Luke 17:19-21


“My kingdom is not of this world, otherwise my servants would fight.” John 18:36


You have an “inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you”. 1 Peter 1:4 ESV

“Lay up for yourself treasure in heaven.” Matthew 6:19-21


“In my Father’s house are many mansions.” “I go to prepare a place for you… I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there ye may be also.” John 14:2-6


Christ teaches “the meek shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5, a standing rebuke to haughty prelates. Christ says, in this world we will have tribulation. John 16:33. “All those who live godly will suffer persecution.” 2 Timothy 3:12


In conjunction with these principles, Christ taught the separation of church and state: “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God.” Matthew 22:21. Caesar (government) is to be obeyed when Caesar stays in his lane, and exercises only the legitimate authority delegated by God.vi But the individual is not to yield to Caesar when Caesar’s claims conflict with the territory of God.


In like manner, the territory Christ instructed His apostles to win was not geographic territory or countries. Christ told His followers to preach the Gospel and win the hearts of the individuals that Christ had died for. “Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matthew 28:19.


Jesus had 12 Apostles. History tells us that none of His Apostles were statesman. They were preachers. Healers. Witnesses to Christ and to His resurrection. Ten of them died as martyrs, murdered for preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of Christ. The only apostle who meddled and schemed with earthly authorities for political gain was Judas. Judas the traitor.


Given Christ’s clear declaration of these unmistakable principles, Christians ought to be both alarmed and indignant at the aggressive movements of so-called “Christian Dominionism”, and its “Seven Mountain Mandate”.

The Seven Mountain Mandate refers to the contention that Christians are called to control and conquer the seven prominent pinnacles of societal influence, namely family, religion, education, media, arts and entertainment, business, and government.vii Members of what is referred to as the “New Apostolic Reformation” (NAR) claim to have a mandate from Jesus Christ to conquer the seven mountains and control them for Christ.viii Once this is accomplished, they believe that Jesus will return to this earth.


Frederick Clarkson, a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates writes that the NAR movement is an expression of dominionism, defined as “the theocratic idea that … Christians are called by God to exercise dominion over every aspect of society by taking control of political and cultural institutions.”ix


The movement is growing rapidly. Amongst its most powerful political adherents are Congresswoman Loren Boebert, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, and spiritual advisor to the President-elect, Paula White.


There are a fascinating number of significant similarities between the Roman Catholic Papacy and the NAR movement. Consider the following partial list.


  1. The Papacy claims to have “apostolic authority” stemming from the Apostle Peter, and running down through the line of popes. It is by virtue of this supposed apostolic succession that it takes the authoritarian positions it does.


The NAR movement also centers around the restoration of apostolic authority, “essentially reversing the Protestant Reformation’s centering of the individual believer working out their own salvation, and its democratic church governance structures based on systems of elders.”i


In other words, the NAR movement restores a papacy-type model of human authoritarianism by virtue of its claim of having new “apostles”. Unsurprisingly, these “apostles” speak authoritatively, and their decrees may supersede Scripture.ii This is a reversal of the Reformation and its focus on individual rights and the authority of the Bible.


The significance of this cannot be overstated.


“If you submit to their leadership, then you too will work mighty miracles. You’ll become part of a great end-time army that will bring about a world revival and cleanse the earth of evil by calling down hailstones, fire and the other judgments of God described in the New Testament book of Revelation.


If you do not submit to their leadership then, at the very least, you will miss out on God’s end-time plans. And if you actively oppose the apostles and prophets, then brace yourself for the fallout. Others must be warned that you are the pawn of a powerful demon, known as the “spirit of religion.””iii


2. The Papacy is the harlot that sits on the seven mountains mentioned in Revelation 17. "The seven heads  [of the scarlet beast] are seven mountains on which the woman sits.” Revelation 17:9.


The NAR movement specifically references the seven mountains of Revelation 17:9 as the target of its political and cultural efforts.iv Thus, both the Papacy and the NAR want control of the same territory. Or, put another way, there is perhaps sufficient common purpose between them to make common cause to accomplish it. This will be discussed in more detail in the future.


3. Both the Papacy and the NAR movement expressly reject the separation of church and state.v


It is common knowledge that the Papacy rejects the separation of church and state. The Papacy itself is both church and state, as the Pope is the Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic church, and he is also the king of Vatican City, known formally as The Holy See. As noted above, the papacy asserts sovereignty over the world.


But Protestantism in America has a long history of affirming the separation of church and state, beginning with Roger Williams, and continuing with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and many others. Read more on this subject here.


The express rejection of the separation of church and state by the NAR movement, and its stated intention to rule over society by conquering the seven mountains is a rejection of the Bible and the teachings of Protestantism.


For the purposes of concluding this introductory article today, we wish to note the oft-cited words of Benjamin Franklin. "When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.”


We apprehend the same.


In upcoming articles on the Seven Mountain Mandate, we will more closely examine the teachings of the New Apostolic Reformation and compare them with the teachings of Jesus, and Bible prophecy.


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i Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, Cities Petrus Bertanous.


ii Pope Nicholas I, Labb IX Dist.: 96 Can. 7, Satis evidentur, Decret Gratian Primer


iii Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, 1763, Volume VI, ‘Papa II’, pp.25-29


iv Leo VIII, On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens, Encyclical letter, 1890


v D'Aubigne, History of the Reformation, b. 6, ch. 3; see also Great Controversy 88 140.3


vi This point will be examined in greater detail in an upcoming article.


vii https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/the-seven-mountains-revelation/news-story/be825c6262f5e764a3c2cbd385442702


viii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate


ix https://politicalresearch.org/strategy/pra-news/meet-new-apostolic-reformation-cutting-edge-christian-right


x https://www.salon.com/2024/01/02/meet-the-new-apostolic-reformation-cutting-edge-of-the-christian-right/ [emphasis added]


xi  https://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-magazine/2015/a-new-reformation#:~:text=NAR%20leaders%20call%20their%20new%20movement%20apostolic,be%20greater%20than%20the%2016th%2Dcentury%20Protestant%20Reformation


xii R. Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec, God’s Super-Apostles: Encountering the Worldwide Prophets and Apostles Movement, Pivec, Weaver Book Co., December 2014.


xiii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate


xiv  https://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-magazine/2015/a-new-reformation#:~:text=NAR%20leaders%20call%20their%20new%20movement%20apostolic,be%20greater%20than%20the%2016th%2Dcentury%20Protestant%20Reformation


MAY 17, 2026: REDEDICATION AND THE IMAGE OF GOLD

By Wings of Liberty • May 6, 2026
Nearly six hundred years before the birth of Christ something occurred in ancient Babylon which symbolizes the final events of our day. The most powerful king in the world at that time erected a statue of gold on the plain of Dura, and called the dignitaries of his kingdom to come bow down and worship it. The Bible says that they “were to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up” – Daniel 3:3. Carefully note the wording. Nebuchadnezzar’s dedication of the image was a service which blended worship and patriotism: Religious Nationalism. Church and state. Attendance and participation were mandatory. The statue symbolized a golden age that would never end. It was not just a civil idea, it was a religious idea, in direct response, a rejection, to the dream Nebuchadnezzar had in Daniel 2. The ceremony of the dedication of the image in Daniel 3 was a religio-nationalist event. Failure to worship the image was not only unpatriotic, it was a capital crime, punishable by execution in a fiery furnace. See Daniel 3:1-6. Daniel was a book sealed – Daniel 12:4. Revelation is a book opened – Revelation 5:5. Revelation, in other words, explains the book of Daniel and its prophetic significance to us. Revelation 13 maps out a repeat of the events of Daniel 3 and 6, but on a worldwide scale. The healing of the deadly wound to the papal power – this is finished. We have already passed it in the dust of history. It occurred in 1929 when civil power was restored to the Vatican, uniting church and state. Next is the setting up of the image to the papal power. Church and state. In Daniel 3, the three Hebrew worthies face a religious-political test. In Daniel 6, Daniel faces a similar political and religious test. The Lord is informing us of what is to come. In Revelation 13 we have the explanation. The Bible declares: Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Fast forward from Babylon to our day, more than two and a half millennia later. The most powerful man in the world is calling the country to the re-dedication of the nation. Re-dedication to what??? Rededication to its founding principles? Rededication to the separation of powers? Apparently not, for the three branches of government are collapsing into the power of the executive branch. Rededication to the separation of church and state? Negative. Rededication to liberty of conscience? Nope. Freedom of religion? No. None of these. The meaning of Trump’s “Golden Age” is the same as in ancient Babylon: permanence and power. It is not a civil service alone that is planned. No, there is a religious element to this service, as there was in Daniel 3. There is mention of a god. Re-dedication to God. This is religio-political language. The rededication of the nation to God. And that is the same forbidden ground that Nebuchadnezzar trod on more than two and a half thousand years ago during the height of ancient Babylon and its golden image which was supposed to herald a golden age. The parallels are astonishing. Striking. Too clear to miss. To blend religion and civil governance is to make an image to that oppressive and despotic papal power which ruled the world for 1260 years. Revelation prophecies that the “lamb-like beast” which comes up out of the earth will make an image to the papal power. That means America – which is built on a separation of church and state – will reunite church and state once more in violation of its founding principles. This is happening right now. The world will change forever on May 17, 2026. Church and state are uniting, and the nation, in violation of its founding principles and the First Amendment, will gather to rededicate civil society to God. With a union of church and state will come the push for religious legislation, because if the nation is dedicated to a god, then it will next attempt to enforce the observance and worship of that god. The blessings of God have been showered on America, but always on the condition that it maintain its covenant to safeguard liberty of conscience and the separation of church and state. The blending of church and state violates that covenant and will lead to a marked deterioration in every aspect of society. Babylon is fallen, is fallen – Revelation 14:8. The mark is coming – the requirement that Sunday be sanctified. That is the mark of papal power – the contended change of the fourth commandment. Revelation 14 contains the last warning to humanity: Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Donald Messiah

By Wings of Liberty • April 13, 2026
World leaders tend to have inflated egos. Familiarity with worldly power and the ability to command armies and multitudes tends to go to their head. But as arrogant and narcissistic as the average head of state is, few of them claim to be god. That class of elite arrogance is usually reserved for a select group of the great megalomaniacs of history. 1 Pharoah in Egypt right before his country was destroyed by the ten plagues. Herod before he was eaten by worms, right after the multitudes declared, “it is the voice of a god, and not a man” – Acts 12:22. Papa Doc Duvalier in Haiti, who rewrote the Lord’s Prayer to give worship to himself – “Our Doc, Who art in the National Palace…/Hallowed be Thy name…/Thy will be done at Port-au-Prince and in the provinces/Give us this day our new Haiti/and never forgive the trespasses of the antipatriots who spit every day on our country”. Pharoah. Herod. Alexander the Great, who is rumored to have drowned in his own vomit. Papa Doc. And Donald Trump.  Long tending towards delusions of deity, the president released an end time signal picture on April 12, 2026 on his own platform, “Truth Social”.

HORMUZ STRAIT-JACKET, OVERWHELMING SURPRISE

By Wings of Liberty • March 30, 2026
The following paragraph was penned over 120 years ago, but accurately describe the events of our world today. And tomorrow. In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage. There will be pestilence, plague and famine. The waters of the deep will overflow their boundaries. Property and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should be preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that love Him. Maranatha, 174 (1897). … It is March 30, 2026. The Strait of Hormuz, a corridor through which a third of global shipping once passed, i has been largely closed to traffic for thirty days. The population at large has yet to realize the full catastrophic implications of this closure. When they do, they are likely to panic. In the weeks leading up to the commencement of the war in Iran, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate fluctuated between $55 and $66/barrel. Today, it is $101.56/barrel. Brent crude is even higher, surpassing $115/barrel as of the time of writing. The Strait of Hormuz is the conduit for 40% of global fertilizer shipments, and 50% of urea shipments. 50% of global sulphur, used in pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides, come through the Strait of Hormuz. All such traffic is at a standstill. Already struggling farmers are confronted with the twin spectres of rapidly rising fuel costs and limited fertilizer. Maybe the timing of the invasion of Iran is just a coincidence. Maybe it was unforeseen that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz if it was attacked. Maybe the people who plan wars don’t have sophisticated war gaming capabilities and artificial intelligence war simulators which project likely outcomes. Or maybe, if the elites who want a global population collapse could pick any moment to interrupt shipping traffic and create conditions for widespread famine on planet earth, they would pick the spring planting season. Coincidence or not, in addition to the cessation of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, China has also restricted fertilizer exports. ii Suddenly, the prospect of famine in various places globally is rising. To say that people are unprepared would be a gross understatement. Grocery stores in the western world stock approximately 3 days worth of food. Nearly all domestic food transportation globally runs on diesel. On February 23, 2026, the U.S. retail diesel price was $3.809 per gallon. By March 23, 2026, it had risen to $5.375 per gallon. Those costs will be passed on to consumers sooner or later, and inflation will erode the savings and financial stability of the population. Nations are being squeezed. Many countries in Asia have implemented fuel rationing. Sri Lanka has introduced a QR-code-based rationing system limiting private cars to 15 litres per week. Bangladesh restricts motorcycle purchases to 2 litres per day and private cars to 10 litres per day. Myanmar has instituted an "odd-even" rationing system for fuel purchases based on vehicle registration numbers. Cambodia has seen significant closures with a third of petrol pumps shut down. South Korea has ordered public servants to reduce passenger car use and capped refined fuel exports. Thailand has encouraged remote work, limited air conditioning to 26°C, and suspended fuel exports. Vietnam is encouraging remote work and limiting personal vehicle use, while some smaller stations have temporarily closed due to declining supplies. Nepal has limited the use of official vehicles to essential services and is considering an odd-even system for private vehicles. Pakistan has reduced available fuel for government vehicles by half. We have repeatedly been told that the war in Iran will be over quickly. But US soldiers were informed by their commanding officers that this war will bring in Armageddon. If the theocons who control the White House are anticipating Armageddon, why would anyone think that this is going to be a transitory situation? Or that everything will go back to normal if the Iran issue is resolved? The reality is that a paradigm shift has taken place in the upper echelons of power in America. There is now a union of church and state, and the Iran war is a religious war. A “holy war”, at the conclusion of which the theocons claim will usher in a “golden age” of peace and prosperity. Stock markets and political analysts have yet to understand, or even begin to consider, what this means in all its various ramifications. In the meantime, we propose that readers watch the following video on food scarcity, and seriously consider taking steps to plant a garden soon. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c77M4mC7yLg ________________________________________________ i https://www.etcgroup.org/content/experts-warn-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-and-fuel-blockage-could-lead-global-food-crisis ii https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-restricts-fertiliser-exports-further-crimping-war-tightened-supply-2026-03-19/