When Kings Go to War
Yesterday, I shared two urgent, credible prayer requests for America; you can find them here. Thank you for praying, and please continue to do so. I want to share another prayer request today, based on a dream given to Steven Springer a year and a half ago, in September of 2023. I shared it in a post not that long ago, but the dream keeps coming back to me. I believe it is important for now, perhaps even related to yesterday’s requests. After sharing the dream I’ll give some interpretation and highlight a portion.
THE DREAM
Dutch and I, in a group of five people, were in large, futuristic war machines. Dutch had a standard that held three banners/flags. The top flag was white, with red letters that read “The Love of the Lord.” The next banner was the Appeal to Heaven flag, and the third was the American flag, which was very tattered.
We followed Dutch in formation, advancing quickly toward a battle in front of us. We each had amazing weapons that shot laser lightning. On the side of the weapon was inscribed, as if it was the brand name, “Paga.” Every time we shot the weapons we hit the mark, never missing our target.
Dutch would then get out of his vehicle and plant the standard into the ground as if to mark new territory claimed for the Kingdom! As the spear-like flag pole was thrust into the ground, springs of water would gush forth. I (Steven) would then declare, “Let your Kingdom come, and let the awakening well be unlocked!” Angels would then appear - to keep watch over the territory we had taken back. After each battle, Dutch was given another standard containing three more of the same flags, with the U.S. flag being less tattered.
We moved from battlefield to battlefield, and the process was repeated. Then, as we approached another battlefield and were positioning ourselves to fire, General George Washington came riding to us out of the woods. As he looked at the standard with the banners Dutch was holding - the love of the Lord flag, the Appeal to Heaven flag, and the American flag - he said to us, “Remember Gettysburg, and in the spring is when kings go to war. There will be a revolution and reformation that must take place.” He said again, “Remember Gettysburg, and in the spring is when kings go to war.”
The fear of the Lord came upon us. We all got out of our vehicles, fell to our knees, and began to pray. We were asking for gates to be opened, and that the Lord would give our nation back to the sons of the Kingdom and heal our land. As we did, lightning struck twice, and the land was healed. New growth came up from the ground. And as the banner of love waved in the wind, it released a sound over America.
End of dream.
INTERPRETATION
There were five of us in these battles, which were obviously spiritual, not physical. In Scripture, the number “5” represents “grace.” The grace gifts Christ gave the church, listed in Ephesians 4:11-12 were five in number. David carried five stones to his encounter with Goliath. With God’s gifts and grace, we are equipped to win our spiritual battles.
The three flags represent: 1) God’s redeeming love (Song of Solomon 2:4; John 3:16), 2) Prayer, and 3) America. The American flag was tattered, picturing the United States’ torn and broken condition. The three flags shown together reveal that God loves America and wants to heal her through the prayers of the church.
Our weapons were inscribed with the word “Paga” and fired laser lightning. Steven didn’t know when given the dream that paga is the Hebrew word for intercession! Our weapons were prayer!
Paga has several nuances of meaning, which I teach extensively in my book, Intercessory Prayer, which can provide pictures of what our prayers accomplish. One of those meanings is “to strike the mark” (think bullseye).(1) In the dream, our prayer-weapons released laser lightning, which struck the mark with great accuracy. This is actually spoken of in Job 36:32: “[God] fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike the mark.” The phrase “strike the mark” is indeed the word paga! This dream - and the verse in Job - tells us that our prayers release God’s precision-guided judgments/lightning against His foes.
Paga also means “to encounter” and “to mark boundaries of territory!”(2) Combining all of these definitions: in intercession we encounter spiritual forces, releasing God’s power to strike them with precision, staking claim to territory for the Kingdom of God. All of that is in the word paga!!! This is what we were doing in the dream.
It is significant that the banner of love was above the Appeal to Heaven flag. God is love (1 John 4:8) and His power, released through our prayers, is motivated by love. Our war is not against flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12). We love people and want to see them saved, even those who oppose the Lord.
As we took back territory from the powers of darkness, the land itself was being healed, America as a nation (the flag) was being repaired, and wells of awakening (revival) began springing up from the ground.
At some point, George Washington, the “Father of America,” leader of the American forces in the Revolutionary War, and our first president, came to us with a fascinating message. Part one of his message was “Remember Gettysburg.” Gettysburg was a battle, not in the Revolutionary War, which Washington fought, but in the Civil War. This is significant. The Civil War was internal, a war amongst ourselves, not against another nation. We were being destroyed from within. Gettysburg was the turning point battle in this war.
Then in the dream Washington said, “In the spring is when kings go to war. There will be a revolution and reformation that must take place.” The first part is a quote from 2 Samuel 11:1. At the time in history when this verse was written, most wars were carried out in the spring, primarily due to weather conditions. Why is this verse mentioned in the dream? I am not confident enough to prophesy this interpretation as a sure word from the Lord, but I now believe that Holy Spirit is alerting us that there will be significant efforts this spring - perhaps two of them - to stop the turnaround in America. I don’t know the nature of them, but the Gettysburg/Civil War aspect of the dream causes me to believe they will be from within our nation. Could they be related to the attacks we mentioned in yesterday’s post? Or warnings we have received regarding our water supplies and/or ports? Could they be political? I’m not certain. What I am certain of is that we can win these battles through prayer.
When Washington told us this in the dream, the fear of the Lord came upon us, we exited our vehicles and began to pray earnestly. As we did, our prayers produced lightning from heaven, which struck the ground twice. This was the turning point! The land was healed, and the banner of love released a sound over America. How interesting! Was this a love song?!
I believe our Gettysburg, the “turning point” in the spiritual war for the soul of America, the “revolution” for America’s “reformation,” may very well take place over the next few months. We must persevere in our spiritual warfare, our intercession, releasing the lightning of God to defeat His enemies.
Pray with me:
Father, we want to listen to You diligently and obey You quickly. We listen to and obey Your words from Scripture first and foremost, but we also take to heart the words of Holy Spirit as He leads us in our intercession. At the beginning of 2025, You emphasized lightning in our nation’s capital. This is the year for the lightning!
You have also reminded us that Your power, Your lightning, Your judgments - pictured in Revelation 8:5 - are released from our intercession. Holy Spirit guides these prayers, causing them to “strike the mark” with great precision. And You have reminded us that they are to be motivated by Your love – though they release judgments against Your enemies, they are for the healing of our land and the redemption of many people.
We will not grow complacent. We hear Your alert and believe You are telling us that our generation’s spiritual Gettysburg, our turning point, is coming this spring. We ask You for great sensitivity and discernment as we remain on our posts and appeal to heaven. Help us to stay alert and watchful. Give us this breakthrough! In Jesus’ name, we pray this. Amen.
Our decree:
We decree that we will be sensitive to Holy Spirit’s instructions and win our generation’s Gettysburg!
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James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 6293.
Ibid.
And remember that the battle of Gettysburg occurred from July 1-3.
Does everyone remember the dream from last year about the baby? It was conceived in the spring and I think was born in January 2025. However, there were attacks against it and it really wasn’t safe until July 2025. It would seem there are parallels to these two dreams from my view.
Our 100 Days of Prayer for Pres Trump & his administration go thru Spring, May 1. Fascinating! Exciting. Thank you, Dutch, for your continued sharing, of interpretations, too.
I find it interesting to note that the Devil's Den is located there. Continue prayer for 1607.
God is LOVE!
I find it interesting too, like only God can do, that the name Gettysburg means: Gettys- gates burg - fortress. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Ps 24:7-9