There is a power being released in the voices of the children of the Lord!

Gideon’s 300 shouted “the sword (word) of the Lord” and the Lord won the battle for God’s people by turning the enemy on itself.

Today we face battles for our families and nation, and the Lord is saying it is time to be ready and shout and decree His word of the Lord to all these situations.

• We have a shout of victory! and not despair
• A shout of faith! A shout of hope! A shout of His power!
• A shout of deliverance that set the captives free
• A word of wisdom like that of Solomon in confusing situations
• A shout that releases the anointing of the Lord our healer for healing of spirit, soul and body
• A shout of the victory of the shed blood of the Lamb and the work of our Lord Jesus on the Cross
• A shout of resurrection power in the name of The Lord!

Rise up and SHOUT unto the enemy using the sword of the Lord which is His word!

It is time for breakthrough and victory, a time for salvation, a time for healing, and a time for deliverance.

Judges 7:19 So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!” 21 And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled. 22 When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the (ememy) army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

Prophetic Symbology of my Sword of Solomon

I recently acquired a ceremonial sword that is called the Sword of Solomon. This sword has various symbols on it the I have explained below.  1.22 metres in length (48″) and is quite heavy.

King Solomon was the second son of Uriah the Hittite’s wife, Bathsheba, whom his father, King David, had married after orchestrating his death.

King Solomon reigned in Israel between 970 and 931 B.C.E. and was known and respected as a wise, fair and powerful king. King Solomon raised the Israelite monarchy to the maximum grade of peace and prosperity. King Solomon built the Jerusalem Temple, and a wall around the city as well as cultivated the sciences and the arts.

The bible records that there was a case in which two women were fighting for a child and King Solomon, in order to find out which one was telling the truth, King Solomon gave his sword to a soldier and ordered him to split the baby in two, giving one half to each of the women. The real mother begged the king not to kill the child and to give him to the other woman. In this way, King Solomon knew immediately which one was lying, showing great wisdom and fairness.

The sword is two edged and in the shape of a cross.  We know swords are talked about many times in scripture and generally speak of power, authority, and action.

A sword represents authority. A sword qualifies you to fight. A sword is not a shield. A shield is defensive, but a sword is offensive.  The gospel preached is offensive to a sinful world.

The sword is the only item listed by Paul that serves in an offensive capacity. Even if we have all the rest of the armour equipped perfectly, without our sword, we amount to little more than heavily armoured moving targets.

Spiritually a sword speaks of the word of the Lord and speaking the word of faith.  By this means we fight and have victory in Him.

Star of David on the pommel

The star, or more correctly Shield of David, is on both sides of the pommel.  The shield historically is the shape of six sticks tied together in a star shape that then had layers of wet animal skins stretched over them to make a shield.

This is a symbol of our faith in the Lord and an impartation of the gift of faith. We live by faith and the shield shows the protection the Lord gives us.

The Star of David reminds us that despite our efforts to accomplish in this world, just like God decided that King David would be successful in defeating armies much greater than his own, so too, will God help us accomplish our goals. This is why we say, ‘Blessed are you Lord, Shield of David’.

David took the sword of Israel’s enemy and used it to remove Goliath’s head.  The Lord has given you a sword (His word) and in doing so will strip away the weapons of the enemy.

Menorah

On one side of the cross piece is a menorah ( seven-lamp candelabra) which is a symbol of the Light of God (the gospel) and the seven spirits of God. [Revelation 5:6, Isaiah 11:2-3]

The Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirits of wisdom, of understanding, of counsel, of might, of knowledge and of fear of the Lord. These  are the seven Spirits, which are before the throne of God.

Ark of the Covenant

On the other side of the cross piece of the sword is an image of the ark of the covenant which symbolises the holy presence of the Lord.

The ark also symbolises the mercy seat of atonement which is the Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world.

The Ark was at the very centre of the Tabernacle. To reach it, the high priest (note: today we all now have access through Jesus) had to walk through the host of Israel and past the Levites. He had to enter the courtyard and past the Brazen Altar, the Laver, the Table of Shewbread, the Candlesticks, the Golden Altar, and through the veil (now rent in two). The coverings of the Tabernacle, the incense of the altar, the blood of the Atonement surrounded or covered the Ark. Holy anointing oil was sprinkled upon it. The Ark was at the centre of the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle was at the centre of the nation. Almost always the Ark was kept in the very centre of the camp – even when the nation was moving. And the Ark was the place of meeting with the Lord.

The ark is the place we meet the Lord in intimacy.

Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

Winged Lions, wearing Kippahs

At the ends of the cross piece of the sword are winged lions with the face of men.  These are a Persian symbol but they are each wearing a kippah.  Jews were a kippah to signify that they are under God’s ultimate authority.  Thus these are a symbol of the world systems being under God’s ultimate authority.

This also symbolises the authority that the believer has in Christ Jesus. Using the sword (the word) by faith we speak with God’s authority.

Matthew 10:1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Significant scriptures that speak of swords (reference)

Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Hebrews 4:12 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Revelation 19:15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

1 Kings 3:23 And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ” 24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!”
But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”
27 So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”

Exodus 17:13 So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 11:10-12 Then Joshua turned back at that time, and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms. They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

Joshua 19:47 The territory of the sons of Dan proceeded beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.

Judges 20:17 Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were numbered, 400,000 men who draw the sword; all these were men of war.

2 Samuel 24:9 And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

2 Samuel 23:10 He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.

1 Samuel 21:8-9 David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s matter was urgent.” Then the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

2 Samuel 23:12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory.

2 Samuel 1:14-16 Then David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’S anointed?” And David called one of the young men and said, “Go, cut him down.” So he struck him and he died. David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’S anointed.'”

1 Samuel 15:33 But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 17:51 Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 22:18-19 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.

1 Kings 19:1 Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

2 Kings 19:37 It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

Joshua 6:21 They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 31:4-6 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me ” But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid So Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.

Acts 16:27 When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

Genesis 3:24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

Numbers 22:21-23 So Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab. But God was angry because he was going, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.

Deuteronomy 33:29 “Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places.”

Leviticus 26:6-8 ‘I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. ‘But you will chase your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword; five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:11-12 For thus says the Lord GOD, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you. “By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations, And they will devastate the pride of Egypt, And all its hordes will be destroyed.

Psalm 45:3 Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendour and Your majesty!

Micah 5:6 They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory.

Exodus 5:3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

Matthew 10:34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

2 Chronicles 20:9 ‘Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgement, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.’

Psalm 7:12 If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

Isaiah 31:8 And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him So he will not escape the sword, And his young men will become forced laborers.

Jeremiah 50:35-37 “A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the LORD, “And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her wise men! “A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered! “A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

Ezekiel 11:8-10 “You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord GOD declares. “And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you. “You will fall by the sword I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:3 and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 33:2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,

Revelation 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write,
These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.