They Shall Take Up Serpents
We are living in a prophetic hour an hour where the Spirit of God is awakening His people to walk again in the same power, revelation, and dominion that shook the early church.
From Acts to Revelation, we read it again and again “Thus saith the Spirit.”
The Holy Ghost never stopped speaking. He is still moving, still revealing, still calling the Church to rise.
But religion has convinced many that God has gone silent. They quote Hebrews 1:1–2 as if God retired after Jesus spoke: “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son.”
And while the Father has indeed chosen to speak through His Son, Jesus Himself said the Holy Spirit would continue speaking, revealing what He hears from Heaven.
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.” John 16:12–13 (KJV)
The Spirit of God hasn’t stopped speaking. The Church just stopped listening
The Spirit of Revelation and Wisdom
I don’t write this to sound deep. I write this because the Holy Ghost is crying out, calling the Church to awaken! And I rebuke the false humility that claims humbleness but never share truth to others of what they are decerning in the spirit.
Paul prayed that the Church would receive “the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.”
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe.” — Ephesians 1:17–19 (KJV)
Paul was praying that our eyes would be opened, that we’d come into the light, and behold God without the veil. Revelation brings you into the light of who He is, and in that light, you discover who you are.
The Apostle Paul wrote,
“That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.”
— Philemon 1:6 (KJV)
In other words, the power of your faith begins to work the moment you acknowledge the revelation of who Christ is in you. The more clearly you see Him, the more clearly you understand who you’ve been created to be.
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;
that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.”
— 1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)
The Natural Man Cannot See the Light
The natural man cannot see this light.
The carnal mind cannot perceive the things of God.
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
— 1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)
Paul described God as the One who:
“Only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;
whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting.”
— 1 Timothy 6:16 (KJV)
That light is unapproachable to the natural man.
But through the blood of Jesus, the veil was torn and now, the redeemed are called into that same light!
Unto Perfection — Unto Maturity
So what happens after you’re born again?
You weren’t saved just to sit and wait for heaven. You were saved to grow into the fullness of Christ.
“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection…”
— Hebrews 6:1 (KJV)
Perfection doesn’t mean flawlessness. it means maturity.
It means becoming what you were created to be.
“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.”
— Ephesians 4:13 (KJV)
The cry of the Spirit in this generation is simple: Grow up into Him. Walk in what you’ve been given.
You weren’t meant to survive the world . you were meant to transform it.
The Strong Meat — The Depths of Revelation
For too long, the Gospel has been reduced to sin management and church attendance. But the cross didn’t just forgive you — it empowered you.
“To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places
might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God.”
— Ephesians 3:10 (KJV)
We are called to make known the wisdom of God, to reveal His authority to the unseen realm. The Church isn’t just a place to gather; it’s Heaven’s legislative body, God’s governing force on earth.
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
— Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
Paul wasn’t talking about a mental battle like he described in 2 Corinthians 10:4–5. That’s a different dimension of warfare. In 2 Corinthians, he’s dealing with thoughts and imaginations — but here, in Ephesians, he’s describing a spiritual confrontation with heavenly powers. One battle takes place in the mind, the other in the unseen realm.
Dethroning Principalities and Powers
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by him, and for him.”
— Colossians 1:16 (KJV)
There is order and rank in the spirit realm.
Thrones. Dominions. Powers. Principalities.
But Satan built a counterfeit government through these very structures.
“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
— 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV)
“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.”
— Ephesians 2:2 (KJV)
To be called “prince” and “god of this world” implies rule and dominion — but it’s stolen dominion.
Stolen Dominion
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
— Genesis 1:26 (KJV)
Adam was Heaven’s representative a man clothed in authority. Satan had been cast out of Heaven, but he still craved a throne. And the only way he could gain dominion on earth was to deceive the one who had it.
Through the serpent, he influenced Eve. Through Eve, he gained Adam.
And in that moment, dominion shifted hands.
Redeemed Dominion — The Mandate to Take Up Serpents
But Jesus, the Last Adam, came to take back what was lost.
He reclaimed all authority and gave it back to His Church.
“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
…In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
— Mark 16:15–18 (KJV)
When Jesus said “they shall take up serpents,” He wasn’t endorsing snake handling.
He was declaring spiritual authority.
It means: “In My Name, you will dethrone powers. You will expose serpents. You will overthrow every dark dominion that’s claimed what I’ve already redeemed.”
We are not spectators in a spiritual battle, we are enforcers of Christ’s victory.
The Cry of the Spirit
The cry of the Spirit in this hour is clear:
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.”
This is the hour of revelation. The hour of power.
The hour to take up serpents and cast down every throne of darkness in your territory.
“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you:
but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
— 1 John 2:27 (KJV)
The Spirit of Revelation is awakening a generation who will not just preach revival — but live it.
Who will not just talk about authority but walk in it.
Now is not the time to bow to fear.
Now is the time to go into the world and take up serpents.
To dethrone rulers of darkness and advance the Kingdom with boldness, fire, and power.
