From: Jose and Mary Alvarez [jealvarez@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 6:16 PM
To: Native-Believers
Subject: Comments by the Washington State Republican Party

Dear All:

After our experience yesterday in dealing with the hostilities of certain individuals from the Washington State Republican Party I would like to make the following observations. Far above all things in importance is what the Apostle Paul states in Ephesians Chapter 6.

1 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 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. {flesh…: Gr. blood and flesh} {spiritual…: or, wicked spirits} {high: or, heavenly}
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. {having…: or, having overcome all}
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 ¶ And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

If we look into the heavenlies, the bottom line of what is happening is a spiritual strategy, scheme, or attack by the enemy to attempt to stop the Lord from raising up Native Americans to perform His work.

History is very complex, and all that has happened to Native Americans has too many deep ramifications for me to even begin to comprehend. I can only give a very superficial analogy from a spiritual stand point. The fact being that Satan has come so viciously against Native Americans for so many years, tells me that he has been frightened and angered at what the Lord has desired to do through the Native people. The God given spirituality, sincerity, kindness, and wisdom of Native people is a powerful mix in the eyes of God for a great work to be wrought by Him amongst Native Americans. I believe this is what Satan saw, has attacked, attacks, and will continue to do so. His hatred is not so much towards peoples, as it is towards God. The more that God can do through a particular people, the more will be Satan's ploys against those particular people. I would venture to say that we have not begun to scratch the surface of what God desires to accomplish through Native people. Because of this, as believers, we must not allow the enemy to get the upper hand against us as he has in the past. Jesus has won, but we must engage ourselves in the spiritual battle, using spiritual weapons, and the strategies of the Lord ,borne out of prayer.

I am not called to the political arena as other believer have. I spoke out yesterday because it was not only appalling to me as to what I saw, but I was reminded of the following scripture.

Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

The few times that I have spoken up, such as with the incident yesterday with the Washington State Republican Party, and the ACLU on other several occasions, I have never ever gotten a response back from them!
This tells me that these works are obviously inspired by Satan. The enemy always does all of his work laying low, or as the saying says, "out of sight, out of mind." If he would ever come to fight head on, his works would be easily exposed, and dealt with by believers.
The fact that we do not get a response from theses groups tell me that they have agendas, and that they are serious about what they are doing. Once again, as their father Satan, their ploy is to stay low, not to engage in a head on battle, and do their works maliciously, and in secrecy. They mean business! Make no doubt about it, this particular man and some of the WSRP are being inspired by the enemy to once again thwart what God wants to do through Native people!
We have the victory in Jesus! Hallelujah! However, we must, and cannot sit passively by as Christian leaders called to the First Nations. If we do, the reality of Christ's victory will not be ours! We must engage in the battle on behalf of all Native Americans, if FN peoples are to arise this time around to fulfill their God given destiny. I can guarantee you, that enemy sees the Native body of Christ arising, and he is not sitting passively by!
Our battle is won, but the reality of Jesus' victory will be seen only as we combat the enemy by the Spirit of God, and as God tells us from moment to moment what to do.
From this day on we shall not allow the enemy to ever get the upper hand ever again. Hallelujah! Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
Finally, in my spirit I feel that the Lord is telling me that He is not done with what the enemy is trying to scheme through the WSRP. I feel that there are more steps to be taken to secure our victory against the enemy in this matter. We must not stop! A few E Mails to this particular group will not stop their agendas. They will try their hardest to destroy tribal governments in the Northwest. If they succeed, it might set up a dangerous precedence for the enemy to do it through out all of the nation. I will be praying, and I ask you please to pray, and act accordingly to what the Spirit of God tells you to do.

On behalf of my wife Mary and I, we thank the Lord and the Native American people for the privilege of being part of the work that God is doing amongst such great people. We will fight in the Spirit and get the victory! I think six hundred years of lies by the enemy is enough, don't you? We must exhort each other however to constant activity and warfare in the Spirit, and much discernment against the enemy's tactics and ploys. Our victories much be of such a nature in the Lord Jesus, that groups such as the WSRP will not want to mess around ever again with Native Americans.

Blessings,

José