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6 Doorways and Causes of Family Curses
Writer: Jonas Clark | www.jonasclark.com
Curses find a cause. Scripture declares, "The curse causeless shall not come" (Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.Proverbs 26 verse 2). In other words something happened that caused them. Family curses are the result of sin or someone in the family rebelling against God’s sanctions. These violations bring curses down the family tree because of iniquity.
Family curses come on families because of sin and disobedience to the Word of God. They are released when someone breaks God’s sanctions. Since Jehovah is a God of covenant every covenant has sanctions. Without sanctions there is no covenant. Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations. The Word is full of blessings for obedience and penalties when scriptural sanctions are broken. These penalties we call curses. Curses don’t come without a cause. Here are six curses that found a cause. As you read these examples keep in mind that Christ shed His blood for the redemption of sin and by His stripes you were healed.
1. Cain was cursed for shedding innocent blood.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. Genesis 4:9-11
Cain murdered his brother Abel because of jealousy. Jehovah would not receive Cain’s offering but received the firstlings from Abel. Cain refused to acknowledge the lordship of Jehovah by refusing to tithe. By murdering his brother he cursed himself, left the family of God, and built the first city-State government. This was the birthing of secular humanism, Statism, and the division of kingdoms. The ideology of Statism holds that sovereignty is vested not in Jehovah God but in the national state, and that all individuals and associations exist only to enhance the power, the prestige, and the well-being of the state. A Christian should never look to the State as their protector-provider. That role belongs to Christ alone (Exodus 20:1-3(verse 1) And God spake all these words, saying,
(verse 2) I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
(verse 3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Exodus 20 verses 1-3).
2. Canaan, grandson of Noah, was cursed for sexual perversion.
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Genesis 9:20-25
Noah spoke a curse over his grandson Canaan, son of Ham because of sin. It should be clear that the iniquity of Ham was transferred down the family tree and affected his family linage. According to Spiros Zodhiates, editor of The Key Word Study Bible,
"The fact that Noah’s curse was directed against Canaan indicates that Canaan was somehow involved in immoral and indecent behavior with his drunken grandfather. Ham was indirectly to blame because he had allowed Canaan to grow up with this character and because he evidently did not treat Noah with respect when he found him."
Noah was the family padrino. His words carried high-level spiritual authority. According to Zodhiates Canaan was cursed because of sexual perversion that was working within his family. Noah’s prophecy was fulfilled when the Canaanites became "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for the Israelites (Joshua 9:23Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.Joshua 9 verse 23).
The words from Noah were not out of hatred or malice but spoken out of his spirit. Scripture is clear, "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Romans 6 verse 23). This curse was the result of Ham’s sin released down the family tree and manifesting itself in Canaan’s actions.
3. Bringing abominations, morally disgusting objects, or idols into your house brings a curse.
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. Deuteronomy 7:25-26
These items include such perverse things as demonic objects, jewelry, paintings, art, books, music, games, videos, and occult items.
4. Rebuilding what God destroyed.
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. Joshua 6:26
Countless have received forgiveness and freedom from the powers of darkness. Cursed is the man that rebuilds or reintroduces into the lives of others anything the Holy Spirit once destroyed. For example, ungodly soul ties and family curses that were broken by the power of the Spirit, addictions and sexual perversions, or spiritualism and witchcraft. To introduce bondage anew into a person’s life brings a curse.
5. Operating in a Jezebel spirit brings a curse.
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who [is] on my side? who? And there looked out to him two [or] three eunuchs. And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and [some] of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed [woman], and bury her: for she [is] a king's daughter. 2 Kings 9:30-34
In my book Jezebel, Seducing Goddess of War we write about one of the most wicked spirits in the world today. Thousands of people have been chained by this devil. This is a controlling, manipulating, seducing, power hungry spirit that makes spiritual eunuchs out of her followers. Following this spirit can get you killed.