DELIVERANCE FROM COLLECTIVE CAPTIVITY

DELIVERANCE FROM COLLECTIVE CAPTIVITY

By Rev. Samuel Arimoro

Main Text: Ezekiel 18:1-4

Supporting Texts: Lamentations 5:7; Isaiah 10:27; Zechariah 1:18-21; Jeremiah 31:29-30; Galatians 3:13

INTRODUCTION:
Collective captivity refers to a bondage that affects an entire group of people—families, tribes, communities, or even nations—due to a shared covenant, sin, curse, or pattern. This form of captivity is often generational and persistent, and individuals under it suffer not necessarily because of their personal sins, but because of an inherited yoke.

Many today are victims of family or communal captivity. The same problems repeat themselves: premature death, barrenness, financial struggle, marital breakdown, or failure at the edge of breakthrough. These are not coincidences but spiritual strongholds enforced by ancient altars and covenants.

God does not hold children accountable for the sins of their parents, but legal grounds established by forefathers can give the enemy access to continue affliction. Deliverance from collective captivity involves breaking the yoke and rising as a new branch in the family tree under divine covering.

1. UNDERSTANDING COLLECTIVE CAPTIVITY

a) It Is a Spiritual Bondage Shared by Bloodline or Group Identity: Affecting everyone connected (Lamentations 5:7).

b) It Often Begins With Ancestral Sins and Covenants: That hand generations over to affliction (Deuteronomy 5:9).

c) It Enforces Repeated Patterns Across Multiple Generations: Sickness, failure, or hardship (Jeremiah 31:29).

d) It Takes Collective Intercession and Personal Renunciation to Break Free: Ignorance empowers bondage (Hosea 4:6).

Biblical Example: The Israelites suffered collective bondage in Egypt until God sent Moses to deliver the entire nation (Exodus 3:9–10).

2. SIGNS OF COLLECTIVE CAPTIVITY

a) Identical Problems Repeating Across Generations: Like poverty, late marriage, or early death (Judges 6:1-6).

b) General Family Disfavour or Shame Despite Great Talent: Something always goes wrong (Psalm 44:15).

c) Everyone Struggles to Rise Beyond a Certain Limit: Like a spiritual ceiling (Zechariah 1:18-21).

d) Good Things Are Regularly Attacked in the Family or Group: With frequent losses and mourning (Job 1:13-19).

Biblical Example: The lineage of Eli was cursed because of his sons' sins, affecting generations (1 Samuel 2:30-33).

3. CAUSES OF COLLECTIVE CAPTIVITY

a) Blood Covenants and Evil Dedications: Made by ancestors or community leaders (Isaiah 28:15).

b) Idolatry, Occult Practices, and Witchcraft Altars in the Lineage: Open doors for demonic rights (Exodus 20:3-5).

c) Corporate Rebellion or Rejection of God's Word: Brings a national or generational consequence (Daniel 9:5–6).

d) Foundational Curses and Evil Pronouncements: That are never confronted or cancelled (Numbers 23:8).

Biblical Example: Achan’s sin brought defeat to Israel; the entire nation suffered until the cause was removed (Joshua 7:1-12).

4. HOW TO BREAK FREE FROM COLLECTIVE CAPTIVITY

a) Stand as a New Voice of Righteousness in the Bloodline: Like Gideon, called to destroy family altars (Judges 6:25–28).

b) Renounce and Break Every Ancestral Covenant With the Blood of Jesus: Legal grounds must be revoked (Colossians 2:14).

c) Raise New Altars of Worship and Sacrifice Unto God: Replace evil foundations (Genesis 8:20-22).

d) Intercede Persistently for Yourself and Your Bloodline: Be a gap-filler (Ezekiel 22:30).

Biblical Example: Nehemiah prayed and confessed both his and his fathers’ sins, leading to restoration (Nehemiah 1:6-9).

5. LIVING AS A DELIVERED GENERATION

a) Declare Your New Identity in Christ Daily: You are no longer under any curse (Galatians 3:13).

b) Stay Rooted in God’s Word and Obedience: Your new covenant is based on righteousness (Romans 5:19).

c) Maintain a Life of Purity, Prayer, and Spiritual Vigilance: So the enemy finds no foothold (John 14:30).

d) Teach and Guide Your Children to Walk in Covenant With God: Break the cycle completely (Psalm 78:5-7).

Biblical Example: Caleb and Joshua entered the Promised Land while others perished because they followed God fully (Numbers 14:30).

CONCLUSION:
Collective captivity is a stronghold that requires deep spiritual insight and divine strategy to overcome. It may have been running in your family or community, but with Christ, you can draw a line and begin a new order. What affected your fathers will not affect you.

Through the power of God’s Word and Spirit, you can become a generational deliverer. The blood of Jesus speaks better things than the blood of failure, idolatry, or affliction. Break the chain and walk in newness of life!

PRAYER POINTS:
1. Thank You, Lord, for making me a candidate of generational deliverance.
2. Every collective captivity in my bloodline—break now in the name of Jesus!
3. I renounce every ancestral covenant speaking against my destiny.
4. Evil altars in my family, be destroyed by the fire of God!
5. I recover every glory buried by foundational powers.
6. I shall not suffer the punishment of my ancestors in Jesus' name.
7. My children shall not inherit the yokes of the past.
8. O Lord, make me the new beginning in my generation.
9. Let the blood of Jesus silence every voice from my foundation.
10. I walk in liberty, favour, and divine elevation from now onward.

GOD'S WORD FOR YOU TODAY:
1. The yoke of collective captivity over your life is broken!
2. You are the beginning of a new and glorious lineage.
3. The curses of your fathers shall not follow you.
4. You are marked for divine exemption and favour.
5. Your generation shall rise because of you.