• They seem to be praying to God as if they could ‘will’ anything they want into existence. You definitely can’t “speak by the authority of heaven”, because God has never instructed, given council, or given such authority to no man, even if they claim to be His people. Man is fallen; we see the example of Peter. He was presumptuous like some now today; this was seen when Peter attempted to rebuke Jesus – God. Jesus’s response in verse 23 tells us that satan spoke through Peter making it clear that Peter’s desire was not of the things of God but the things of man. There are many Peters today who are presumptuous – speaking for God, assuming the authority of God. This is made clear by their selfish desires, because God in His Word has never given men such council:

“22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. ” Matthew 16:22-23 KJV

Jesus explained that Peter’s name signifies a stone – a rolling stone. Also that Jesus Himself is the Rock. Peter denied Jesus three times, so he showed that the gates of hell did prevail against him, but Jesus never sinned – He was perfect, which is why it is only through Christ Jesus that we can be saved, not man:

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. ” Matthew 16:18 KJV

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“You told us to bring heaven to earth Heaven is being released through your people right now.”

• Where in the Word of God did God tell us to bring heaven to earth?
They may use these Scripture to make their case, but they get it wrong :

“And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ”
Matthew 16:19 KJV

• The keys are the Word of God. However, this is often interrupted or presumed that God has given His church – men His own authority to act as God Himself here on earth. This is dangerously wrong! God’s church is to preach and teach the Everlasting Gospel to the world, not to become mankinds moral authority, for that is God’s prerogative alone.

“”The keys of the kingdom of heaven” are the words of Christ. All the words of Holy Scripture are His, and are here included. These words have power to open and to shut heaven. They declare the conditions upon which people are received or rejected. Thus the work of those who preach God’s word is a savor of life unto life or of death unto death. Theirs is a mission weighted with eternal results.—The Desire of Ages, “412-414 HB 24.6

“Then Christ will reign, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.” Revelation 19:16. “And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High.” And “the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.” Daniel 7:27, 18.
Until that time the kingdom of Christ cannot be established on the earth. His kingdom is not of this world. His followers are to account themselves “strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” Paul says, “Our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Hebrews 11:13; Philippians 3:20, R.V.
Since the kingdom of Israel passed away, God has never delegated authority to any man or body of men to execute His laws as such. “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Romans 12:19. Civil governments have to do with the relations of man with man; but they have nothing whatever to do with the duties that grow out of man’s relation to God.
Except the kingdom of Israel, no government has ever existed on the earth in which God by inspired men directed the affairs of state. Whenever men have endeavored to form such a government as that of Israel, they have, of necessity, taken it upon themselves to interpret and enforce the law of God. They have assumed the right to control the conscience, and thus have usurped the prerogative of God.” PP 763.2 – PP 763.5