Wonders of Land and Community Deliverance

Land or community deliverance assumes that a land and the community of people dwelling on it can be possessed by a demon or a set of specific demons. We assume that a land /community can be “cursed” or “sick” or even “oppressed”. The assumption is that by applying the same scriptural principles of individual deliverance like repentance, restitution and deliverance, it is possible for the land/community to be “saved”; “healed”; “delivered” or even “blessed” – to such an extent where such a land/community will now exhibit outward/visible manifestations of divine blessing and prosperity.

Some lands or communities, like Jericho, actually needed to be healed of certain conditions. Some need to have certain curses on them lifted.

Now think of Bethsaida. The Lord cursed Bethsaida in Mathew 11:21, “Woe unto thee … Bethsaida….”. Why did He curse that city? Because in spite of all His mighty works there, they refused to repent (see vs. 19). You will notice that Capernaum and Chorazin were also cursed along with Bethsaida. Now sometime later in Mark 8:22-26, they brought a blind man to Jesus for healing while he was in Bethsaida. Strangely, the Lord led the blind man out of the city, healed him and then counseled the healed blind man never to go back to his hometown - Bethsaida or to tell the testimony to any person of Bethsaida origin. What a very strange story! Are there some towns or communities where Jesus would not heal somebody? Why should the Lord take the blind man outside his town before healing him?
Why did He forbid the healed man from going back home? Why was he forbidden from sharing his testimony to any one from Bethsaida? The answers are all obvious: Bethsaida was under a divine curse.