Katey’s Corner: A Prophetic Act of Repentance and Reconciliation in Korea
The Lord Spoke to Me
This week, I opened my Bible to read the book of Jeremiah when the Lord began to speak.
“There’s blood on your hands,” He said.
I paused, confused by the statement. To understand what He meant, I need to share what’s been happening in my life these past few weeks.
Some of what follows is expressed in prophetic and spiritual terms, which may be unfamiliar, but it reflects the way God has guided me personally through these experiences.
A 40-Day Fast and the Courts of Heaven
In addition to being in the middle of a 40-day fast, I’ve been studying the Courts of Heaven—a biblical concept I first learned from Robert Henderson, who has written extensively on the topic.
Robert shared a story about what he called “stolen dreams.” He described how, despite faithfulness, certain promises of God seemed delayed or blocked—not because of a lack of effort, but because spiritual resistance had legal ground to act through unrepented generational sin.
As Deuteronomy 5:9 says, “the iniquity of the fathers visits the children to the third and fourth generations.”
Asking God for Revelation
I’ve been exploring generational iniquity in my own family, but I wanted deeper insight into what might still be affecting us. So I asked the Lord to reveal it.
Then He spoke:
“Your grandfathers were in war; therefore, you are the granddaughter of war. There is a weight and responsibility that has been carried across your generations. Where war carries the spirit of death, you are called to carry the Spirit of Life and hope, specifically to young people, as a form of redemption for what was lost through past generations.”
I realized that my family had partnered with the spirit of death through war—not in sinning against God, but in serving our country and protecting others—and the result was death, loss, and trauma, which grieved the heart of God.
My grandfather fought here in Korea during the Korean War—how precious and prophetic, feeling called to live and pray on the same land as one of my favorite humans. As my family partnered with the Koreans then, I have come to partner with them now—in this generation.
The Lord continued:
“I placed you (in an apartment) near the Korean War Memorial Museum. It’s a strategic location—a place needing prayer and intercession. A place where someone with authority can bring reconciliation to a land and a people.
Your four keys are these:
Repent on behalf of those in war for partnering with the spirit of death.
Take communion at the War Memorial.
Forgive the nations that harmed South Korea, the U.S., and their allies.
Build a bridge of reconciliation.”
I felt a strong conviction to go that day and do as I was told.
Remembering Auschwitz
This wasn’t the first time the Lord called me to such an act.
When I was in Poland in 2023 with Iris, our team visited Auschwitz—the concentration camp outside Krakow. Throughout that trip, strangers would randomly approach me and ask, “Are you Jewish? Was your family in the Holocaust?”
I had never thought much about my 25% Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, so I began researching upon returning home, and learned my great-grandfather was a Jew from Russia, and my great-grandmother was a Jew from Hungary. I asked my Polish friends if this was a normal experience—they said they had never seen anything like it.
At Auschwitz, our team took communion and poured the grape juice into the ground as a prophetic act of reconciliation. I happened to be standing next to the only German student on our team when I heard the Lord say:
“Turn to him and say, ‘On behalf of the Jewish people, I forgive you. We forgive you for the atrocities of your nation.’”
Even now, I tear up remembering that moment. It felt so weighty… like something so small was actually not small at all.
He turned to me and said:
“On behalf of Germany and the German people, we are so sorry for what we did to you.”
The whole team was weeping. It was a powerful, holy moment.
I remember asking the Lord, “Why me? I don’t even consider myself Jewish—I’m a Christian.”
And He said:
“But your bloodline is Jewish. And it had to be someone who carries both—the Jewish bloodline and the reconciliation and redemption power of Christ. That’s why I chose you.”
A Prophetic Act for Korea
So on October 23, 2025, I went to the Korean War Memorial Museum. I prayed, took communion, and interceded for Korea—asking the Spirit of Life to bring hope, healing, and reconciliation to this land.
A Word on War
I want to be clear: I am deeply proud to come from a military family. Many in my family have made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom, democracy, and the defense of our nation.
This message is not a criticism of the military, armed forces, or even of war itself. War, though tragic, is a necessary part of life. Scripture even describes the Lord this way:
Exodus 15:3 — “The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is His name.”
That said, the Lord hates the loss of innocent life. It’s estimated that between 4–5 million people have died on Korean soil (Koreans, Americans, UN soldiers, and others) due to war since 1900. That is not the Lord’s heart for His creation or for this land.
It is the partnership with the spirit of death that war brings that I am coming against—not war itself, nor the brave men and women who protect others at the cost of their own lives.
My prayer is for the restoration of life, the breaking of cycles of trauma, and the sowing of hope into the next generations. Holy Spirit, come. Fill this place with Your Spirit—the Spirit of Life. Only You can set them free.
