I sense it. I suspect you sense it. And I perceive a growing number of people in massive proportions sense the increasing momentum of power and might worldwide. Something is on the horizon. Something more eerie and ominous than what the people of the world have ever before experienced. Even people who claim no religious affiliation, sense a super-charged atmosphere in these present days. The heightening tension of powers is nearly tangible as the unseen forces of good and evil prepare for the greatest clash of kingdoms ever played out on planet earth.
Unlike regional wars fought with weapons fashioned by human hands, this is global warfare waged in the spiritual realm, causing damage and destruction, and victories and triumphs impacting human lives and all of creation. We cannot see the preparations or the specific battles taking place in the spirit world, yet we experience all the effects of every conflict of this war in our natural world.
It’s an ancient battle that informed Christians understand has already been won, by the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the King of Heaven and earth. Jesus defeated the king of darkness, satan, over two thousand years ago and final judgment against the father of all evil and all his followers is certain.
Though satan is called “the ruler of this world” (John 12:31) we know “the Most High is Sovereign over human kingdoms, and [He] can place the lowest of people in charge of them [the nations of the world].” (Daniel 4:17). What humanity has endured since satan first deceived Adam and Eve, will continue to be suffered until God’s appointed time for satan and his follower’s final judgment.
Until then we must trust God with belief that God always has a reason–an infinitely wise reason to permit anything to continue until its appointed time to end. This is true for all that is good and all that is evil.
I am reminded how King David overcame the evil he experienced, being pursued and running for his life. In Psalm 27:13 we read his words: “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.” We, as God’s people, are being fiercely pursued. We must take our cue from King David and resolutely focus on God and His promises. We must place our faith like flint on His character, will and His proven supreme power. We must remember all He has said and all He has done as we seek to garner boldness and courage, and not to give into the threats of the enemy.
Remember God laughs at the plans of the enemy. The enemy is no match for God–never has been and never will be. God threw satan and his rebellious minions out of heaven with the flash of lightening. In an instant God dealt with satan. When God intervenes in the current affairs of humanity in the very near future, it will be just as swift and complete. It will be both great and terrible: great for those who belong to God who stand firm in their faith and commitment to Jesus; terrible for those who reject God, refuse to repent and insist on perpetuating evil.
We have to understand, in our day God has been intentionally revealing all manner of corruption to wake His people up to the truth–to the truth of what we have permitted to occur on earth. We, as God’s people, have all the power and authority of Jesus Christ, over all the schemes and power of the enemy. He is no match for us, when we operate in faith by the power and authority of Christ. Jesus asked His followers to occupy until He returns. Yet, over a long period of time, we have repeated the same pattern as God’s people recorded in the Old Testament. We have fallen away. We have been allured by the pleasures of this world. We have been deceived with claims of the importance of tolerance, diversity and acceptance and that the Church should not be involved with the governmental affairs of the world. Only now are we waking up to the truth that we have been listening to the voice of the enemy and by accepting his rationale, we have permitted him to advance his evil in unprecedented ways.
We’ve surpassed the level of sin during Noah’s time. We have surpassed the level of sin in the time of Sodom and Gomorrah. We have surpassed the level of sin God’s people demonstrated when they turned to worship Baal and sacrificed their children. This is evidence of how we, as God’s people, have been almost entirely overcome by the enemy. But God is a jealous God and He will not allow His own to be deceived and lured away from Him without Him intervening. God is also a God of vengeance who will not delay His judgment against evil perpetrated against His people.
However, God will not act on behalf of His people until we humble ourselves, cry out to Him, repent of our spiritual adultery, and truly desire to be restored to our First Love. (2 Chronicles 7:14). Then once again we will see God motivated by holy love intervene on our behalf.
The plans of satan are soon to be unleashed on this earth with greater intensity than the world has ever seen. God’s response to rescue and redeem those who belong to Him will also be unleashed, which will simultaneously include swift judgment against the enemy.
Your plight is up to you when He acts. The questions remain: Do you trust God for His Word? Do you have faith in Jesus? Are you willing to repent to be restored into a right relationship with God the Father through faith in Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit? If you answer “yes” to these three questions, you can be confident of God’s protection in the midst of the greatest clash of the kingdom of darkness and the Kingdom of Light the earth has ever before seen. We all sense it. A clash of epic proportions is imminent and will be played out before our very eyes. Nothing can stop what God has planned against evil in these very days.
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Thank you immensely Dave! I hope more people read this and are fortified, able to be the wittness for Christ the world needs.