VITAL CONCERNS (Part 1)

VITAL CONCERNS (Part 1)

                On our Saturday morning walk yesterday, my son Zach and I were talking about some of the mega trends that are now taking place in Christianity and in the world. If you are an ant crawling on the ground, you are all wrapped up in your little world of survival and you remain largely unaware of any type of a big picture. But if you are a student of Bible prophecy and walking in Spirit and in truth, it helps you to gain an Eagle’s view of life on this planet.

                If you can fly high enough into God’s realm you suddenly catch sight of a shocking and terrifying picture. Something is happening on earth that is so big, so all-encompassing that it is swallowing up everything we have thought to be truth and righteousness. I am stunned by what I see and what I see is what looks like a little island in the middle of a raging sea. God’s Remnant and faithful Bible believing and Spirit filled people are crowded onto this small island even as the land all the way around is quickly being eaten away by the storm.

                Because Christianity in general has abandoned the fervent study of Bible Prophecy, there are very few left who have an eagle’s view and we do not realize that we are swallowing Satan’s big lie hook, line and sinker. WE are about to be stepped on by a very huge giant.

                If you look in your Strong’s concordance, you will quickly discover that the word “delusion” is only used once in all of Scripture and that word is used to describe our exact day like no other. It is found in 2 Thess. 2:1-13 in regards to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him. So, this chapter goes on to warn that the Day of the Lord (In this case the final events leading up to His return) will not come until the antichrist appears.

               

                Concerning this exact period of time, Paul warns us just as Jesus warned us in His run down of last day events saying: “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it ( the Day of the Lord including His return) will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (perdition) who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” 2 Thess. 2:3, 4

                Now, in verses 4 and 5 Paul tells us that he had discussed these things with His Christian believers and so they know who restrains this antichrist figure from coming… and I wash that He would have restated it for us, but we are left to guess what exactly he is talking about in terms of a “restrainer.”

                Some say it is the church. Some say it is the Holy Spirit while others take a broad view that it is America, as a Christian nation that has prevented the kingdom of antichrist from taking over the world. This idea would be laughable if it wasn’t so sad, because if you know the truth, America was established by our forefathers and freedom of religion was established so that they could bring the old gods of the golden age of Atlantis back into power.

               

                If you don’t believe this, then make a visit to Washington D.C. and look for any statues or artwork or buildings that would reflect a Christian point of view. Everything there is pagan and of Greek and Roman architecture and the whole city is set out on the design of a pentagon and while this sounds like conspiracy theory we had better grasp it, because we are about to be swallowed up by it and most Christian s don’t have a clue that they are being suckered into it… in fact,  they are unknowingly playing a major role in it.

                In Revelation 17 there is the picture of a harlot woman who rides a beast. The reformers rightly pegged this woman as the false pagan/Christian church of the dark ages, but it is much bigger than that, for she is described as being the mother of harlots. She is the mother of many false Christian churches… and so as we see Christian organizations one after another going to Rome to kiss the ring of the Pope and to join on with His global religion, we are looking at those who will become or have already become the harlots of Revelation 17 and they are now going back to their” Mother” in Rome.

                Friends, this is not some obscure doctrine. It is in fact a core vision of these last days and we see these things happening right now in our day. We are in fact witnessing the great falling away and apostasy spoken of here in 2 Thessalonians. We are seeing the seat of the antichrist being prepared for in Jerusalem with the upcoming building of the temple in which the Abomination of Desolation will take place and we are witnessing the great falling away and it is much bigger than we think because we no longer have an eagle’s eye view.

                This is where the pre-trib rapture people are in danger. A cardinal point of doctrine for them is the doctrine of imminence, which basically states that there need not be any more signs before the coming of the Lord. He can come at any time.  But in this they refuse to deal with 2 Thess. 2 where Paul tells us emphatically that the coming of the Lord and our gathering to Him will not occur until there is a great falling away so that the man of sin may be revealed.

                Now, of course, we could attribute a great falling away to about any time in history and we would be right… but this is something specific and it is directly tied to the arrival of the antichrist who will commit the Abomination of Desolation in the temple. And now that these things are quickly taking shape right before our eyes (And America  and the church are a vital part of what is going on) we now can see that these things are taking place literally and physically as well as spiritually.

                It is with the introduction of the Noahide Laws that our eyes are suddenly opened to an eagle’s view and it is both shocking and disconcerting… for while God’s prophetic people have had the basics in understanding the role of the Mother harlot (False Christianity) and her harlot daughters, we did not see this one coming… and now we are beginning to see why Jesus said that if possible even the very elect would be deceived.

                Some years back, my son Zach was attending a “feel good” church when one of his friends warned him that he was being deceived and swept into something sinister. So Zach fled to the Orthodox Church because they have not changed their doctrines or traditions since the early days of Christianity. Their worship was patterned after the Sanctuary of Moses and their liturgy, though sounding somewhat Catholic to us, has led them to be persecuted relentlessly by the Vatican for centuries.

                In truth we cannot say that there is any organization that embodies what you might call the “Remnant” people of God, but those churches that still hold to a prophetic view of the Bible and obedience to Jesus Christ and His Word are closer than those who have abandoned it altogether.

                In a sense we could say that Christians, Messianic Jews and Jews are all in grave danger right now and they are in danger of being swept away and into the big lie.  

                Now we must be careful to see what Paul is talking about here in 2 Thessalonians. Beginning in verse 9 Paul tells us that the antichrist will be destroyed by the brightness of the Lord’s coming. It then goes on to tell us that this deception will involve satanic power and false signs and lying wonders.  We immediately picture the antichrist coming and wowing the world with his miracles, but what if these miracles have already invaded the church? What if some Christians are already operating by the power of Satan and not by the power of Christ? Would this shock you?

                One of the big lies sweeping the church today is this vision of a global revival in which the church gains control of the world. But the Bible simply does not give us that picture, but rather of a world that is getting worse and worse to the point where God’s Remnant people are being persecuted once again and Satan has gained control of the whole world and is forcing everyone to receive the Mark of the Beast or die.

                So if we join the great throngs of Christians that seem to be taking over the world, we are most likely joining the false Christianity that is being swept lock stock and barrel into the kingdom of the antichrist. And on this account, let me warn you of something to look for:

                Worship has become big business. Worship music has become big business. So if you watch these huge crowds on You Tube filling monster stadiums of worshippers all caught up in praise to God, you need to look beyond the moment to see what signs are being flashed before your eyes. If, for instance, you see pyramid shapes on stage, or if yet get a bird’s eye view of the stage and you see a big “O” on the stage, that is a signal to the New World Order that the global elite already own that group and they are already well on their way into the great deception. 

                The pyramid shapes and the all seeing eye of Horus are symbols of Satan’s coming global kingdom, and that big “O” on the stage is the sign of Ouroboros, the tail eating snake. This is a symbol of Satan’s kingdom, for in truth His kingdom is self- destructing as is all of sin and people who willingly commit sin have made a covenant of death and hell.

                We see this suicidal pact with death reflected in the Georgia Guide Stones, in which they state their purpose of reducing the population of the world down to 500 million people, which is half a billion, (verses the 7 billion that now populate the earth.) And now you know why they so vehemently support abortion and the coming laws of Euthanasia and the production of destructive foods that threaten to kill off much of society, along with genocide and pandemics and weather wars. Likewise the evolving “Green Movement” is a part of this genocidal pact that will be a part of the Beast system. They will use it to gain control of the masses.

                It is very much like Ouroborus the tail eating snake, for the Green movement that promises to “protect” us is the very organization that is call in for our deaths. Go figure.

                Friends, much of the destruction of the last days is going to be brought on by mankind itself as the elites seek ways to reduce the population and or to force everyone into a hive- mind of control, which they are currently accomplishing with their ubiquitous technologies by which we now are guided by the news and the “group think” that is currently guiding society into a Luciferian global perspective.

                People are literally clamoring for their own destruction and crying out for a god who will give them that which will please the flesh. And on this account it is shocking to see the new church that is emerging, in which all forms of immorality and spiritually antichristian thought are being preached by lesbian pastors and politically correct preachers who are embracing sin rather than standing against it.

                Large parts of Christianity are forming a new culture in which sin of all kinds is okay. It is that false grace that I have been harping about, for between political correctness and prosperity teaching (which takes the focus off of Christ and puts it on self- fulfillment) we have a massive move of deception that Paul now describes in verses 11 through 13. Pay close attention to what Paul says here.

                People are going to be swept into the deception of false signs and lying wonders, because they DID NOT RECEIVE A LOVE OF THE TRUTH SO AS TO BE SAVED. “And for this reason God will send upon them a STRONG DELUSION so that they might believe what is false in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.”

                Now, listen closely because Paul is going to tell us what the truth is that the false church has abandoned when he says:

                “But we should always give thanks to God for you brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning FOR SALVATION THROUGH SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND FAITH IN THE TRUTH.” 2 Thess. 2:13.

                So what have we been warning you about by the Holy Spirit?  Has it not been about false grace that does away with the need for sanctification?  Did we not explain that in the tabernacle of Moses the “Holy Place’ stands between the outer court and the Most Holy Place (The very presence of God) and that Hebrews 12:14 tells us that without sanctification no one will see the Lord? We must pass through the Holy Place of Sanctification to arrive at the Most Holy Place. (The secret place of the Most High)

                So the new birth is not just the adoption of a new set of doctrines, or the joining of the church, but a real death in the kingdom of Satan and a real birth, by the power of the resurrection into the new kingdom of Jesus Christ, there to live by His Spirit and His Word from that time forward. Sanctification is that new walk wherein we are learning how to live by the Spirit rather than by the flesh (Romans 8) and we have got to get this or we will be swept away by the delusions that are coming. If we ignore either Spirit or Truth we will end up in the ditch, because they must work together in equal measure. And Paul goes to great lengths to warn us that living by the letter of the Law will not get us there either. It is those who are being led by the Spirit of God that are the sons of God and the Holy Spirit will always lead us into obedience to the Word of God for they function together in perfect harmony.

                I know this is long, but it is vital information and I have only scratched the surface… but it is time for us to wake up and to pray for discernment of spirits in these last days, because Satan has invaded the church far deeper than most can imagine. These are words for the Remnant people of God.