The REAL Battle!

 

Ephesians 6:10-13

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

When you understand this truth, it changes the way you view people and the world. Jesus told His disciples to be gentle as a dove but wise as a serpent for a reason! The hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places will show you no mercy, period! And evil spirits are not just in heavenly places but also in the bodies of human beings too! 

A perfect example of this is when Jesus went into a Synagogue (building) to preach and an evil spirit manifested inside a man who was there.

Mark 1:21-28

"Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him. Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee."

The scripture clearly says Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. Now Jesus being full of grace, truth, power and light, caused the unclean spirit to manifest in the man. More than likely, none of the pharisees and teachers of the law knew the man had an unlean spirit in him, but the power of God emanating through Jesus as he taught the scriptures, brought the demon out!

This is why I keep saying exactly what the scriptures teach, that the Church is NOT a building! Jesus said, "upon this Rock, (Himself) I will build MY church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it." Your body is the temple of God in which He dwells by His Spirit, IF so be, His Spirit is within your soul.

Jesus also did not entrust Himself to anybody because He knew what was in them!

John 2:23-24

"Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man."

And when Paul and Silas was just walking around in the city of Philippi the kindgom of darkness was right there with them inside of slave girl!

Acts 16:16-19

"Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour. But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities."

The real spiritual warfare is going on right here in these scriptures, in a synagogue, on a street corner, in somebody's house, it does not matter where you are, or who you are, the real battle for souls is being waged every single day, whether you know it or not!

It is my desire to walk as Jesus did, without spot, wrinkle or blemish, holy, and set apart for God's use, there really isn't another way to live on this earth, because that is what God requires of His people, His servants. He wants those who serve Him to be holy as He is Holy!

John 14:29-30

“And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.

Let us strive to be like our Master, completely holy! That's one of the reasons Jesus died on the cross, so that our souls could be washed clean by His blood, our bodies sanctified by His Spirit, and our minds transformed and washed by His word.

In Christ,

Tyrone

The Beast Unleashed! (Part 2)

 

Revelation 13:5-8

"And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Jesus said the scriptures MUST be fulfilled and cannot be broken! So every prophetic word that is written in the bible WILL come to pass, and every word that comes out of the mouth of God WILL come to pass as well.

God is in control of everything, the best thing any person can do in this life, is die to self! This is exactly why Jesus said, he who wants to save his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake and the gospels will find it!

The judgments of God come upon the righteous and the wicked, the big difference is that the righteous can be blessed, protected, and provided for in the midst of God's judgments!

The beast being unleashed is a form of God's judgments on this earth. Because when this happens, and it will! It will cause the great falling away that 2nd Thessalonians 2 talks about. When millions of professing Christians realise they have been lied to and taught doctrines of devils and haven't been truly converted to Christ, they will leave every church building and congregation around the world! They will seek to save themselves, their money, their jobs, material possessions, etc...... Only those whose hearts belong to Jesus and really serve Him will remain. 

And God will pour out His Spirit upon this earth one more time and millions, maybe billions, will be ushered into the Kingdom of God! And on the other side millions, and possibly billions, will worship the beast and his image, taking his mark. The scripture says that authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation, that's the whole world!

So I do believe in the near future there will be no more, you go your way and I go mine, no more so called, 'separation of the races', no more I go to my church and you go to yours. The only separation of humans on this earth will be those who have the mark, and follow the beast, and those who don't have it and follow Jesus. And those who refuse to worship the beast and his image will be killed, and of course no real Christian full of God's Spirit will take the mark and worship the beast, and this is why millions of true Christians will be martyred during this time.

The scripture also tells us that it was granted to him to make war with the saints, (true Spirit-filled Believers) and overcome them, (imprison, kill or martyr). The beast would have no power over true blood bought, Spirit filled Christians unless it was given to him by God Himself! 

Jesus said the same thing to Pontius Pilate!

It's going to be a very hard time, but also a time of great unity, love, joy, and peace in the hearts of true believers. A time of supernatural works of God through His people, and a time of great hope, as Spirit-filled Christians look up to Heaven, because we know our redemption draws near!

In Christ,

Tyrone

The Beast Unleashed! (Part 1)

 

Revelation 13:1-8

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

There is alot to understand here. By divine revelation, this is what I understand. First we need to understand that there is a difference between  the spiritual judgments and decrees of God in Heaven and the physical manifestations of those judgments and decress here on earth!

For example what does it look like when peace is taken from the earth?

Revelation 6:3-4

"When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword."

This is a judgment of God, and it is happening right now! This prophecy of scripture is being fulfilled even as I write this post, just turn on CNN news and you will hear; uprising in Greece, protests break out in France, five people killed at a block party, mass shooting at an elementary school, mass shooting at a high school, John killed Jane last night at a house party, Jane killed John last night as he slept in bed, on and on and on. Jesus said, because lawlessness will abound, the love of many shall grow cold!

Notice the scripture says in Revelation 13:2 the dragon (satan) gave him his power, what kind of power does satan have? Most notably, the power to deceive the whole world, authority over other evil spirits etc.... 

This beast from the sea is an evil spirit that has entered a human man and when it is unleashed from within that person, he will become the man of sin, the son of perdition, the anti-christ. Sounds like a movie script doesn't it! 

What will cause the beast from the sea to be unleashed from within the man? The deadly wound to the head! And what's the most common form of a deadly wound to the head today? That's right, a gunshot!

About 90% of people who are shot in the head, die. So it will most certainly be a miraculous event when this man recovers from the deadly wound. The House Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by Jared Lee Loughner at a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, along with many other people and she miraculously survived and recovered from the assassination attempt. 

When this happens to this person and he miraculously recovers, the world will be amazed and be drawn to him even more than before! He will go on to blaspheme God and His creation, he will oppose, persecute and kill true Spirit-filled Christians. He will have authority over all the countries and people on this earth and every soul will worship him, except those who reject him and his mark by being converted to Christ and being sealed in their foreheads by the Spirit of God. 

A truly sobering prophecy! And I do believe we are right at the door! Only time will tell!

In Christ,

Tyrone