The Prince of Darkness Arrives. Part [13] 09/01/2025 (Evening thought)

2nd Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now permits will permit, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.

2nd Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:…. The power and the ability to subdue evil impulses is to be found in Christ alone.

We cannot, in and of ourselves subdue anything pertaining to our fallen human nature. Hence the reason why the prince of darkness is dead set on causing the Christian to be distracted from the real issues on the menu. In other words, if the you and me in the here and now were to observe some of the same droppings in our own lives, now is the time to clean house as it were, for the prince of darkness could only arouse that which lies dormant within.

Many persons are filled with consternation at how rapidly deterioration is occurring across the globe. It is those dormant, latent tendencies that were never fully overcome, being fanned into life by the arrival of the prince of darkness. And according to the Scriptures, you have not seen anything as yet, because we are just at the tip of the iceberg.

2nd Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

The Prince of Darkness Arrives. Part [12] 08/31/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.

Pay very close attention to what followed not long after he arrives on the scene, with his newly minted authority and mandate. This is what will be coming down the pike for all of earth’s inhabitants who are not sheltered by God’s power…. [The great controversy pp 88] Then God withdrew His protection from them, and He removed His restraining power from Satan and his angels, and the nation was left to the control of the leader she had chosen.

Her children had spurned the grace of Christ, which would have enabled them to subdue their evil impulses, and now these became the conquerors. Satan aroused the fiercest and most debased passions of the soul. Men did not reason; they were beyond reason, controlled by impulse and blind rage. They became Satanic in their cruelty. In the family and in the nation, among the highest and the lowest classes alike, there was suspicion, envy, hatred, strife, rebellion, murder.

“The fear of God no longer disturbed them. Satan was at the head of the nation, and the highest civil and religious authorities were under his sway.” …. Then, in the most solemn words, the warning comes down to all earth’s inhabitants in our day, that there will be an astronomical increase in droppings, and pellets, the naturally occurring byproducts of the prince of darkness.

2nd Thessalonians 2:4 He opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!