The Final Conflict Between Good and Evil. Part [7] 05/12/2024 (Evening thought)

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and makes a lie.

This is the inconvenient truth that has been hidden under a bushel for too long and must now be put on the front burner of the mind. Persons can say what they want and we could claim to believe in whoever we like, but at the end of the day, choices, decisions and actions are all burnished into the character, and these determine who we are, and whose we are. The warfare that began in heaven has never ceased, it has just shifted to this one planet, which is now at the center of final conflict.

In heaven it was the law of God that was at stake, in Eden, it was God’s law that was the focus of the serpent’s foray into Adam, and Eve’s decision-making process. And in our day, the same issue now rages back and forth on the left on the right and in the center; it all boils down to the law of God, plain and simple.

Let’s start with the cause of the war in heaven. No doubt, it was covetousness that drove Lucifer and all of the angels who fell with him, to pick a fight with God. The 10th commandment, is described as being the basis for all other sins, and it was this one that did Lucifer in, when indulged in his mind, and brought to fruition in commensurate decisions and actions.

Isaiah 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

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

The Final Conflict Between Good and Evil. Part [6] 05/11/2024 (Morning thought)

1st Timothy 4:Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.

[Last Day Events pp 173] We are in the shaking time, the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The Lord will not excuse those who know the truth if they do not in word and deed obey His commands.  Prosperity multiplies a mass of professors. Adversity purges them out of the church. When the law of God is made void, the church will be sifted by fiery trials, and a larger proportion than we now anticipate will give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

Now that we have observed the great intensity of the conflict, let’s turn to the nature of the conflict so as to better understand what is at stake. Ever since there was war in heaven, there have been only two opposing forces operating in the universe, one is to be found under God, the other is under satan. And the battle for the minds of individuals and men has raged back and forth ever since. But much has been done to blur the lines, so that persons would not be aware of the real issues in the conflict.

According to Revelation 12 to 14, the law of God will be front and center to the final conflict, and persons would have their allegiance registered under one of two banners, with Jesus Christ at the head of God’s kingdom of light and righteousness, and satan at the head of the kingdom of darkness and error. There is no middle ground, no sitting on the fence, and no sitting on the sidelines. Your decisions, and choices are inevitably being baked into a character that will put persons squarely into one camp or the next.

Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

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