WAKE-UP CHURCH 2 Timothy 3: 14- 4: 5

This coming weekend (October 20-22) I will be attending the Southwest Radio Ministry’s Conference entitled “Wake-up America 2” being held in Gettysburg, PA.

During these three days there will be presentations such as “The Role Of Christianity In American Government,”  “Is America Being Set Up for an Arab Spring,” “Big Brother and the Coming Apocalypse,” and “America In Prophecy 2017: Are You Ready,” among many others.

Some would find it a very boring and dry meeting, others, like me, who study Bible Prophecy and know what signs of the end times are, approach it with an attitude caught between viewing a train wreck and fascination at seeing God’s Word come alive before our eyes.

Now I know most Christians are living each day as if they are walking down a dark path and whistling with false bravado. Each of us sees things going on that scare us but we want to just maintain that “self-imagined” protective bubble around us and our families that prays for sameness and safety for our lives. We want things to stay the same and think God will not allow us to be caught-up in it because we believe in Him.

“Hold off on that end-of-the-world-stuff Jesus,” we pray.

Friends, I’m sorry, but it ain’t going to happen. The driving forces for what will become the “end-of-the-world-stuff” has everything to do with hating God, and hating us as His people.

The worldwide deceptionalism of Satanism, globalism, open borders, and one-world government and religion will not go away, and will not be stopped by God

as it has been foretold in our Scriptures as part of His plan to restore His Creation to His initial intention.

God will remain in control even when it’ll look extremely bad for His plans and His will. Never forget that and never give-up!

  

We are guaranteed a place but we will have to experience a small part of the resulting turmoil as the process sorts itself out. Others, those deceived by evil will perish after suffering great torment at the hands of those whom they accepted as their leaders, idols, and role models. Listen to 2 Timothy 3: 14- 4: 5 –

As for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.

The apostle Paul said, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils” (1 Timothy 4: 1).

The Holy Spirit has an important message especially for those who attend church: Pay attention. Be on guard.

When the last days of the Church are winding down on earth, many who call themselves Christians will abandon what the Bible says. They will depart from the Scriptures because they are allowing themselves to be led astray by satanic spirits advocating satanic doctrines dressed up as human values.

Satan doesn’t walk up to his victims in a red suit with a pitchfork in his hand. He has filled the atmosphere with demonic spirits that present themselves as ministers of righteousness:  Listen to 2 Corinthians 11: 13-15:

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”

They are cunning. They know who is vulnerable. They know how to lead people astray. The deceptions and fractioning of our families, churches, communities, is intentional, and it is real. American culture is at risk today because of a lack of assimilation and integration into what was once called nationalism, patriotism, idealism, and American spiritualism. We have no common goals, purposes, or vision anymore.

Instead we are sold individualism, me-ism, materialism, me-and-mine over you-and-yours. I won when America won – now it doesn’t matter as long as I get mine.

Few would deny that Satan tempted Jesus many times. This is important because the Church in the U.S. is in decline, and with it the culture and society it held up.

Articles about church members becoming inactive and churches closing their doors are becoming legendary. There are more church closings than new churches openings. The percentage of U.S. citizens who have no affiliation or have any interest in church is rising. And on and on it goes. Satan and his demons are very active.

Did you know that members of the Satanic Temple recently announced that they have opened their international headquarters in Salem Massachusetts. Their website says, “The fact that we have a home in Salem is a testament to the progressive mentality of the people there, and the local government’s support of diversity.”

Even worse, the Satanic Temple has now opened after school Satan Clubs in elementary schools in several states. A 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows them to do this.

It is well known that the re-creation of an arch** at the Temple of Baal was recently  erected at City Hall Park in New York City just near Ground Zero and many other historic Christian sites. Baal worship led to God’s destruction of Israel in Old Testament Times, but Roman Catholic Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks he has done a good deed.

(**This arch is Jonathan Cahn’s last “Harbringer” of destruction for the U.S. by the way.)

Authorities in the Roman Catholic Church in Italy and the U.S. recently said there has been a “sharp rise in people dabbling in Satanism and the occult.” According to them demonic possessions are rising and there is now an urgent need for more trained exorcists.

Christian eschatologists, (those dealing with end-time prophecy – of which I am one) watch for stories of people claiming what’s called SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse) and see these people as being those behind a lot of occult activity and “new age” religious practice. I feel we can blame the rise in Satanism and the occult on the direct activity of Satan and the decline in faith and values in the world.

On the other hand there is the good news: This Satanism and the decline of the Church are two important signs that we are getting close to the Rapture.

On Sept. 28, 2016, christianpost.com posted an outstanding article on their website titled “Globalism Is Anti-Christ, Demonic, Theologians Argue.” The article is about globalism (world government) and a global value system (a world religion).

The author pointed out the demonic aspects of globalism, its opposition to the  kingdom of God, and the inherent danger of removing borders, and losing national identities as being the key to the rise of a world dictator. The article points out that one of the candidates for President of the U.S. opposes this demonic globalism and the other fully embraces it (I’ll let you figure out which!).

Many people don’t seem to realize (is this the ‘strong delusion’ mentioned in scripture?), that the coming world government will be headed up by the Antichrist and he will be a Satan worshipper. Revelation 13: 3-4 says:

“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?"

They don’t seem to understand that demonic activity will lead to the battle of Armageddon.  Revelation 16:13-14 tells us:

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon,

out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Finally, one of the prophecies of the Tribulation period is a day of darkness and gloominess. Spiritual darkness is about to flood down on America if we forget our God and our Savior.

Zephaniah 1: 14-16 records that:

“The great day of the LORD is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out. That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.”

It is hard to sugarcoat these words to give comfort and aide. It must be enough that we have Jesus’ promise to return and come for us. We have the promise and premise of eternal life to cling too. Tomorrow will get worse but our faith will grow to overcome what will come.

Look around our world and our country right now. So many things are in a state of chaos and corruption.

People don’t know what to do, what to think, and especially who to vote for or against. Right is wrong, down is up, and there are no clear “voices” calling in the wilderness.

Our people have never been more fractured; our leaders pushing and pulling gender and racial disharmony, smearing whole groups of people with the brush of hatred and oppression.

The family, civic organizations, and many societal infrastructure points are being warped, destroyed, or redefined that our very identity is wavering.

This is as the adversary desires so that people can be deceived in great numbers.

What way are you and your house going? Hopefully you are putting on the full armor of God as specified in Ephesians 6: 10-20 (Faith, Salvation, Prayer).

It should both set us free from this worldly crap and also to wait and watch as we see the signs and birth-pangs of the end.

Paul tells us to wake-up and smell the sulfur around us, but that all is not lost if we remember what we have been taught:

“As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.”

Amen.