Scripture: Exodus 3 v 18: "And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
After 400 years of captivity and slavery in Egypt, no matter how awful it was there was no way of escape. The Hebrews had come to Egypt to escape seven years of drought. Joseph, the cast off brother of the sons of Jacob, sold to an Egyptian, had risen to second in command in Egypt.
He had warned Pharoah through a dream that there were seven good years of rain for crops then seven years of severe drought. He advised Pharoah to build huge barns to store wheat and other produce during the fruitful years to avoid starvation in drought. He was able to help his family in the same way.
However the kind Pharoah died and his son cruelly enslaved the Hebrews and there was no easy solution to this problem until Moses was born. Satan knew that a Deliverer would be born to the Hebrews around this time and he whispered this into Pharoah's ears so that all the new born male children must be killed.
Moses' mother sent her new born son down the river in a basket which Pharoah's daughter found and raised Moses the future Deliverer under Pharoah's nose. Whenever the enemy wants to mess with God's plans, He will provide a solution, and keep that plan going against all odds.
Moses was 80 years old when he confronted Pharoah to demand him to release the Hebrews. It took the Lord ten severe plagues upon Egypt to achieve freedom for His people. He did many miracles like parting the Red Sea to escape into the wilderness. The sea closed over the Egyptian army and drowned them, after the Hebrews had gone through on dry ground. A mighty miracle of God through faith in His ability.
Moses had received direct instructions at the Burning Bush in Midian and he trusted God without a doubt. We are in need of spiritual solutions to problems and crises in our world because their ungodly efforts are not getting the job done at all.
All the worldly wisdom being sprouted on climate change means little. Jesus is coming and when He has sorted sheep from goats, rescued Israel, brought us to the banquet of the Marriage of the Lamb, then the clean up will begin. If He needs a thousand years to do it, its a waste of human energy to try solve it by 2050.
The world is corrupted by sin. Most politicians turn a blind eye to dirty deals. Compromise is the new normal. Citizens of many lands are reeling from incompetent, inconsiderate, indifferent leaders who enrich themselves at the expense of the poor. The only answer to this is the Blood of Jesus. But even the churches today quail at the word SIN. The mention of it causes people to leave.
The wages of sin is death. There is no grey area, no loopholes, no hidden laws that man can conveniently apply to escape this penalty. We all die eventually but the destination of unrepentant sinners is the unquenchable fire of Hell. The righteous followers of Jesus Christ is eternal life in our Heavenly home.
Our Father needed a solution to the huge weight of sin in this world. He had to remove it through One who had never sinned, His Son. He would have to die under every sin and be resurrected soon after to break Satan's power. Then humans must believe in Him and live honest and righteous lives. Pure and holy lives.
There are a few of us left who are voices in the wilderness calling for repentance and righteous living. Fewer and fewer people are listening to us. It's much easier to stick with those churches that tickle their itchy ears with promises of glory no matter how bad you are. God had to enlarge Hell to accommodate growing numbers of humans who rejected His solution.
Isaiah 24 v 3 - 10: "The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in."
This prophecy from the Lord through Isaiah is being fulfilled in our time, right now, verse 5 is the reason. When the son of one of the founders of Hamas, of which he was a member, comes out in condemnation of this organisation, we need to listen. He saw their atrocities against Palestinians, even Hamas members, while he was in an Israeli jail. He made a choice to leave when they murdered so many of their own. He found Jesus. The Giver of Life.
The reason is that the inhabitants of the world have defiled the Earth, transgressed the laws, broken the everlasting Covenant and changed the ordinance or the authoritative order. Everything that God ordained for the world to be a safe and happy place has been twisted out of shape.
God could not prevent humans from reaping what they have sowed. They ignored His commandments and rebelled against His wisdom. They ignored His solutions and did their own thing. Now the planet is reeling. Anarchy, insurgents, militant Islamics, Hamas, Hezbollah invasions, plagues, superstorms, wars, drugs, hatred, sex slavery, human trafficking, famine, faltering economies, fear, etc is running at unprecedented levels.
Our only solution is to ask our Lord God to help us. We must repent for being compromised by bad laws, we must put this right, and apply the wisdom, teachings and faith of the Holy Bible to guide us out of destruction into following Jesus to the letter.
He is the answer to every problem. He knows the end results and the right way to implement proper change. Jesus knows that those who believe in Him are the only hope to contain the ravages of the coming Antichrist. This final manifestation of Satan on Earth, his domain thanks to Adam, will be seen soon.
The signs of the rising Antichrist spirit are very noticeable these days. He is flaunting himself, crowing with delight at how well things are going. . The False Prophet is gathering in millions of people to keep anarchy brewing everywhere. He has unleashed the hounds of Hell to bring about all the changes we have let happen. Too few Christians are aware enough to even grasp how things are now out of man's control.
The oppressed world inhabitants are revolting against the lack of municipal services, no water, no electricity, broken down schools, clinics and hospitals, indifferent policing, lack of money for food or medicine. They are starting to rage against governments who are unable to solve any crisis through their corruption and incompetence to govern.
Jesus has an answer but the world is deaf to His Words, the Church is compromised by tradition, false doctrines and the law of the land, and has failed to use the true authority He gave us. There are many scoffers and mockers of Jesus and His followers as Timothy prophesied would be the case in the last days.
It is heartening to see England fighting back. It used to be known as Christian England but uncontrolled immigration has filled the whole British Isles with pagans following false gods and imposing their cults upon many people. Suddenly it was unlawful for Christians to pray out loud in the streets. However, in London thousands of Christians took their faith to the streets. There was a court case and the Christians won and that law got tossed into file 13.
Are we just going to sit back and let things run their course? Or are we going to stand up and be counted as faithful servants of the Most High God? It's our choice to make. It may cost our lives here if we fight with spiritual weapons against the flesh of the world. Many martyrs of the faith would understand why. But through our prayers, actions, faith and absolutely no compromise with evil, we will prevail.
2 Corinthians 10 v 3 - 6: "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."
If we take hold of the above words and apply them in prayer, intercession and spiritual warfare, we will be in true obedience to God and be able to withstand the enemy. This is not a future plan, this is already a desperate need. I have noticed over the past year or so, many more people reading this blog, with particular interest in overcoming Satan. Eyes have been opened to the truth of the onslaught against us, the persecution, the absence of truth in those appointed to govern.
We need to be proficient in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Anyone objecting to these gifts has been blinded to the serious need for supernatural intervention using solutions provided by our Father. We are given the gift of discerning of spirits of good and evil for a reason. We have been invaded by invisible entities sent by Satan to destroy us. There is no other way to deal with them than using the power of the Holy Spirit to know what we are dealing with.
Not like the sons of Sceva who got it wrong. Acts 19 v 13 - 16: " Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded."
The evil spirit only recognises Jesus and born again believers as having power and authority over him. Anyone else gets beaten.
So let us pay more attention to the solutions God provided in His Word, and through Jesus and His examples of healing and deliverance for us in the gospels. Apply these today to the situations present in our communities. If there are uprisings and protests with burning , looting and mayhem, read Mark 5 and know that the demon called Legion is aka Mob. Jesus gave us power over these spirits, He said we will do even more than He has done. He said nothing shall by any means hurt us.
I have been in spiritual warfare and deliverance for over forty years, and demons have threatened me many times but they have not been able to hurt me. It takes time, effort and dedication to set the captives free but it is a glorious victory when we get it right.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we need to apply Your solutions to overcome Satan in the church before we can tackle the world's problems. May the eyes of the saints be opened, and their minds able to receive Your plans, and their will submitted to Yours, to make a difference to the outcome of the onslaught. Jesus came to show us how its done, let's us follow in His footsteps. In Jesus' name. Amen.