inception Let’s Take a Step Back
“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So, the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:7-9
I believe the term ‘mystery’ adequately expresses our inability to comprehend how pride overtook Lucifer, a perfect angel in a perfect heaven, leading him to eventually accuse God of being unjust, convince one third of God’s angels (Rev 12:4) that he knew better and to say in his 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. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most high.” Isaiah 14:13,14
Though it’s a mystery as to how sin arose in a perfect world, it remains that Satan and his angels, who have been “cast to the earth”, are busy seeding iniquity (lawlessness) in the world (2 Thes 2:7). Since the fall of Adam and Eve, Satan has made claim to the earth, attempting to establish his kingdom here on earth, while continuing to accuse God of being unjust and attacking His Law.
So why does God put up with it?
Firstly, it’s important to remember that nothing has taken God by surprise, and though it remains a mystery to us how and why sin was allowed to enter the heart of Lucifer, a perfect angel in a perfect heaven, we can, to some degree, understand that “God is love” (1 John 4:16), and that His Love is expressed through His gift of ‘free-will’ - the same free-will that was extended to Lucifer.
Although, through God’s gift of free-will, Lucifer and one-third of the heavenly host were free to rebel and turn their backs on God as Lord of creation, the question still remains... Why hasn’t God destroyed Lucifer and his angels now that their rebellion has displayed the “rotten fruits” that it has?... for it was a “war” that “broke out in heaven” (Rev 12:7), a war that remains here on earth.
Considering that one-third of the heavenly host were convinced by Lucifer that God was unjust, and that Lucifer could do better, if God were to destroy them from the onset, then the remaining faithful of God’s creation would inevitably worship God out of fear, wondering within themselves if there was any truth in what Lucifer propagated. In this scenario we can imagine that sin would eventually rise again.
As a just and true God, our Father understands, as with Satan, that Satan must be given an equitable chance to demonstrate that his way is better and that he is indeed worthy of worship from the human race. However, Satan has failed miserably, as sin has utterly consumed him, and he’s fully aware that Jesus was victorious at the cross, in which we have our salvation, and that his demise is imminent.
“All who knew you are appalled at your fate. You have come to a terrible end, and you will exist no more.” Ezekiel 28:19
Knowing that he will eventually cease to exist, Satan, consumed by sin, has turned on God’s people in an attempt to lead them also towards their own demise. This persecution by Satan upon God’s people, upon His Church, was foretold and we should take heed…
“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.”Revelation 12:13
Satan, the devil, has chosen to embrace sin and is indeed the leading figure against Christ. He “...abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44). However, the big picture, the true enemy, is sin itself. That’s one reason why God has said that mankind must not...
“…put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever” and “placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Genesis 3:22:24
God does not desire for us to live eternally in sin. So, in order for sin to be cast away eternally, never again to rise in the hearts of God’s children, all of God’s creation must witness the horrific end sin leads to and, through God’s wrath, witness and embrace His disdain for sin. Sadly, however, we will live through this turmoil…
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21
“…and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time...” Daniel 12:1
As such, God’s Word teaches us that He will soon remove his hand of protection from amongst those who have turned their back on Him...
“…because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie...” 2 Thessalonians 2:10,11
As God is Just, for a brief moment in earth’s history, He will give sinful people the fruits of their desires, to a degree, in order to demonstrate the irrefutable evil of sin - something that we have yet to witness. Sadly, this will result in a time that...
“…except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved” Matthew 24:22 In His same Justness, God will also allow, for a brief moment, Satan the ability to perform more powerful “signs and lying wonders” (2Thes 2:9) in order to...
“…deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do...” Revelation 13:14 Leading the world into a brief, yet powerful deceptive period, through which Satan will literally impersonate Christ and forcefully incite followers in his worship. In his final attempt of deception, Satan will oppose...
“…and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4
This prophecy has already been fulfilled in ‘type’ (a symbolic fulfilment) through the “first beast” of Revelation 13, to which we’ll discuss a little later. However, in its final fulfilment this prophecy teaches us that Satan will be “revealed in his time” (2Thes 2:6).
This time of Satan’s revealing and his final blasphemous stand in the guise of Christ are intrinsically presented to us in God’s Word, if we would but prayerfully and humbly allow the Scriptures to interpret themselves as we are guided by the Holy Spirit. And, although I would argue that all things are done in God’s time and that His Word, the Bible, should be our only measure of truth, Satan, in his egotistically driven heart, has chosen to inform and teach his “disciples”, through the channelled occult writings of Alice A. Bailey, of his plans to manifest himself as Christ on earth soon after 2025, thus being “revealed in his time” (2Thes 2:6).
As we stand, “...of that day and that hour knoweth no man” (Mark 13:32), but indeed I’m happy to proclaim that Jesus is coming again very soon - it saddens me, though, that we must first have “a falling away” (2Thes 2:3) and period of such great deception that…
“…if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
Jesus continues…
“Behold, I have told you before.” Matthew 24:24,25 Indeed, Jesus has told us before, and when asked by His disciples, “...what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (Mat 24:3), Jesus’ first response was… “Take heed that no man deceives you.”Matthew 24:4 Since Adam and Eve, Satan has been seeding deception into the world through mankind, in order to both destroy God’s people and to acquire their worship. Within his many lies, Satan has brought distortion upon God’s Word and has been preparing the world to welcome him with open arms.✞------------------------------------
I believe the term ‘mystery’ adequately expresses our inability to comprehend how pride overtook Lucifer, a perfect angel in a perfect heaven, leading him to eventually accuse God of being unjust, convince one third of God’s angels (Rev 12:4) that he knew better and to say in his 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. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most high.” Isaiah 14:13,14
Though it’s a mystery as to how sin arose in a perfect world, it remains that Satan and his angels, who have been “cast to the earth”, are busy seeding iniquity (lawlessness) in the world (2 Thes 2:7). Since the fall of Adam and Eve, Satan has made claim to the earth, attempting to establish his kingdom here on earth, while continuing to accuse God of being unjust and attacking His Law.
So why does God put up with it?
Firstly, it’s important to remember that nothing has taken God by surprise, and though it remains a mystery to us how and why sin was allowed to enter the heart of Lucifer, a perfect angel in a perfect heaven, we can, to some degree, understand that “God is love” (1 John 4:16), and that His Love is expressed through His gift of ‘free-will’ - the same free-will that was extended to Lucifer.
Although, through God’s gift of free-will, Lucifer and one-third of the heavenly host were free to rebel and turn their backs on God as Lord of creation, the question still remains... Why hasn’t God destroyed Lucifer and his angels now that their rebellion has displayed the “rotten fruits” that it has?... for it was a “war” that “broke out in heaven” (Rev 12:7), a war that remains here on earth.
Considering that one-third of the heavenly host were convinced by Lucifer that God was unjust, and that Lucifer could do better, if God were to destroy them from the onset, then the remaining faithful of God’s creation would inevitably worship God out of fear, wondering within themselves if there was any truth in what Lucifer propagated. In this scenario we can imagine that sin would eventually rise again.
As a just and true God, our Father understands, as with Satan, that Satan must be given an equitable chance to demonstrate that his way is better and that he is indeed worthy of worship from the human race. However, Satan has failed miserably, as sin has utterly consumed him, and he’s fully aware that Jesus was victorious at the cross, in which we have our salvation, and that his demise is imminent.
“All who knew you are appalled at your fate. You have come to a terrible end, and you will exist no more.” Ezekiel 28:19
Knowing that he will eventually cease to exist, Satan, consumed by sin, has turned on God’s people in an attempt to lead them also towards their own demise. This persecution by Satan upon God’s people, upon His Church, was foretold and we should take heed…
“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.”Revelation 12:13
Satan, the devil, has chosen to embrace sin and is indeed the leading figure against Christ. He “...abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44). However, the big picture, the true enemy, is sin itself. That’s one reason why God has said that mankind must not...
“…put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever” and “placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Genesis 3:22:24
God does not desire for us to live eternally in sin. So, in order for sin to be cast away eternally, never again to rise in the hearts of God’s children, all of God’s creation must witness the horrific end sin leads to and, through God’s wrath, witness and embrace His disdain for sin. Sadly, however, we will live through this turmoil…
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21
“…and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time...” Daniel 12:1
As such, God’s Word teaches us that He will soon remove his hand of protection from amongst those who have turned their back on Him...
“…because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie...” 2 Thessalonians 2:10,11
As God is Just, for a brief moment in earth’s history, He will give sinful people the fruits of their desires, to a degree, in order to demonstrate the irrefutable evil of sin - something that we have yet to witness. Sadly, this will result in a time that...
“…except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved” Matthew 24:22 In His same Justness, God will also allow, for a brief moment, Satan the ability to perform more powerful “signs and lying wonders” (2Thes 2:9) in order to...
“…deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do...” Revelation 13:14 Leading the world into a brief, yet powerful deceptive period, through which Satan will literally impersonate Christ and forcefully incite followers in his worship. In his final attempt of deception, Satan will oppose...
“…and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4
This prophecy has already been fulfilled in ‘type’ (a symbolic fulfilment) through the “first beast” of Revelation 13, to which we’ll discuss a little later. However, in its final fulfilment this prophecy teaches us that Satan will be “revealed in his time” (2Thes 2:6).
This time of Satan’s revealing and his final blasphemous stand in the guise of Christ are intrinsically presented to us in God’s Word, if we would but prayerfully and humbly allow the Scriptures to interpret themselves as we are guided by the Holy Spirit. And, although I would argue that all things are done in God’s time and that His Word, the Bible, should be our only measure of truth, Satan, in his egotistically driven heart, has chosen to inform and teach his “disciples”, through the channelled occult writings of Alice A. Bailey, of his plans to manifest himself as Christ on earth soon after 2025, thus being “revealed in his time” (2Thes 2:6).
As we stand, “...of that day and that hour knoweth no man” (Mark 13:32), but indeed I’m happy to proclaim that Jesus is coming again very soon - it saddens me, though, that we must first have “a falling away” (2Thes 2:3) and period of such great deception that…
“…if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
Jesus continues…
“Behold, I have told you before.” Matthew 24:24,25 Indeed, Jesus has told us before, and when asked by His disciples, “...what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (Mat 24:3), Jesus’ first response was… “Take heed that no man deceives you.”Matthew 24:4 Since Adam and Eve, Satan has been seeding deception into the world through mankind, in order to both destroy God’s people and to acquire their worship. Within his many lies, Satan has brought distortion upon God’s Word and has been preparing the world to welcome him with open arms.✞------------------------------------