Spiritual Warfare
Rising
25 Nov 2014
I understand the video below because, like it, I’m also
disturbed by the rising, almost incomprehensible tide of forces that
are arrayed against God, goodness, traditional values, unalienable Rights,
and hope for a return to something like a decent America.
If I only saw or sensed the rising tide of godlessness, criminality and
treason emanating from Obama and the White House, I wouldn’t be particularly
disturbed. I’d continue to assume that, inevitably, all of the “good” Americans
would soon rise up to stop Obama’s wickedness.
But this rising tide of wickedness does not seem to emanate from a single,
earthly source or single direction. Instead, this tide seems to
flow from dozens, scores, perhaps hundreds of other sources scattered
throughout our government, nation and world and from all points on the compass.
The multitude of sources doesn’t appear to be organized as a hierarchy
whose infrastructure or communications network could be attacked.
The multiple sources don’t appear to be coordinated and centrally-controlled so
much happening
spontaneously. I don’t feel as if I’m
beset by an organization so much as a spiritual “instinct” that’s almost
as mindless as a hoard of rats running in the same direction for no
discernible reason.
I feel as if I’m vulnerable, but not to an organized assault of
the sort we might see from an attacking army. Instead, I feel vulnerable
to an attack that is, by itself, almost as invisible and omnipresent as
biological warfare. There seems to be something “in the air” that I can
sense, but I can’t see.
Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I don’t think that’s the case.
If I were being attacked by a real army, I could see my attackers and
shoot. I wouldn’t feel helpless. There’d be something I could
do. But the attack that I sense today leaves me with nothing to do but
hope and endure–perhaps even to the end.
What disturbs me more than anything else is that, while I keep waiting and
expecting the American people to rise up to oppose this invisible attack, I see
almost no one who seems truly dedicated to resisting. America is not in
danger because we have so many criminals, traitors and evil men in
our nation and government. We’re in danger because we have
so few good men who are willing to stand up, stand together
and somehow resist our spiritual adversary.
I do what I can to try to sound the alarm but, except for a handful of
others, almost no one else seems to hear or care. I am
shocked
by America’s habitual
indifference to wickedness and the
threat of national destruction.
I’ve been writing for 24 years in hope that I’d find the right words to
arouse public resentment to corruption and even wickedness. I’ve been
struggling to find the words that might motivate others to really stand up,
overcome the corruption and restore some semblance of righteousness to
this country.
But, so far as I know, I’ve been singularly unsuccessful in providing such
motivation. Of course, I’m hoping to motivate millions but perhaps
the Good LORD only needs a few thousand or even a few hundred to achieve His
purposes. So, maybe I’ve had some measure of success–but if I have, it’s
not obvious.
I look around and it appears to me that the forces or wickedness
are rising, gloating in their power. The advocates of
righteousness that I’d hope and expect to see, seem scattered,
disorganized, impotent, few in number and frightened into silence.
I feel like a man about to be encompassed by a hurricane. I know that
I can do nothing to ensure my earthly survival. I know that the only way
I’ll emerge from the coming hurricane is by the grace of our Father YHWH ha
Elohiym. In a sense, I will have to submit to the power of hurricane
that’s coming and depend only on the Good LORD to get me through.
There are moments when I’m tempted to run and hide and try to escape the
invisible attack against America. Maybe I should just quit writing, quit
radio, quit trying to educate and motivate myself and others. Maybe I
should just hunker down in an armor-plated hole and try to save myself.
But, whenever that notion crosses my mind, I’m reminded of the
Messiah’s warning that “those who stand firm to the end shall be saved.” Those
who don’t “stand firm to the end” shall not be saved. To cut, run and
hide would be to “not stand firm to the end”. Bad idea.
Sooo, here I am, determined to “stand firm to the end”. I
can’t quit. I can’t run.
But, while my determination to “stand firm” seemed fairly easy several
years ago, it increasingly seems almost impossible. That’s probably
because ten years ago, I believed I had enough strength in myself to withstand
whatever testing and tribulation might precede the “end”. Today, as
a senior citizen, I see my own strength waning at the same time that the powers
of wickedness are rising. Today, I know that the only way I can “stand firm to
the end” is if I have enough
faith in the Good LORD to do so.
I suspect that the Messiah’s warning might be more accurately
interpreted as: only those who “stand firm to the end”
in
their faith–not in their persona strength–“shall be saved”.
We shall see.
In any case, here’s the video that I understand as evidence or fast-rising
spiritual warfare waged moreso by the wicked than the
righteous. here’s the video that someone else is every bit as
disconcerted by the rising tide of spiritual warfare waged by the wicked as I
am. But,
where’s evidence of spiritual warfare waged by the
righteous?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Upu8QtqPw&feature=player_embedded
I expected to be one in an army of millions of “Christians Soldiers”
(marching as to war!) who would inevitably overwhelm the wicked. I
feel as if I’m one of a handful of Christian dissidents who are merely hoping
to avoid capture.
Spiritual warfare is not for the faint of heart.
Spiritual warfare is no game.
https://adask.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/spiritual-warfare-rising/
