The Apocalypse Has Started
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Pericopy: Revelation 20:7-10
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Text: Revelation 20: 7-8
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Introduction:
Revelation is a gospel written by John on the island of Patmos. The narrative is in highly symbolic apocalyptic tone. The prophecy is about the coming of the Lord Jesus in the last days. The message was to all Christians who were waiting for his arrival. The narrative was to explain why evil was in the world.
Problem:
We are in pending doom with the current administration who is spewing out orders to cripple our country. This country is a nation of laws, and he is writing Executive Orders that is overriding laws that does not appeal to him. He has furloughed federal employees without cause, just to remove them from office. All of Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) employees were dismissed. Elon Musk and his DOSE team entered payment Treasure payment system, and copied our payment information onto there hard drives. The biggest problem is that the Republican party is cooperating with him. We are in big trouble.
Satan is at the whelm of government. He is waging economic warfare on our friends and allies. The last time I preached about Gog and Magog was concerning the rise of Russia and China. Now, the greatest nation is plagued with a wicked leader who is spouting nullification of our system of Law and Justice, and birth right. Plus, he has a cohort who was brought up under the racial system of Apartheid.
The Democrats are waking up to the moral fight by following Ephesians 6:10-18 KJV
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Resolution:
The nature of our problem is a spiritual, and it must take spiritual answer to resolve our country dilemma. We must accept the fact that “The Apocalypse Has Started.”
Response 1:
The Apocalypse has started because the leader, Gog, stirred up bias messages that were suppressed over the years to avoid looking prejudice. Just because the Civil Rights Movement has diminished on the national networks, the bigotry went underground. At various points in time, systematic racism would raise it ugly head. Our country was built on racial and ethnical values that was pro-white and property oriented. Later our values changed for the better, but property still held a place of distinction.
To be somebody, we must obtain a level of wealth through property or savings. The level of prestige depended where we are on the social ladder, and purchasing power. Economic status is an illusionary representation of placement in society.
“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes. He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord. Then once more the Lord will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as he did in the past.
Response 2:
The Apocalypse has started because Magog responded to call of Gog when he requested them to mount a rebellion for him because he was not elected President in 2020. The undergirding message for his supporters was that the immigrants were invading the boarder, and tearing down our system of government and status in the world. These people have been feed a bunch of lies by Gog. His people are duped and gullible to believe such nonsense that they will follow Gog to Hell. Now, Hell has no exits, because Jesus took the Keys of Death from Satan.
And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’
Response 3:
The Apocalypse has started because Gog’s followers faith was in him and not the Supreme Authority. Gog created a cult around his belief’s and lies. What we have is another Jim Jones affair except this was a political movement. Gog made himself into a divine being. We now have a spiritual crises.
Our text Revelation 20:9-10 answers this delimma.
And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
The Ultimate Power will destroy the movement before they destroys our democracy.
Conclusion:
In the final analysis, this is a Holy War which needs Godly Power and direction. We must look for the Holy Spirit to cleanse our nation from the demonic souls that are leading our nation. We have to go back to Ephesians 6:10–18 .
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Lift Every Voice and Sing
By James Weldon Johnson
1.
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven
ring,
Ring with the
harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing
rise
High as the listening
skies,
Let it resound loud
as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of
the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of
the hope that the present has brought us.
Facing the rising sun
of our new day begun,
Let us march on till
victory is won.
2.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening
rod,
Felt in the days when
hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady
beat,
Have not our weary
feet
Come to the place for
which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a
way that with tears has been watered,
We have come,
treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy
past,
Till now we stand at
last
Where the white gleam
of our bright star is cast.
3.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent
tears,
Thou who hast brought
us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy
might
Led us into the
light,
Keep us forever in
the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray
from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts
drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy
hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native
land.
