Sermon Tone Analysis

Birth Pains

Lets read from the beginning of this section:

Over the past few weeks we saw the setting of the stage for the last act of Human kind!

Man is heading for a destiny of judgement before his creator

It is clear that time has fulfilled all of the first conditions that will be seen indicating that the eternal watch of God is nearing His appointed time

In the midst of it all Jesus gives words of comfort to His disciples not to be troubled or intimidated by the transpiring events

We round out this opening section with the conditions of Famine, pestilences and earthquakes

History tells us that that the per-capita amount of food available per/person in the world has increased!

While the WFP reported that famine in the 20th century was all but eradicated, the 20th century has seen some of the worst famines in the history of the world

Over time, famines have become increasingly “man-made”-phenomena, becoming more clearly attributable to political causes, including non-democratic government and conflict.

Paradoxically, over the course of the 20th century famine was virtually eradicated from most of the world, whilst over the same period there occurred some of the worst famines in recorded history.

This is because many of the major famines of the 20th century were the outcome of wars or totalitarian regimes

And at the base of this phenomena!

Wars and rumors of war!

Amartya Sen famously noted in his 1999 book Development as Freedom that “there has never been a famine in a functioning multiparty democracy”.

1 in 5 households; 30% of worlds population; 2 in 10,000 die daily from familne

The World Peace Foundation describes it as “mass intentional starvation”

WFP says about South Sudan-the largest famine on earth:

these famines weren’t caused by natural disasters like crop failures or droughts.

They were man-made — the direct result of the bloody wars and insurgencies raging in all four countries.

Famine as a weapon against people”

Germany’s Hunger Plan during WWII:

The ‘Hunger Plan’ pursued by Nazi Germany as part of its attempted invasion of the Soviet Union is an example of the latter.

Despite the plan only being partially executed, over 4.5 million famine deaths are attributed to the offensive,25 significantly more than have occurred globally since the turn of the 21st Century.

Health and Death during Famine:

It is important to note that, as opposed to dying from literal starvation, the vast majority of people that die during famines actually succumb to infectious disease or other illnesses, with some diseases being more directly linked to diet than others.

So we see the connection here of famine to pestilence

All of it attributed to man’s creation and not God’s provision!

Luke gives us an insight to this time also:

He lists “fearful” sights to his discourse.

The Greek here means frightful things

A phenomena sweeping the world today is what medicine has termed “aggravated Delirium”

The drug induces a state of demonic possession the likes of which we have recorded in Luke

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Now let me ask you what you would do if confronted by these demons?

The Scripture is clear - remember Jesus’ word?

Don’t be intimidated!

We have been given authority through the Holy Spirit over these demonic activities!

My friends we are entering a time in history that the church needs to rise up and take the authority given to it, raise their swords, and bring deliverance to the captive!

In both these passages - great signs will be seen!

Signs - literally Characteristic or marks

An optical perception that makes possible a certain insight

These characteristics (signs) will be “from heaven” literally certainly from heaven

I believe that these signs are the delivering and healing power of the church which can only receive its power from heaven!

Why else would Satan begin to duplicate false miracles and powers if first the church was not demonstrating them proving the power of God?

I share all this not to discourage you but to encourage you to dig into the Word of God and understand your authority through the Holy Spirit and make it active in your life today!

WE WIN!!!!

My friends there are battles to be fought NOW, there are lives to be saved, NOW, there is deliverance to be released NOW

God has heard our cry and now we should hear the cry of the Father to take the gifts of the Holy Spirit that God has given us and fight the good fight for the deliverance of those who Satan has snared in his web of bondage!