King Of The Jews - Part 13"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child. I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things". 1 Corinthians 13:11 A self-righteous attitude is a childish attitude. Judgementalism is an abhorrence to God. Every word I am writing here about Israel is written with love. As mentioned earlier, a love for Israel is a Godly love. Satan hates Israel and opposes her and has opposed her since the beginning. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel". Genesis 3:15. This Messianic prophecy which God spoke against Satan after the serpent led Adam and Eve into sin, began a drama which is still unfolding, with Israel, the woman, at center stage. The word bruise more accurately suggests crushing. "His heel" refers to Christ's heel and "his head" refers to the serpent/Satan's head. The Amplified Bible translation renders the verse, "He (Christ) will bruise and tread your head underfoot", implying death to the serpent. If you've ever bruised your own heel, you know what a painful, yet non-fatal affliction it is. Hence, the implication that Christ will experience great pain and suffering, yet survive and triumph totally over Satan. "The seed" refers to the Abrahamic Covenant which would produce the 12 tribes of Israel and ultimately, Jesus the Messiah, "And in thee shall all nations of the earth be blessed". Genesis 12:3. God chose Abraham and confirmed the covenant with Isaac and Jacob, preparing the line for the coming Messiah. Of course, if Satan could destroy the line of Abraham before Messiah could accomplish his work, the battle would be over before it started. As stated, the "woman" is Israel. Satan has known since the beginning that this woman spells his doom. Throughout the millennia, he has tried repeatedly to destroy her. Since he failed in his mission to prevent the Messiah's first coming, Satan is working "like the devil" to destroy Israel to prevent the second coming. Additionally, the 144,000 witnesses, who will evangelize the world during the Great Tribulation, will be comprised entirely of Jewish believers in Y'shua Messiah. If Satan could wipe the Jews from the earth then that prophecy would never be fulfilled and the worldwide revival would never take place. "They have said, Come let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more remembrance". Psalm 83:4 Human reasoning nearly precludes the horrendous hatred the world has for the Jewish race, in particular, the hatred of the Arabs/Muslims for Israel and all Jews. Just as Hitler, Haman, Hamas, Hezbollah have sworn to "wipe them off the map", as previously mentioned, President Ahmedinajad of Iran has continued this Satanic outcry against God's chosen people. This is the final chapter about to be written in the historic struggle of God vs. Satan. If Satan can destroy the Jews, then God is a liar. The sons of Ishmael, whom God described as "a wild man; his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him". (Genesis 16:12), have certainly lived up to their calling. As a Muslim journalist recently asked, "why are all terrorists Muslims?". The above scripture verse is the short answer. We are living in a time where Global Terror is a reality and the fear of fear has taken hold with a vengeance. This fear of Global Terror is leading the world to unite in several ways. Firstly, to create a demand for Global control of all individuals. To identify, track and control the movements of and the purchasing power and trading abilities of every person on the planet is the stated goal of governments everywhere. Through the use of security cameras, communication intercepts and monetary transaction histories almost no-one is invisible to the all-seeing eye. Eventually every single individual on planet Earth must be a part of this Global network. A united world must be united under one leader. Somewhere, perhaps even now, there waits in the wings just such a man. After the Rapture when the world is plunged into chaos and Spiritual Darkness this "Man of Sin" will be revealed. "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark". Revelation 13:16 Lucifer, the angel that God created, fell from the sin of pride and became Satan, the adversary of God and His people. In his desire to be "like the most high" God, Satan needs to counterfeit as many traits and attributes of Yahweh as possible. "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer...for thou has said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven...I will be like the most High". Isaiah 14:13 &14 To "be like the most High", Satan needs to replicate as closely as possible the attributes of God. Through the 666 world system, he will attain a facsimile of omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence; he will be able to see, hear and exercise control over "..all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond..." Revelation 14-16 Through global security systems, i.e. cameras and myriad other types of electronic surveillance, he will attain a form of omniscience. The computer hard-drive, the cell-phone, G.P.S., e-mail, credit card and bank records already make the activities of humans an open book to government agencies of every stripe. Add to that the burgeoning numbers of video cameras monitoring the average citizen's every move and you have the whole recipe for omniscience and omnipresence. Already in London, England, people are filmed and photographed an average of 300 times per day. The rest of the world is scrambling to keep up with this bench-mark system of surveillance. "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name". Revelation 14:16. This is a form of omnipotence; if you can't buy or sell, you can't fill the most basic of human needs, including food, shelter or energy. Plus, through his agents, the "Beasts", he will have control over life and death for everyone, "...that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed". Revelation 14:15. That completes the picture of being "like the most High"; to be worshipped.
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