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These shall make war with the Lamb

Revelation 17:13 says,

“These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.”

According to Revelation 17, the ten kings are in agreement. They will give the beast their power and strength.

It appears that these ten kings are fighting against other political alliances, but their true intention is global dominance, to take control of all nations. To control and bring into bondage all people.

Their pursuits are in all realities a war with the Lamb of God because God gave him as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. God has made him Lord of all. God gave authority over all nations. See Psalms 2, Matthew 28:18-20, and John 17:2

The Ten Kings

“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17:14

These ten kings are fighting against someone:

Who hath been appointed as heir of all things

By whom God made the planets

Who is the brightness of God’s glory?

The brightness of God’s glory is reflected in creation. It is infinite knowledge and wisdom, Hebrews 1:1-3. The Lamb of God, Jesus, is the brightness of his glory.

Debt

Debt is the hook by which Satan is going to throw people into a deep black hole.

Sacrifice in the system of God

You don’t have to guess what God values. It is the one thing by which he is going to judge the world. God values sacrifice. This is why we have the image of the Lamb of God on the throne (See Revelation 22).

We are in the end times, and people are going to lift up their god and the things that they sacrifice to and for, and they will be judged. 

1 Timothy 6:10 says, “The love of money is the root of all evil.”

The Difference

In Matthew 25, there are two parables of great significance: the first is the parable of the ten virgins, and the second is the parable of the talents. The parable of the ten virgins deals with the issue of timing. Both groups had the same equipment and were subject to the same circumstances. The only difference is that the wise virgins prepared for the journey, while the foolish virgins did not. When the call came, the wise virgins went into the marriage feast, and the door was shut, and opportunity was lost to the five foolish virgins

The parable of the talents in Matthew is about maximizing opportunity.

The Opportunity

In Matthew 25:14-30, the talents that the landlord gave to the servants is God’s way of returning stewardship over creation to man. God gives talent, the world gives you debt.

Go back to the original blueprint in Genesis 1:26-29 and Genesis 2:5. God doesn’t change.

Man’s stewardship was always designed to work in partnership with God. God formed the animals from the dust of the ground, and brought them to Adam to be given names, Genesis 2:18-25

When you leave God out of the equation, what you get is self-exaltation, the Nebuchadnezzar syndrome: 

In Daniel 4:30, Nebuchadnezzar said,

‘Look at this Great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty.’

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, a voice from heaven said, “The kingdom is departed from you.” Nebuchadnezzar went through a period of insanity. 

When you work apart from God, you get self-effort:

In the parable of the foolish rich man who said,

‘What shall I do! I have no room to store my fruits. He said, I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store my fruit there. I WILL say, soul, you have much in store; sit back, eat, drink, and be merry.

God said, ‘You fool, your soul is required of you this night! Then shall all those things you prepared belong to whom you have prepared?’

Jesus said, ‘So is he who stores treasure for himself and is not rich toward God!’

What is the talent? Grace!

21 trillion to build bunkers for the rich?

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Some people have no sense of justice. They think the rich are somehow excluded from judgment.

God already told us what he was going do

“For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.” Haggai 2:6-8

What about those who trust in the LORD?

Hebrews 13:26-28 is a fulfillment of the prophecy in Haggai 2:6-8

“Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath he promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is a consuming fire.”

God tells us what he is going to do in the latter times. A violent shaking will shake all things in heaven, on earth, and under the sea, and he will shake all nations.

People are trying to hedge their wealth in gold, silver, and bitcoin.

God said that both gold and silver belong to him. The earth and the fullness of it belong to him.

The best we can do is not to envy those who prosper in their pursuits. Not to be distracted by their schemes. Seek the Lord while he might be found.

God has given us a kingdom that cannot be moved because he established and governs it. The Bible says, “Let us have grace!” In other words, we are to hold fast to God’s grace and live in it daily.

Too many believers are stuck in this world’s system. They have leveraged their lives in overwhelming debt.

Proverbs 18:10, the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and are safe.

Learn the value of the name of Jesus! God has invested all in that Name!

In what ways is the Name of the LORD a strong tower?

Proverbs 18:10

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

I realize something about John 14, in verse 10, the Heavenly Father gave Jesus the words to speak and he performed the works through Jesus.

John 14:10

“Believe thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me…”

The Heavenly Father told Jesus what words to say and confirmed that through signs, wonders, and miracles. The same concept is repeated in John 5:19 & 8:28-29.

So in what ways is the Name of the LORD is a strong tower?

John 16:23

Jesus said, “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.”

Whatsoever you need! His name, throght in his name is your string toaer.

In Act 3, the cripple man was made whole and healed through faith in the name of Jesus!

In Luke 10:17, seventy of Jesus’ disciples returned from a missions trip, saying even the devils are subject to us through your name.

Lots of people have asked and not received  because they gave up too soon.

Sometimes, it comes down to persistence. Luke, the widow woman of Luke 18:1-8, was persistent in appealing to a wicked judge until they received justice. Jesus called her persistent faith. He said though God bears long with them, yet he will avenge them speedily. 

Other times, people do not receive it because they have no relationship with God and are simply doing what they see somebody else do.

Acts 19:13-16, Seven Sons Sceva, a chief priest, tried to use the name of Jesus to cast out evil spirits. The evil spirit said, ‘Jesus, I know, and Paul, I know, but who are you?’

Many are defeated because they have no substantive relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Developing faith is a lifestyle. There will be many failures, but keep pressing because God is faithful and has called us to Himself through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Brothers & Sisters of Ukraine

I am wondering

If you commanded Russia to get off of your soil in the Name of Jesus,

If enough of you start speaking to Russia in the Name of the Lord to get off your land

If enough of you start speaking to principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in heavenly places to get off of your land

Because

God determines national borders and boundaries, Acts 17:26

All power in heaven and earth has been delegated to Jesus,

One sow and another waters BUT God gives the increase. You do your part; God does his part. Creation was always meant to be a partnership.

We get to taste of the heavenly gift now, we are partakers of the Holy Spirit now. We get to taste of good word of God and the powers of the world to come now, see Hebrews 6:4-5

He has given us power over all the power of the enemy, Luke 10:18-19

He gave us dominion over the earth, not to one person but to every human being born on earth.

“Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever, we executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to prisoners.”  Psalms 146:3-7

“He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man, the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy.” Psalms 147:9-11

One can chaste a thousand and two ten thousand

Speak to the enemy in the Name of the Lord. GET OUT, say it a thousand times, say it in unison. Why does this work?

Because we are made in the image and likeness of God. God created reality with words, Hebrews 11:3

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, Proverbs 18:21

God’s original blueprint is being fulfilled