The Real You 13
The Real You
Because of rebellion, the host of the saints and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground. (Daniel 8:12-NIV)
Because of rebellion.
The Hebrews term translated "rebellion" is peshah. Here is the key to the whole end-time scenario. God is seeking out rebellion wherever it may be found, beginning with those who are closest to God.
The host of the saints and the daily sacrifice were given over to it.
Even the saints closest to God, and those who have been forgiven through the blood atonement, will be tested, tested, shaken, shaken, by means of the authority and power given to Antichrist. You, dear reader, will be tested, tested, shaken, shaken.
God wants to determine if there is any rebellion remaining in you. "Not My will but Yours be done," the Son of God cried out in His agony.
So will you utter such a cry if you have been predestined to be seated at the right hand of God. The original sin was rebellion, self-will, and God wants it driven from His creation. If He dealt so sternly with His own Son, what do you think will happen to the rest of us?
It prospered in everything it did. As I sit here typing away, the daily paper is telling of the abominations taking place in the United States. Our country is unwittingly being handed over to the enemy by self-seeking politicians.
It is not apparent as yet that this is what is taking place, but those of us who are older know it is happening. A country once strong with Pilgrim fiber is growing rotten at the core.
It is only a matter of time before it is taken over by a more disciplined culture, probably by one of the countries, or a group of countries, from the East.
Antichrist will prosper. This is God's will for a season until rebellion has been thoroughly dealt with. Truth was thrown to the ground.
Please keep in mind that the issue is not power. Christ and those whose life He is are seated far above all other authority and power. Rather the battle is one of truth.
The authority and power of Satan were destroyed on the cross of Calvary.
Antichrist possesses only the authority and power permitted him by Jesus Christ in order that God may search for rebellion in the personalities of those destined to govern the creation.
Thus the battle rages around truth.
If Antichrist can persuade one of God's stars to believe a lie he can entice that member of the royal priesthood to think, say, or do something that will cause him to be torn down from his place at the right hand of God, just as prominent ministers have been torn down in our day.
There is only one protection from the deceptions of Antichrist. Our protection is the cross we carry behind the Lord Jesus. The cross attacks the self-will, the rebellion that dwells in the convoluted labyrinths of our heart.
The cross enters there and cuts away the rebellion and sin we have inherited from Adam and Eve and their descendants.