Daily Devotional, Year 4 – March 22 (Apocalypse NOW! Part 26: “The Invisible War”)

By admin On March 22nd, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – March 22

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Apocalypse NOW!

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Part 26:

“The Invisible War”

To read the first part of this topic, go here…AUGUST 3 (Apocalypse Now! Part 1: Silencing the Gospel!)

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Like never before in the history of this world, the two great warring factions, Heaven and Hell, have all but completely erased themselves from visibility. And as a consequence, the citizens of this world are now immersed in stark unbelief! As a matter of fact, even the very mention of a literal Devil brings out chuckling jests and eye-rolling unbelief from most persons.

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And as far as they are concerned, if there is a literal God, He merely sits out there in deep space looking down through some giant telescope, monitoring the goings on here on “good ol’ Planet Earth”.

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Shoppers in Toronto – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license

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THE INVISIBLE WAR

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But nothing could be further from the truth! Actually, the battle between Heaven and Hell is raging all around us! But the two opposing armies are keeping a very low profile, each for their own particular reasons.

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First, Heaven keeps silent and invisible in attempt to insure that only those who come to Jesus, do so by faith alone. Oh yes, Salvation is by grace alone. But God still desires His followers to live by the yet-to-be-fulfilled promises of the Bible.

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Now on the other hand, Satan knows that if the world understood that he does indeed exists, and is actually called, “the god of this world”, many would turn to the Lord out of abject terror. And so, Satan can do much more evil here, without revealing the true hellish source of that sin, misery, and desolation.

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Christ battles satan www.thebiblerevival.com-public domain

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6th HEAD: ATHEISM

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And it must be remembered that we are now living in the era in which the 6th and 7th head of the Antichrist Beast of Revelation 13 have now arisen to world dominance.

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And the 6th head is atheism: “man, who is the supreme being of the universe”.

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And so, that is why atheism, and its related ideologies are so powerful in today’s world. And that is also why there are so many abject unbelievers in today’s societies.

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And even the many world-citizens who do believe in a god of one type or another, do not believe that the war between Heaven and Hell is actually raging all around us.

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ABOVE PICTURE – The whore city, Babylon, the apostate church-world, as she rides the Beast, the antichrist world-system – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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“…the spirits of devils, working miracles…”

Revelation 16:14

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Nevertheless, Satan and his vast invisible armies are working around the clock, deceiving this modern high-tech world, with various deceptions, all in a concerted effort to cast doubt upon the veracity and certitude of God’s Word, the Bible.

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And because Satan and his countless unseen evil angels keep such a low-profile, the people of this planet are deceived and disarmed by these deceptions, attributing them to natural causes, saying such things as, “Oh yes, the unlearned and ignorant people of past centuries attributed these things to Satan, but our present-day knowledge of science has now proved these things to be nothing more than the results of natural occurrences!”

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Thus, Satan lulls the world’s citizenry into sleepy-eyed unbelief and unwary ignorance of this invisible spiritual battle now raging all around us, between the angels of Heaven, and the angels cast out of Heaven to Hell (Hell, “Tartaroo”, in this verse speaks of the spiritual darkness of this world).

And as a result, the vast multitudes, both in the world, and even in the Church, continue on, “deceiving and being deceived”. 2nd Timothy 3:13

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Charles Darwin – by John Collier (artist) – www.wikimedia.com – Public Domain

Sigmund Freud – LIFE – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS, ARMOR UP!

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Well, the very Good News is that today is still the day of Salvation.

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And all those who desire everlasting life are invited to armor up and join in the joyful battle, the Good Fight of faith, in which Jesus has already conquered the enemy on Calvary’s Cross.

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ABOVE PICTURE: soldiers of the cross – armor up! – Orion & The Revelation 12 Dragon constellation (comprised of Hyades & Pleiades and other constellations) – www.signsofheaven.org

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TO READ PART 27, CLICK HERE…

June 22 (Apocalypse Now! Part 27: “Satan Now On the March”)

Gay Parade – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License

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TODAY‘S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Strengthen my faith that I may endure the fiery trials which are just now coming upon the horizon for God’s people…

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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THE WOMAN ON THE ALTAR CONSTELLATION

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“Let my prayer

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be set forth

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before Thee as incense;

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and the lifting up

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of my hands

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as the evening sacrifice.”

Psalm 142:2

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LOCATING THIS CONSTELLATION…

This “Golden Altar” Constellation is only seen in winter through spring, in mid-sky. It is to the south of the “Fleeing Woman Constellation” (AKA Ursa Major or The Big Dipper).

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The “Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12” Constellation is in the northeastern sky in this sketch. You would be facing east and looking very high up almost to mid-sky to see this constellation group this way. The altar is farther south but still in the eastern sky. This altar itself is commonly known as “Leo Major“, with the smoke rising being “Leo Minor“.

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A little farther down this page is the sketch of this same constellation in the latter part of winter, when you look at them facing westward. You will notice that what looked like Gospel seed being cast from her left hand and left foot (see “Woman of Revelation 12-The Fleeing Woman” article for explanation of casting “Gospel Seed”) now appears like smoke or incense rising from the altar. It is not clear why the altar is sideways in back of the Woman. It would make more sense if it were directly under the Woman. However, the Lord must have some spiritual truth to convey concerning this odd positioning of the Altar. The 7 Stars (Big Dipper) is easy to see with its very bright 7 stars. But the Revelation 12 Woman (Ursa Major) must be seen on a dark starry night, away from city lights.

THE ZODIAC CONSTELLATION NAMES

It is not the purpose of www.theheavensdeclare.net to give any validity to the Zodiac or any pagan deities. But the common names of many constellations (such as Scorpio or Sagittarius, etc.), must be given, solely for the purpose of locating them on star-charts.

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TOMORROW…

March 23 (How To Keep The Sabbath, Part 5: “The Mark of the Beasts”)

ABOVE PICTURE: Mark of the beast – pub. dom. – Wikipedia

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THE DESIRE OF AGES, BY ELLEN G. WHITE

This is a chapter of the audio book about the Gospel of Jesus Christ in His life and ministry.

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Chapter 37 – The First Evangelists

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Jesus over Jerusalem – Enrique Simonet Flevit – 1892 – Wikimedia – Public-Domain

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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…

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This recording #131, is a small 30 minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s 90 minute nightly talk shows. This particular program aired in the last few years of his 50 year radio ministry..

Signs Of Heaven