Throughout history, Satan has used world leaders and world empires to war against the kingdom of God and His people. We are seeing that war play out once again in a new guise, known as the New World Order (NWO). But it has its deep roots in the previous empire of the 20th century.
During the 1900’s Satan was forced to go to his “A-game”, when he saw that Bible prophecy was making great strides towards historical fulfillment. In 1917, the land of Palestine had been given back to the Jews for the re-establishment of a Jewish nation. Since Satan’s demise is tied prophetically to the end time reappearance of the nation of Israel, this was cause for alarm on Satan’s part. Something had to be done and fast.
Satan’s answer was to empower a man and his empire to try & wipe out every Jew in Europe, in an effort to prevent Israel’s nationhood from becoming a reality.
Adolph Hitler rose to power in a nation that had been thrown into economic, political, and social chaos following its defeat during WWI. Despite opposition, Hitler’s Nazi party rose in power as the solution to Germany’s national crisis. Adolph Hitler reestablished national pride, redeemed the economy, and restored order. The German people loved him. Church leaders bowed to him.
Empowered by Satan himself, Adolph Hitler proved to be incredibly successful on the political and military fronts. Sweeping across Europe in a few short years, Hitler turned a defeated German nation into the empire of the Third Reich. And wherever his power extended, Hitler would round up the Jews for slaughter and anyone sympathizing with them.
Adolph Hitler was allied with some powerful Middle Eastern Muslim leaders. Together with these nations, Hitler hoped to extend his decimation of the Jews to the land called “Palestine,” once the European front was under control.
But despite being empowered and guided by Satan himself, Adolph Hitler was defeated. In the end, the German empire lay in smoking ruins, with its leader dead from a gunshot wound to his head.
How was Hitler’s empire defeated? God used the predominantly God-fearing armies of the United States, England, and other nations to vanquish the Third Reich. But, it took all of the Allies— strengthened by God— to defeat this beast empire & its leader.
Satan will not make that same mistake again. As the beast is released from the Abyss to enter back on the world’s stage once more, Satan will have a strategy in place for what beat him the last time.
Why are we experiencing so much turmoil and chaos throughout the world today? First, Satan creates the problem. Then, he offers up the solution. Satan is hard at work in our world today.
Why are things amping up at such a frenzied intensity? It is “because he knows that he has a short time,” (Revelation 12:12). Prophetically, a treaty and a temple are waiting in the wings of history, waiting to become realities in Israel very soon. If there was ever a time for Satan to begin to move, it is now.
But Satan has to deal with the problem of what defeated him the last time around: God-fearing nations of people. How does he do that?
To start, he introduces gross sin, including idolatry into the nations. “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people,” (Proverbs 14:34).
As the Bible puts it, “And they are insane with their idols,” (Jeremiah 50:38).
But what is Satan to do about the stubborn, God-fearers who hold fast to the teachings of Christ? What if they don’t fall into iniquity?
For them, Satan’s tool of choice is deception. Jesus said: “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am Christ’; and shall deceive many,” (Matthew 24:4-5). A carnal church will put its trust in man. But, spirit cries out to Spirit.
Today not only our nation, but our world are being thrown into turmoil and chaos. This “pan-demon-ium” (pandemonium), in turn, cries out for a strong response, a strong hand to restore order in the world. And Satan will have his man waiting in the wings to satisfy the need for law & order or “peace and safety.” Just like pre-WWII Germany.
Can we duped into accepting this man? Not if we love, honor, and obey God! “For the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.,” (Proverbs 9:10).
The lesson should not be lost on us that Hitler himself used the established churches and a pretense of Christianity for a time, in order to further his goals. But eventually the gloves came off, and Germany was stuck with a monster.
That monster or beast is rising back up from the abyss. He came very close to annihilating the Jews the first go around. This next time will be worse. “Jacob’s time of trouble” is yet ahead for Israel.
Satan is using chaos and deception for accomplishing his purposes. Like Hitler, his strategy is brilliant, but flawed. In the end, the beast…and eventually Satan himself, wind up in the eternal Lake of Fire.
Evil is ultimately self-destructive. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Knowledge (intelligence) that is not founded on the worship of God is ultimately flawed, and therefore, headed for destruction.
The most intelligent being in the universe outside of the Godhead is not George Soros, Bill Gates, or Vladimir Putin. It is Satan who used to be “the anointed cherub that covered” the very throne of God Himself. But Satan’s knowledge is a fallen knowledge, not based upon submission to God. So, it is flawed and defeatable.
Evil is inherently destructive to its own self. It is self-annihilating; its own worst enemy. Remind yourself of that the next time Satan tries to get you into fear. If you are a child of God, submitted to the Lamb, victory over Satan— and all the chaos, destruction, and tyranny this world can throw at us— is a foregone conclusion. Rejoice! Your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of (Eternal) Life! Hallelujah!
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