The State of the Body Address
Ephesians 6:12-18
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
There is a time fast approaching when we will have to make a clear and definitive choice. It will be for Christ or the World System under Anti-Christ. Our perseverance as Christians will be tested as in no other time in history. The Holy Scriptures tell us that in the “end times,’ people will fall away from orthodox faith, falling into depraved and demonic doctrines that pervert the Word of God into outright heresy; all the while tickling the ears of those who hear it and dulling their senses into total compliance.
Already we see the heresy growing more intense within the Body of Christ, so much so that it has become very diseased and is in danger of dying completely. We know that it cannot truly die with Christ as the head, but it is becoming slowly paralyzed from forces from without and from within the Body. Within the Body we see heresies of all types. From materialism disguised within the framework of Christianity, to outright denials of scripture in its plain language.
I want you to look at the larger picture we face here though. Yes, the heresy matters deeply. Yes, the heresies are inundating the very fabric of dogma within the Christian Church. Yes, we are in danger of becoming just another religion. As I have spoken of over the past few weeks about the disastrous heresies within the church, now I want to tell you something even more menacing that is happening from outside the church that threatens the Church’s very existence.
Revelation 13:1-10
“1And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. 4Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" 5The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. 9 He who has an ear, let him hear. 10If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.”
This passage of sacred writ is discussing the New World Order. The One World Government and the Anti-Christ who, I believe, is alive and well today. The concept was founded by the Illuminati in 1776 and with them the Council of Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, and other governmental agencies, within our own government and abroad, have been directing and manipulating the masses into “globalization” and “global thinking.”
For example, in 2005 President Bush, President Vincente Fox of Mexico, and the then current prime minister of Canada agreed trilaterally to adopt the North American Union by 2010, forming a political and economic super state. This has been accepted and pushed quietly by the Council of Foreign Relations of which most of our Senators and Representatives have been or are a party too.
We already have the African Union, the European Union, South American Community of Nations, and will soon have a Pan-Asian Union if reports are correct on a recent superhighway that connects the Old Silk road from the Orient straight into the European Union. The United Nations even recently proposed we unify into a One World Government as of earlier this year.
The foundations are being finalized for this One World Government. What will this government be like? Scripture tells us that a major diplomatic figure will cement the world government in an agreement to a seven year treaty. A trial run if you will. Scripture tells us for three and a half years it will be ideal. There will be peace and security. Once the midpoint of the total of seven years occurs, it will become hell on earth. This benign and benevolent world president will transform into a tyrant worse than Hitler, Stalin, and all the other dictators combined. He will demand a “mark of loyalty” upon all humanity and will demand worship. If you refuse the mark or to worship him, you will be killed. This mark will be designed so that you cannot buy or sell unless you have it. Along with a man called the false prophet, they will conquer the earth with religious, political, military and economic controls. For the first 3 ½ yrs the mark will be a voluntary credit chip, medical information chip and identity chip implantable within the right hand or forehead of the masses. It will guarantee security, prosperity, and total domination. In the last half of the seven years it will be mandatory and all who refuse it will be killed by beheading.
11Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.
Revelation 13:11-18
This man performing the miraculous signs is the one who is known as the False Prophet. He will have headed the one world “universal” religion in the first half of the 7 years, but now will directly perform signs and wonders even calling down fire, deceiving the masses into worship of the Anti-Christ. Those who refuse will be killed.
I want to ask you today, if the world government was to come to power around 2012, as many analysts believe, given the current plans on the table by world governments to create “unions” and be under the umbrella of the world government, segmented into 10 kingdoms as described in the Bible, would you stand up for Christ when they required you to conform to the world system under Anti-Christ? Would you be willing to be denied medicines, money, food, driving privileges, and so much more? Or even more so, would you be willing or able to refuse it if you saw your children and grandchildren starved, brutalized, sickly, dying of various illnesses and wounds due to lack of medical access? Being hungry, destitute, without a home or car, watching loved ones die, while seeing those who simply accepted this “mark” live in luxury, be well fed, well clothed, given proper medical care may have an affect on your spiritual walk with Christ. I want each of you to ask yourself today, “Is my faith, as it is now, able to withstand the imminent storm?” “Do I trust God enough to rely solely on Him during this time?” “Will I make a stand for Him as the Early Christians did and die for the cause of Christ?” or will you lie down and hold out your wrist or forehead and become “marked” damning your soul to hell? I pose these questions because it is coming. It will be here soon. Whose side will you stand on? Do not necessarily rely on the Doctrine of the Rapture, which I believe will happen…but what if it doesn’t?
I would not be doing my job if I didn’t warn you and exhort you to be faithful. I wouldn’t truly love you as a priest and a servant of our Lord Christ. I would be like the heretics, saying do what you want its ok, if I didn’t spur you into a closer walk with Christ. This isn’t a scare tactic, this isn’t a psychological test; this is what has been ordained since the foundation of the earth to be birthed in our generation. We face adversaries of many types within the Body of Christ and we must remain faithful to our Lord despite the pleasant words offered by demons disguised as teachers. We must also ready ourselves in the times ahead. Our faith will be tested. Many will fall away, but there shall always be a remnant faithful to Christ. Be watchful for anyone within the Body of Christ touting and promoting a universal faith, Christ being a way, a truth, and a life. This is what the World Council of Churches teaches and their flunkies. Flee from anyone who claims to be a “Christ” for Jesus Himself warned us of that. Read the Word of God. Examine your hearts before the altar and as you partake of the Eucharist. Lastly, I want you to be “Wise as Serpents, and Harmless as Doves.” Follow the example of our Lord. Be patient under afflictions, be faithful to the Cross of Christ, love your neighbor as yourself and daily renew your commitment to be like Christ in all you do, for one day, all that you will see, will be darkness and if you do not have the light of Christ within you, you will stumble and you will fall.
Amen.
