Recently some of us were talking about how the debt system had to collapse so that the wealth transfer can take place. Or else the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. Some of us held the opinion that perhaps the reason why Trump wasn’t re-elected was because God didn’t want him to be remembered for posterity as the person who brought about the Great Depression. With Joe Biden as the president, the financial market would head towards the crash sooner.
Well, this thinking seemed very logical and made a lot of sense but I discerned it might not be coming from a heavenly perspective. Many financial experts like Jim Rogers and Ray Dalios had been talking about the market crash, a depression worse than 1930s in order for a reset to take place. So that the people in the world enslaved to this debt system for a century could be set free. But I was reminded that we could be boxing God in if we limit His work to just resetting the financial system.
Just like when Jesus came, the Jews expected their Messiah to overthrow the Roman Empire and set them free from the oppression like what God did for them in Egypt. But this time Jesus came for the entire world. He had to die and be resurrected again. This was something the Jews didn’t expect and hence they rejected their Messiah. Just because Jesus didn’t come to fulfil their expectation didn’t make him any less than a Saviour.
The Jews were thinking about their nation whereas God had the entire world’s salvation in mind. It was not just about Israel but the church. Similarly I became very clear that what the enemy was coming hard against wasn’t about the wealth transfer or the great financial reset or even delivering the poor from bondage. The enemy was trying so hard to stop the revival from coming. He knew that when the church, the sleeping giant awakened, that would be the end of his control of the earth.
All the deception, the lies and the system which he used to keep the church and the world enslaved for centuries would be destroyed. This is beginning to happen right now. When the church awakened, she would fight back and take her place to usher in the great revival. This would be the restoration of all things that Acts 3:21 talked about before Jesus comes back again. God is bringing His church to a place of greatest glory and being found spotless. (Ephesians 5:27)
Some people also talked about how if Biden wins, then the financial and age-old debt system would collapse sooner then the world would head into a one government rule faster. Then it would hasten the rapture and the second coming of Jesus. But the Lord showed me that this is actually the enemy’s plan, to keep the church in a compromised position, passively waiting for rapture to come while the whole world heads towards the great tribulation.
There are believers who seriously think there is no need to pray for whatever will happen will happen.
This kind of thinking gives no place for the church to play a key role in the end times. There would be no need to take possession of the seven mountains. No need to make a stand for Jesus. No need to use the authority Jesus has given us to take dominion of this earth. Where then would the glory be found? No! I don’t believe that this is God’s best for His people. For His church.
I believe God wants His people to stand up, be bold and influence the world. The church is not peripheral to the world but the world is peripheral to the church. And now is the time to be trained up as warriors. Now is the time to start taking possession of our inheritance. Isaiah 60:1 says ‘Arise and shine for your light has come! The glory of the Lord has risen upon you!’
Honestly if you think about it, if we don’t take a stand for Jesus on certain issues then when the rubber meets the road, do you think we will have the boldness to be a witness for Christ? The word martyr simply means being a witness. Are we able to witness for Jesus at the expense of our lives? I don’t know know about you but at this point I still cannot, for example stand up to the government regarding certain issues, but God is toughening me up. He is giving me boldness to speak forth words from His heart.
Words that might offend or not go well with some belief systems but I have to be obedient to the Lord and not fear men. Like Esther, who knows we have come to this position for such a time like this? If we remain silent, deliverance will come to the house of God through other ways. But we would have lost our opportunity to be part of God’s great plan to usher in the biggest harvest of souls.
Now I believe that though God cares for the poor and those oppressed by the rich but ultimately He cares most about their eternal salvation. The harvest of souls during the end times is on His heart. And that is what the enemy is coming hard against. If the church remained asleep and continued to compromise on certain issues, then there would be no restraining force for the anti-Christ to come on the scenes.
But I believe that God has put His church as the restraining force. As long as the church is on earth, the anti-Christ cannot come on the scene. So you see, things that are happening in the world now are giving us an opportunity to respond. Of course we should always pray and seek the Lord’s will instead of just listening to what the prophets are saying. Then we can have our own position based on our understanding from the Lord.
In fact this is what God desires for His children. That everyone of us can hear His voice and know His heart on all these issues. After all the Holy Spirit was placed inside us to help guide us and show us things to come. In fact, this is a crucial time to press into the Lord’s presence for answers. So many believers have questions about what the Lord is doing ever since the pandemic started. I encourage you all to seek this Lord on this.
And God is so good. He loves it when we press into His presence. He promises that we can hear His voice because we are His sheep (John 10:27). But after He shows us His will, we need to have the proper response. We need to take action. It could start with praying for certain people in authority, especially our own government. Or it could be influencing our circle of friends. The Lord will show us the way if we really have the heart to witness for Him. He will not disappoint us or put us to shame.
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