Violence. Rumors of war. A global pandemic.
Riots, protests and social disturbances. Tear gas and rolling tanks and pitched battles between the police forces and young, masked Marxists.
It definitely seems like crazy times, and we are living through them. Usually we are just living, but for once we feel like we are living through history.
But don’t look toward racism, oppression, ideological forces or political or social theories to explain what is going on today. They will all offer contradictory explanations, using their own secular theories and reasoning and logics, but instead, as a spiritual people, it is important to remember what Saint Paul the Apostle said:
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. (Ephesians 6:12)
Look for the spiritual cause, not the social cause.
I want to put forth the idea that all of this is easily explainable…
Think back to the ministry of Christ. What was it that harassed Christ at almost every turn, besides the Pharisees and the Sadducees?
It was demons. Everywhere Christ went, he ran into the demon-possessed, whether they followed him and cried out to him or presented themselves as dumb spirits. He was constantly pestered by evil spirits during his earthly ministry.
Years ago, I wondered about that, why there seemed to be so much demonic activity around Christ during his ministry, but we don’t see that level of activity today. After thinking about it for a bit, I concluded that it actually made perfect sense for this to occur, as Christ was on the verge of the greatest victory over the forces of evil in all of history. The swarming of demons toward him was a last-ditch, controlled attack to stop him. It was a focusing and a marshaling of all of the demonic forces in one area, centered about the destruction of one person’s goal and plan.
I propose that we are seeing the exact same thing happen today. Soon enough, this pandemic will be over. People will be out in the streets again, and back in the pews. And in all likelihood, it will be more people than ever before. We are on the verge of a revival.
Everything you see is a desperate, focused last-ditch assault to hamper the progress toward that revival. It is The Unites States, the leader of the free world, where this attack is taking place, in order to stop the upcoming spiritual revolution about to break forth in this country.
Sides have been drawn. The armies have amassed in the battlefield in columns and divisions. The truth is, we have an opportunity now to deal the devil a serious blow while most of his forces are assembled in one place, on one field of battle.
Arm yourself with the sword of the spirit. Defend with your shield of faith.
The enemy is desperate. He fears what is to come.
Now is the time of our greatest victory.