There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind that we are living in the final hours of the last days. Those that do not want to believe in such foolishness are free to believe as they want, but for those of us who DO believe; these are truly exciting yet harrowing times.
Not even taking into account the flood of newsworthy events taking place in the world, there is ample evidence spiritually that we must be nearing the end of a 6,000 year journey. With each passing day, the apostasy grows greater. With each passing day, the numbers of those who have allowed the world to turn their heart cold and have forsaken the first love of their life, Jesus, grow expeditiously.
The enemy appears to have been given a green light to launch an all out attack on the remaining remnant. Those who are still faithfully trying to stand on the integrity of God’s Word are being ridiculed, defamed and persecuted at every turn. Anyone who dares stand up for the truth is quickly shouted down and his voice drowned out by the throngs of angry people who absolutely despise those “right wing fanatics”.
The battle goes far beyond the old issues such as abortion. Far and away, the issue of the hour is homosexuality, same sex marriage and the elimination of differences between sexes. Old terms such as “mom” and “dad” are being threatened with extinction. For those intent on destroying the old concept of the family; there can be no distinction between mom and dad, for there are either two moms or two dads.
There are efforts being made in the courts to outlaw “boys” and “girls” restrooms. Why? Because the designation supposedly discriminates against a young boy or girl who doesn’t know which sex they really are yet. The same thing is coming with respect to separating boys and girls in gym classes. The effort on the part of the gay community has been relentless and progressively more demanding with respect to the elimination of any and all references which differentiate between the sexes.
Those who still stand fast on what the Bible says on this subject are relegated to the trash heap of worthless right wingers who would be better off dead than alive. The venom and pure hatred manifested by the gay/lesbian rights community toward those who “hide” behind the Bible is ugly and soon to be dangerous. The day will shortly come when the gay community will do to straight men what they used to do to gays.
The mantra of tolerance toward all is nothing but a smoke screen to cover agendas hell-bent on the destruction of the family the way God intended it to be. People want to be allowed to do whatever they feel like doing, whenever they want to and with whoever they feel like doing it with. They do not want someone telling them what is right and wrong. In fact, anyone doing such a thing is automatically marked as public enemy number one and all efforts are made to discredit and destroy them.
When you combine the adamant pro choice crowd together with the gay/lesbian activists and then add in the extreme environmentalists and minority rights activists; you have a consortium that is politically powerful and absolutely committed to their respective causes. In fact, these people are some of the most committed people on earth. They work tirelessly to advance their ideas and are so strong willed very few can or will stand up to them.
The group which is the target of the wrath of these groups are the right wing Christians who quote Bible verses to expose their darkness and sin. These “kooks” must be silenced through either intimidation or defamation of character. Their families, business ethics, finances and all the years of their life come under scrutiny by those looking for one speck of dirt to dig up and discredit them. Of course the current situation with Gov. Palin shows this perfectly.
Those who have a backbone need to stand up and be counted. Right and left, those who once claimed to believe the Bible and what the Bible says about social issues have been either pressured or pleasured out of the battle. The causalities are enormous in number and stature. One after another person and ministry has been targeted and attacked relentlessly. Most have crumbled like a house of cards, for that is what they were. Others have withstood the attacks and though diminished in stature, have refused to compromise or cave in.
Is there anyone who really thinks the whole of Judea did not know that Jesus was, in the world’s eyes, a bastard? The Pharisees threw that at Jesus as a way to prove there is no way he could be right. I am quite sure there were very few people around who had not heard the rumors about Jesus birth. I am also quite sure that when the pressure was on at the end of Jesus ministry, people used this piece of gossip as justifiable reason to leave from following Jesus.
The enemy is highly skilled and extremely adept at digging up dirt on anyone “fighting the good fight”. If you have dirt in your life, come clean with it and for God’s sake do not try to hide it. Far better it would be to simply state the truth and face the immediate ridicule, then to cover up and try to hide the facts about anything in the past. The enemy and his agents will dig it up in due time, and when they do, it will not be pleasant.
The enemy is determined to make those of us who believe the Bible is the only rule for faith and practice to look like fools or mentally challenged freaks not worthy of believing. The enemy hates those who faithfully and boldly stand on God’s Word. Those who do, are targeted and marked for attack. Assassin squads are daily dispatched from hell to try and trip up those who are marked. Every possible effort is made by the enemy’s minions to deceive, trick or physically injure those on his “hit list”.
I pray that God’s remnant refuses to bow. I pray that no matter how difficult it gets for those of us who believe and boldly proclaim God’s Word, we will never compromise and never back down from speaking the truth in love. I pray that any of God’s children who deep in their heart are crying out to receive what is needed to have the full armor of God, can be led to those who know how to help someone receive that armor.
Ephesians 6 exhorts us to STAND and having done all, to STAND. As difficult as it is to do, especially if alone, we must strive with all of our hearts to STAND, no matter what happens to us or when it happens.
