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● Rev 20:1-2 . . And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key
of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years
● Rev 20:7-9 . . And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be
loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in
the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on
the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and
the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured
them.
The Old Testament describes the quality of the millennium as an era of
unparalleled justice, equity, peace, and prosperity. I really have to wonder
exactly what it is about Messiah's administration that will dissatisfy the
Gogites and Magogites enough to try and overthrow him. And how will the
Devil manage to persuade them it's even possible?
Back in my days as a kid, there was a saying going around that went like
this: "That man is so convincing he could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos".
Well; I would be very interested to know how the Devil is going to pull off
something very similar to that in his campaign to convince folks they'd be
better off without Christ at the helm.
But you know, what it really all boils down to is control. There are folks who
just simply don't care to be governed by the likes of God; as it says in the
2nd Psalm:
"Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the
earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against The Lord and
against his Anointed one. Let us break their chains-- they say --and throw
off their fetters."
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● Rev 20:1-2 . . And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key
of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years
● Rev 20:7-9 . . And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be
loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in
the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on
the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and
the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured
them.
The Old Testament describes the quality of the millennium as an era of
unparalleled justice, equity, peace, and prosperity. I really have to wonder
exactly what it is about Messiah's administration that will dissatisfy the
Gogites and Magogites enough to try and overthrow him. And how will the
Devil manage to persuade them it's even possible?
Back in my days as a kid, there was a saying going around that went like
this: "That man is so convincing he could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos".
Well; I would be very interested to know how the Devil is going to pull off
something very similar to that in his campaign to convince folks they'd be
better off without Christ at the helm.
But you know, what it really all boils down to is control. There are folks who
just simply don't care to be governed by the likes of God; as it says in the
2nd Psalm:
"Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the
earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against The Lord and
against his Anointed one. Let us break their chains-- they say --and throw
off their fetters."
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