EVIL HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE!

 Marcella Ward July 13, 2022

^” Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”  Revelation 12:12  (KJV)

 

We, as Christians, have hope because we know that evil has an expiration date.  When Jesus comes back to rule in His Kingdom during the 1,000 Year Millennial Reign, Satan will be bound for those 1,000 years and then he will be released for a short time.

 

“The Millennium (also known as the Millennial Kingdom is the 1,000-year reign of Jesus after the Tribulation and before all the people of the world are sent to either heaven or hell. Jesus will reign as king over Israel as well as all the nations of the world (Isaiah 2:4; 42:1). The world will live in peace (Isaiah 11:6–9; 32:18), Satan will be bound (Revelation 20:1–3), and, at the beginning, everyone will worship God (Isaiah 2:2–3). The purpose of the 1,000-year reign is to fulfill promises God made to the world that cannot be fulfilled while Satan is free and humans have political authority. Some of these promises, called covenants, were given specifically to Israel. Others were given to Jesus, the nations of the world, and creation. All of these will be fulfilled during Jesus’ 1,000-year reign.”  (Got Questions “What is The Purpose of the Thousand Year Reign of Christ?”) 

 

 Revelation 20:7-10, “When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” (Got Questions “Why Is God Going to Release Satan after the 1,000 years”)

 

All you need to do is pick up the newspaper, open up Yahoo or Google, turn on the TV or any other device and see what is going on in the world.  In fact, and unfortunately, you don’t even need to do that because some people are being personally impacted violently and in many other ways and only if you live under a rock what is happening now has impacted everyone in the world to a certain extent.

 

First it was the virus and the horrible suffering and death.  Then all around the world businesses were shut down, people were told to hunker down in their homes and churches were told to shut down.  There was and still is a spirit of fear.  Fear does not come from God.  So where does it come from?  You guessed---Satan himself.  What a perfect storm for evil.  In fact, I see this as a Revival of Evil.  You have heard of Christian Revivals and we have had many but this is the counterfeit coming from evil.  Evil is having a “field day.”  Get rid of the police or defund them.  Shut down the churches because they aren’t essential.  Don’t arrest the rioters because they are “peaceful protestors.” 

 

In Isaiah 5:20-21 it says:

^“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!   Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” (KJV)

Do not give up hope.  The Lord God will not abandon us nor leave us in darkness.  Jesus is the light of the world and He came that we might have life and have it abundantly.  If we put our hope and trust in Him, then we have nothing to fear.  

In Matthew 24 the disciples asked Jesus what would be the signs of His coming, His Second Coming.  Three times He told them that deception would be a sign.  What have we been seeing lately?  There is so much deception.  People are actually reporting lies and deceiving the public.  Jesus also talked about wars, earthquakes, famines and He said that this is the beginning of the “birth pangs.”  

Things are coming together that will usher in the 2^nd Coming of Jesus but first there needs to be a Great Harvest of souls.  The devil knows that his time is short.  It appears he wants to stop a revival, a great awakening, but he will not because this will happen before Jesus comes back because He loves souls and He wants to fill His Father’s house to overflowing!  The Kingdom of God will be made manifest throughout the world before Jesus comes back.  We will be a victorious Church! This is one of the greatest times to be alive!  If you are still here on this earth, God can and will use you as long as you reach out to Him.  Rejoice!!  The Glory of God is coming and no human or entity can and will stop it.  The best is yet to come!!  

“Arise, shine; For your light has come!  And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.  ² For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will  arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.  ³ The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.”   Isaiah 60:1-3 (NKJV)

 

The Church will be victorious!  God always wins and evil does have an expiration date!!

 

Marcella Ward  Author of "Stolen Identity:Plan of the Evil One"