The Enemy

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying, "Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us." (Psalm 2: 1 – 3)

As I have been looking at corona’s development and narrative, I have come to a very simple observation. The world is united in its opposition to God and His agenda.

I do not know whether you have noticed that the target of the most ire is the believer in Christ, I mean the simple believer whose main goal is to live a life that is pleasing to God. The other person so targeted is the leader who wants God to take His rightful place in the affairs of men.

The world is hiding behind science and research to buffet and if possible extinguish the church of Christ.

Explain to me why the voice of logic in this whole issue is a computer person with absolutely no training in medical and research fields. Explain to me why a herbal remedy is discarded and despised when we are being told that the disease is not treatable. Tell me how a virus they say is untreatable turns negative after ‘treatment’.

We have been told that HIV is a virus. As such, even after treatment it never turns negative. Only the viral load is dealt with. That is how I expect this virus to behave.

If something defies logic, the meaning is that it is incomprehensible or that it makes no sense.

The corona narrative does not defy logic. It wants to make a fool of us.

For almost three weeks, there were demonstrations and riots in many places under lockdown all over the so called free world. It is interesting that the corona narrative was shelved to allow for them to proceed for impact. There was no social distancing, many did not wear masks and there was chaos everywhere. And most of those places were being called hotspots.

It was when the riots ended that the corona narrative was restarted.

Do not tell me that the virus also fears riots and chaos!

Yet mention a church and everybody starts shouting about exposing people to death.

Politicians in our country are meeting every time for selfish ends and do not for the most observe their own protocols and there is no problem. Nobody even seems to notice.

Yet believers hold a service in the open air, even following the said protocols, and it is treated as criminal.

It is true that corona virus is a war. But it is a war of faith. The world’s leaders have found a uniting object to hit God at His jugular, or so they think.

That is why it is fine go to a bar but criminal to go to church. A crowded market is safer than an empty church.

But that is not the end of the story.

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. (Psalm 2:4)

 Their schemes do not scare God, at all.

 You see, He is completely in charge of the world He created. It means that everything is happening according to His purpose. I love this verse.

 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished. (Revelation 17:17)

 God already foretold this. That is why we find the verses on Psalm 2 long before what we can see happening today. Jesus said the same when He was speaking about the end times.

 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Mark 13:13)

 The world hates Christ and will do everything in its power to snuff out His work and impact. The world will do everything in its power to nullify His authority. The world will do everything in its power to kill His witness. And it has been doing this since creation.

 It is only that things will intensify as His day draws near.

 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)

 Do not be surprised therefore if you cannot make sense of what is happening as it was bound to happen anyway.

 The good thing is that this is not the end of the story. Look at the verse before 12:12

 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.

 The believer’s victory precedes the rage. The believer overcomes and that is the reason the devil increases his rage against God’s agenda.

 But the devil knows the verdict even before the war begins. That is why he has always tried to preempt the breakthrough because he knows that once the breakthrough happens he will be finished.

 Remember he started to kill males to stop the exodus happening? Remember he also killed males to stop Christ from living.

 I believe this is what the devil and his hordes are using this virus to do. But it is only an attempt since God is fully in charge.

 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath: (Psalm 2:5)

 God’s agenda for the world will come to fruition. In fact the devil’s part is to perfect that agenda through his resistance.

What is the end game? You may be wondering.

 I believe it is the preaching the Gospel to the ends of the earth and the resultant revival.

 Corona has opened the world to one language of sorts. At least we can all listen to narrative from one source.

 It means we will be able to hear a different narrative when it happens.

 That happens to be the Gospel of the living Christ.

 People are already fatigued by this narrative. It is boring and highly predictable. And it is depressing as it offers no hope, even for closure.

 Except for the leaders who are feeding off the virus, the rest of us are looking for an alternative narrative, a narrative devoid of this anxiety we have had to endure for months on end.

 And the Gospel is what people are crying out for.

 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8: 20 – 23)

 The only problem is that they do not know that.

 They are therefore groping in the dark until the true light shines on them. And the only true light is the Gospel of Christ’s salvation. And it is because it is the only one that has the power and answer to the world’s dilemma.

 But you can be sure that the world will not take it lying down. As was with Pharaoh and Herod they are doing all they can to ensure that we lose the moment.

 But that will not slow down or delay the revival, leave alone block it. I also need to state that it will start from the unlikeliest of places. God is at this time raising the army to strike the match of this revival, just like He did during Moses’ and Jesus’ times. I do not expect it to spring from the corrupted and compromised visible church that is playing by the rules the world sets.

 But the revival is coming.

 It is the reason that for a season even before the virus I have been challenging Christ’s church to prepare for revival. We must be ready to respond to the hordes that are pouring into the church from the world, some of them from the visible but dead church.

 Part of that revival is the judgment of the world and its leaders.

 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (Psalm 2:9)

 But I do not know what will come first between judgment and revival. My prayer is that revival precedes judgment.

 What I am saying in short is that corona has given the world’s leaders an opportunity to launch an all out war on Christ and His church. The good news is that out of it will spring out a revival that will dwarf all the other revivals we have had since Pentecost as it will be the one encompassing the whole world.

 On whose team are you?