God's End Game

 A couple of days ago I sat and watched an Alex Jones Documentary, "End Game". It was very well done, informative, historically correct, but for someone with no faith in God, could very well be depressing and leave a sense of hopelessness. Paul describes people who live in this condition:

Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 

If a dark situation or evil onslaught takes place, leaving no ray of light or hope for any change, or any form of redemption either in this life or the next; there can be no more miserable condition than this. Watching the oppression of many poor innocent people trapped in countries at war with each other, and those who promote them, gives a sense of what they must be going through, and are experiencing. The book of James speaks of what causes these calamities, but also the solution:

Jas 4:1  From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 
Jas 4:2  Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 
Jas 4:3  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 
Jas 4:4  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 
Jas 4:5  Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 
Jas 4:6  But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 
Jas 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

One aspect of the video I didn't completely agree with was the outcome. Evil people have their agenda's for takeover of societies, lands, and cultures; it's been this way from the beginning of time. It started in the garden of Eden when Adam and Eve fell, and has been escalating ever since. The bible makes it clear that men's hearts would wax worse and worse until the end. When Jesus walked the earth he had to live in a land oppressed by Roman rule; and had this to say about it:

Mat 22:21  They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. 

The Adam Clarke commentary gives the simplest and clearest explanation of what Jesus meant:

Render to Cæsar. The use of Cæsar's coin as the current money was an acknowledgment of Cæsar. Let them return his coin when demanded.
Unto God the things that are God's. Obedience in moral and spiritual things. Faith, love, obedience and liberal giving for God's work. We are to obey the human government over us, and to obey God. When the first requires us to disobey God, we are to obey him, whatever may be the peril. Act_5:29.

Adding another viewpoint to this matter-Jesus taught us who believe in him that we are not to be living and giving our full devotion to this world. His words of wisdom teach us how we should be looking at the world's evil condition, and the end game of God:

Joh 18:36  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Jesus told Pilate that if he had wanted he could have called legions of  angels to assist him in getting free. 
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Mat 26:52  Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 
Mat 26:53  Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 

But, he knew his mission, he knew why he had come. He knew why he was standing before Pilate to be handed over to be crucified. He knew he would rise again victorious. He was completely in the will of the Father in what he was facing, and he knew it. John 18:11

F.B. Meyer gives a powerful account of Jesus' answer to Pilate:

                                                             THE KING OF TRUTH

There was a tone of satire in Pilate’s question: “Thou poor, worn, tear-stained outcast, forsaken by every friend in this hour of need-art thou a king?” Human ears have never heard more majestic words than our Lord’s reply. But when He said, My kingdom is not of this world, He did not mean that it had nothing to do with this world, but that it did not originate here. It has descended from heaven, and seeks to bring the inspiration, principles, and methods of heaven into all the provinces of human activity. The one conspicuous proof of its absolutely foreign origin is its refusal to employ force. We do not fight, but sacrifice and suffer, for its maintenance. Our Lord therefore hastened to show that His Kingdom is based on the manifestation of the truth. There is no soul of man which is pure and true that does not recognize Christ’s royalty, as King of Truth, when it hears Him speak. (F.B. Meyer comm)

I'm getting off on a tangent here, but to make a point. It is this:

Whatever the end game of the elites, atheists, Satanists, and their formation of a One World Government-God has another End Game- and if you go to the book of Revelation, and read it to the end, you will see who wins this battle, and it's not the devil. If you've given your life to Jesus Christ, and put your trust in Him, no matter what their strategies are; in the end we win.

We may go through some hard times, have to make sacrifices, may lose our lives here. But, Jesus won, and I'm following Him, no matter what the cost. This world and all it's gold and riches aren't worth losing my eternal soul. Right now, the devil is having a field day running God's saints ragged, it tells us in scripture this would happen:

Dan 7:25  And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 

This where we are at now, and many of God's greatest warriors are battle weary, and making mistakes because of the stress, strain, and not seeing any end to the fight. I've made my share also. We may die in the battle-it's ok. The minute we close our eyes here-we see Jesus face to face. It will be ok, it will be worth it. Just keep going, and doing what we know to do, keep praying, keep lifting up His Name, and righteousness. Yes, love this nation, do what can be done to defend it, but don't put all your allegiance to it. It's Jesus and the kingdom of God we're heading toward, not the god's or governments of this world.

This verse comes to me often and I know it's the Holy Spirit giving it to feed me encouragement:

Heb 12:1  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 
Heb 12:2  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

In this world of upheaval and turmoil Jesus gave the comfort and encouragement needed to face whatever may come our way, and be able to overcome:

Joh 16:33  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 

Jesus overcame this world. As we keep our eyes on Him, and keep doing what is asked of us, remain faithful, and stand firm in faith: we can overcome also.

God's end game is this:

Rev 19:11  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 
Rev 19:12  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 
Rev 19:13  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 
Rev 19:14  And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 
Rev 19:15  And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 
Rev 19:16  And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

So, whether He comes while we are still here, or whether we die, the question for you is: are you ready?
Lorna Couillard

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