An Ancient Battle!

I pray God prepare our hearts for this battle that I be not the enemy but the Ally of the Lord's Army, Lord I repent of my religious man and break the treaty I have with him. I pray that I can speak the same words of Jeremiah that the Word of the Lord shoots up in me a Fire in my bones that I can't hold the truth in. May you equip us with Love and Wisedom that our words be Yours which cut the mans heart like a double edge sword. Lord bring conviction that leads to Repentance. Prepare Your Army! and Sound the Alarm! For the Glory of Christ that He may recieve His Full Reward! Amen.

Good soldiers, in moments of rest, sharpen their swords. Remove all your notches and rust saints, learn the discipline of death now.

This post brought tears to my eyes Brother Frank.

What now simmers under the surface, resentment of the religious man toward those who have a genuine faith and walk in the holiness of the Lord, will come boiling and bubbling to the surface and Satan will seek a “final solution, for the “Christian problem.”

Is was not but a generation ago that the most technologically advanced nation was Germany, and then the Great Depression came, and so did Hitler.

a possible scenario of what is to come to pass:

...In thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of concentration camps all over the world, countless millions of Christians will sit in crowded cold places, shaken with terror, cold, hungry, thirsty, stripped of their freedom, possessions and dignity...but the Lord is with them in their hour of trial, for He has not forsaken them, and the strength of the Holy Spirit sustains them and fills them with comfort and great joy, and with the comfort of the love of God.

They overcome the Antichrist by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they love not their lives unto death. The Nazi style holocausts return globally, but this time Christians are summarily put to their deaths. It is satan's war against God and against His Kingdom.

During the time of unprecedented persecution against Christians, and in the midst of global chaos, there will be a revival and a move of the Spirit of God, ...such as has not been seen to this day, no not even in the beginning...for God shall pour out of His Holy Spirit upon the Body of Christ ...to strengthen and purify/beautify the Bride of the Lamb, that she may be pure and holy - and without spot or blemish, or any such thing...and her gown shall be as white as snow....many will turn to the Lord during this time in a global revival.

The Prophet Daniel said... but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days...

...And some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed. And the king [Antichrist] shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all. ...And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High.

...small groups of Christians survive, some have even fled into the wilderness into encampments and help each other. Helicopter gunship raids are made to locate the last of the free Christians, to route them out, and police forces search every household over again, and again, until they have routed out all dissenters (Christians).

Any form of money, gold, or silver will all be worthless to the Christian, because you cannot buy or sell anything unless you have the mark of the beast. And those who have the mark of the beast will gladly turn the Christians dissenters in to the authorities at every opportunity they can when they try and buy or sell anything.

Many Christians still in their homes, hiding in their basements or hidden under floorboards, are rounded up with violence. They are treated inhumanly, teased, taunted and humiliated. Some are even executed right on the spot, right in the streets, in broad daylight for all to see.

Many roam around in the wilderness, with nothing on them, no food and no water to drink; they have nowhere to go. They are starved, thirsty and cold; many just cannot cope anymore with the trauma, and just give themselves up. The weather does not help their condition either; it gets colder and colder as time progresses.

In the terrible days of the Great Tribulation, God will give power to His two witnesses, and they will testify/prophecy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth, even as it is written concerning them in the book of Revelation, concerning the Glory of God and the Power His Christ.

During this time, the Lord Jesus stands His saints, as they wash their garments in the blood of the lamb, as they ready and prepare themselves to leave the world, as they leave all their sins behind, which seem to fall off like scales from their eyes, as their eyes are opened, and the love of the Holy Spirit fills their hearts.

All worldliness, all lust and covetousness, all idolatry, all sins of divers manner fall away from them, as they purify themselves in the blood of the Lamb in true holiness, as they repent of their sins and are purified in the Holy Spirit and the love of God. They are made as white as snow...for the Bride makes herself ready. Such is the unfettered work of the Holy Spirit in them; it is God in them that purifies them so.

The Holy Spirit fills every Christian, who will no longer desire the spoils of Egypt, the plunder and excess of Babylon. This is not an outward work in the flesh, but an inward work (that God does) of the heart when a person repents and turns to Christ. It is God who circumcises the heart of every believer...

During Great and Severe Tribulation and Trial, such as the world has never seen, God grants His elect repentance, and remembers them according to His mercy; He forgives them for all their sins and for their backsliding, and remembers them no more; He washes them in the Blood of the Lamb so that they will be clean. God allows the foundation of repentance, and allows a broken and contrite and humble spirit within them...so that they may repent, so that they may return to the God of their salvation fully, with a pure heart, and with clean and undefiled and holy hands. ...They overcome the Antichrist and his mark by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they love not their lives unto death.

They pray "Grant to us, oh Lord, the gift of your Holy Spirit, and purify us from the world, through Jesus Christ our Lord - Amen."

[i]Eighty and six years have I served Him, and he never did me any injury; how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior. --Polycarp, disciple of the Apostle John, and Bishop of Smyrna[/i]

In the Asia Minor city of Smyrna, persecution broke out against Christians and some were put to death for their faith. But the agitated mob wanted to cut off the church there by getting rid of their leader, the now aged Polycarp. The believers hid Polycarp in a farmhouse. (The leaders there taught that one should not seek out martyrdom, but neither should it be avoided if there was no choice and it meant denying Christ). The authorities found the farm house and came to arrest the old man. He welcomed his captors as if they were old friends and gave them food and drink. He asked for an hour to pray before being taken to the arena. They relented. The hour stretched into two hours. The officers, overhearing his prayers began to wonder what they were doing arresting an old man like this.

Polycarp was brought into the arena. Instead of Polycarp begging for his life we find the proconsul pleading with this aged bishop to just curse Christ so he would be released. Polycarp's reply--our quote at the top--was loud and clear. He was burned alive. The Christians present said there was a joyful radiance on Polycarp's face as he died. Believers were allowed to bury his remains on February 22, probably in the year 155. Churches near and far from Smyrna observed this date in years to come and drew strength from the testimony of this old, old, man who would not deny Christ, no matter what it cost him.

Polycarp 15:2
The fire, making the appearance of a vault, like the sail of a vessel filled by the wind, made a wall round about the body of the martyr; and it was there in the midst, not like flesh burning, but like [a loaf in the oven or like] gold and silver refined in a furnace. For we perceived such a fragrant smell, as if it were the wafted odor of frankincense or some other precious spice.

The fragrance description given here reminds me of the presence of the Holy Spirit - a smell of fragrant spice accompanied by a strong sense of being loved, accompanied with joy unspeakable, and a calm and a peace (a beautiful sweet presence) that is hard to put into words, although I try. I love the presence of the Holy Spirit. Polycarp was not alone when he died, and neither were any other Christian martyrs.

The Great Tribulation must come, even as it written that it should. Each day, we see this time known as the "Great Tribulation" drawing closer and closer...the day is even at hand. I know this is going to be a terrible time for the Earth, but I am grateful that my eyes shall witness the coming of the Lord Jesus. We are to be of good courage, and not faint, and we shall inherit a crown of life.