Did you ever feel that every time something good happens – something bad follows?  There is a reason behind that – and his name is Satan.  Since the beginning, he has mustered a response for every movement the Lord has made.    A close examination of the church ages, shows  Satan made a counter attack at each significant uprising of the church.  The same thing happens in individual lives, and in the national and international arena. 

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:

In every instance, even following the 1st and 2nd Great Awakenings – Satan has launched a counter attack almost immediately. What was the evil one’s response to the Age of Missions, Great Awakenings, and the Philadelphia Church Age?   False philosophies, and cults.  Higher “criticism,” Darwinism, progressive education, and Freudian psychology.  On top of those four philosophies, which have infiltrated the education system – the major cults also rose during this time.  Mormonism, 7th Day Adventism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science,  Unitarianism, and Armstrongism.  Every single one – still active and growing in this time.

but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.   

We should not be disheartened or discouraged when the president vetoes the bill we want passed, or a judge overturns a pro-life, or pro-traditional marriage bill.  A close study of the Bible and secular history reveals that the tide of evil will always thwart the upright, and will continue to do so until the Lord Jesus Christ returns to set things right.  This is why beloveds – the evil one is working so hard, because he knows his time is short!  Liberals and progressives may be riding high now – but I would not want to be in their shoes for anything in the world.  Their victory is only temporary.  Very temporary.

Revelation 20:11-15

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. ¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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