The first thing Satan did in
regard to earth was to attempt to destroy any relationship between God and mankind.
Enter Adam and Eve. Well, we all know how that went, and it’s been downhill
since.
The next area I see him
attacking, again, is the family. Why not cause one brother to kill the other
out of jealousy? Yeah, that’ll bring a lot of heartache to old Mom and Dad, and
start a nice killing trend.
He tried creating a one world
government with the tower of Babel and destroying the human DNA of mankind by
having his fallen angels copulate with human women, but that fell through when
God brought a flood upon the whole earth. Even after the flood, the Nephilim
reappeared, so Satan was still at it in an attempt to pollute human DNA, but
this time he was not allowed to corrupt the whole earth.
All down through history he
has been behind the scenes encouraging wars, murder, theft, promiscuity,
jealousy, greed, and hatred; everything possible to bring man down. Why would
he want to bring man down? Could it be because God created man (man and woman
folks) in His own image? I think so.
Let’s move on up to the 21st
century and browse around a bit. Time is running out fast. The days of Satan’s
rebellion are just about over, and he knows it. Therefore, he needs to up the
ante. There isn’t anything he hasn’t already done, but since his time is
slipping away, he could just use the same tactics but make them as intense as
possible. You know, like he did in Noah’s day and when Lot was around; those
days.
Satan’s strategy has always
been to attack the family, since the family is the nucleus of society. If he
can tear down the family as God designed it, his damage will reach out like a
spider’s web in every area of society.
All down through history
Satan and his cohorts have wreaked havoc on mankind, but to me he has greatly
intensified his efforts beginning in the 20th century. Today, his
efforts are panning out.
In the 20th
century, while God was preparing to bring His chosen people Israel back home,
he inspired evil men to pull the world into war. World War I and World War II claimed
many lives and began the downfall of the family unit.
Since these wars were totally
different wars, women were needed to “man” the factories, while their men went
off to war. What is unique about this? The uniqueness comes from Mom being
taking out of the home and placed in the work place on a very large scale. When
Dad returned from the war, for those who survived, Mom didn’t want to leave her
career. She now has a career and desires to keep it.
Now let’s understand. There
is no sin in women working and having careers. Especially today, if Mom didn’t
work, it would be tough to survive in today’s economical straight jacket which
we have created.
So what’s the problem? Latch
key children are the problem. Children need their own Mother at home. They need
a Dad who supports his family financially and spiritually.
Not only has Mom been taken
away from caring for the children, but now that she “has a career” in the
workplace, sexual temptations have increased exponentially. Because of this,
many marriages have been dissolved and now the children have one parent who is
rarely home and another parent living somewhere else, and probably with someone
else.
The sexual meanderings of
female and male adults on the job, in their careers, have now resulted in
roughly a 50% average divorce rate in this country. It is even higher among
some minorities. Furthermore, as if that were not enough, the percentage of
those not bothering with marriage, but simply living together, is increasing at
an alarming rate.
Without the love, care and
spiritual guidance of Mom and Dad in the home, we have had several decades now
to produce some worthless adults and we have done a great job at that.
Now that Satan has succeeded
in making Mom and Dad a rotten example of any kind of stability, he goes to
work on these latch key products of a wrecked home life.
Over the years each
generation has gotten further and further from God’s design for a family and
each person’s need for God in their life. We now have children who have no
respect for others and even their own parents. Those children of previous
decades are now adults who care for nothing and no one but themselves, and we
keep raising another crop that is sorrier than the last.
Those who are left, children
and adults, who love God and the family unit He created, are in the minority.
We have allowed others to
push upon us their deviate desires while we make not a whimper.
There have always been evil
men and evil deeds, but today’s lifestyle of sin must really be pushing the
envelope. From broken homes, families if you will, we have produced murderers
and sexual deviates on a demonic scale. We have attacked our own Creator by kicking
Him out of every area of our lives and then spitting in His face. We have become
so callous to our sinful ways we don’t even know we are spiritually and
terminally sick.
We ask ourselves, “How can
God continue to put up with our corruption?” He wiped out the entire earthly
population in Noah’s day because of their corruption. He destroyed the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah in Lot’s day for their corruption. He has brought down
nations because of the corruptness of their lives. Another example, among many,
is the total annihilation of Pompeii, a corrupt city indeed. Why does He delay
now?
My answer would be that He is
not delaying. Satan thinks he is succeeding because he has brought mankind to
such a high degree of Godlessness. I personally feel that God is right on
schedule with His plan. He already knew we would sink to an abysmal depth of
rebellion against Him in the days we are living. He explains it all in His
Word. He also explains to us that our days for repentance are growing short.
Currently there is a window
of opportunity for us to repent. As a nation, I do not think we will ever get
there, so what do we do personally? We can’t make someone else repent. We can’t
make the whole nation repent, but we, individually, can repent if we choose and
if it’s needed.
God has a carpenter’s level
fixed on each of our lives. Is the bubble centered, or is it off to the left or
to the right? If isn’t centered, we need to repent.
King David said, “Examine me,
O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.” Psalm 26:2
The Apostle Paul said, “Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your
own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2
Corinthians 13:5
I’ve only touched upon this subject
matter, primarily the family issue, but the point is Satan wants to defeat God.
He isn’t going to do it, but he keeps trying, at our expense. In his mind, if
he can prove to God that we will serve him, then he deserves to be God. Why
would he think that? Why would he place so much importance in having us,
mankind, serve him? Pride. Control. Power. The main reason could be because we
have been created by God in God’s image. If Satan can seduce God’s greatest
creation, a creation He made after His own likeness, then he thinks he has
earned the right to be God.
Now that’s my opinion, as
opinions go, but is it possible that this could be Satan’s strategy? I think
it’s very possible. On the other hand, it sweeps me off my feet that Satan
could be so stupid. Obviously, there is much that we do not know.
Whatever Satan’s strategy is,
the outcome is still going to be the same. For those of us who are on the
Lord’s side, we win, because only God is God, and there is no other.
Grant Phillips
Email: grantphillips@windstream.net Pre-Rapture Commentary: http://grant-phillips.blogspot.com
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