THE ULTIMATE CONFLICT

Christ Jesus coming to the earth brought the ultimate conflict.

He brought Heaven to a world dead in sin.

He came to bring fire; the fire of His Holy Spirit, He said:

I have come to bring fire on the earth,

And how I wish it were already kindled! (Luke 12:49)

Do you think I came to bring peace on earth?

No, I tell you, but division. (Luke 12:51)

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.

(1 John 3:8)

Christ Jesus taught every Christian to pray

That His Kingdom would come to earth as in Heaven;

Which means that the Kingdom of God

Would come and prevail over the kingdom of this earth,

Which is ruled by Satan.

And finally, that is exactly what happens, as foretold by Scripture.

And when it does, the ultimate conflict comes to an end;

It culminates in The Great Tribulation;

Christ Jesus comes to defeat the Son of Satan, the Antichrist

And all the armies of the nations of the world.

This conflict has gone on for the last two thousand years,

We are simply in the Last Days where this conflict plays out;

The Last days where Christ Jesus returns to reclaim

The earth He created and to gather together those who belong to Him.

The first words of Christ's ministry were:

Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is near. (Matthew 4:17)

Those were and are fighting words.

Christ Jesus ignited His fire on The Day of Pentecost,

And it has been burning ever since in His chosen people.

He said: On this Rock (the fact that He is the Son of the Living God)

I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

(Matthew 16:18)

Throughout the last two thousand years Satan has done his best

To subvert the Church of God;

That has been the focus of all his efforts.

The whole world belongs to him.

Only the Church of God stands in his way.

However, he cannot defeat the Church of God because,

Greater is the One who inhabits the Church of God, Christ Jesus,

Than Satan, the one who rules the fallen world (1 John 4:4).

Christ Jesus is infinitely more powerful than Satan.

Who Belongs To Christ Jesus?

Christ Jesus won the victory

Over death, Hell and the grave on the cross of Calvary;

Those who belong to Him have washed themselves in His blood

And received forgiveness of their sins.

They waited in their Jerusalem and receive their personal Day of Pentecost.

They are water washed, blood washed, filled with the Holy Spirit

And are waking in the Light of Christ.

Christ Jesus said:

Whoever finds his life will lose it,

And whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 10:39)

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother,

His wife and children, his brothers and sister—yes, even his own life—

He cannot be My disciple.

And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow Me

Cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26-27)

Who Overcomes The Evil One?

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb

And by the word of their testimony;

They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

(Revelation 12:11)

Those who are crucified with Christ to this world,

and no longer live but it is Christ who lives in them.

Who maintain their first love.

Who worship God in Spirit and in Truth.

Who's zeal for God consumes them.

Who continually drink Living Water.

Who eat the Bread from Heaven, Christ.

Who put on the full armor of God.

Who have clothed themselves with Christ.

Who live by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Who do the will of God.

Those who are not deceived. Christ Jesus said:

For false Christs and false prophets will appear

And perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—

If that were possible. See I have told you ahead of time.

(Matthew 24:24-25)

If you belong to Christ you are in the midst of the Ultimate Conflict

And the world hates you as it hates Christ Jesus.

Your life, Christ in you, tells them that they are evil.

You bear the aroma of Christ which is the smell of death to the lost.

Nevertheless, to some the aroma of Christ is winsome;

To those who hear the still small voice of God speaking to them.

Those, you will win for the Kingdom of God.

He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!'

Then He said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.'

He said to me: 'It is done.

I am the alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the End.

To him who is thirsty

I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the Water of LIFE.

He who overcomes will inherit all this,

And I will be his God and he will be my son. (Revelation 21:5-7)

To him who overcomes and does My will to the end,

I will give authority over the nations--

He will rule them with and iron scepter;

He will dash them to pieces like pottery--

Just as I have received authority from My Father.

I will also give him the Morning Star.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

(Revelation 2:26-29)

I pray that we belong to Christ and are unashamed at His return.

Then, conflict will be no more and righteousness, peace and joy will reign.

Hallelujah!