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SATAN THE “god” OF THIS WORLD!
Have you ever considered who exactly is the beast of Daniel and Revelation? And who are the seven
heads and ten horns? In Revelation 12 Satan and his demons are described. “And there appeared another wonder
in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads”
(Rev 12:3). The Apostle John further wrote about Satan in verses :7-9, “And there was war in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which DECEIVETH the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with
him.”
The Apostle Paul had this to say about Satan and his tactics! “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light
of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Cor 4:3-4).
For many years we have read about the prince of Tyre [Tryus] as the physical leader of commerce and
merchants. Tyre was the economic capital and a major trading center which controlled all business at that time
in history. “The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation
for Tyrus; And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people
for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. Thy borders are in the
midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty” (Ezek 27:1-4). This is a picture of the physical leader
that will be at the end time. He will received his power from Satan.
But, we also recognize this is picturing Satan that’s described in Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14. Reading Ezek
28:strarting with verse 2, “Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine
heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is
no secret that they can hide from thee: With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee
riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou
increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the
terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile
thy brightness” ( Ezek 28:2-7).
Now Notice verse 12, where we find Satan being in the garden of God. “Son of man, take up a
lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full
of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy
covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and
the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou
wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy
mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have
filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the
mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart
was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee
to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the
multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of
thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou
be any more” (Ezek 28:12-19). In Isaiah 14:12, the question is asked, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast
said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon
the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be
like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit” ( Isa 14:12-15).
As Satan deceives the whole world, we need to think of what this end age is focusing on. The whole
world is materialistic and worrying about the economy. Several months ago we heard a sermon tape given by
Mr. Dean Wilson, Pastor of the San Diego, California Worldwide Church of God, given in 1987. The theme of
the sermon was that “This is Satan Economy.” It is designed to self destruct. Satan is ruler of the governments
of this world. Satan’s governments are against itself and each other. When you destroy the economy of one
nation-you destroy all nations! This is Satan’s world economy now and when one economy is destroyed, you
destroy the other, like a baton being past in a relay race!
Satan an his demons are at work destroying the nations. Today, we see wars and more rumors of wars!
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass,
but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
famines, and pestilence’s, and earthquakes, in divers places” (Matt 24:6-7). Now we see the plagues again
starting with the Ebola virus spreading around the world!
Satan wants to weaken the nations. “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” (Isa 14:12). Satan uses nation against
nation and destroys the economies of each nation.
Satan is working through the economies of this world to bring about the destruction of all mankind! He
is using the beast and the seven heads and ten horns to control all the power and wealth of this world. The
systems of this world are truly divided today! “The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out
of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were
not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is” (Rev 17:8). This could only be describing Satan!
The prince of Tyre and economic Babylon are symbols for the last days! Today, the United States of
America is still the riches nation, but also the biggest debtor nation! It had been blessed by God, but when it took
prayer out of schools, Ten Commandments out of government building and now persecuting Christians in this
country, the country is no longer blessed and will have to go through the great tribulation that is coming soon.
This will be started when God will let the economy of this once great nation fall. The United States is the
“Babylon” of Revelation 18.
Nowhere else on earth is there such control over the wealth of this world, as does the United States have.
The stock market has been expanding, but the warning of Revelation 18 is coming to pass. “And after these
things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his
glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become
the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all
nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies” (Rev
18:1-3).
Revelation 18, is the last form of Gentile word dominion. The United Nations [Babylon-of languages]
is in New York City, along with the Wall Street stock market and the powerful banks of the world. This pictures
all of “Babylon, the Great” of the end time. “For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered
her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the
cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much
torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned
with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication
and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for
in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man
buyeth their merchandise any more” (Rev 18:5-11).
Right now there is no city that is as rich and powerful as New York city. “The merchants of these things,
which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying,
Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and
precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all
the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the
smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!” (Rev 18:15-18).
God has inspired the Apostle John to warn us today! “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Rev
18:4).
We find another warning from Jeremiah! “Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his
soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; He will render unto her a
recompence. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations
have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad” (Jer 51:6-7). This chapter goes right along with
Revelation 18 and the demise of the world’s economies!
Most of us have heard of the great collapse of the stock market of 1929, which caused the rich
businessmen at that time to commit suicide! Extreme actions might take place when the collapse of the economy
of the United States of America happens again! We have become an immoral, materialistic nation!!
As the called out ones of God, we are to keep our eyes on the Kingdom of God. His government will be
beyond our human expectations! It will be a government of peace, equity and justice for all. It will have an
economic system that is fair to all who obey the commandments, statutes and judgments. Christ will be King
of kings, and Lord of lords! “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he
is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful” (Rev 17:14).
We must remember, we do not fight against human governments of the world, we must fight Satan, his
demons and our own human nature. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph
6:12).
God’s kingdom [GOVERNMENT] will not be influenced by Satan and his demons. “And I saw an angel
come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on
the dragon [the beast], that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years” (Rev
20:1-2).
How great and wonderful is God’s plan and purpose for His called, chosen and faithful people! ☜
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