My friend, at the second coming of Jesus, Satan's time of tempting
and harassing is at an end. The righteous are forever taken from his
power. The wicked are in the graves, and all that is left is time to
wander and ponder as to the results of his rebellion against the
authority of the Son of God.
The whole of the great controversy has been about the authority and
position of the Son of God. The jealousy that he, a created being, had
against the Son of God led him to rebel against the order that God had
put in place.
While on this earth he did all that was in his power to lead others
to reject the coming Messiah; the Son of God. When the Son of God came
as a man, the people that were supposed to be heralding His birth, were
not ready to receive Him. In His ministry on earth, the leaders of the
church rejected and crucified the One sent to secure their salvation.
After His ascension to heaven, Satan persecuted all that accepted
Jesus as the Son of God. After the passing of the apostles, he corrupted
the early Christian church to deny the literal son-ship of Jesus by the
introduction of the trinity. As the light of truth poured forth in the
reformation, the people accepted the light given but continued to hold
on to the trinity. Finally in 1844, a movement had come about by the
hand of God that restored the Son of God to His rightful place in the
hearts and minds of the people of God.
Since then Satan has fought tirelessly against the remnant people
that held fast to the commandments of God and had the testimony of Jesus
Christ. This time of the church was depicted as the time of the Church
of Philadelphia, a church that was without fault before God.
Today Satan has led the remnant church to deny the literal son-ship
of Christ by the acceptance of the trinity. As such they represent the
last of the seven churches; the Church of Laodicea, a church that has
only reproach spoken against it. It is "... wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;" (Revelation 3:17) because they have forsaken Christ as the only begotten Son of God.
But even in this most terrible condition there is still hope for
those within the church to come out and receive Jesus as the only
begotten Son of God, for He offers to them gold tried in the fires,
white raiment that the shame of their nakedness do not appear, and eye
salve that they may see their most terrible condition before God. He
says "As many as I love, I rebuke
and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the
door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will
come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:19, 20).
My friend, the reign of Satan's deception is just about at an end.
The closing events of earth's history are right before us. It is time
for you to be zealous in your repentance to Jesus, the only begotten Son
of God.
God bless,
