Reflecting back to when these posts began, they were given ‘birth’ by a poster carried by a protester after Donald Trump was elected President in 2016.
I believe it was in January 2017.
That’s a long time ago.
The sign said, ‘be ungoverned’.
What does ‘be ungoverned’ mean: lawlessness.
Quoting Got Questions, What does the Bible say about lawlessness?, the opening paragraph says, “To be lawless is to be contrary to the law or to act without regard to the law. Laws are necessary in a sinful world (I Timothy 1:9), and those who choose to act lawlessly further sin in the world. The word for “lawlessness” in the Bible is often translated “iniquity”. According to the Bible, the root of all lawlessness is rebellion.”
What have we witnessed in our nation as a result of his election in 2016?
The growth lawlessness that has borne the ‘fruit’ of those ‘two words’ written on that cardboard sign.
Those ‘two words’ are still resounding loud and clear today in 2025.
Their boisterousness has enlarged since the 2016 Presidential election.
The growth of lawlessness has resulted in chaos, confusion, corruption, and consternation in our nation.
What took place in 2016 at the election polls in 2016 repeated itself at the election polls in 2024.
Donald Trump was elected to be the President of the United States.
I know this is redundant; but the rhetoric against his re-election is still loud, disruptive, and irrational.
Mr. Trump promised change, if elected.
He was elected because he promised change; and now having been re-elected, he is following through with his promises of change.
There has been, literal, ‘screaming’ coming from those who oppose him; vehemently voicing their disapproval.
What will be the outcome of this political earthquake?
Only time will tell?
What I see happening, and many others also see happening , is the uncovering of the ‘deeds of darkness’ that have been overshadowing and influencing our nation for many years.
This uncovering of ‘darkness’ is the result of many praying for our nation.
I believe that the Lord will fulfill the words of Psalm 64.
Please read Psalm 64.
[If you are interested, please read the post, THE A.R.R.O.W. OF GOD]
God has shot His Arrow. (Psalm 64:7)
There will be ‘Adonai’s Righteous Revelation Of Wrongdoing.’
The evil words that have been spewed out over our nation (Psalm 64: 1-4) will come back upon those that spoke them, and they will be wounded by their own words. (Psalm 64:7-8)
Humanity will witness God’s uncovering; the effect of the wounding that occurs; and will know that it is a Heavenly Coming of God. (Psalm 64:8-9)
God ‘comes down’ in His own way;He sees the evil that prevails; and He exercises judgment and salvation according to His will and purpose. (Psalm 64:9)
[God ‘sought out’ Adam and Eve; God ‘came down’ in the days of Noah; God ‘came down’ in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah; God ‘came down’ in the days of Israel in Egypt… and we can follow this pattern throughout the Bible.]
God is a Righteous Judge.
He rules and reigns.
He is in complete control.
He is Sovereign.
In the context of Psalm 64:
Psalm 64:10 (Amplified Version) says, “The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; All the upright in heart will glory and offer praise.”
In our ‘days of evil’ (Ephesians 5:16), what is the Church responsible to do?
1. Remember Romans 13:1-7.
It’s all about who has the authority and why.
2. Remember I Timothy 2:1-7.
It’s all about praying for those in authority.
3. Remember Ephesians 6:5-9
It’s all about being submissive and obedient to authority.
4. Remember John 17:14-16
It’s all about Jesus’ prayer for us.
We are to be responsible citizens in the nation we live in; however, our primary responsibility is to our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are, first, the citizens of another kingdom, the Kingdom of God; then we are citizens of the nation in which we live.
Paul instructs the Church in Ephesus about how to live.
Read Ephesians 4-6
As followers of Christ, we are to be governed by Christ, obedient to His Word, guided and taught by the Holy Spirit, pleasing our God and our Father, to Whom, all praise, glory, and honor is due.
Remember, the ‘days are evil’ (Ephesians 5:16, 2 Timothy 3:1-17)
This is not something new.
Nevertheless, in our walk with the Lord, we need to be mindful to Whom our ultimate loyalty belongs.
When opposition comes, when an opposing ‘government’ asserts itself, or when we are faced with persecution for Christ’s sake, we must follow the example of Peter and John.
Please read, Acts 4:1-31.
What do we need to be willing to embrace, to endure, and not avoid?
Opposition for the name of Christ.
One of the most intriguing verses about Jesus, Who is the Son of God/Son of Man is found in Hebrews 5:8.
The context discusses His position as our eternal High Priest.
Hebrews 5:4-11, Amplified Version, “So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by One] who said to Him, “YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN (fathered) YOU [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]”; just as He also says in another place, YOU ARE A PRIEST [appointed] FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIEDEK.” In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will]. Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father] He learned [active and special] obedience through what He suffered. And having been made perfect[uniquely equipped and prepared as Savior and retaining His integrity amid opposition] He became the source of eternal salvation [an eternal inheritance] to all those who obey Him, being designated by God as High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Concerning this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become *dull and sluggish in [your spiritual] hearing and disinclined to listen.” (emphasis mine) [*insert mine]
His willingness to obediently suffer, as the Lamb of God, becomes the source of salvation to those who obey Him. (emphasis mine)
We must not be “dull and sluggish in [ (our) your spiritual] hearing and disinclined to listen.” (insert mine)
How is your hearing?
What are you hearing?
To what are you attuned?
Do you know what the Spirit is saying to the Church today?
To each of the seven churches, listed in The Revelation, a letter was written to each church.
Toward the close of each letter the following was said, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Why?
Christ, the Head of the Church, was correcting His Church.
What was the purpose of His correction?
Please read Hebrews 12:1-13.
So that the Church may ‘overcome’, be ready, steadfast and victorious in the Day of the Lord.
Please read Revelation 12.
Revelation 12 describes the spiritual battle between God and Satan.
There is constant angelic warfare.
The Church, by virtue of being in the world, lives in the reality of the constant spiritual warfare. (Ephesians 6: 10-18)
Revelation 12:11, says, “And they [the followers of Christ] overcame him [Satan] because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death.” (Amplified Version) [inserts mine]
Quoting the Spirit Filled Study Bible, KJV, (copyright 2020, commentary, page 1964),
Revelation 12:11 says:
“12:11 They overcame him by appropriating the victory of the finished work of Christ, by the public confession of their faith and patient endurance (see note * on 1:9). The church’s constant posture under the authority the authority of the cross’s victory by the blood of the Lamb and the steadfastness to the promise of God’s Word-the word of their testimony-is the key to their overcoming.”
[* commentary note regarding 1:9–“John experiences with his readers tribulation, or persecution on account of their faith, with patient endurance, which is steadfast courage under unjust suffering. However, attendant to the trials involved in the Christian life of the glory of the kingdom.”]
They were willing to suffer for Christ’s sake, even unto death.
Revelation 12:11, quoting George Eldon Ladd, a ‘Commentary on the Revelation of John’, copyright 1972, pages 172-173; he writes,
“And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb. This shows clearly that the victory over Satan which John described in mythological terms actually was accomplished in history at the cross. The shed blood of Christ is the real means of victory over Satan. The secondary means is the word of their testimony; their witness to the saving power of the blood of Christ. The background of martyrdom stands on these words. They loved their Lord more than life itself and willingly suffered death rather than deny Christ. Jesus had said, “He who endures to the end [i.e., to the point of death] will be saved. (Matt. 24:13). Victory over Satan is not not physical victory to be found in the preservation of life or escape from the persecution he wages against the saints. They stood fast in their testimony to Christ and loved not their lives even unto death. Their very martyrdom was their victory over Satan; it proved that his accusations against the brethren were empty. It is clear that victory over Satan is a spiritual victory which is even won in the terrible experience of martyrdom.”
It is no secret that there are believers throughout the world that live in the ‘certitude’ of this verse (Revelation 12:11) everyday of their lives because of the spiritual opposition they face.
The western church in North America has not faced the fullness of this type of persecution described in Revelation 12:11.
However, that does not mean we are exempt from such opposition.
The Word of God does not exempt the followers of Christ from suffering.
Please read 1 Peter 2:11-25; 4:1-19.
In closing,
The ‘Epistle to the Hebrews’ was written “to wavering Jewish believers, encouraging them to stand fast in their faith. The writer points out the overwhelming superiority of Christ over all that they had experienced under the law. Jewish believers should never consider turning back because what Christ offers them is so much better than what the law had promised under the Mosaic economy. The author dwells on the incomparable glory of the Person and work of Christ, showing His supremacy over, prophets…angels…Moses…Joshua…Aaron…and the whole ritual of Judaism.” (Introduction to the ‘Epistle to the Hebrews’, Spirit Filled Life Bible, copyright 2020, page 1844, KJV)
Therefore, let us consider these words,
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the father’s by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who is the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they…Therefore we must give the earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him. God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?” (Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:1-4 NKJV)
God, has Personally ‘come down’ in the Person of His Son, Jesus.
Jesus is still speaking to His Church today.
In fact, He is speaking loud and clear.
A ‘Heavenly Coming‘ has begun.
His voice is sounding forth with intensity and visibility throughout the earth.
It is even speaking in our nation, especially on college campuses.
Lord, as You said to Your seven churches, “He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the Churches.”
Thank you Lord for giving us ears to hear.
We praise You and glorify Thy name.
blessings, ‘Resting In Christ’s Kingship’, deo
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