Because the Great Apostasy is sweeping throughout the Churches of God, many Christians are confused and discouraged. Many Christians are beginning to see that hundreds of ministers are either wolves in shepherds clothing, or salesmen type hirelings. This realization has caused many to lose their faith altogether wondering where God is in all this. Many church members have even been mistreated and used by ministers and members alike. It seems that as long as church members are going along with the program they are accepted and made to believe they are part of a loving family, but when they began to question the minister about where their Church was going they were put under suspicion and in some cases marked. When I had a closed door meeting with our lead minister I was told that what my wife and I understood was correct, but the rest of the members were not ready to understand it, but when the rest of the members caught up then we could discuss it openly. We were also asked to keep it to ourselves for now. Many years have gone by and the brethren still have not caught up. The minister has no intention of instructing them on these subjects.
Many Christians love singing the song "On-ward Christian Soldiers", but are we actually willing to be a Christian Soldier? Do you believe that there is a war within the Christian religion? Do you believe that false shepherds have infiltrated the Christian religion? Is it possible that the same evil spirit that hates God and His saints have been working for almost two thousand years to infiltrate and destroy the Christian religion, or has Satan given up and quit the fight? This WAR to defend the true gospel of Jesus the Messiah is becoming a great battle on many fronts and will even take the lives of many faithful men and women in the near future. We read in Rev. 13:7 of a time in the future when Satan will be allowed to overcome the saints and win for a time. "It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation." Jesus is the light of the World, but as you will learn in this book, Jesus will remove Himself and when He does the powers of darkness will be unleashed on mankind like never before because this is the time when Satan is allowed to have his day in the sun. This will be Satan's last opportunity to become a god and Satan is well aware that if he fails he will be cast out forever! This is the reason he has been described in prophesy as a roaring lion during the last days.
This world will see great demonic influence in government, commerce, religion and entertainment. Many of the things people would consider unthinkable a few years ago will become the norm to this wayward generation. It will seem like the world has gone insane to true Christians. There are many that love this world and will leave God and even murder God's people, but those that truly love and seek Him has this fantastic promise from God during this time recorded in Dan 11:32-35. It states, "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. "Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue. And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time." Notice that it states we will be strong, not weak, and the very important statement that we will instruct many in the truth. Jesus wants us to learn of Him now growing in His Spirit, and come to a great love of the truth so we can fight till He returns and be a light for those He calls in the near future. Yes, there will be another great calling from God and we need to be doing the true work of God today by continuing in the faith, and defending this true gospel as Jesus gave it to His apostles. You don't have to be a minister to do this.
Yes, this prophesy in Dan. 11, also states that many will fall by sword, flame, and by captivity, but should this cause us to quit? Let's not forget that if others before us had quit we would not have the true gospel today. Should their lives have been spent and then we let happen what they were fighting against? Our attitude should be to stand for what's right and truth and be willing to defend the word of God if we are going to be Christian soldiers. Many politic and back bite to be ministers or deacons in these Churches today, but will they want the position when the army comes to arrest those in charge? There's no glory being stripped naked and having your head shaved then thrown into a dark cell till they cut off your head. If we are professing to be a Christian for any selfish reason we will denounce Jesus during this Great Apostasy and a time is coming when many Christians will be put to this test, and as Jesus stated, if we deny Him, He will deny us before the Holy Father. This statement was not intended for peaceful times and we need to count the cost before we profess to be a true Christian that will stand against the anti-Christ! Jesus knew that His Church would go through many dark days down through time and particularly during these last days and I believe that the times just ahead will separate the true Christians that love God and Jesus from those who are in it for gain, and the story of Judas as well as stories of many faithful men and women in history will be acted out many times in the very near future.
What Should We Do?
Should we go looking for the true Church among all these Churches that has
Christian on the door? How do we sort out who is teaching the true gospel
and doing the true work in these end times? Should we follow our friends or
family, or should we just give up and quit because we think this Apostasy
is to over whelming? The first thing we should do is go to God asking for
more of His Holy Spirit to open our minds to the truth. We then need to get
our Bibles out and study to learn what was taught in error in our former Church
organization. We need to understand what the Apostasy is and how it is being
used to lead people into the Beast system such as changing the very book we
all trust. We need to know as much about this false gospel as we do about
the true gospel. We need to know about this Beast system that is being formed
by the powers of this world under the sway of Satan himself. We need to know
as much about the Antichrist as he knows about us because the enemies of the
gospel are hard at work. Brethren, we need to put on the whole armor of God
in order to be able to withstand the cunning attacks of those that pervert
the truth.
If you are wondering what you should do then take this "Call To Arms" to heart and read this book in prayer and study and then become a solder for Jesus and begin exposing these antichrist', witches, and pagans who hate the gospel. Expose the false doctrines by these men who set themselves in the place of Jesus preaching another gospel stating that if we don't belong to their Church we can't be saved, and that we must give them our money so they can do some work. Jesus is the only Savior and it's in His name ONLY we can speak to the true Most Holy Father. It was Jesus that brought the gospel from the true Most Holy Father to mankind. It is the new covenant of God to us, not the covenant of men, and it was Jesus that suffered and died the death no one else could die. If we will learn of God and become skilled with the great sword He gives us we will be used of Him in this last stand. We will not have to wonder what God wants us to do if we take a stand for Him because He will guide each of us in whatever He want's us to do. We need to make sure we don't add to or take away from the work Jesus did in bringing the Good News of the new covenant to us through great suffering and even by every drop of His blood. You may suffer and die because of this gospel, but you will have a Kings crown when you enter into the Kingdom hearing our Lord exclaim…'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' Matt 25:21. Remember: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing! Brethren' it's God the Father that calls us to arms…but it's up to each one to answer!