Victory over Lucifer/Satan who exalts himself above God

Isaiah 14

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• Lord has mercy on Jacob and the strangers are joined with them.
• Oppressors are brought into bondage and the global government collapses.
• Hell is excitedly expecting the arrival of their king, the ruler of the government of the beast.
• Lucifer wanted to exalt himself above God but is brought down to hell.
• Lucifer and his global government come to a disgraceful and humiliating end.
  • The power behind the global government will have no honor in the end.
  • Disgrace comes because of the destruction brought and there will be no memory of the spiritually wicked.
  • The wrath of God puts an end to every person of the global culture of the beast.
  • This planet will be totally destroyed.
• The nations are destroyed and those faithful to Jesus Christ are freed from death and sin.
• God and His Son Jesus Christ are victorious.

Lord has mercy on Jacob and the strangers are joined with them.
“For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.” Isaiah 14:1

Jacob represents Christianity because the blessing of the eldest son, Esau, was transferred to him. That’s the same as Christianity receiving the blessing of the eldest son of the Jewish nation. The Jewish people were born first, but Christianity, as the last born, receives the blessings of God through Jesus Christ. The forgiveness of sin, the Holy Spirit, and eternal life belongs to everyone who believes in Him. “He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:11-13

Jacob’s name was changed to Israel in Genesis 32:28, so as born again believers, we are Israel, “For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed will be called.” That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed….And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Romans 9:6-8, Galatians 3:29 We settle in the eternal New Jerusalem, that is our own land.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we have been made the children of God, we are the strangers joined with the Jewish people through Him. After all, our Lord Jesus was Jewish from the tribe of Judah, and all of the Apostles were Jewish from one of the tribes of Israel. Although they were faithful to God, the Jewish people in general were not, “And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.” Romans 11:17-18

Also, the Jewish people were gathered to Israel in 1948 and that has become their own land. An earthly land, not the eternal New Jerusalem. That is where God unleashes His judgment on them, “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.” Ezekiel 22:19-21

“Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors.” Isaiah 14:2

The phrase, “…take them captive whose captives they were…” refers to being liberated from captivity then making captives of those who once held others as captives. The “strangers” were led by people to bring them to their place to be possessed as servants and maids in the house of Israel. The Spirit is speaking prophetically about the non-Jewish Gentiles [you and me] becoming the servants of our Lord Jesus Christ and becoming part of the family of God [within the house of Israel]. We were once held captive and oppressed by sin and unbelief but Jesus has given us victory over our oppressor who held us captive. He has conquered sin and death.

The Holy Spirit speaks these words to us, “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” Ephesians 4:7-8

To take captivity captive is easy to envision. Jesus Christ took captive those who were in captivity to sin and death by His victory over sin and death on the Cross. It is better to be a captive to Jesus Christ than to live in captivity to sin. As an illustration, that is like the dogs and cats who are in captivity in a humane society. When someone comes to adopt a pet, it is an act of grace and mercy, and the pet is taken captive by its new owner. In a sense, the captivity of the animal is taken captive by grace through the process of adoption. When the adopted pet arrives to its new home, many new gifts are given to it. God has adopted us into His family through Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus has taken us captive, freed us from captivity to sin, and gives us many gifts. Among those gifts is the Holy Spirit and a new home in the eternal New Jerusalem.

Oppressors are brought into bondage and the global government collapses.
“It will come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,” Isaiah 14:3

This verse applies to the Jewish people and every person in this world. Rest for the Jewish people from their sorrow, fear, and hard bondage comes through faith in Jesus Christ, as it also applies to every single person in this world. “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.” Hebrews 4:9-11 Our Lord Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

To the Jewish people our Lord Jesus says, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”Matthew 23:37-39

If the Jewish people would have come to Jesus Christ 2025 years ago, they would be relieved of the sorrow, fear, and hard bondage they have suffered and are suffering. The Holocaust would never have happened, the State of Israel would never have existed, and none of the 18 wars [which there was one in 1948 also] would have happened involving Israel. Click here for a list of those 18 wars. As Christians, we do not have a nation or country [nor a racial heritage] to call our own. Our country is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

“…that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: “How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!” Isaiah 14:4

Babylon represents a global oppressor, or a prototype of the global government of the beast. Today, the global government of the beast has been brought into this world when the United Nations was formed in 1945 [immediately after WW2], as described in Daniel 8:1-14 and Revelations 17. The government of the beast and its global culture despises the Jewish people because they have a heritage of representing the people of God. The global government of the beast also despises Christianity. Today’s culture opposes belief in God the Creator, rejects Jesus Christ, and opposes the presence of the Holy Spirit. They live by the beast that governs globally by giving people what to speak, do, think, and feel.

The oppressor of God’s people, the global “golden city”, will cease. That destruction is described in Revelations 18. Global warming is already in this world and progressing hand-in-hand with the progress of the goals of the global government. The more powerful the United Nations become as the undisputed one world government the hotter and more intense the effects of global warming becomes. Global warming is the Fourth Plague as seen in Revelation 16:8-9. Global warming is instrumental in bringing destruction to the power center of the beast, which happens in the Fifth Plague as seen in Revelation 16:10-11. That means the government of the beast and the whole global culture is rendered powerless. After the global government loses power, the Battle of Armageddon happens and is in the Sixth Plague as written in Revelation 16:12-16. Then comes the Day of the Lord and Jesus Christ returns.

“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers;” Isaiah 14:5

Breaking the staff of the wicked and the scepter of the rulers is another way of saying the global government and its global culture becomes completely powerless, as described in the paragraph above. The Lord Jesus Christ broke the staff and scepter of Satan in another way as well when Jesus defeated sin and death on the Cross. As Christians, we prefer to make our body the home of the Holy Spirit, not the home of the beast which forms what people think, feel, do, and speak.

“He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted and no one hinders.” Isaiah 14:6

The one who persecutes God’s people and all of Christianity will become the persecuted., and no one can help. “He who leads into captivity will go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” Revelation 13:9-10 Click here for a post on Revelations 13:9-10. Persecution of the government of the beast comes through various forms, such as the events of the Seven Trumpets (Click for Trumpets 1-4, click for trumpets 5-6, click for the Seventh Trumpet) and by the events of the Seven Plagues. No one will be able to hinder the wrath of God coming against the global culture of the beast. As the Lord God promises, “…for he that touches you touches the apple of His eye.” Zachariah 2:8

“The whole earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing. Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, ‘Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.’” Isaiah 14:7-8

The destruction of this present world’s system means peace, rest, and quiet. It will be a day of rejoicing when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.

“I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!” Revelation 19:1-5

Revelation 18 the great city of Babylon has fallen, rejoice.

Hell is excitedly expecting the arrival of their king, the ruler of the government of the beast.
“Hell from beneath is excited about you, to meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, all the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.” Isaiah 14:9

The Spirit of God wants us to know that hell is as low as anyone can go and is an eternal place reserved for those who fight against God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. It is a place of torment beyond the grave. Hell is excited about the day they meet their master, the beast, which had power over the global government and everyone on this earth [except we who live for Jesus Christ] “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelations 13:8. The “him” in this verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast.

Satan [Revelation 13:4], the first beast [Revelations 13:1-2], and the second beast, or false prophet, [Revelations 13:11] are thrown into hell as quoted, “The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” Revelations 20:10 All those in hell with Satan and the beasts include those who have died in their unbelief and who served the beast that gave them what to speak, do, think, and feel. The most prominent of the earth will be in hell who celebrated the beast speaking and living through those of the global culture. And the governing rulers of nations who formed the government of the beast will be in hell.

“They all will speak and say to you: ‘Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us? Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, and worms cover you.’” Isaiah 14:10-11

The Holy Spirit is saying to us that Satan’s strength is weakness to God, his pride and ceremonious pomp is brought down to the lowest places by God, and Satan’s “wonderful” music is brought to the pit by God. There is no place comfortable nor desirable in store for Satan, but his place will be like a person laying on maggots with worms covering him [with no way out]. There is nothing special or powerful about Satan when confronting God, as in humanly terms those in hell say, “‘Have you also become as weak as we?” These are the same people who once were saying [and are saying today], “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” Revelations 13:4

Lucifer wanted to exalt himself above God but is brought down to hell.
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!” Isaiah 14:12

The Lord wants us to know that however powerful the entities on this earth seem to be, they will fall and be cut down. Satan [Lucifer] is the power behind the spiritual corruption on all seven continents of the world. He alone is responsible for weakening the nations. To be called, the “son of the morning”, refers to Lucifer’s existence from the very beginning, whereby he was cast down from heaven for trying to assume control over God’s kingdom. Today, we know him as Satan or the Dragon.

“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelations 12:7-9 Click here for a post on Revelations 12.

The nations are weakened as Lucifer/Satan seduces peoples and nations to discard belief in God, to reject Jesus as the Christ and Son of God, and to oppose the presence of the Holy Spirit.

“For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’” Isaiah 14:13-14

The Bible makes many references to Satan ascending into heaven to exalt his throne above the stars of God and above the heights of the clouds. Ezekiel speaks of the space satellites, space stations, and space shuttle as described in his vision from Ezekiel 1. Satan is referred to as the power of the air, “…in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience…” Ephesians 2:2  Zachariah also makes reference to this, as quoted, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.” Zechariah 5:6-9

The phrase, “…will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north…” refers to the congregation of people. That congregation is global as Satan wants to exalt himself above God in every city around the world. How does Satan become powerful through the global congregation? Through the beast that governs by giving people what to speak, do, think, feel. In this way, the beast sits in the temple of God [our body] as if is God, as quoted, “…he exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 The “he” in this verse is the “man of sin”. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

“Yet you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.” Isaiah 14:15

The Spirit of God is letting us know that trying to exalt self above Him, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit will result in being brought down to the “depths of the pit”. This is the Spirit’s way of describing hell, the place beyond the grave, a place of eternal torment.

Satan’s command over the world through the government of the beast will be utterly brought down, and he will be cast into hell. We might wonder how Satan can be defeated with the beast having power over physiology with the ability to govern through people’s behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and words. God Himself defeats Satan and the beast, not by any efforts of human beings. He uses global warming as an instrument to destroy the power center of the beast. Global warming is the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. The more powerful the United Nations become as the undisputed global government of the beast the hotter and more intense the effects of global warming become. The power center of the beast is destroyed in the Fifth Plague of Revelations 16:10-11. That renders Satan’s global government of the beast and the global congregation powerless. That brings in the Battle of Armageddon of the Sixth Plague of Revelations 16:12-17. Our Lord Jesus returns when the Seventh Trumpet sounds of Revelations 11:15-18.

“Those who see you will gaze at you, and consider you, saying: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who did not open the house of his prisoners?’” Isaiah 14:16-17

The Spirit of God is letting us know that Satan has no more power over God than any man on this earth nor any being in the places of spiritual darkness. Hell is a place of torment, and in earthly terms, Satan will be tormented by the mockery hurled at him, “‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who did not open the house of his prisoners?“

The phrase, “…who did not open the house of his prisoners…” refers to Satan’s constant oppression of belief in God, oppression of the atonement of sin made by Jesus Christ, and the oppression of the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of Jesus Christ and all of Christianity are kept imprisoned by the government of the beast and its global culture.

Satan is responsible for the tribulation and lawlessness of this world that eventually makes the planet a wilderness, destroys cities, shakes nations, and makes the whole earth tremble. “…the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10 Click here for a post on the lawless one”.

Not “opening the house of his prisoners” refers to keeping the goodness, mercy, and grace of God locked away. That leads to the destruction of cities around the world and making the planet a wilderness. It’s a wilderness because people are not able to find a way out of sin, lawlessness, carnal seduction, and spiritual wickedness. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is locked out of the global culture of the beast and people find it extremely difficult to receive Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit and life of Holiness is made scarce. Because of that prison, the world collapses into chaos. In its chaos, the words go out, “…is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms…”.

Lucifer and his global government come to a disgraceful and humiliating end.
The power behind the global government will have no honor in the end. “All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house; but you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, like the garment of those who are slain, thrust through with a sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trodden underfoot.” Isaiah 14:18-19

All the kings of the nations sleep in their grave with glory, honor, and dignity. They receive an honorable burial within their own country, within their own house. We see that constantly on television and social media where leaders of nations are given a high degree of honor and esteem at their funeral. This will not be the case for Satan, who thought he would rule the nations in glory through the government of the beast.

When our Lord Jesus returns, Satan will be cast out like an abominable branch, something everyone detests and wants no part of. Satan will be cast out like the blood-stained clothing of people who have been killed. Satan will go down to the pit of hell like a corpse trampled on in the open streets. The Holy Spirit is making it clear that there will be no glory whatsoever for Satan in the life beyond the grave.

Disgrace comes because of the destruction brought and there will be no memory of the spiritually wicked. “You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The brood of evildoers will never be named.” Isaiah 14:20

The Spirit o f the Lord is letting us know that Satan will never be joined with the rulers of nations who receive an honorable burial from the people of their own country, and often the glory of a global tribute. Satan operates in the spiritual realm, and that is where our battle is, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 Satan is responsible for destroying belief in God, bringing destruction to faith in Jesus Christ, and disparaging the presence of the Holy Spirit.

The world is being destroyed because Satan turns sweet to bitter, bitter for sweet, good to evil and evil to good, light to darkness and darkness to light. Satan even destroys his own people along with the planet by deceiving people to serve the beast that gives people what to speak, do, think, and feel. They are being driven towards global tribulation, lawlessness, and eternal hell. The Holy Spirit is opposed and He is the one who restrains lawlessness, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 Click here for a post on the “lawless one”.

Those of the global government of the beast are the brood of evil doers that will never be named. There will be no honor, dignity, nor memorial of any sorts in hell. Our Lord Jesus warns us about that while we are still in this life, “How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?” John 5:44

Satan, the power behind the global government of the beast, is responsible for the destruction of this planet. Global warming is the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. The more powerful the United Nations become as the undisputed one world government of the beast, the hotter and more intense the effects of global warming becomes. Satan doesn’t care about destroying this land and his own people. “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelations 16:8-9

The wrath of God puts an end to every person of the global culture of the beast. “Prepare slaughter for his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, lest they rise up and possess the land, and fill the face of the world with cities.” “For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts, “And cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, and offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.” Isaiah 14:21-22

Who are the children of Satan? Everyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ and Son of God. They do not believe in God the Creator and make a mockery of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Today, we know them because they serve the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel. This beast gives life to the image of the beast to speak and live through people. By what they say and do they are groomed to the mark of the beast. The Lord has prepared slaughter for Satan’s children. Hell is the slaughter house.  “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.” Revelations 19:17-18

Also, our Lord Jesus calls the Jewish people the children of Satan, “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.” “See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” John 8:44 and Matthew 23:38-39

Today’s global government and its global culture are the children of Satan and will never possess the land of the eternal Garden of Eden. They will never fill the New Jerusalem with their cities because their city is awaiting them in hell.

Our Lord rises up against the children of Satan and cuts them off from Babylon. Babylon represents the global government of the beast and today’s global culture will be cut off from it completely. They will have absolutely no inheritance on this earth, nor their children, nor any of their posterity. The events of the Seven Trumpets [Revelations 8, 8, and 11] and the events of the Seven Plagues [Revelations 16] snatches their earthly Garden of Eden from them, as quoted, “A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness…” Joel 2:3

Click here for a post on the collapse of the global government of the beast from revelations 18.

This planet will be totally destroyed. “I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and marshes of muddy water; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.” Isaiah 14:23

The Spirit of God is letting us know that a world ruled by the beast is a painful and miserable place. Porcupines are not something we want to cuddle up to, not like we would the Lamb of God. Muddy waters are certainly not a place where we would bathe to cleanse and refresh ourselves, unlike the Waters of Life that cleanses and refreshes our soul. A world of porcupines and muddy waters describe a world where love has gone cold.

The beast that gives people what to speak , do, think, and feel [in every city around the world] opposes the Holy Spirit. The beast is all about creating a world of “porcupines” and “muddy waters”. With that, forgiveness through Jesus Christ is forced out which leaves the world filled with unrelenting pain and misery. The planet is inhabited with demons, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries.” Revelations 18:2-3

This planet is going to be swept with the broom of destruction. Lawlessness fills the world as described in 2 Thessalonians 2:5-8, but “the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 Thessalonians 2:8 With lawlessness, the broom of destruction includes the resources of the earth and ocean being very scarce, much of the fresh waters becoming unfit to drink, the solar system unstable, rebellion against the global culture, military action with massive loss of life, sickness and deadly disease, bloody violence, global warming [Revelations 16:8-9], the Battle of Armageddon, and eventually the entire destruction of the planet.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:16-17

Click for a post on having victory in the wet and boggy mire of this world.

“Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.” Psalms 24:3-5

The nations are destroyed and those faithful to Jesus Christ are freed from death and sin. “The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, and as I have purposed, so it will stand:” Isaiah 14:24

The Spirit of the Lord is letting us know that the word of God is certain. This verse is specifically referring to the promise of the destruction of Satan and all of his children. His children are those who do not believe that Jesus is the Christ and Son of God who forgives sin and gives eternal life. The promise includes the destruction of the global government of today and its global culture. They serve the beast that gives them what to speak, think, feel, and do. That beast gives life to the image of the beast to speak and live through people everywhere. By what they say and do they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

We can be certain that the Lord’s promise of the judgment to come is a guarantee because of the very specific fulfillment of prophecies we see today. The fulfilled prophecies listed below have happened since 1945,

• 1940^s: Airplanes are mentioned in Daniel 8:5-7. The ability to travel overseas by airplane is related to the ushering in of the global system of the beast. Airplanes capable of flying overseas began around 1920’s, but the airplanes talked about in Daniel 8 were created around 1940 [related to WW2].
• 1945: The global government of the United Nations was established immediately after WW2, which brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8 and also Revelation 17.
• 1945 thereabouts. The entity that has power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, do, and say is here. This entity enables the image of the beast to speak and live through people in every city around the world. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. This is described in Revelation 13. This entity is the power center of the global government of the beast.
  
  The only place this is mentioned is in the Bible, so of course there are no public records of its beginnings. This is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 The “him” in this verse is the “man of sin”. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”. “….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’” Revelations 2:24-25
• 1948: The Jewish people have been gathered to the State of Israel in 1948, where God unleashes the fury of His judgment on them, as described in Ezekiel 22:19-20, Ezekiel 36:22, and Ezekiel 20:34.
• 1950′^s: The seven continents were not discovered until research revealed them through the 1950^s and 1970^s. The beast, in the book of Revelations, is known to be on seven continents involving ten kingdoms [making it a global presence]. We are living in the days of the global presence of the beast.
• 1988 or thereabouts: Global warming is here and is the Fourth Plagued mentioned in Revelation 16:8-9. The more powerful the United Nations becomes as the one world government the hotter and more intense the heat of global warming becomes. Global warming is instrumental in destroying the power center of the beast [Fifth Plague], rendering the world government and its global culture powerless. At this time, the entity with power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, say, and do will not be functioning. This leads to the Battle of Armageddon in the Sixth Plague, followed by the Day of the Lord and the return of Jesus Christ. Click for a full post on the Seven Plagues.
• 2025: the President of the United States signed into law a bill to make the USA the “crypto-capital” of the world, called the “GENIUS Act”. This lays the foundation for the cashless society. Click here for an article on the signing of the “GENIUS” ACT. “For before these days, there were no wages for man nor any hire for beast; There was no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in; For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.” Zechariah 8:10 The phrase, “for before these days”, refers to the days leading up to global tribulation. Click here for a post on Zachariah 8:10.
• Also, Jesus Christ has come in the flesh 2000 years ago to fulfill the prophecies of the Bible. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

The following books of the Bible are just a few that has made plain the vision of events to give a “heads up” to everyone on this earth, Daniel, Micah, Genesis 6, Matthew 24, Revelations, and Ezekiel.
Click here for the table of contents on posts for Daniel.
Click here for the table of contents on posts for Micah.
Click here for the table of contents on Genesis 6.
Click here for the table of contents on posts for Matthew 24.
Click here for the table of contents on posts for Revelations.
Click here for the table of contents on posts for Ezekiel.

“That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and on My mountains tread him underfoot. Then his yoke will be removed from them, and his burden removed from their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?” Isaiah 14:25-27

The Spirit of the Lord is letting us know that the “Assyrian” is a global entity that has occupied the “land” of the Lord. That “land” is our soul as the home of the Holy Spirit. The “Assyrian” is the one that has claimed the body, the temple of God, as its own by its power over physiology. This is done by giving the global population what to speak, do, think, and feel. The “Assyrian” is the one “… who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 The “he” in this verse is the “man of sin”. Click here for a post on the “man of sin” from 2 Thessalonians 2.

The beast that gives people what to speak, do, think, and feel, will be broken from the land, meaning the Lord will break its power and hold over people. Upon the mountains of the Lord the beast will be trampled on by God. The beast will be broken as the power center of the beast is destroyed in the Fifth Plague of Revelations 16:10-11. This happens from the mountains of the Lord, meaning human effort is not involved. That’s because global warming is instrumental in destroying the power center of the beast, and global warming is the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. The more powerful the United Nations become as the undisputed one world government the hotter and more intense the effects of global warming become.

The yoke and burden of the beast is heavy upon the shoulders of the global population but the yoke and burden of Jesus Christ is light and easy, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

God has determined to bring His judgment upon those who mock the presence of the Holy Spirit, who discards the need for forgiveness through Jesus Christ, and denies God the Creator. His hand is stretched out over all the nations, not just a few nations here and there. No one can turn back what God has purposed to do. We can only reconcile to Him through Jesus Christ and embrace the presence of the Holy Spirit. In return, the promise is made to us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

“This is the burden which came in the year that King Ahaz died. “Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, because the rod that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper, and its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.” Isaiah 14:28-29

When the Spirit says to those of “Philistia” not to think that the destruction of the government of the beast is their freedom, He means that freedom from the beast is not the freedom that faith in Jesus Christ brings. To be free to speak as we want, do as we want, think as we want, and feel as we want is not a license to live as atheists who reject Jesus Christ and oppose the presence of the Holy Spirit. We must be born-again through Jesus Christ because the wages of sin is death in eternal hell. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

“For out of the serpents roots…” refers to what is left of the global population of the beast after the power center of the beast is destroyed in the Fifth Plague of Revelations 16:10-11. Once they are freed from being given what to speak, do, think, and feel, they are still not living by the Holy Spirit, have not asked forgiveness through Jesus Christ, and God the creator is not in their thoughts. They are out for vengeance against their previous oppressors and they add lawlessness upon lawlessness. This is the “viper” with “children” who are a “fiery flying serpent”. This continues through the remainder of the Fifth Plague, through the Sixth Plague, and until Jesus returns when the Seventh Trumpet sounds [Revelations 11:15-18].

“The firstborn of the poor will feed, and the needy will lie down in safety; I will kill your roots with famine, and it will slay your remnant.” Isaiah 14:30

The poor and needy within the world will find safety in the Day of Lord, which brings eternal life in the New Jerusalem within the new heaven and earth. However, there is nothing but death in eternal hell for those who refuse to reconcile to God through Jesus Christ. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

“Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, and no one will be alone in his appointed times.” Isaiah 14:31

The Holy Spirit is letting us know that everyone who refuses to live in the presence of the Holy Spirit, by faith in Jesus Christ, will cry vehemently. Satan and his “children” will be completely dissolved, like snow melting at the rising of the Spring Sun. No one will be spared whom God has determined to pour out His wrath, no one will be alone on a sanctuary island. No one is exempt from the word of the Lord.

“And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” Revelation 18:21-24

God and His Son Jesus Christ are victorious. “What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and the poor of His people will take refuge in it.” Isaiah 14:32

The Holy Spirit is saying that those of the collapsed government of the beast will have no earthly reply to the destruction of their power and authority. The only available explanation is that the word of the Lord is true, that this present heaven and earth will be destroyed. A new heaven and earth will be created, which is Zion, the New Jerusalem. All who believe in God through Jesus Christ will have an eternal home there.

“Come, we that love the Lord
And let our joys be known
Join in a song with sweet accord
And thus surround the throne
We’re marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
We’re marching upward to Zion
The beautiful city of God.”
[Church Song]

….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11