The governing system, the courts, and the churches are like wolves on the prow.

Zephaniah 3:3-4

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“Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves that leave not a bone till morning. Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.” Zephaniah 3:3-4

The verse above is describing the governing system of the beast which has hostile intentions against Christianity. While the government establishes the law, the constitution, and sets the culture, it exhibits the traits of psychopathy against those who do not submit to their authority. The governors (princes) are roaring lions, the courts are predatory wolves, their spokespeople (prophets) are treacherous, they pollute the temple of God, our body, by hardening the human spirit against the love, mercy, life, and salvation of Jesus Christ. They sit in the human body through the anti-Christian thing which gives people what to feel, think, do, say and believe. They do violence against the law given to us from God through Jesus Christ and that law is carried out through the Holy Spirit.

 The global government has its authority through the thing forming feelings and thoughts which replaces the human conscience. The traits of psychopathy flood the world as people become egocentric to empower and exalt themselves above God. They feel no remorse and no need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ. They oppose, ridicule, and manipulate the presence of the Holy Spirit as they detest the life of Holiness. The world fills with anti-social activity, with no empathy for others within their superficial charm.

The mercy, grace, life, Salvation and love of God through Jesus Christ has gone cold, very cold in this world. The governing authority of the churches have thrown out the Gospel of Christ, government lawmakers no longer include the values of the Bible in their laws and policies, the governing authority of the schools have tossed out the teachings of the Bible from the classrooms, and Christianity is not wanted in any sector of society.

The verse below is carried out by a governing system described in the verse above. The verses are describing a global culture of psychopathy which allows the image of the beast to live and speak through them by the thing forming their thoughts, feelings, words, behaviors, and beliefs. Lawlessness abounds under this current governing system as described in the post about the “man of sin”. The masses around the world are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 

But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

 “Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.” Matthew 10:16-23

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come… But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!” Mattew 24:9-14, 19

As followers of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit gives us a song to sing within a world governing through anti-Christian beliefs,

Thank you Lord, for saving my soul
Thank you Lord, for making me whole;
Thank you Lord, for giving to me
Thy great salvation so rich and free.
Thank you Jesus.

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“….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, 3:1