Until Christ returns Satan is still the god of this world.

Resist the devil and he shall flee. This is what we are doing. Revisiting, God is battling for us. This story is as old as Genesis 3:15.

So we may find peace when as a people we turn to God, our adversary, the devil is walking around as a lion seeking whom he may devour.

Keep thy heart (inner most part of your mind where believing emanates from) with all diligence for out of it come all the issues of life. We have a choice what we believe with every thought v

So here is this:

given the evidence in scripture: that some believers will believe they are doing perfectly good things, but Christ will reject them because they are, in fact, not doing God's will; that Christ will come as a thief in the night even though "every eye will see him"; that even Paul acknowledged that his understanding was far from perfect, and that he, and all, saw dimlly as in a mirror, and that only in the future would he know as he is known;

How do you know that what scripture is talking about is not what is happening now? A LOT of what people believe has been shaped by theologians discussing and interpreting the Book of Revelation, but it is clearly replete with symbols and symbology, with visions which may or may not be literal.

Scripture already talks about antichrists, and in Revelation, there is NO direct mention of "the Antichrist". Rather, interpretations by theologians are what people have absorbed. "antichrist" occurs only 4 times, in 1 John and 2 John.

Yet SO many people put their belief not in scripture, but in interpretations of scripture.

I put it to you that we are in fact in the end times. That in fact, we are experiencing armageddon, the final war between good and evil. That the visions of the Book of Revelation are manifesting directly in front of us, in reality, not in symbols.

It is worth noting that the Book of Revelation talks about all these things: the beast, the mark, etc, but it does NOT indicate they are successful. Quite the opposite, isn't it?

Yes, give yourself to Jesus, but what does that mean? Again, let's consider how some faithful would be so devoted and so ardent in their faith as to be able to prophecy, to heal, to do all manner of works, and yet, Christ rebukes them! How is this possible?

What if Christ returns and the faithful fail to recognize him because they are caught up in interpretations of scripture, but not awake in their hearts? The scholars and interpreters and theologians of Jesus' time were so sure of their own interpretations, but they failed to even recognize the Messiah. How? Is it not possible that this repeats?

Many in Jesus time believed that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, because of the prophecy of Micah, but they also believed it would ONLY happen after Elijah returned, because of the Prophecy of Malachi.

What happened? Elijah did NOT return on a flaming chariot, as they expected. Instead, he was born as a man, as John the Baptist. The return of Elijah was fulfilled in John the Baptist, who had the same mission as Elijah, to complete Elijah's mission. Jesus testified directly to this.

Thus, the Jews misinterpreted the word, believing the literal view that Elijah would return in his fiery chariot (which, if you understand the Spirit, was simply the spiritual vision of Elisha seeing with his spiritual eyes Elijah ascending), and thus rejected Jesus.

Today, our faith need to be deeper and more profound that anyone in history. What if our interpretation of HOW and WHEN and in WHAT MANNER Jesus returns is wrong? This is a serious question no sincere believer can ignore.

Some people are able to see this deeper than others. So many levels of understanding and so many layers of lies to be peeled away.

Ok, so while we're talking about Lockwood, anybody else wondering about a possible connection to the Sonora Aero Club?

God's providence is profound. Many things that appear to be 'coincidence' to some people are in fact events, signs and workings God has designed and is executing via his spiritual agents.

God can inspire and move and utilize instruments, even if they themselves do not understand just how or why they are inspired to do or write something.

Personally, I draw what I believe is an important distinction:

God works in multiple ways, but there are two spheres of activity: one, the spiritual realms, and two, the material realm.

human beings are created to live in both spheres simultaneously while our physical body, our flesh, is alive. But the material realm is a temporary one, where we are to grow our hearts and spirit in unity with God's principles, and thus to be eternally united with God after our heavy, clumsy flesh is discarded, having served its purpose. This is eternal life.

So, God works in the spiritual realms, via angels, and the spirits of those good and righteous people who have already discarded their flesh (died).

God also works in the material realm, where living people are inspired or guided by God to whatever extent their connection with God allows. Some are quite conscious they are being guided, but some are not. That's my view.

Example: the Matrix. What an absolute revelation of a film; an explanation in symbols exactly the reality we have been living in. yet, the film's creators appear to be quite unaware of what they were being guided to create. And for them, it has a completely different meaning. Personally, I believe God used them and guided them through His spiritual agency to create that film, intending to use it for His providential work.

I do NOT think that someone who is part of the Q team or part of the 'White Hats' is somehow using the Simpsons to reveal surreptitiously information to us, but rather, possibly, there are good spiritual forces at work guiding the creators despite the creators' own ignorance.

As I understand it, this particular view fits the evidence at least as much and a whole lot more than the idea that somehow conscious people are directing all those things.

No, the real driver and director behind the Great Awakening is God the Creator and Christ, the True Father. And they are working through both people on earth who are awake and understand what God wants them to do, but also working through people and events etc, who may not be quite aware that it is God guiding them.