Christ and Devil in Europe

If it was up to us it would be so much more simple!

Christ has risen from the death, conquered and won, and God of Israel has crowned Him with glory and power!

As the Son of Man himself says "I have been given all the power upon earth and heaven"

So what's the problem? Avanti populi!

And yet, the battle is so slow in our eyes... two thousand years and still counting. And instead of a continuous series of victories we see many setbacks, serious setbacks that - if we were granted such power - surely would not have happened!

Psalm 2

The Reign of the LORD’s Anointed

 ¹Why do the nations rage
   and the peoples plot in vain?
²The kings of the earth set themselves,
   and the rulers take counsel together,
   against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
³"Let us burst their bonds apart
   and cast away their cords from us."  
⁴He who sits in the heavens laughs;
   the Lord holds them in derision.
⁵Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
   and terrify them in his fury, saying,
⁶"As for me, I have set my King
   on Zion, my holy hill."
 ⁷I will tell of the decree:The LORD said to me, "You are my Son;
   today I have begotten you.
⁸Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
   and the ends of the earth your possession.
⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron
   and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel."
 ¹⁰Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
   be warned, O rulers of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the LORD with fear,
   and rejoice with trembling.
¹² Kiss the Son,
   lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
   for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

...
And the anointed almighty King tells His people to conquer the world!

So what could be more straightforward - the entire humanity will come under the rule of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel, and worship the only true God and live in peace and prosperity following the Laws of the Kingdom of Heaven?


Competing ruler - Satan
How nice it would be if this was just a bad dream, just some stupid ancient mythology and religious nonsense.

Unfortunately, the spiritual world is a reality that has direct consequences on our physical, mental and spiritual existence and includes both the rule of the Son of God, the Almighty, and the rule of the king of this world, Satan.

The history of the Kingdom of God is not a simple straightforward - and fast forward - spreading of the good news to the entire humanity, truth and love and so on.

Nope!

Look at the royal Son and how He tells about the victory over death and sin and Satan and everything - so humbly and to such a humble crowd of about five hundred nobodies. Some of whom dared to doubt the whole thing...

Mission impossible

 ¹⁶Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. ¹⁷And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus came and said to them,  "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:16-20


The Battle
Yes, we would make things quite fast, straightforward and simple ... one great victory, one great people of God in coventant with Him and singing praises to Him day and night!


But alas, the battle about the hearts of humans continues even today!


In fact, today the Kingdom of God seems again to be in great troubles in Europe with the forces of Darkness with all their power running King Christ out of the European Union.


Why on earth does it has to be such a fight - from the beginning on - with real sweat and blood, death and destruction?


What a story it is!


The Secret Kingdom
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
 
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, 

Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
 
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:  For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Luke 10:17-23

Vous soldat du Christ!

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 
  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  
 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

   Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
  Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Ephesians 6:10-18




His selected soldier, Paul, was executed by a sharp sword his head cut off at his old age.


May that example encourage you, soldier of Christ, in this battle of the battles that determines the eternal fate of human beings.