Does CA! feel threatened for the Church in
Nigeria following ongoing crafty dealings by Islamists? Not at all!
The Head of the Church knows what to do and He is firmly in
control. Of course we are concerned
about the lack of sensitivity, awareness, discernment, or any other sign of
maturity on display by the Church.
However, the chances of some non-church players rising up to help their
master, Satan, inflict chaos in the polity is far more likely than the chances
of the gates of hell driving the Church underground, as in the middle east
countries. Our mandate as salt and light however requires us to resist such
outcomes.
We are therefore more concerned that while
many groups of endtime players are showing good discernment and appreciation of
the season by launching extra-ordinary initiatives, it’s only in a miniscule
faction of the Biblical Church that we see such actions – such as renewed call
to concerted prayer, true holiness, innovative and sacrificial evangelism, etc,
at the present time.
On the other side of the divide, we see
Vatican astronomers intently peering into the skies, as part of their “Project
Lucifer” (actual name), looking for whatever they thought
would emerge. This might be connected to
the last event predicted by the Fatima
prophecies and may explain some of the strange words and
actions of the predicted-to-be-the-last Pope, which even catholic faithfuls
have described as bewildering! We also see a clearly mesmerized yet excited
EU President, Jean-Claude Juncker, talking about leaders
from “other planets” (aliens?) expressing their concerns to
him over Brexit and the future of Europe! Of course, Islamists, in their desperate
dash to acquiring power and restoration of their caliphate, continue to
ruthlessly trample on whatever stand in their way – even if it be law, order,
or sound ethics.
Ditto, as it is abundantly evident in our
city here at Ile-Ife, there is a noticeable resurgence of idolatry and the old
groves and shrines are being revived and serviced. Even occult new age groups (like Eckankar and
Rosicrucians and the Mormons) are launching out to the grassroot on radio -
beyond their normal public lectures. Yes, it is starkly so clear that it is
only biblical Christians who are doing “business as usual.”
It is time the Church woke up from this
lethargic sleep. Church, Arise!
How then do we see the outcome of the
current manipulation of Islamists in Nigeria?
We see the rather brash unhidden manipulations, threats, and coercions
by the Islamists more like the ongoing antics of the transgenders in the
US. It’s all folly that would backfire
on the practitioners and their backers at the end of the day - just like
extreme Islamism backfired in Egypt and unbridled immigration is backfiring in
Europe. It is of course possible that
considerable damage could happen to portions of the Church, particularly the
unwary, in the course of all these; it probably would end up becoming nothing
but the needed wake-up call for the Church out of her current stupor.
For us, the next item on God’s agenda is
the rapture. And till then (no matter
how close or far that event is), once we are prepared to watch and pray, living
holy and righteous lives, we remain unassailable by the man of sin and his
foot-soldiers, despite his desperate struggles to come take centre stage. (2
Thess. 2:6-7).
Since it is written that the gates of
hell cannot prevail against the Church, it follows that the future being beheld
by the Islamists of Nigeria in their crystal balls, just as that being aspired
to by the worldwide new age movement, is only possible post-rapture. While this should stimulate us to excited
barrier-breaking actions, no true believer need feel unduly threatened by it.
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