The Triumph of the Cross By Christ Jesus

“In the beginning was the Word [Logos], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the Light of all mankind. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:1-5 NIV

“In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, *but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom he appointed heir of ALL THINGS, and through whom also He made the universe.* The Son is the radiance of God’s Glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word [spoken words]. After He had provided purification for all sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven [“right hand” means the seat of power]. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.” Hebrews 1:1-4 NIV

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the Heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy [set-apart] and blameless [redeemed] in His sight. In Love He predestined us for adoption to son-ship [not just adopted children, but made actual children of God] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will— to the praise of His glorious Grace [God’s gift of Grace, which is something we did not earn, nor deserve], which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s Grace that He lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring to unity [reconcile] all things in Heaven and on earth under Christ [to bring together a very broken and fractured Universe].

“In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His Glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation. ***When you believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,*** who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of His Glory.” Ephesians 1:3-14 NIV

The Bible says that long before the worlds were created, we were chosen in Christ Jesus. God had a plan from day one of how to reconcile His creation from the corruption that was brought upon it:

“In the very beginning God [“Elohim” in Hebrew, meaning God and ALL the angels, including His One and Only Begotten Son] created the heavens and the earth [John 1, Hebrews 1, etc.]. Now the earth was [became] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2 NIV

“When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” Genesis 6:1-8 NIV

“And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.’ And Samyaza, who was their leader, said unto them: ‘I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.’ And they all answered him and said: ‘Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.’ Then swore they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.” Enoch 6:1-6 RHC

“And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against *the lawless ones.*” Enoch 7:1-6 RHC

“And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Samyaza taught enchantments, and root-cuttings; Armaros, the resolving of enchantments; Baraquiyal, taught astrology; Kokabel, the constellations; Ezequeel, the knowledge of the clouds; Araquiel, the signs of the earth; Shamsiel, the signs of the sun; and Sariel, the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.” Enoch 8:1-2

“And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: ‘The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their crying up to the gates of heaven. And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit, saying, “Bring our cause before the Most High.” And they said to the Lord of the Ages: ‘Lord of Lords, God of Gods, King of Kings, and God of the Ages, the throne of Thy glory standeth unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are laid bare and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee.

“Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were preserved in heaven, which men were striving to learn: And Samyaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins. And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.’” Enoch 9:1-11 RHC

“Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: Go to Noah and tell him in my name “Hide thyself!” and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.’ And again the Lord said to Raphael: ‘Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. And on the *Day of the Great Judgement* [2 Peter 2, etc.] he shall be cast into the fire.

“*And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons.* **And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.’** [the scapegoat] And to Gabriel said the Lord: ‘Proceed against the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy the children of fornication and the children of the Watchers from amongst men and cause them to go forth: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and that each one of them will live five hundred years.’ And the Lord said unto Michael: ‘Go, bind Samyaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another [like the Titans], and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because they have wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the Plant of Righteousness and Truth appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.” Enoch 10:1-15 RHC

“Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where he was hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. [Genesis 5, Hebrews 11:5, Jude 1:14] And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones. “And I, Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers called me–Enoch the scribe–and said to me: ‘Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives: “Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, the death of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain.”‘ Enoch 12:1-6 RHC [The reprimand, judgement and punishment of the fallen angels is pronounced by God in the Councils of Heaven in an amazing and glorious description in chapters 13-14.]

“And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: ‘Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them: “You should intercede” for men, and not men for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of earth, and begotten giants as your sons? And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten children with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. But you were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.

“And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men, and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; *they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.* As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling. And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.” Enoch 15:1-11 RHC

Just as there are hierarchies and rank and order down here on earth, here is the same in Heaven. There are the Seven Heavenly realms (levels, or what may be in fact dimensions) mentioned in the Bible. Paul being caught up to the third, and Enoch many more levels as he records and describes them as best he can. There are also rank and file in the angels. There is a council, judges, and court. We hear in the Book of Revelation of the throne room, and the twenty-four elders. This is reality, not myth. Remember the Book of Job? This is all in the Bible:

“And so the heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh, even your faithfulness, in the assembly of the holy ones. For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? Who is like Yahweh among the sons of God, a God feared greatly in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him? O Yahweh God of hosts, who is mighty like you, O Yah, with your faithfulness surrounding you?” Psalm 89:5-8 LEB

“God stands in the divine assembly; He administers judgment in the midst of the gods. ‘How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah. Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan; provide justice to the afflicted and the poor. Rescue the helpless and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. They do not know or consider. They go about in the darkness, so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken. I have said, “You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you. However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes.’ Rise up, O God, judge the earth, because you shall inherit all the nations.” Psalm 82 LEB

“All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.” “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that *I Am He. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, Am the Lord [I AM Yahweh], and *apart from me there is no savior.* I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— *I, and not some foreign god among you.* You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God. Yes, and Ancient Days I Am He [the Ancient of Days: Book of Enoch, Book of Daniel, and Book of Revelation]. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?” Isaiah 43:9-13 NIV

“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King. “Tell us, you idols, what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come, tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear. But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable. I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes— one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay. Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you. I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’ I gave to Jerusalem a Messenger of Good News [Gospel]. I look but there is no one— no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them. See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion!” Isaiah 41:21-29 NIV

Christ Jesus is now our Mediator, High Priest, and the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the whole world, and reconciled us to God as the Perfect Sacrifice and Redeemer:

“When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the Outer Room to carry on their ministry. But only the High Priest entered the Inner Room [Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle], and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance [Sins of Ignorance; sins against God that the people did not know they committed. ‘Sin’ or ‘tresspass’ is going against God’s ways. ‘Repentance’ means turning back to God’s ways.]. The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the First Tabernacle was still functioning. This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

“But when Christ came as High Priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining Eternal Redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished [the Lamb of God (John 1), the Perfect Sacrifice] to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

“For this reason Christ is the Mediator of a New Covenant [The Law of Faith and Grace], that those who are called may receive the promised Eternal Inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the First Covenant [The Levitical/Mosaic Law].” Hebrews 9:6-15 NIV

“And he [Aaron, the High Priest] must take from the Israelites’ community two he-goats as a sin offering and one ram as a burnt offering. And Aaron shall present the sin offering’s bull, which is for himself, and so he shall make atonement for himself and for his family. And he shall take the two goats, and he shall present them before Yahweh at the Tent of Assembly’s entrance [Tabernacle; nearly all facets representing symbolically Christ Jesus and his work]. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for Yahweh and one for Azazel [Hebrew “Azazel” is mistranslated in KJV, etc. as ‘the scapegoat’]. And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot for Yahweh fell, and he shall sacrifice it as a sin offering. But he must present alive before Yahweh the goat on which the lot for Azazel fell to make atonement for himself, to send it away into the desert to Azazel.

“And Aaron shall present the sin offering’s bull, which is for himself, and so he shall make atonement for himself and for his family; then he shall slaughter the sin offering’s bull, which is for himself. And he shall take a censer full of burning charcoal from upon the altar from before Yahweh and two handfuls of incense of powdered fragrant perfumes, and he shall bring it from behind the curtain [veil; represents Christ’s body torn for us], and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh so that the cloud of incense might cover the atonement cover [Mercy Seat; representing Christ Jesus], which is on the covenant text, so that he might not die. And he shall take some of the bull’s blood, and he shall spatter it with his finger on the atonement cover’s surface on the eastern side, and before the atonement cover he shall spatter some of the blood with his finger seven times.

“And he shall slaughter the sin offering’s goat, which is for the people, and he shall bring its blood from behind the curtain, and he shall do with its blood as that which he did with the bull’s blood, and he shall spatter it on the atonement cover and before the atonement cover. Thus he shall make atonement for the sanctuary from the Israelites’ impurities and from their transgressions for all their sins; and so he must do for the Tent of Assembly, which dwells with them in the midst of their impurities. And no person shall be in the Tent of Assembly when he enters to make atonement in the sanctuary until he comes out, and so he shall make atonement for himself and for his family and for all of Israel’s assembly.

“Then he shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for it; and he shall take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood, and he shall put it all around on the altar’s horns. And he shall spatter some of the blood on it seven times with his finger, and he shall cleanse it and consecrate it from the Israelites’ impurities.

“And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and the Tent of Assembly and the altar; then he shall present the living goat. And Aaron shall place his two hands on the living goat’s head, and he shall confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat’s head, and he shall send it away into the desert with a man standing ready. Thus the goat shall bear on it to a barren region all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert [never to be seen or heard of again].” Leviticus 16:5-22 LEB [LEB translation is translated from original languages of Hebrew and Greek.]

“And on the Day of the Great Judgement [Book of Revelation, Jesus’ teaching, etc.] he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the Watchers [Genesis 6] have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azâzêl: to him ascribe all sin.’” Enoch 10:6-8 RHC [“Azazel is one of the leaders of the rebellious Watchers mentioned above (as in Daniel 4, fallen angels; also as in the fall of Lucifer, now Satan the Adversary: Revelation 12, John 8, Luke 10, etc.) in the time preceding the Flood in the Book of Enoch and the Bible.]

“And the angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, He has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the Judgment of the Great Day;” Jude 1:6 LEB

“For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but held them captive in Tartarus with chains of darkness and handed them over to be kept for judgment, and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, and seven others when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly, … then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to reserve the unrighteous to be punished at the day of judgment, and especially those who lust after defilement and who despise authority.” 2 Peter 2:4-5, 9-10 LEB

“For surely he is not concerned with angels, but he is concerned with the descendants of Abraham.” Hebrews 2:6 LEB, NIV [Dr. Gene Scott interpreted it from the original language rightly as “God did not stoop down (lowered, bent down, humbled Himself) to help fallen angels, but He stooped down to pick up fallen mankind.”]

As in the Days of Noah! We have some very dark times coming on this earth. Dark times that have not been seen before. These type of things have been foretold by every prophet of God since day one. As in the days of Noah; who brought the books regarding his relative, Enoch, with him in the last cataclysm on this very old earth that has been destroyed before, because of these beings and the sin they brought.

Need proof? Take a look at all of the architecture and ornate ruins of ancient civilizations. They certainly thought they were real, they thought they were gods. They wanted to be called ‘gods’ and worshipped. They still do. Why do you think God hates idols, false gods, and Satan? Need proof of angels? Read the numerous accounts in the Bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The Book of Hebrews has the best examples of angels, and who Christ Jesus is in relation to God and the Hosts of Heaven.

“For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.” – Christ Jesus (Matthew 24:37) Son of Man is a title of Messiah given to Enoch to record for us, for this time. Daniel repeated Enoch, Christ Jesus repeated Enoch, Jude – the brother of Christ Jesus – repeated Enoch, David repeated Enoch. With such credit to his writing and warnings, we should truly pay more attention. Now I see why Satan wants it hidden, forgotten, buried, and buried deep.

“The words of the blessing of Enoch [Genesis 5:24, Jude 14], wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the Day of Tribulation [Book of Daniel, Revelation, etc.], when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said, “Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the **Holy One** [Christ Jesus] in the Heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but **not for this generation [Enoch lived before the flood; Noah, his grandson, brought the books], but for a remote one which is for to come [now, the Last Days]. Concerning the elect [God’s elect; holy; sanctified; saints; ekklesia; called-out-ones; the church] I said, and took up my parable concerning them:

“The Holy Great One [ancient name of Christ Jesus] will come forth from His dwelling [Isaiah and Zechariah’s visions], and the Eternal God will tread upon the earth, even on Mount Sinai, and appear from His camp; and appear in the strength of His might from the Heaven of Heavens [Paul was caught up to the “third” Heaven, 2 Corinthians 12]. And all shall be smitten with fear, and the Watchers [nephilim; fallen angels and their offspring – Genesis 6] shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth [Isaiah, Daniel, Romans, Revelation, etc.].

“And the high mountains shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low, And shall melt like wax before the flame. And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, And there shall be a judgement upon all [God’s Great Day of Wrath and Judgement prophesied by Most ALL of God’s prophets; especially Zechariah, Joel, and Isaiah; and mentioned in detail in Daniel and Revelation].

“But with the righteous **[those who had Faith in His Son’s name – John 3, etc.]** He will make peace, and will protect the elect; and mercy shall be upon them. And they shall all belong to God, and they shall be prospered, and they shall all be blessed. [Peter, Jude, John, all spoke of this.] And He will help them all, and Light shall appear unto them [John 1, etc. – Christ Jesus is the Light], and He will make peace with them [Luke 2].

“**And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones [Revelation, Jude, etc. – Christ Jesus and his armies – the elect; the church] to execute judgement upon all, and to destroy all the ungodly [those who rejected God, His Son, and their authority; had no faith – especially those who led the people astray from God’s word who operate in the Spirit of Antichrist and The Great False Prophet]: And to convict all flesh of all the works of their ungodliness [without thought of God, or honor to Him] which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.** [Jude 14-16, Romans 1-2, etc.].” Enoch 1:1-9 RHC

“And in those days the angels [Genesis, Book of Revelation, etc.] shall return, and hurl themselves to the east upon the Parthians and Medes: They shall stir up the kings, so that a spirit of unrest shall come upon them, and they shall rouse them from their thrones, that they may break forth as lions from their lairs, and as hungry wolves among their flocks. And they shall go up and tread under foot the land of His elect ones [And the land of His elect ones shall be before them a threshing-floor and a highway:] But the City of My Righteous shall be a hindrance to their horses [Zion]. And they shall begin to fight among themselves, And their right hand shall be strong against themselves, And a man shall not know his brother, Nor a son his father or his mother, Till there be no number of the corpses through their slaughter, And their punishment be not in vain. In those days Sheol shall open its jaws, And they shall be swallowed up therein and their destruction shall be at an end; Sheol shall devour the sinners in the presence of the elect.’” Enoch 56:5-8 RHC [confirmed by prophecies in The Book of Revelation, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Christ Jesus’ teaching on the End of Days, etc.]

This is not a fairytale, myth, or legend. That is what Satan would like us to think. This is reality. This is Ephesians 6. This is Genesis 6. This is the war: Satan wants to destroy us. Because he hates God and Christ Jesus. It is that simple. He will do whatever he can to accomplish this.

This is why the Day of Judgement comes, not because of just man’s sin, but because of the sin of the two “falls.” The first fall was that of of Lucifer, the Crowning Cherub on God’s Mountain before mankind was created, now called Satan; mentioned by Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. He took a third of Heaven with him in rebellion against God. The second fall, much like it, was with the angels that mated with mankind producing evil beings, beings that humans called “gods.” Beings that led mankind into sin and evil. These beings ruled kingdoms, ruled territories, fought with each other, even killed each other. Some were female, some were male. The tower of Babel was the revival of that worship. That is why God hated it so much. This is all history, this is all in the Bible; this is all what Satan wants us to not see, wants us to forget. He wants us to forget that he is still the Prince of this World, he rules this world for now.

“Jesus said, “Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from Heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the Prince of This World is driven out [cast out of Heaven, from before the throne]. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.” John 12:28-33 NIV

“I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. I will not say much more to you, for the Prince of This World is coming. He has no hold over me [literally, has no power over Christ], but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. Come now; let us leave.” John 14:29-31 NIV

“Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and about judgment, because the Prince of this World now stands condemned.” John 16:6-11 NIV

Christ Jesus calls Satan “the Prince of This World.” As it says in Ephesians 6 and Romans 8 among many other texts in the Bible; this world is ruled by forces we cannot see, and it always has been. There are many things taking place in heavenly realms that are just as important as those here on earth. There are territories and kingdoms ruled by earthly men, but also ruled by very powerful princely beings in the heavens; and they are not all good beings, as we read that Satan took a third of heaven’s angelic inhabitants with him in his narcissistic rebellion against God. This is all in the Bible.

Consider carefully this scene with Christ Jesus, tempting Christ himself with twisted words that almost seem right, but with crafty, subtle differences to suit his selfish goal of thwarting God’s plan by tempting the Perfect One, God’s Holy One, the Son of Man

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by The Devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The Tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” Again, The Devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him **all the kingdoms of the world (in a moment of time) and their splendor. “All this I will give you,**” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’” Then The Devil left him, and angels came and attended him.” Matthew 4:1-11 NIV

In this passage The Devil, The Tempter, The Crafty One, The Prince of This World comes to test Christ Jesus, to get him to sin against God by succumbing to his crafty council and twisted words. How did he do this? By trying to appeal to Christ Jesus’ human nature: his hunger, his thirst, his loneliness, his vanity and ego. You see, that is what happened to Satan himself, The Devil, once called Lucifer. Satan is a title, just as Lucifer was. He was the crowing Cherub in God’s Garden before the fall, the first fall. He hated God, he hated God’s position, was full of envy and hatred for anything God wanted. He set himself up above God, said he will ascend to the highest throne above Him in his pride and arrogance (Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28). God cast him down, and stripped him of his title. Granting the position of the name that is above every name to His faithful and loving one and only Son, the Logos, Christ Jesus.

Until Christ Jesus comes back, this Adversary (which is what Satan means) will be against everything concerning we humans. God and Christ Jesus loved us enough to set this world right (salvaged, ransomed), granting us a way back into the presence of God and His eternal light, but there was no pardon for Satan. He hates and is warring against God, even still. As the Bible says in the Book of Job, he still has access to the councils of heaven to stand and accuse us; he accused the high priest Joshua of having dirty garments, just as he does each one of us. He will be there to remind God of our sin against Him. But God is not interested in what he says any longer, and Satan is extremely angry at that.

“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” Genesis 3:1-15 NIV

Throughout the Bible we are taught that the earth was once created perfect, with a garden placed where man and woman became stewards over God’s lovely and perfect creation. As long as they dwelled in the light of God and in faith (trusting God with all their hearts, souls and minds) they would be allowed to dwell there. However, the was another that came into the scene. He is the Subtle, Crafty, Tempter, and as he tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of the Law of Good and Evil, he is still at work today. He will try and get our focus off of Christ Jesus no matter how he can, that is his only goal. For if we are not in Christ Jesus, we are lost. His best weapon is flattery and appealing to our human nature, or wants and desires; the lusts of the flesh, as it is called in the Bible. He is The Flatterer. He flattered Eve into eating the fruit. He flattered her into thinking God did not mean what He said about dying, but we have been dying ever since. This world is in a rapid state of decay and entropy; a broken and fractured universe.

Satan is still working against Christ Jesus and his church, as his many names tell us: The Adversary, the Evil One, the Devouring Lion, the Devil, the Serpent, the Crafty, the Subtle, the Liar, the Murderer, the Prince of This World, the Distractor, the Flatterer.
Satan knew God’s plan from the beginning, so he had much time to work on a counterfeit plan. He knew just how to introduce the judgmental religious spirit of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and the Scribes. He knew how to enter into Peter, to try and prevent Christ Jesus from his task of redeeming the world through his sacrifice on the cross. He knew how to enter into Judas, thinking he was right, to go to the authorities to hand Christ Jesus over. He knew how to set up Christ Jesus’ mother as a substitute “Christ” or “deliverer” and how to set up an entire counterfeit religion that has lasted to today, to where we now celebrate pagan rituals and holidays as Christian, when they are all pertaining to the enemy of Christ Jesus. Do your homework, it is all true, starting at the tower of Babel. Of course he has conspired this since the beginning, because he knows the end of the book, too. He knows his time is short. His only goal is to war against God, any way he can. He is a powerful ruler, with many minion and followers, and his domain is this world. He has men and women to do his bidding. He can and does inhabit them, that is what the Book of Revelation is all about. It is not like the movies, not at all.

“Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs [apostasy] and the Man of Lawlessness [Man of Rebellion] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. [Just as Satan did!]”

“Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time [he will be revealed when Christ Jesus declares the time of his second coming]. For the Secret Power of lawlessness [the power of Antichrist – Substitute Deliverer – as John wrote in 1 John 2] is already at work; but the One who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the Lawless One [Rebel, which is also what ‘Nimrod’ meant, it is a title] will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming [as it describes in detail in the Book of Revelation]. The coming of the Lawless One **will be in accordance with how Satan works.** He will use all sorts of displays of power through **signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.** They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful *delusion* so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-14 NIV

The King is coming back to defeat these fallen ones and Satan once and for all. He will triumph over them with power! Christ Jesus came as the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the worlds; but he is coming back as the Lion, treading the winepress. We have had fair warning. Like God showed us with the age of Methuselah and the destruction of the evil antediluvian world by water; He has been very long-suffering in tolerating our ungrateful, insolent and disrespectful ways towards Him. This is why the prophets said to repent, to turn from our ways to God’s way, once again. Because those who choose to forget God or willfully reject what His Son did for us on the cross, the ones the prophets and Apostles call the “ungodly”; will have to endure some terrible things to come on this earth. God is merciful in that He gives us ample warning, and plenty of instruction on how we can avoid this wrath and judgement to come, because it will come – as much as people don’t want us to talk about it. The people before the flood didn’t want the prophets to speak, either. The people suffered for not listening. How much more will we if we do not heed the words of the One we supposedly call Lord, Master and King? He’s telling us he knows the hour now. He is telling us, his chosen elect, so we will also know and tell others:

“But concerning that day or hour [of the Day of the Lord] no one knows—not even the angels in Heaven nor the Son—except the Father. Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is! It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority—to each one his work—and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert. Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning—lest he arrive suddenly and find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Be on the alert!” Mark 13:32-37 LEB

“I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh [again], shall he find Faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8 KJV

The price paid by our Savior, Christ Jesus, the Messiah was greater than any of us could ever imagine! Not just for our fallen state of sin, but the fallen state of sin of the whole world! He came to heal God’s creation, and bring us who faithe in Christ with him to his Father’s House, where he is. Amen!

“For in this way God loved the world [His creation], so that He gave His One and Only Son, in order that everyone who faithes in Him will not perish, but will have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world in order that He should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through Him. The one who faithes in him is not judged, but the one who does not faithe has already been judged, because he has not faithed in the name of the One and Only Son of God. And this is the judgment: that the Light [Christ Jesus; John 1] has come into the world, and people loved the Darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who practices evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds be exposed. But the one who practices the Truth comes to the Light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.” John 3:16-21 LEB (with “faith” corrected)

This is why our Grace from God was NOT cheap. It came at a great cost. Hope we never forget we were bought with a great price:

There is Power in the Blood: “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.” 1 Peter 1:18-20 NIV

Remember, Satan has not yet been cast into the Lake of Fire. He seeks to sift us as wheat, roaming around the earth as a ravenous lion (Book of Job, Peter, etc.). He is at war with Christ Jesus, therefore we are a target, as Christ’s redeemed. We are set free, Satan wants us in bondage. Take up the whole Armor of God, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal as Paul said.

“Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength. Put on the full Armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, because our struggle is **not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this Darkness, against the *spiritual forces of wickedness* in the heavenly places.** Because of this, take up the full Armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the Evil Day, and having done everything, to stand!
“Stand! Therefore, girding your waist with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness [to cover our hearts], and binding shoes under your feet with the preparation of the good news of peace [Gospel Message of God’s Peace with us through Christ], in everything taking up the shield of faith [Faith in Christ Jesus and God’s word to us], with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the Evil One, and receive the helmet of salvation [given to us, to protect our minds], and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this end being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that in them I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.” Ephesians 6:10-20 LEB

The triumph of the cross will be final on the Great Day of the Lord, the Great Day of Judgement. At that time, he will repay ALL for what they have done, from the very beginning.

“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers [us!].” Revelation 17:12-14 NIV [Daniel also describes this in detail. “Revelation” means “unveiling,” it is the unsealed portion of the prophecies given to Daniel by the angel Gabriel.]

“Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed! He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:1-5 NIV

Christ Jesus is triumphant! King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Son of Man, the Ancient of Days!

Artwork: “The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism”, by Gustave Doré, c.1899