Is the darkness surrounding our world today a sign that we are nearing the end of the age?
In a recent episode of their podcast, “Conversations with John and Lisa Bevere,” John and Lisa Bevere detailed how the dark principalities in the world around us today are a tell-tale sign that we are approaching the end.
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“I believe there are literally principalities, and we’re talking about very high-ranking dark spirits,” John Bevere says. “I believe that what’s behind this is one of those princes. I believe it’s a very high-ranking spirit that’s literally causing people’s minds to be completely darkened and alienated from life.”
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“I’d even take it further,” Lisa chimes in. “I would even say that we see a foreshadowing of what is happening in our earth right now in the book of Revelation. “
Lisa Bevere points out how the enmity between the woman and the serpent, or Satan, has grown over time. This ultimately is prophecy being played out right in front of our eyes.
“We have this woman, who is the body of Christ or some people would say more specifically the bride, and then we have her offspring, her children. And we saw this prophesied in Genesis when God said, ‘I’m going to put enmity between the woman and the serpent, and her seed and your seed.’ And so this dragon began as a serpent, and this enmity has grown in reach and measure,” she says.
Lisa further points out that it is the enemy’s mission to bring division into our world to see everything crumble. It is the serpent who wants to see fall in tragedy and pain.
“For so long the women have been fighting the men, the men have been fighting the women, and we both have forgotten that there is a serpent in the shadows who has grown into a dragon. Who is now dividing male and female, Republican, Democrat, Black, white – his whole thing is divide, divide divide,” she says. “Because he knows divided houses cannot stand.”
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One of the ways Lisa says that God brings and desires unity is through the family unit.
“At the end of the day, the family is still the most powerful unit, and sometimes I think we forget that God is a father. He is not an apostle, he is not an entrepreneurial leader, He is the Creator of all. But He chose to represent Himself as a father,” she says.
Revelation 12:11 reminds us that “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death.” No matter what kind of powers rise up, we are called to keep witnessing, keep preaching the gospel and to remember that it is by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross that we already have victory.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
