Hi there,
So in Revelation it is said that Satan will be let out of the pit, for a little while, to gather the nations to war. But the History of Lucifer is not mentioned. My belief is that Lucifer has already been locked up in the pit 300 AD and has from 1800 AD been released to push the peoples of the world, to fight. In doing this, Lucifer makes men both fear and hate each other, in ways that lose sight of the Cross, as Jesus designed it. In dealing with this, we must remember that Satan is cast into the lake of fire - so will Lucifer be!
The thing to look for, is the salt with which Lucifer leads men away from their cross, to serve other men under him. Lucifer does not regard the Cross - that is why he ends up in the lake of fire, himself. Thus we must with veracity keep the salt of our relationship to the Cross as Jesus defined it: each man, before God on his own, needing the payment for sin that was made there. Lucifer will get power, at the resurrection of the dead, to see whether what he made of the cross provoked men to repent, but we must be aware that ultimately it is the Cross he sees in God, that causes him to tremble. The power of God is for the remission of sins, gathered at the Cross - if we confess them in the name of Jesus, our suffering with Jesus on the Cross will be made One.
Do not despair, I am not creating another burden on you, concerning your faith. You already believe in God, you already trust the Cross. You know Lucifer's fate and you know to repent. That is all that is needed to grow in salt, within. You can keep your salt from losing its flavour, remember Lot's wife: Lot's wife had no lack of salt! There is a time coming, when men will not understand what salt is worth and not long after that they will fight with each other as to what the Cross means. But we have faith! We will endure this: as Jesus said "when the Son of Man returns, will He really find faith on the Earth?" (gospels, from memory) We have then, Jesus' word that men may not be united in their love for God in Jesus. We must keep salt in this!
I hope this has been of some encouragement and that you have sense within yourself to pray if these things are so.
God bless.
So in Revelation it is said that Satan will be let out of the pit, for a little while, to gather the nations to war. But the History of Lucifer is not mentioned. My belief is that Lucifer has already been locked up in the pit 300 AD and has from 1800 AD been released to push the peoples of the world, to fight. In doing this, Lucifer makes men both fear and hate each other, in ways that lose sight of the Cross, as Jesus designed it. In dealing with this, we must remember that Satan is cast into the lake of fire - so will Lucifer be!
The thing to look for, is the salt with which Lucifer leads men away from their cross, to serve other men under him. Lucifer does not regard the Cross - that is why he ends up in the lake of fire, himself. Thus we must with veracity keep the salt of our relationship to the Cross as Jesus defined it: each man, before God on his own, needing the payment for sin that was made there. Lucifer will get power, at the resurrection of the dead, to see whether what he made of the cross provoked men to repent, but we must be aware that ultimately it is the Cross he sees in God, that causes him to tremble. The power of God is for the remission of sins, gathered at the Cross - if we confess them in the name of Jesus, our suffering with Jesus on the Cross will be made One.
Do not despair, I am not creating another burden on you, concerning your faith. You already believe in God, you already trust the Cross. You know Lucifer's fate and you know to repent. That is all that is needed to grow in salt, within. You can keep your salt from losing its flavour, remember Lot's wife: Lot's wife had no lack of salt! There is a time coming, when men will not understand what salt is worth and not long after that they will fight with each other as to what the Cross means. But we have faith! We will endure this: as Jesus said "when the Son of Man returns, will He really find faith on the Earth?" (gospels, from memory) We have then, Jesus' word that men may not be united in their love for God in Jesus. We must keep salt in this!
I hope this has been of some encouragement and that you have sense within yourself to pray if these things are so.
God bless.
