1Jo 4:1 Beloved, believe not every
spirit, but try the
spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Jo 4:2 Hereby know ye the
Spirit of God: Every
spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jo 4:3 And every
spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world.
There is nothing here that says antichrist is flesh and blood.
Antichrist is the opposite of the Spirit of God.
Everybody keep waiting for a certain individual to enter the scene is missing the big picture.
John was given a "vision" . A "vision" is like a dream. Dreams are made up of symbolisms.
Nothing in John's vision has physical substance. It is spiritual.
Everything that we physically interact with is an illusion.
Example: Does a gun kill people, or is it the person holding the gun that kills people?
Does the gun have any power of itself to shoot or not to shoot?
Same it is with the physical world.
The only power it has is the power our "spirits" give it.
There are people that have the Spirit of God in them, and there are people who have the spirit of antichrist.
These spirits both of God and of antichrist, they form groups. Like churches. or dominions, kingdoms, corporations, governments, etc.
They tend to flock together according to the spirit that binds them.
God's spirit congregates with other God Spirit filled people. Anti-christ spirit congregate with antichrist spirit filled people.
And the battle is drawn.
This battle is seen as a vision given to John.
You will either willingly recieve the seal of God or the mark of the beast (man)
Everyone waiting for Jesus to return when they don't even recognize he is already here.
We have God's spirit in us. We are the Kingdom of God on earth.
Everyone waiting for the antichrist to appear, when they don't even recognize he is already here.
Those that do not have the Spirit of God have the spirit of antichrist.
That is the entire congregation of the beast on earth.
They say, the devil is in the details.
I say, expand your thinking.
Look at the whole picture.
Look at the governments, the school systems, the science, the medical industry, the food production, etc..
These all belong to the beast system.
There are good people in them, but they are getting beaten and trodden down.
Michael and his angels aren't coming anytime soon unless we get off our comfy chairs and push back.
I keep hearing how Jesus gave Peter ( a man) the keys to heaven and hell.
Peter represents man. Man is us. We are the church Christ built his church upon.
You can wait for a savior, but the truth is, Jesus already gave us the keys to loose or to bind.
We're more interested in denying the power given to us, then exercising that power for good in the world.
I'm just wondering..
Did God give us His Spirit in vain?
Everybody sees things differently.
This is how I see it.
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