{"id":82,"asset_id":"245","title":"T Y R A N N Y 'S     F I N A L   S T A N D","alias":"t-y-r-a-n-n-y-s-f-i-n-a-l-s-t-a-n-d","introtext":"<div>\r\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\r\n<div id=\"jsc_c_q1\" class=\"ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc e5nlhep0 dati1w0a\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\r\n<div class=\"j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg\">\r\n<div class=\"qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d\">\r\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>T Y R A N N Y ' S &nbsp; &nbsp; F I N A L &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; S T A N D<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">by David White<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI will halt the arrogance of the proud, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible\u201d (see Isaiah 13:11).<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">History is full of accounts of tyrants, dictators, wicked leaders, evil emperors, and their regimes that were ruthless in their lack of respect for the value of life. Yet the Scriptures confirm that tyrannical leaders will continue to play a significant role as events unfold until the end of this age.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Around A.D. 64, one such tyrant in history was Nero who either created or took advantage of the crisis when a great fire engulfed Rome. Nero\u2019s hatred for God and those who worshiped Him led him to blame Christians for setting the city on fire. This ignited a deeper hatred for the followers of Jesus and opened a door for some of history\u2019s cruelest treatment of any people who ever lived on the earth.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">These men and women were among those whose faith, love for their Lord, and adamant refusal to deny Him is highlighted in Hebrews: \u201cand all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith\u201d (see Hebrews 11:39). The Bible describes how they \u201cwere tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection\u201d (see Hebrews 11:35). They understood that if they denied Christ, they might be granted a few more days or years on earth. However, they were living for far more than what this life had to offer while remembering, \u201cFor whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it\u201d (Luke 9:24).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">These believed that suffering the consequences for confessing their Lord was nothing compared to living forever with the One they refused to deny. Death only meant they had gained what they had lived for.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">TYRANTS IN HISTORY<\/div>\r\n","fulltext":"\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Vladimir Lenin, a Marxist revolutionary, introduced the one-party state, secret police, concentration camps for his own citizens, and intolerance for any disagreement. Lenin believed that capitalism must be replaced with socialism, but it would subsequently be followed by communism.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Then there was Adolf Hitler. In addition to being a strong charismatic leader, he was also a skilled communicator who won the hearts of most in Germany. It was his National Socialist German Workers Party that paved the way for the genocide of six million Jews and others from war.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">History further records the deeds of Joseph Stalin. He believed for people to be enlightened and progressive, they must embrace and work towards the ideals of socialism. Some say that his policies, introduced during the initial advancement of socialism, were responsible for creating the famine which led to the deaths of up to five million people in Ukraine alone. Millions of other men, women, and children were tortured, murdered, sent to concentration camps and labor colonies never to be seen again.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">History\u2019s long list of tyrants left their mark of terror and prepared the way for others. Now a new generation of tyrants \u201chaving been taken captive by him (Satan) to do his will\u201d (see II Timothy 2:26) may prove to be the ultimate enemies of the cross as this age comes to a close. These will claim to have answers to the world\u2019s most pressing needs and the people\u2019s best interest at heart. Yet a hidden agenda will capture the hearts, minds, and lives of people from every nation.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Although tyranny will have a limited time to globally advance its deception, once again and once and for all, it will be destroyed by the King whose kingdom will never end. \u201cAnd then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming\u201d (II Thessalonians 2:8).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">ELEVENTH HOUR PROPHETS<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Isaiah was one of four major prophets who were given an eleventh hour ministry. Their commission was to call the nation of Israel to repentance and back to their God before it was too late. They were to warn the people of the consequences of their refusing to return to Him.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Isaiah, like Jeremiah, faithfully and passionately reminded the people that God often uses wicked nations as His rod of chastening for His people. These were God\u2019s instruments intended to get the people\u2019s attention with the hope that they would return to Him. Then, if necessary, these prophets comforted and reassured the remnant that remained that God loved them and still promised a future and a hope (see Jeremiah 29).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Isaiah also reminded the wicked who were used for God\u2019s purposes that their own destruction was on the horizon. He reminds them of how God promised to \u201chalt the arrogance of the proud, and will lay low (bring down) the haughtiness of the terrible\u201d (see Isaiah 13:11).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tb6\/1.5\/16\/1f4f7.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcf7\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>The word translated \u201cterrible\u201d in this text comes from a Hebrew word that means \u201cthe fearful, the powerful, the tyrant or tyrannical.\u201d Here, the prophet is speaking specifically about ancient Babylon. Yet prophetically he looks ahead many years to the climax of Babylon\u2019s opposition to God and those who know Him.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Through Isaiah, God reminds Babylon that the time will come when He will put an end to their reign of terror and will ultimately bring about their final fall and destruction. All tyrants and tyrannical regimes will ultimately come face to face with God Himself. All tyranny and any future Babylonian replica will eventually vanish from the earth.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Message Contemporary Version of the Bible translates Isaiah 13:11 as \u201cI\u2019ll put a full stop to the evil on earth and terminate the dark acts of the wicked. I\u2019ll gag all braggarts and boasters\u2014not a peep anymore from them\u2014and trip strutting tyrants, leave them flat on their faces.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">GLOBAL GOVERNMENT AND THE END OF THE AGE<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Book of Revelation is an \u201cuncovering\u201d or \u201crevealing\u201d of Jesus Christ throughout history but especially at the end of the age. It reveals all that Jesus has overcome as well as all who know and follow Him.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Revelation confirms that a world government will emerge and gain global control economically and militarily over the earth. Tyrannical leaders or kings will be granted an authority and power from the beast that comes out of the sea of humanity (see Revelation 13).<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Whether a man or a system, the beast will obtain its power and authority from the dragon clearly revealed as \u201cSatan\u201d (see Revelation 12:9). However, these kings will only have their authority for a short time. \u201cThe ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast\u201d (Revelation 17:12).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">In addition to both economic and military control, this world government will lead the way for the ultimate deception where everyone who does not know the Lord will worship the beast. \u201cAll who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world\u201d (Revelation 13:8).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Regarding this global government, we discover that these earthly leaders or tyrants will give the authority granted to them from the beast back to the beast.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Their devotion will not be to any nation or any people on earth. These will have been taken captive by Satan to do his will (see II Timothy 2:26) and their allegiance belongs to him.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Next we see that the coming together of a world government is part of God\u2019s overall plan at the end of age. \u201cFor God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled\u201d (Revelation 17:17). It is not the words or the will of man that will ultimately be fulfilled but the will and words of God!<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Finally, we discover that the emerging global government will be enraged and filled with hatred against God and all who worship Him. \u201cThen he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven\u201d (Revelation 13:6). War will be waged against the saints of the Most High throughout every nation on earth and for a limited time overcome them. \u201cIt was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over ever tribe, tongue, and nation\u201d (Revelation 13:7). Yet this assault against the saints will only serve God\u2019s ultimate purposes at the end of this age and the dawn of the one to come. The Scriptures confirm that the beast and his dreams of global government will be overcome by the Lord Jesus and all who know and follow Him. \u201cThese will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings (Revelation 17:14).<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">DAVID WHITE has been in ministry for over thirty-five years and is currently the Lead Pastor of The Gathering, a MorningStar affiliated church in Moravian Falls, NC. He authored the book, The Times to Come Have Come\u2014Hope and Help in Troubled Times, and numerous booklets and articles. Part of MorningStar since the mid-nineties, David\u2019s passion is for the harvest and to see another Great Awakening in America. He and his wife, Shirley, have two grown children, Joshua and Emily, and live near Moravian Falls. -- THE MORNINGSTAR JOURNAL VOLUME 30 \u2022 NO.10<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","state":1,"catid":"31","created":"2020-10-04 14:21:19","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2020-11-21 20:58:24","modified_by":"873","checked_out":"873","checked_out_time":"2020-11-21 20:57:47","publish_up":"2020-10-04 14:21:19","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"1\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"1\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":10,"ordering":"3","metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":"486","metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"0","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}