Rapture 65

The Angel of Death

March 8, 2007

Joel Akin

It is a time of celebration. A time when a mother is giving birth to a new child. It is the first child of the church. The first time the mom has given birth. And it is a time to celebrate.

Lets not let evil voices worry us with their lie. Lets not forget that God is still on His throne and still in charge. Lets not forget that evil is around but not in us. We are just a man crying out to God "Help me to share what is happening. For there is no one who knows."

In all things give thanks. The Lord would say that there is a time to celebrate. And this is a time to rejoice in what is happening. No one knows. It was meant to be spoken by men but none would hear. It was meant to be trumpeted in the church but none would listen. It is time to rejoice for a new life is on the way. And that is part of the story. Part of the history. Part of the calling of God.

For the Lord shall descend from Heaven with a shout and the voice of the archangel. And those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with the Lord so that we might always be with God.

And if that is cool then listen. God is on the throne. He is still in charge. He has not forsaken us nor turned us away. He is still in charge of things. He knows that evil is a lie. He knows that I am struggling with evil. He knows that I do it by prayer and thus I wrestle with evil. I don't do evil I follow. And in following I am guided by God and lead. And I am on the right path. I am doing the right thing. I am in His plan even when it seems there is nothing to do.

That nothing to do isn't because I've failed but because God is winning. And that is what I want. I want God to win.

Now I do pray and I do seek but God knows that I haven't been asked to do much because I don't feel well. That is not the main reason its been quiet. Its also because there is an angel who has hindered and that is an evil spirit called Darkness. It is the Angel of Death and it is one of the few who can hinder the work of the Lord. It is not a good spirit and if so why would God send it to kill off both sides of the fence? Remember the only thing the angel wanted was blood and it didn't care who. Some have said that was God but it wasn't. It was Sin and it was an Angel of Death. And it is the one spirit God is dealing with.

Now I pray and I don't deal directly with this Angel. I have and I have faced it but I don't like it. Its Gods jurisdiction.

Now this spirit is evil and it is bad but God knows it is meant to be a time of celebration. A time of preparing for life. That is yet to come. God isn't going to leave me out He's just trying to protect me. And protecting me means keeping quiet. Not because He is praying but because He is fighting with it. And it is a battle based on lives of people. For the Angel of Death wants to go out and destroy many people. And God knows that it is capable of doing that.

Yet it is also capable of fooling me at times by lying and that might sound like Satan but its not. The Angel of Death is really an evil spirit that is called the spirit of darkness. And it is the one spirit that will hinder for a time and times if it can. But God has a way for it to be broken off sooner and that means destroying it. And that means the spirit of death would become God.

Now if God gets that power watch and wait because God is the power of life. He doesn't have the power to kill and destroy, right? Well, lets put it into perspective. God brought you into this world and he can take you out of this world. And maybe that is the rapture in essence. So rejoice people because God is in a battle with evil and it is a war beyond understanding. And God will fight with evil until they have submitted. And then when all is done and said there will come a time of tranquility on earth. It will help man to understand that there was a God who cared. A God who saw a way of having a rapture during the seven years of tribulation. A God who saw a way of making it work and making it fit. It meant the greatest part of the battle would be one of taking the time and making it fit. And that is why He had Christ leave the vengeance part out when he came to earth. He wanted that to be the rod of iron. And that was the pole to which men flocked. And that was the world and the world was like the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And men fought with each other over it. That is one reason God isn't shocked by words. The Holy Spirit created language and we in this age are shocked when people put together combinations of cleverness.

The Lord knows the best way to obtain an answer in this final day of deliverance is to wait. Waiting need not be evil. Use wisdom and knowledge. Use time well and give to men what is theirs. Don't be afraid to live. Don't be afraid to give. Don't be afraid to write these things. Write them to people who matter. Write to people who see. Write to people who live with hurt. Write to others and tell them what you know. It will become a different sort of life but it will give men hope. And it will explain things that will make people see. Not all will ask but some will. And some will ask how you can do these things with scripture. Some will ask if you are a man of faith. But in all things remember God is God. And He wants you to be free. And that means selecting people who will use this knowledge wisely.