大使命41
危險的威脅
甘保羅於1988年曾說：『共產主義將成為過去』。這是我第一次聽到關於鐵幕倒塌的預言，近半數的人類要從壓制他們的馬克斯主義中得自由。甘保羅也說馬克斯主義的殘留將和激進的伊斯蘭教合併，成為全世界最危險的威脅，這件事現在已經發生了。在蘇聯殘留的共產主義和激進伊斯蘭之間的連結，對全世界正構成越來越危險的威脅。
然而，蘇聯帝國的殘留與激進伊斯蘭國家如伊朗的聯合，是我們需要瞭解的議題。正如馬克斯主義和任何宗教在本質上衝突，蘇聯帝國和伊斯蘭國家卻有許多共同點，特別是在對人民的終極掌控方面。
美國政府之所以容易被愚弄，成為以賽亞書六十章所描述的『幽暗』合夥人的一個主要方式，就是因為不瞭解馬克斯主義或激烈的伊斯蘭教。對此瞭解可以幫助我們更好的為這些時候預備，並幫助為主的再來和所有邪惡的終了預備道路。
耶穌說末世的收割將是有史以來最多靈魂進入神國的時候；然而，這也是所有種子成熟的時候，不管好壞。馬克斯主義是人本主義的終極形式，透過人對它的獻上來得著最大的權柄，拒絕任何對神的降服。儘管鐵幕在1989年垮台，馬克斯主義看起來好像已被擊敗，共產主義在歷史上被認定完全不可行、站不住腳，但它並沒有離開，只有一個原因─它是一個屬靈勢力，必須在靈界被擊敗。
與黑暗和邪惡相反的勢力同時在世界成長，那就是天國的福音。正如人本主義基本上就是人抵擋神的終極悖逆，顯而易見地，神要來國度會是它最大的威脅。人類企圖不靠神來管理世界是地上一切紛爭的根源，在這世代末了匯集成終極紛爭，也會讓所有人類和受造物學到悖逆抵擋神徒勞無益，使人類最後轉向神。
神的國是神掌權的地方，祂的權柄彰顯之處，祂的國即將來到，祂的旨意即將行在地上如同在天上。讓我們不要忘記此，特別是當我們看到在我們時候必須面對的終極黑暗時，就讓我們從馬克斯主義開始。
下週我們會開始簡短研讀馬克斯主義，有了基本的瞭解，我們便可以看見它的觸角如何遍及在社會每個角落，最終企圖要扼殺我們受造所擁有的神的形象。我們也將看見何以馬克斯主義無可避免地帶來死亡和毀滅，神的國卻帶來生命與自由。我們將看見列國終將轉向這光，正如以賽亞書六十章1-5節所應許我們的。
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week 41, 2013)
The Great Comission, Part 41
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A Dangerous Threat, Week 41, 2013
Rick Joyner
In 1988 Paul Cain said, “Communism is going to become commu-wasim.” This was the first prophetic indication I heard that there was about to be a collapse of the Iron Curtain and freedom from the stranglehold that Marxism had on almost half of humanity at that time. Paul also said that the remnants of Marxism would merge with radical Islam and become the most dangerous threat the world had ever known. This has now come to pass. Connections between the remnants of the Soviet Union and radical Islam are becoming an increasingly dangerous threat to the world.
However, this joining of the remnants of the Soviet Empire with radical Islam is more than just the former Soviet countries like Russia joining with radical Islamic states like Iran. There is a union of some of the ideologies of Marxism and radical Islam that we need to understand. As much as there would seem to be a natural enmity between Marxism and any religion, these two have found a lot of common ground, especially factors that allow for ultimate control of people.
Not understanding Marxism or radical Islam is one of the primary ways that our own U.S. Government has become a dupe and a partner with what is described in Isaiah 60 as the “deep darkness” that will come upon the people in these times. Understanding this can help us better prepare for the times, as well as help prepare the way for the coming of the Lord and the ultimate demise of all evil.
Jesus said that the harvest at the end of this age will be the greatest ingathering of souls to the kingdom of all time. However, it is also the time when all seeds mature, both good and evil. Marxism is an ultimate form of humanism by mankind’s dedication to it being the ultimate authority, rejecting any submission to God. Even though it may have looked like Marxism was defeated when the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, and Communism has been thoroughly discredited by history as unworkable and untenable, it does not go away for one reason alone—it is a spiritual power. It must be defeated spiritually.
The counter to the darkness and evil that is growing in the world is the gospel of the kingdom. As humanism is basically man’s ultimate rebellion against God, the coming kingdom of God is, obviously, its greatest threat. Mankind’s attempt to run this world without God is the root of all the trouble that has ever been on the earth, and it will consummate in the ultimate troubles at the end of this age. It will also result in mankind, and all of creation, learning for all time the futility of rebellion against God, and finally in mankind turning back to God.
The kingdom is God’s domain—where His authority is recognized. His kingdom is going to come, and the Lord’s will is going to be done on earth as it is in heaven. Let us never forget this, especially as we look at some of the ways that we must confront an ultimate darkness in our time, beginning with Marxism.
Next week, we will begin a brief study of Marxism. With just a basic understanding, we can see how its tentacles have found their way into virtually all of society, ultimately attempting to strangle the image of God in which we were made. We will also see why Marxism inevitably results in such a release of death and destruction, but how the kingdom of God brings life and liberty. We will see how the nations will ultimately turn to this light as we are promised in such places as Isaiah 60:1-5