The words in the title of this post are the opening lyrics of Ray Stevens' popular song, Everything Is Beautiful. Yes, Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time". I do believe that, and I absolutely know that He loves all children. He created them, and it is their innocence and purity that comes closest to reflecting His Perfection. I have had amazing opportunities to look into the eyes of newborn babies and whisper to them, "Tell me what being with Jesus is like"! You see, I believe they've just left His presence. They've just spent 9 months in the womb with Him, where Jesus formed them and consecrated them. And without an exception, my spirit has discerned a look of wonderment and awe in those alert little eyes, and I lament how quickly the world will erase all traces of that glorious union.
Yes, Jesus loves all the little children of the world because they are made in His image and represent His purity and perfection. They are beautiful in His sight, just as the Archangel, Lucifer, once was. And it is for that exact reason that they are a particular target for Satan and his evil followers. He is jealous of their position in Jesus's heart, and his sin of pride cannot tolerate the fact that Jesus proclaimed that the kingdom of God belongs to them [Mark 10:14]. Satan wanted that privilege!
And so we see him focusing all his hatred and hostility against children, just as he did when he convinced parents to sacrifice their children in the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Canaanite, Israelite, Celtic, Indian, Aztec -- and yes, Christian cultures, among others. [NOTE: Think it doesn't apply to Christians? What do you think Abortion represents?]. And now, Satan has added to his repertoire. Transgenderism is the latest method by which Satan is destroying and killing children. He has introduced the idea that God is not the originator of gender; that humans can "identify" or feel they are meant to be a different gender than that to which they were born. Firstly, this is a denial of Christ as the Creator of humankind. And ultimately, it is an "antichrist spirit" that is a supernatural spiritual force that opposes Jesus Christ and denies His true identity as the Son of God. It is distinguished by a spirit of deception, lies, and false teachings about Christ, and unfortunately is not limited to one evil spirit, but is identified as many such spirits operating in the world.
We got a clear picture of that this week in the aftermath of the child sacrifice at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. A transgender individual went on a shooting rampage during Mass at the Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 others, before killing himself. As always happens, news sources and much of the public tends to look at this horrendous and tragic event through the lens of the natural world. We become focused, rightfully so, on the mental health issues that come with the gender-affirming care promoted by the World Health Organization, some doctors, and advocated by many in the LGBTQ community. Such care is defined as "helping and supporting individuals to align their physical appearance and social identity with their self-determined gender identity". But it's becoming painfully clear that these medical treatments, which include hormone therapy and genital "modification", [which could more accurately be termed genital "mutilation"] often leads to severe psychological, social, and behavioral consequences. Like I said, that's looking at the situation through "worldly/natural" eyes.
Now, let's look at it through spiritual eyes. The influence of Molech is said to have come primarily through the intermarriage and political alliances between the Israelites and cultures that they came in contact with. It was repeatedly condemned in the Hebrew Bible, and each time God's chosen people wandered away from worshiping Him only, they would descend into this abomination. And what can we say about our culture? Anyone with spiritual eyes can discern that, as a nation in the complete sense of the word, we too have abandoned God's ways when it comes to our children. We have adopted the practices of abortion, child pornography, child trafficking, and too often handed over the influence of our children to woke education systems and AI technology, neither of which promote and encourage following God.
The Bible tells us that children are a heritage and a gift from God. We are to protect them and guard their innocence. I would say, that on the whole, we have done a very poor job. Where has the Church been? Industries have risen for profit off our children ... body parts from aborted babies are sold; child porn is exported for millions of dollars; and child trafficking has become a world-wide enterprise. Yet the Church has largely remained silent, and sadly, members have even participated in these abhorrent practices. And what about the parents? How many are supporting this detestable practice of gender-affirming care? Can we not see that all this is fruit of the Antichrist spirit? That's there a very real spirit that has invaded this country and rejects everything that affirms God in our lives, and it is targeting our children in ways that are demonic and exceedingly offensive to God?
This morning I heard it reported by a national news source that the numbers of attacks on children have drastically increased even as the number of people who claim to have faith in God has decreased. Why is that surprising?!? The Church has not been outspoken in the culture; largely silent when it comes to defending Biblical principles in the town square. And the Bible tells us that when a culture/nation turns away from God, He will turn them over to the delusions and lies they have accepted in place of faith in Him [2 Thessalonians 2:11]. It should not be surprising that there are consequences when we abandon and reject God's Truth for false promises intended to led us into iniquity.
And by the way, we should understand that iniquity is a higher level of sin [missing the mark] and transgression [willfully rebelling against God's laws]. Iniquity is a deep sinning that perverts our original design of being made in the image of God, and can result in God not recognizing you as belonging to Him. It is when rebellion becomes an obsession and then crosses over into perversion, defined as diverting from God's true intent and purpose and applying something for a wrong end or use. Ultimately it encompasses our actions, words, and intentions that oppose or distort our Creator's divine design. I'm afraid that this is exactly where transgenderism and gender-affirming care have crossed over into iniquity. And it all comes through an Antichrist spirit!
Here's where it gets incredibly frightening... God tells us in Exodus 34:6-8, that He is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, "keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, BUT who will by no means clear the guilty visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation". If we don't stop the iniquity in the first generation, it will impregnate the next generation at the moment of conception. Iniquity operates as "a spiritual umbilical cord" that transmits evil spiritual DNA from one generation to the next. This is how legacies of sin get passed from one generation to the next. Have you ever wondered why alcoholism, divorce, or sexual molestation seem to run in families? Because it doesn't get stopped in the first generation that commits the sin! Because someone doesn't declare, "This stops with me"!
We need to understand that there is a progression when we sin, and for those willing to listen to the lies of Satan and reject God, our Enemy is only too happy to lead us into that progression. We are currently in the third generation since abortion was declared the law of the land in the United States. Likewise with the removal of prayer from public schools. And now there are forces [both physical and spiritual] moving to make transgenderism a constitutional "right", protected by the law of the land. And especially sad, in my opinion, is the fact that some parents are supporting such legislation and perversion of care. Parents who have abandoned [or rejected] God in their own lives have now opened a legal authority for Satan and his antichrist spirits to target their children. Whenever there is a void of unrighteousness, Satan is only too happy to fill it with his demonic and unholy wickedness.
So, once again, I will confirm that Jesus loves the little children, and He was with those who died in Minneapolis, and those who were injured. I believe that there is a strong remnant in this nation praying and repenting for our nation's generational sins. And that is exactly what Satan hates. Because when we pray and repent, asking for forgiveness, we receive that forgiveness from our Heavenly Father, plus His mercy and cleansing of our souls so that we might restore our relationship with Him. The Antichrist spirit is doing everything he can to obstruct and hinder that personal connection to our Creator who loves us. So, let us hinder Satan's tactics and actions, and storm Heaven with our prayers! Please continue to pray for those suffering in the aftermath of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. And pray that our prayers are multiplied and will flood Heaven with our requests for protection of our children and a return to righteousness and dominion for the Kingdom of God. Lord, strengthen us! Bless the little children! Help us to defeat all the Antichrist spirits! Amen!
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
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