Wouldn't it be nice if, one is looking at a scene, of life, and one knew exactly what was really going on? Unfortunately, life is not closed captioned for the seeing impaired! Our eyes can deceive us, sometimes. Why so? Our adversary, the devil, is the cause of most of all this widespread deception! Because of this one must be more observant of things and not be so quick, to take things at face value.
We are living in the final part of the last days of this system, and as expected, the devil has stepped up his game, if we want to survive this evil world, we need to step up our game too! It's not like a game of bad-mitten, or a game of chess, but this is real; "The game of Life!" 2 Timothy 3:1-5, states:
But know this, in the last days+, critical times hard to deal with will be here. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without the love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, 5 having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power;+ and from these turn away.
Needless to say, this kind of behavior is all around us and undeniably contagious, so we need to stay on guard by reading God's word daily, so we can see through the thick gloom of this wicked world, Which is soon to be wiped away! Notice Isaiah 25:7, 8;
7 In this mountain he will do away with* the shroud that is enveloping all the peoples
And the covering* that is woven over all the nations.
8 He will swallow up* death forever,+
And the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces.+
The reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
For Jehovah himself has spoken it.
In conclusion, keep this Psalm in mind:
140 Rescue me, O Jehovah, from evil men;
Protect me from violent men,+
2 Those who scheme evil in their hearts+
And stir up conflict all day long.
3 They sharpen their tongue like that of a serpent;+
The Venom of vipers is behind their lips.+ (Selah)
4 Protect me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked;+
Safeguard me from violent men,
Those who scheme to trip me.
They set snares for me.+ (Selah)
6 I say to Jehovah: “You are my God.
Listen, O Jehovah, to my pleas for help.”+
8 Do not grant, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked.
Do not let their plots succeed, so that they are not exalted.+ (Selah)
10 May burning coals rain down on them.+
11 May the slanderer find no place on the earth.*+
May evil pursue men of violence and strike them down.
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