Last week we reviewed and looked a little more deeply at how we recognize and enter the kingdom of God. We also looked at how righteousness and justice are the foundation of the Lord’s throne (see Psalm 89:14). Therefore, we can expect to find these at the base of everything that God is doing in preparation for the coming of His kingdom. The wise will learn to recognize His righteousness and His justice, and only give themselves to building on the same.

This week we want to begin examining the foundation of the devil’s kingdom in more depth. Basically, we...

As we covered previously, Psalm 89:14-15 states one of the most basic truths that we must understand about the Lord and His ways if we are going to be His followers:

Last week we began to address how the judgment of God begins with His own people (see I Peter 4:17). He could not judge the world for the things that His own people are doing, so there must be a purging and cleansing of His people. The Lord promised that He would remove the tares from among His people. Of this we can be assured.

As we are told in Ephesians 5:27, He will cleanse His bride with His word so “that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having...

Last week we discussed how the primary way we will escape from the mark of the beast is to take the mark of God by becoming a true bond-servant of Christ. One of the principles of the last days that we have not yet discussed is how the judgment of God will come forth. A fundamental aspect of His judgment is to simply let us reap what we sow. In Galatians 6:7-8, we are warned about this:

Last week we learned that because of the root of evil (the love of money), and the coming of the beast and his mark (an economic mark), understanding and living by Christian economics is going to become one of the important issues of our time.

Christians are called to be “in the world but not of it.” As we progress toward the end of this age, and the beginning of the next, we must extract ourselves from the systems of this present evil age and build our lives on the kingdom of God that is coming. To serve the Lord...