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 The Pyramidal Structure of Darkness

"The world in which we live has an invisible system behind it. This system is governed by spiritual rulers in high places that are the embodiment of perfect evil. These powers and principalities have infiltrated the earth and exacted their diabolical influence upon all the progeny of humankind since Adam’s initial transgression against God in Eden. Since the fall, these spirits have ruled the air with uncontested legal authority – they control the global media, the latest fashion statements, world politics, the educational systems, commercialism, the organized religious structures of the world, the world’s militaries, and of course, the film industry and popular music sectors.

"The entire world sits in the den of hell with the powers of darkness using men and women as puppets to accomplish the diabolical schemes of Satan in ridiculing, persecuting, and destroying all those who serve God and who seek to impact this world for Jesus Christ. So wicked is this system that anyone caught befriending it becomes the automatic enemy of God (John 10:10; 15:19; II Timothy 3:12; James 4:4; I John 5:19).

"The powers that rule this system are pyramidal in structure and are themselves governed by Satan, of whom the Holy Spirit says is the real “god” of this world (II Corinthians 4:4). When the Son of God was manifested in ancient Palestine, these invisible legions were the driving force behind His crucifixion. If they could, they would have murdered even their own Creator and established the tyrannical throne of Satan upon the earth for all eternity. It is within this ruined realm in which the sons and daughters of Adam are born, bearing the fallen nature of devils; it is also here where God has sent the Holy Spirit to convict them of sin, righteousness and judgment (John 3:18-19; 16:8, 11). The Christian is called to mortify the alluring power of this system. In the same way Christ called His disciples out of the world, the Holy Spirit today leads reborn believers out of the world to resist its diabolical flow (John 15:19).

"The world is a sinister ocean with a tide that continually pulls the believer out into the deep. The moment the Christian ceases to mortify its currents, he begins to drift. If he continues drifting, he will soon find himself unable to get back to the shore. This is an accurate picture of backsliding: the undertow of the world’s system slowly pulling a disciple of Christ out to drown him in the depths. When we mortify our flesh’s reaction to the spiritual powers ruling the world, we effectively resist this undertow. By doing this, we proclaim that the evil tides have no pull over our souls.

"As others are sucked out into a sea of flesh and death, we are called to stand upon the dry rock of Jesus Christ and shine His light of eternal life to the perishing inhabitants of this world (I Corinthians 15:58; Jude 22-23). The disciple of Christ filled with God’s Spirit makes it his life’s holy ambition to mortify the pull of these waves, to overcome the sin of the storms, and to resist the undertow of lust that grips his soul with its deceitful pleasure.

"Dear Christian, if you find the tides are tugging at your ankles to draw you beneath the surface of this dark ocean, ask God today for the grace to withstand the system. Let not the undertow of the world grip your mind and drown your heart. Have faith in the Word of God that even in the fiercest storms, Jesus is able to anchor your soul and present you dry before His Father’s presence with exceeding joy (John 16:33; Galatians 1:4; Hebrews 6:19; Jude 1:24)."


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