Shalom,

Psalm 2:1-3 shows us that there really is "nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9)!

1 Why do the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme? 2 The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say, 3 Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us.

Does this sound familiar? When people come against born again believers, they are actually coming against God Himself (Matthew 25:40). In these times we have leaders of nations, individuals, groups of people, and religions speaking out against, making laws affecting, imprisoning, torturing and murdering Christians in every part of the world. This has always happened to those who dared to follow the One, True, God of the Bible. The entire verse of Ecclesiastes 1:9 says this:

9 The thing that has been—it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.

So, I have shared all of this to encourage you to remember that GOD'S GOT THIS! None of it has taken Him by surprise. The same devil and the same demonic spirits are operating on the earth now that were all the way back to the Garden of Eden. Another thing that never changes is that we, as born again believers in Jesus Christ, have the same power and authority to bind them up and cast them out that Jesus used when He did so! Refuse to be intimidated by this thoroughly beaten foe! Jesus destroyed satan's hold over us and gave us His Name to use in every situation. Dig deep into the Word of God and find out who you are IN HIM, what you have IN HIM and what you can do IN HIM! HE does this concerning them in Psalm 2:4-5:

4 He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them]. 5 He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Learn to laugh at circumstances and situations that contradict the Word of God. Dare to believe what the Word of God says concerning them. Declare THAT over your life and family and watch HIM confirm His Word with signs, wonders and miracles (Mark 16:20) that will proclaim His greatness and lead people TO Him! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Children of the Light", which WE are!

Shalom in Him!