"And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon." Revelation 9:11
Abaddon means "destruction" and Apollyon means "destroyer." A destroying spirit has deceived mankind. Because man is deceived, he does not realize that he has been the dupe of a destroying spirit.
Mankind, with these awesome powers and intellect, uses them to destroy, to maim, to sear, to rape, to exploit. It happens on a massive scale. It also happens in individual relationships with one another.
This destroying, deceiving spirit, through his minions, the demons, is able to deal with us on an individual basis. He can deceive us into using our powers to go counter to what God intended, to what God instructed all the way back in the Garden of Eden.
I think back to the following years of the movies and TV specials on the events of 9/11 and how they all were meant to instruct, enlighten and strike a tender patriotic cord in us. These movies were not meant to entertain - as there was nothing entertaining about that day - or the days that followed.
One of the most searing memories I have is the end of the movie about the plane that went down in the Pennsylvania field, the people in the plane bent over awaiting impact, praying aloud to God and the terrorists pilots in the cockpit praying aloud to their God, as they were going down. There was this split screen that showed both groups of people praying fervently and passionately to the God that they served, loved, believed in.
As we have a enter into our presidential election home stretch, I'm concerned about the weakness that our country will experience during election time. This always seems to be when other countries are watching us the closest. We currently have much unrest regarding our country, our embassies and lack of power and control being present around our Americans abroad.
There are people who think that they are 'serving' their God and are deceived in their hearts and minds to hurt and destroy Americans - both here in America and on foreign soil.
Our country and those that serve to protect it are vulnerable. We (Flathead Community) have a National Guard Unit (over 70 people) deploying to Afghanistan on November 4th. Our Presidential Election is November 6th, in 47 days. These are our people, our co-workers, husbands and fathers and wives and mothers going over to Afghanistan at the most concerning of time.
Please continue to pray during this time for our country, those preparing to lead our country and those serving our country to ensure our safety, freedom and future.
