HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, December 17, 2024 – They want us to believe that God is with them and that everything they do has his seal of approval, that their slaughtering comes from God and is his will. But if it did come from God, it would be like the whole Egyptian army drowned in the Red Sea or the destruction of Sodom. It would come in an instant, like spiritual rebirth. It would not drag on for years and take casualties on both sides.

When the devil does things, they’re grossly, almost comically, imperfect. He will say it’s God doing it, but you’ll know it’s the devil by its imperfection, by its awkwardness, by its drawn-out-ed-ness. When God does it, it’s done in an instant, whereas when the devil does it, it lingers. It waxes. It wanes. It never seems fully done even when he tells you it is. Even when he insists it is done and that he has achieved the unachievable. Surely God must be with this people to have achieved such an achievement!

But God does not leave you with lingering doubts, if you’re a believer. When God does something, you know it’s God who’s done it, if you’re a believer. You also know when the devil is doing something pretending to be God. This is the privilege of a believer, to know the difference. This is also the responsibility of a believer, to know the difference.

What we see unfolding before us is prophecy indeed, but not the prophecy they perceive. It’s a shame when one man’s messiah is another man’s anti-Christ, but so it goes in the realm of the Cains. If God has his hand in anything that is unfolding awkwardly and drawn-out-ed-ly before us, it is only to make an end of those who insist on calling themselves by his name but are not his. There are many now who insist on calling themselves by his name but are not his. From all sides, they call themselves by his name, but there is only one name that is above all names, and that name they either mock or spit on or reduce to a sidekick.

We stand and watch prophecy unfold. It’s a shame when one man’s messiah is another man’s anti-Christ, but so it goes. You can’t stop prophecy. They will rob, cheat, and steal and claim they have God’s authority to do so. They will slaughter and claim the same, but we know where their authority really comes from. We know who guides them.

We know what’s in their books.

When the real Messiah comes, he will come in an instant and be covered in glory, not in the blood of billions.