How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’ Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths. Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble? Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’ Isaiah 14:12-17 NLT

Warrior;
Here is the answer to most of the WHY questions asked of God. Why does God allow evil? Why is their pain and suffering in the world? Why God…why? God gave His highest creations this deadly thing called FREE WILL. God has a DESIRED WILL and an ALLOWABLE WILL. Romans 8:28 tells us that God causes ALL THINGS to work for the good for those who LOVE GOD and are called according to HIS PURPOSE- HIS WILL. God didn’t want David to commit adultery with Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah. (2 Samuel 11:4) What did David do with his FREE WILL? It is written: Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon”. (2 Samuel 12:9-10) God despises sin- yet HE LOVES MORE. Because GOD IS LOVE, He chooses to REMEMBER OUR SINS no more, and He gives us FREE WILL, because; “A gift that is commanded is NO GIFT at all”. God wills that NONE SHALL PERISH, 2 Peter 3:9, but we know that many will. Hear the Word of the Lord, “My people perish for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children”. (Hosea 4:6) There is a cosmic battle going on- it is war! Ever since Satan rebelled against God, he has been waging war against Him, His angels, and His people. The original sin was NOT Man in the Garden, the ORIGINAL sin was Lucifer in the Heavenlies!

Leader, when did time begin? I would posit time began when there became more than “1 WILL”. In Genesis 1:1 we read, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. This was NOT, “THE” beginning, it was OUR beginning- man’s beginning. God is eternal, He WAS, IS and IS TO COME, and WILL ALWAYS BE! The Angels and something existed before Genesis 1. God tells this to us through Yahweh’s conversation with JOB in his eponymic book; “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?” (Job 38:2-7) As a matter of fact, there is a theory that Lucifer and 1\3 of the Angelic realm was kicked out of heaven and sent to earth and then YAHWEH, RE-CREATED. God does not create darkness and void. Hear the Word of the Lord; For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the LORD, and there is no other. (Isaiah 45:18) According to the gap theory, there’s a very long gap of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. The world that existed during this gap was destroyed and God re-created in the six days described in Genesis. There is much we don’t know, but we do know that there is a BATTLE being waged, Good vs Evil, darkness vs light, God’s Kingdom vs the Kingdom of Man, Yahweh vs OUR WAY! God is looking for a FEW GOOD WARRIORS! It is either HIS WILL or OUR WILL. God’s WILL is different from OUR WILL! In today’s verse we hear OUR WILL, Lucifers will! Anything that IS NOT GOD’S WILL, is of the devil! Matthew 16:23, “But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”’

Conduit, The Five “I Wills” of Satan, are five phrases expressing the sinful desires of Lucifer. Anything that is NOT OF GOD, is of HIS ENEMY. This is exactly how we- as followers of Jesus- get OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD. We can learn a lot from the devil! Notice each begins with “I will” and reveals Satan’s- and our, self-sufficiency and self-worship. For you [Lucifer] have said in your heart: 1 I will ascend into heaven, 2 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 3 I will also sit on the mount of the congregation In the sides of the north, 4 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, 5 I will be like the Most High. These statements reveal OUR sinful nature. In his rebellion we should see our rebellion. In his disobedience we should see our disobedience. In his self-sufficiency, his pride, his self-exaltation- we should see ours, as well. God hates PRIDE, and ARROGANCE, and in these verses we see Shaitan’s all-encompassing pride and arrogance- but do you see yours? For Lucifer, it’s all about him, and nothing about God. How are you living your life in subjugation to the WILL OF GOD, instead of your own? John Milton, in his epic poem, “Paradise Lost,” expounded on the sinful nature of Satan’s heart using poetic license. Although not biblical words, Milton certainly describes Satan’s intent and desire when he “quotes” Satan as saying, “Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.” I ENCOURAGE YOU to Read Ezekiel 28: 11-19 for a similar view of that which is at war with God! There is a war waging, are you aware of the battle, are you IN THE BATTLE? This battle is not about Trump or Biden, Red or Blue-IT IS BIGGER THAN THAT, you are voting FOR ONE OF 2 KINGDOMS, you are voting based on what we were created for! We were NOT created for what we are living through now, we were made for what is COMING SOON! “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 Soldier on REMEMBER, “Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”