During the reign of Antichrist the true elect of God, the faithful remnant, those who bore the end-time latter-rain Divine testimony, will be hidden away in the remote wilderness areas (Revelation 12:14).

It is not unusual for God's elect to be driven from the centers of civilization.

At that time (when Satan and his angels are cast into the earth) the world will be enjoying "peace and safety." Antichrist will have been able to deceive the Christian people into believing the government is their friend and is ready to assist them with various programs designed for the "betterment" of people.

Today Antichrist has overcome the testimony of many Christians by giving them an abundance of peace and prosperity. Satan has rocked these "believers" to sleep in the lap of Delilah.

Satan will not bother these "saints" while they are singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" as long as they keep on serving him with their love of money, their lust, and their lawlessness.

It appears that Satan's strategy for the end time is to overcome the Christian testimony by making friends with the Christians. (Contrast this with the arenas of Rome.) He has tried the prosperity strategy already and it has proven to be a successful technique.

In some instances Satan has convinced the Lord's anointed they are not to suffer in this world, and that the Lord Jesus desires above all else that they prosper in every material way. In such cases the Lord is viewed as the servant of the believer, anxious to supply every whim and desire the Christian may have.

What a distorted understanding of the relationship of the Christian disciple to the Lord Jesus Christ!

The Christian people have received this lie because they have been taught they are saved "by faith" apart from repenting and turning away from this world. They can gossip, slander, commit fornication, engage in adultery, lie, steal, and practice every other unclean, ungodly, devilish behavior but they still will enter into the Kingdom of God because "God is love."

This doctrine is from Hell, and the churches have received it because they covet the praise of men more than the praise of God. The Lord Jesus today is in the process of separating His elect from this cesspool of lust and lawlessness.

The Spirit of Christ warned us clearly many hundreds of years ago:

And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace [prosperity, material security, worldly ease and pleasure] shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Daniel 8:25)

One of Satan's supreme strategies of the last days is to destroy the Church of Christ by "loving" it and putting it to sleep with material prosperity.

At that time Antichrist will be active on the earth. The False Prophet will be spreading religious delusions and working miracles. An enraged Satan accompanied by a multitude of wicked angels will be thrown down into the earth.

To be continued.