An utter dependence on God is a common trait that I’ve observed in almost every on-fire remnant believer I’ve known, and I bet you’ve found this to be true as well. The word that comes to mind is: yielding. It’s a yielding of our desires, ambitions, and plans to the will of God.

John prepared the way for Jesus. Similarly, there are men today preparing the way for Antichrist. Yuval Noah Harari is a history professor, best-selling author, and World Economic Forum speaker, who has a particular disdain for the Bible and any notion of a living God. We’ll see how he and others like him are deceiving and being deceived as they prepare the way for Antichrist.

The ministry of Jesus began in the streets, “as Jesus was going along.” The Holy Spirit moved from a place to a people on the day of Pentecost, but we keep trying to put the “kingdom” back into a building, where most of what we call “ministry” happens in the building.

Many people have a sort of hierarchy of sins taken from a list curated by society over the centuries. There are even some sincere Christians who have a sliding scale of sin severity based on wisdom and traditions of men. The Bible cuts through the clutter of human opinion. It explains precisely what the unforgivable sin is and how to deal with it because ignoring it has eternally tragic consequences.

This approach to engaging the unsaved is an eternal tragedy in the making. Instead of warning people about the wrath to come, we give them a false sense of security through involvement in religious activities and programs. Or worse, we inadvertently encourage people to think they are good enough to escape it!

Why should we be concerned that we are living in a day when George Clooney’s wedding receives more media coverage than recent a terrorist attack and for a greater period of time? Maybe it’s because those of us who are watching and waiting for the Lord’s return see an increase in pivotal events that are going by unnoticed…..under the radar.