At this point, the Antichrist kingdom is in ruins. Babylon, the capitol, is burning with fire and the headquarters of the One WorldReligion has been destroyed. The Antichrist is seething with hatred, and his false trinity is using the last ounce of their powers to gather an army for a last-ditch stand. The chosen location is Megiddo in Northern Israel, and Jerusalem is bracing for an all-out war. The Jews that have not been killed will have retaken Jerusalem and are preparing for the greatest battle of their existence. The army of the Antichrist is massive and Israel knows they will either be victorious or the ancient city will be no more. The massacre of the smaller cities in Northern Israel has already cost many Israeli lives. The whole area stretching into Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan is an incredible war camp and nobody gives Israel an ounce of hope. ItÂ’s hundreds-to-one in favor of this army of beasts.

Elders who were the raptured saints (the saints redeemed during the tribulation years, Jewish believers of the one hundred forty-four thousand and their converts, the host of angels, cherubims -Those living creatures, the great God and His Son – the Lamb, and the seven Spirits or the fullness of GodÂ’s Holy Spirit) are all preparing for a wedding in the sky. All judgments are complete except those that will occur when the Son of God descends with His army of the redeemed. Before that army leaves Heaven, the Son of God must take His Bride unto Himself and prepare for His millennial reign on planet earth. The Son of God is the Eternal Creator and when He descends He will revolutionize this universe with righteousness and the nature of God. Planet earth will quickly become a garden of beauty rare and prosperity to the fullness intended in creation.

As Heaven prepares for the wedding of all eternity, rejoicing turns GodÂ’s city into a holy celebration. The banquet is being prepared, flowers fill every nook and corner, angels busy themselves with the banquet meal, and others set the table with spotless care and expensive ware. This transpires while the Bride waits in perfect peace. Multitudes of Cherubims and Seraphims are worshipping the Father and the Lamb. They are filling all heaven with their music. The Bride in waiting has her own song and music echoes across the towering walls of this Heavenly city. The redeemed Jews also have their unique song and their singing is like the echo of angels as they celebrate their love for a Messiah so long they rejected.

SatanÂ’s trinity is well connected to the spirit realm and they know what is happening in the heavens. This dark threesome is in continuous troubling conversation with their generals and commanders. The army is massive, but they are a very disturbed multitude. They can be united only by occultic deceptions and constant debates, made horrendous by the many language barriers. Hatred for every living Jew and any semblance of Biblical Christianity is the one power and idea that deters total revolt. They are one in purpose only because the condition of the present Antichrist kingdom is chaos and there is nothing else to dream but war on Jerusalem.

Before ChristÂ’s army leaves the Heavenly city, the wedding of Christ and His Bride will transpire. The Psalmist David was given a peep into this royal ceremony. First, he spoke of this coming King Messiah and declared Him with a glorious sense of His lofty stature. Here is his description of our future Groom, “My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.” Psalm 45:1-6

Such words are too high for me and leave me with a glow into the marvel of our FatherÂ’s gift. He was very God – already a King – and grace poured from His life. He was majestic in humility, mighty in battle, and truth was the essence of His person. He came from a throne and was destined to return to a throne with everlasting victory in His right hand. He will be the BrideÂ’s everlasting companion in a spiritual union where marriage is but a shadow.

DavidÂ’s description of the Bride is awesome. She is not the product of a mixed multitude. The present church world treats the Bride like she is a loose knit bunch of church members that make it in by the skin of their teeth. The great voices of the past church world adhered to strict Biblical interpretation and saw a very different truth. The brideship of Christ must be seen as a coveted promise for those willing to forsake all and follow Christ. David clearly shows the distinction between the Bride or Queen and the guests at the wedding. “Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.” Psalm 45:9-15

These words are written in a complex manner, but carefully show this Queen dressed in the extravagant gold of Ophir. She stands forth among the virgins, the daughter of Trye with her gift, and the multiple kingsÂ’ daughters. This singular (special) daughter -the Bride and Queen- is all dressed and prepared in raiment of needlework to be brought unto the King Himself. Not only is she attired in raiment of needlework, but she is also all-glorious within. Twice it was declared that her clothing is of wrought gold. All of this beauty is a work of grace and redemption that the King Himself wrought for her when He stepped out of eternity to enter the winepress of wrath as our sacrifice for sin. What a picture of the Bride shortly to be celebrated in the banquet hall of the heavenly city of Jerusalem, GodÂ’s mountain of holiness on the sides of the north.

I want to see you there!

Music was created by God to unite His heart with the hearts of His worshippers. Music is praise. Every time you sing, you are praising someone or something. Music is also worship; and every time you sing, you worship. Satan was God’s first high priest in the Heavenly temple and had the gift of creating majestic music to bless the heart of God and to bless Heaven. In his great gifts that God had given him, he became exalted and changed his tunes to glorify himself instead of God. That’s the sad story of Satan and every singer that turns from pure music that glorifies God alone to self-music that glorifies man. Music is one of Satan’s prime instruments of destruction.

The saints of God are God’s music makers. In fact, no saint will keep his joy very long if he loses his song. The level of our joy will be determined by the power of the song within us. The devil can never defeat a saint unless he first steals the saint’s song. "… the joy of the LORD is your strength." (Nehemiah 8:10), and joy and singing go together. The Spirit said, "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 5:19-20). That’s a clear statement to the saints that we are God’s music makers.

God the Father does not want the world making our music for Him. When all you can do is put in a CD or a cassette and let the moneymakers make your music, you have lost your song. Of course, great music by Godly saints and clean living people is wonderful and we should avail ourselves of their songs, but we should not let anyone do our singing for us. Homes and families should have regular and personal times when they sing and worship together. The family altar should include singing. The family meals are a wonderful time for a song before the meal.

The righteousness of Christ actually has a song in its wake. You cannot be filled with righteousness without it inspiring a song. His righteousness is the nature of God and that nature is fullness of joy and you cannot stop joy from singing. Jesus said, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." (Matthew 5:6) Notice the word, "filled". The idea is of the saint of God hungering and thirsting after Jesus’ nature until the whole person is "filled" or saturated with Him. You cannot put a lid on that. It will burst its cover and spring out like a fountain.

In fact, Jesus spoke of this life in the Spirit as being "rivers of living water." So much of the Christian church knows nothing of these rivers. Stoic Christianity has no power to change lives. Christians full of joy and song will be as contagious as the measles. The Lord said, "… If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:37b-39) You cannot stop a song from the life full of these "rivers of living water."

Only you can maintain your song. The Bible says, "It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools." (Ecclesiastes 7:5) It also warns against wine and song mixed. "They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it." (Isaiah 24:9) You cannot sing the Lord’s song in an unclean place. The Babylonians turned to Israel to sing their songs of Zion in a strange land. They said, "How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?" (Psalm 137:4) Singing in a bar on Saturday night and in church on Sunday morning is an abomination to the Lord. The new theme is crossover music. That very thought is exactly what happened to the devil in Heaven, and he got cast out.

I have reclaimed my song and I beg of you to join me. David learned that he could keep or regain his song, "When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell." "And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD." (Psalm 27:2,6) God is not listening for the beauty of your tune, but for love of your heart. Sing to Him. Make His music for Him, and He will show up to bless and strengthen your soul.

There is nothing more satisfying to the devil than to be allowed to work his evil unannounced and undetected. He’s like a cockroach; He flees when the light is turned on. He imposes himself stealtly on every life when the door is open to him. Give him an inch and he will take a mile. Satan actually has no place, no dwelling, and no rights that he can impose on his own. He has to steal, lie, cheat, deceive, and crook his way into every situation where he operates. That’s the very principle that the Word of God affirmed when the Spirit said, "Neither give place to the devil." (Ephesians 4:27) If you allow unbelief to reign in your life, you give place to the devil. If you become bitter, fearful, or rebellious; you have just opened the door and said, "Come on, devil, help yourself."

The church world is a sitting duck to Satan because they are mostly ignorant of his devices. "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices." (II Corinthians 2:11) The devil must search for the place or the opening; your vulnerable spot or attitude is where he then moves in and starts his destruction. ". The devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." (I Peter 5:8) He starts in the mind. He must have your thought life, then he slowly erodes your emotions and takes your will. After that, it’s calamity unless you are delivered from him. He is a mastermind of destruction when you make a place for him to invade. Churches, homes, marriages, children, families, and lives are his place of devilish delight.

Every fallen angel is a demon and there is a multitude of them. Every one of them is unclean, but they are very religious because they were created to worship God. Their present religion is to serve the devil, but they make it look like the opposite while they hate everything that is God-like, pure, Christ-centered, or honorable to God. They look for openings to attack pure and undefiled Christianity. Ultimately, everything Satan or a demon does is to manifest that hatred for the Creator because He threw them out of heaven. They hate mankind because we have taken Satan’s place in the heart of God. Satan used to make God’s music for Him, but in pride he distorted His tunes. Now, it’s the saint that makes God’s music and pleases, even blesses, the heart of God. Music is praise. It was created to be praise. Every time you sing, you praise somebody or something. Never strike a tune unless you strike it to the great creator, our God.

There are many evidences of the multitude that Satan has taken captive. You can recognize your captivity and be free by the name of Jesus and His glorious victory. Do not believe that only sinners are captive to the devil. Sure, they are, often terribly in bondage and being utterly destroyed, but Satan never gives up. He is after every believer and every saint of God to turn you back and destroy your faith. Let me list many signs of captivity to some lie, deception, or bondage that may have occurred or even is now occurring in your life.

• Fear: ". perfect love casteth out fear ." (I John 4:18)
• Paranoia: The doubtful imagination that you are unloved or that others are attacking you.
• Doubt: ". whatsoever is not of faith is sin." (Romans 14:23) "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)
• Strange dreams and visions: Every thing in life must be judged by the Bible.
• Confusion of truth: "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." (James 1:25)
• An undisciplined life: "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." (Proverbs 16:32)
• Using others with no regard: "For every man shall bear his own burden." (Galatians 6:5)
• Resisting the Holy Spirit whether in yourself or manifest in others: "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." (Acts 7:51)
• Attacking authority – secular or spiritual: "Whosoever therefore resisteth the power (authority), resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." (Romans 13:2)
• Rebellion is as witchcraft. "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry " (I Samuel 15:23)

You can recognize any effort of Satan to hinder you or to set up strongholds in your life by living in the Word of God. The Scripture is a guard to your mind to protect your thinking. What you think is what you are and what you are becoming. A clean, positive mind that meditates in the Word of God, day and night, will be a happy fountain of praise and glory to the Lord. Refuse all doubtful disputation, reject every harsh attitude, pray for every enemy, and love everybody with a pure heart. Claim His blood and His name as your rightful heritage. You are His and He is yours.