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       We have clear evidence all around us that we live in an age of lawlessness and darkness. Violence, crime, assassination, and the martyrdom of those of faith in parts of the world - how are we responding? Jesus said for us to occupy until He comes. "Occupy" is a military term. We occupy as His Light against the darkness and lawlessness until He comes.      First, we are able to identify some of the sources of darkness and lawlessness that can affect a believer's life in these last days. Paul wrote of this to Timothy: "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having the form of godliness, but denying the power th...

We see the Word of God scorned on social media, and hateful comments coming against Israel and the Jewish people. During this dangerous time of warfare in the Middle East, where are the prophets of God? There's an account of a wise king, preparing to go into battle as an ally with another king, and asking that question. He was not satisfied until a true prophet of God was found and enquired of. The prophet Amos warned us of a time when the guiding prophetic Word would be lacking: "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it." (Amos 8:11-12). This is true today. There are seminars for the church on how to prosper, while the signs of the times are ignored, and no one is asking, "What is God saying...