Information War

We live in a time of information, which is not just neatly stacked somewhere on library shelves, but hovers in the air in digital form and is ready to materialize at the command of my finger into what I choose.

Technologies for transmitting information through the digital field have literally exploded our world with new discoveries and possibilities. But along with this came temptations into the life of each of us.

The enemy of the soul did not hesitate to take into his arsenal everything that allows influencing the human mind and can be used for seduction.

In the prophetic description of the last days, Jesus repeatedly begs us to watch that no one deceives us. Seduction begins with my consciousness. My will waits for the logical conclusion of the mind and is ready to do what my consciousness is affirmed under the influence of the information that I let into my thinking world.

Don't think that our world is quite safe, and you can choose the best of the good and feed your mind only with this. To learn to distinguish good from evil, it is necessary to know the truth in its pure form, which comes directly from God Himself. It is also important that such Divine knowledge be inscribed by God's hand in my thoughts and in my heart. This happens when I begin to show interest in the spiritual and put aside everything earthly to accept everything Heavenly.

The science of salvation is available to everyone. It can be read, listened to, and even watched in any language. All that's needed is my desire, and opportunities will be provided.

Knowledge of the truth gives me an advantage in distinguishing between good and evil, holy and sinful. The enemy of the soul knows what protects me, and therefore approaches me very cunningly, offering his temptations in the form of light and purity. The enemy's goal is to accustom my mind to receiving information from the source that Satan can use for his own interests.

The progenitor of sin has thousands of years of experience in conducting information wars. The very first battle took place in Heaven, where everything was pure and holy. No one but God understood the influence of lies, and therefore Satan's deceptions were so successful that even those of the angels who chose the side of the Most High could not understand the final plans of the deceiver.

Often in an information war, the one who presents the truth to the world and tells the truth loses. And the lying side can use any means to achieve its victory. A mind damaged by lies becomes vulnerable and susceptible to subsequent lies, and sometimes these damages are so deep that nothing can help anymore. God is able to restore everything that He is allowed and permitted to revive, but the change of mind is directly related to memory and will, and these properties of the soul can quite successfully resist God's power, which wants to save the soul from the power of sin.

Defeat in the information war inflicts irreparable injuries on my mind, and I become one whose thoughts and intentions of the heart are evil all the time.

The temptation in the Garden of Eden carried a hidden lie, and this lie first convinced the wife to violate God's prohibition, and then the wife became Satan's representative and managed to convince the husband to believe her and do what was forbidden. Through Satan's lie, sin entered the world. A lie is what destroys my true understanding of God's truth and gives its own understanding, which destroys my soul.

What the world offers me today has its influence and purpose. The enemy of the soul wants to tie my mind to his chariot and feed it from his table. He is ready to give me everything that the lust of my flesh, the lust of my eyes, and the pride of life desire.

But God is also not silent. He very successfully builds his bastions of truth and heals the wounds of those who stand under His banner.

God is interested in complete victory, and has made it possible for those who firmly decide to be with Him to the end. He will give strength to resist every temptation and every lie to those people who thirst for the water of life and with all their heart desire to have a living connection with Heaven at all times.

The enemy is very cunning, and he knows how to offer a lie, and in contrast to it a hidden lie, and also a neutral opinion, or an independent solution to the problem, in order to catch me on one of these hooks. And it doesn't matter what I start to believe, the main thing is that I take my eyes off Christ and immerse myself in his information space. If he achieves this, then I can believe in anything and preach what is close to my heart. After all, I do it under his guidance, and he knows how to take on the appearance of an angel of light.

Everything that distracts my gaze from Christ carries a danger to my soul. I can do many things with Jesus and receive a lot of information, but not all news is useful for me. There are those things that I should consciously avoid, not look at and not listen to. There are those enemy territories where I should not enter under any circumstances. The enemy of my soul is very insidious, and has set his mines everywhere. He knows that not everything can kill me, but at least let it maim.

My desire to understand the events taking place can distract me from the main thing. I will never know who is the culprit and the customer of all the evil around me, but in pursuit of facts, I can lose God's hand.

In the message to Laodicea, I am offered to enter into eternal trade relations with Christ in order to acquire everything necessary for victory in the last time. If I think that it's not time yet, and the Lord can wait until I gather myself and decide something, then I risk that I will not have a trade deal, and I will be left without oil, like an unwise virgin.

Jesus draws me into His store and offers me the most expensive and valuable that Heaven can give. For my sake, He clothed His goods in symbols, wanting to reveal the true content to the thirsty and seeking. He is so happy from anticipating my discoveries that He can't wait for the moment when I begin to delve into the essence of what is offered and be amazed. But what can He do for one who, having entered His store, is completely immersed in his smartphone, wanting to understand what is happening in the world or move to a new level of an exciting game? How can God reach the hearts of those who have clung with their minds to the perishing world and do not want to leave the sinking ship?

What can I do for the one whom I have chosen as my wife, to whom I offer my hand and heart, but she doesn't even look at me and thinks about which of her friends she should spend the next night with?

With all His love for me, the Lord will not impose Himself and His goods. The advice to buy does not oblige me to anything, but it also does not give any other alternative.

It's strange that with all the importance of the message to Laodicea, so little is said and thought about it. After all, it is prophetic, and it very clearly indicates what needs to be acquired and possessed. Perhaps someone will accidentally buy what is offered, simply by studying the Bible and knowing God, without being distracted by what is happening around. Accidentally open to Christ. And then accidentally win. It's not worth playing such a lottery, thinking that the Lord will somehow save me. He has a clear plan of victory, which I need to study, understand, in order to act as written. And there is a seal for sealing the holy consciousness.

Questions for reflection on this chapter

1. Please read: John 8:32; 14:6; 17:17; Rev. 3:18; 12:7-12; Isa. 9:15; 59:13-17; Lev. 19:16; Prov. 3:3-4; 11:13; 20:19; Ps. 15:1-5; 19:9; 50:19; 85:10-11; 89:14; 91:4; 101:3-8; 119:142; Jer. 10:10; Luke 3:14; Dan. 11:23-27; John 8:44 in light of this chapter.

2. What did you understand from this chapter?

3. What other verses from the Bible came to your mind?

4. What is information warfare?

5. Are there victims in this war? If so, who dies and how?

6. How to distinguish lies from truth?

7. For what were the people living before the flood destroyed? Gen. 6:5.

8. Will the state of the world in our days be the same as during the flood?

9. Does God have a plan for the last time to save from temptations and lies?

10. Why was the message to Laodicea given?

11. Have you already fallen in love with the message to the Laodicean church?

12. Do you think the Faithful Witness tells us something very important in Rev. 3:14-22 that is worth paying special attention to?

13. Will Satan leave you alone if you cling to Jesus with all your heart and know the Truth?

14. Are you familiar with examples of information wars, or is this concept something I made up myself?

15. Whose side should be taken in the information war? Can it be that everyone will be telling lies? Dan. 11:27.