Author's note: I wrote this last summer.

The new Spider man movie just came out and it got me thinking - what if you or i could have a spider-sense like him? His spider-sense warns him of impending danger. It has saved his life many times, along with his quick reflexes. Well - here is Biblical reality - the Holy Spirit is our very own super hero and he gives his power to us! Like Spidey's spider-sense, when he abides in us he warns us of impending danger! And he will warn us of future dangers (hell, for example). If we get on a wrong path, he tingles inside us - "This path leads to sin, and sins lead to death, and death separates us forever" (if we die in our sins). If we meet someone who is working for our enemy - he warns us that they are false, he reveals the "wolves in sheep's clothing" who so often fool the pastor and their flocks, with their suave words and good looks, for the Holy Spirit, unlike us who look upon the outward appearance, looks on the heart. He can see right through that wolves disguise (or Jezebel's for that matter).
I can usually, but not always, discern a Jezebel within moments of meeting her. And get this - what if you had instant access to all the knowledge in the world? Of course, you wouldn't want much of it because it's too filthy and you want to think upon whatever is pure or lovely or of a good report but what if you could have access to, and understand, every book on earth? When the Holy Spirit, by your invitation, takes up residence in your heart (roomies!) he brings Jesus with him for they are one and he brings the Father "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge". God really is omniscient (knowing everything). Because he dwells outside the boundaries of time he can literally take Eternity to examine each life that has ever lived - and remember it all! What a mighty God we serve! So, to summarize, through the Holy Spirit, who connects us to Jesus and our Father, we have access to all the knowledge worth knowing. Prophets are just people God uses to channel that knowledge to people who haven't developed the gift of prophecy yet. Any prophet worth his salt will spend as much time teaching and anointing others to prophecy as he does prophesying himself. In God's kingdom we don't hoard our wealth we give it away, whether it's worldly wealth or heavenly. In this, we emulate our God "for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom"!
What earthly king has ever given his kingdom away to his subjects? Ask and ye shall receive. Let's say your enemy is encamped against you. God knows his every move before he makes it and he's happy to share them with you. Ask the Holy Spirit anything - he knows the answer! Doing a multiple choice quiz in History class? Can't decide between A or B? Ask the Holy Spirit - he will nudge you on the inside toward one or the other. He delights in the inquisitiveness of little boys and girls who expect their daddy to know everything. As any good father would, he really delights in our coming to him as little children.
One of the most beautiful snapshots of our God in all the Bible is that of Him sitting there with little children crawling all over him "suffer the little children and forbid them not, to come unto me". I can see him hugging them and kissing them on top of their little heads as he prays over them and i know he loves to hear and answer our childish questions for when I first came to him as a little child, he patiently answered mine. I once asked him how many hairs were on my head at that moment and he told me! I asked him about the saying "where angels fear to tread" - I asked him "so, where do they fear to tread"? Immediately he replied "where I've told them they can't go". A holy fear came over me and I fell down and reverenced him and worshiped. When I was on the Sea of Galilee, as I was worshiping him i asked him "how exactly did you walk on this water?" I got a sense of great joy from the Lord that someone finally asked him that and he immediately opened up within my spirit a vision. Stay tuned for my next blog entry and I will share the vision he gave me. 

Satan loves to play the "long con". So the fact he's revealing himself now, more clearly than ever before, to those with eyes to see, who have "anointed their eyes with eye salve that they may see" means the end game is upon us. We are not in the last days, we are in the last hours and perhaps even minutes. How privileged are we to live in this day!
Do I think Obama is the Anti-Christ? Good  question. I do not believe he is the Anti-Christ but I believe he could be. In other words, he walks in his spirit. The Anti-Christ will be someone a lot like Obama - full of charisma, handsome, well-loved, who appears seemingly out of nowhere from humble beginnings to rise quickly through the ranks of the elite to take the reins of the most powerful government on earth, which, at that time may well be the one world government that is coming. If the one world government is not in power at that time, the Anti-Christ will be involved in it's creation. Like Obama, the Anti-Christ will have backwards morals, calling that which is good, evil, and that which is evil, good. Like Obama, he will smile that charming smile as he leads the world straight to hell.
Indeed, he will call the narrow path of Salvation the path to hell. He will initiate a pogrom of epic proportions, against Jews and (real) Christians that will fulfill Rev: 13:1-8 "And it was given unto him to make war with the Saints and to overcome them; and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations". For they will be the only ones opposing him and it will seem right and natural to hunt them down and kill and imprison them because the are opposing the Prince of Peace, which he will purport himself to be. "And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world".
He will begin persecuting the Saints by using words. He will label them "racist", "homophobic", "sexist", "Islamophobic", "bigots", "narrow minded", not willing to join with the rest of the world in celebrating and accepting the world's true savior. And to lend legitimacy to his claims, those who lead the false religion called Christianity, will stand with him in condemning the true saints of God. In the world's eyes, this will be the sign of his coming, that many "Christians" accept him and his mark, for they had already taken his mark in their souls, they had already given their spirits to him. The outward mark will be simply a reflection of an inward mark they've already received.
He will convince people that not following the religious form of Christianity he himself inspired is foolhardy and false. He will not come against the false "tare churches" who label themselves "christian" because they will not come against him. They will continue in "ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, who will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned into fables." The Anti-Christ presents the truth as a fable and fables as the truth. The churches embracing his spirit, and not the Holy Spirit are those by "whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And many shall follow their pernicious (having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual and subtle way) ways, and through covetousness (a strong desire for material possessions, greedy, avaricious - lusting for money and what it can buy) shall they with feigned (insincere) words, make merchandise of you".
NO, these so called "Christians" will be honored by the Anti-Christ who will be our modern day version of Nimrod who "gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. Doesn't that sound like a certain political party in America today? Let's make people more and more dependent on us, that way we will insure we will always be in power. Nimrod also sought "to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God" and "he persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it was through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness".
No, Obama isn't the Anti-Christ but he could be his ambassador, his forerunner. He is perhaps the most wicked President the USA has ever had, and that's saying a lot, yet he claims he is a Spirit filled Christian. He's filled with a spirit alright, but he isn't holy. The Anti-Christ himself may very well claim he is a Christian, or Christ himself. This is so he can usurp God from off the throne of the hearts of men. He could not overthrow Christ in Heaven so he wants to do it here on earth.
He really thinks he is worthy of taking God's place. Pathetic. Biggest loser this world has ever seen, yet millions will follow him to hell.
I hope these words have helped to bring awareness to your spirit, that you will not be caught unawares when "they shall put you out of their Synagogues (Churches): yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service". Muslims are currently doing this, killing "infidels" believing they are doing God service. But it will get worse, much worse...for "Christians" will turn against Christians, brother against brother, children against parents, hating instead of loving, for Satan is incapable of true love and those that follow him likewise cannot love the righteous, pure love of God. They actually practice a false form of love, that says "I will love and accept you only as long as you love and accept me....accept my false doctrines, accept me in all my sin and perversion or I will hate and despise you". God's love is so perfect he even loves his enemies.
Yes, in these last moments "evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived" but continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of; knowing of whom you have learned them.
I have yet many things to say to you but you cannot bear them now.
Selah. 

Let's take a step back. No, a bigger step, thanks. Let's take a look at the big picture (one of my favorite Michael W. Smith albums by the way). Satan normally does not like to reveal himself. He lives to stay in the shadows, pulling the strings of his puppets, influencing from a place of darkness. He doesn't crave the limelight, usually. Until.......he's ready to take the world stage as the Anti-Christ, the complete opposite of the real Christ, Jesus.
Now hear me - the Anti-Christ will not declare himself to be so. No, he will declare himself to be the Christ, or at least to be of Christ - the world's salvation, sent from God. All world religions will embrace him, including Christianity, for he is the father of them all. For religious Christians, he will appeal to their false sense of what is right and what is wrong, and logically, his lies will make perfect sense. Is it not a good thing for all religions to get along in perfect peace and harmony with one another? Instead of dividing us, religion should unite us! Doesn't God love everybody? Homosexuals, adulterers, murderers, liars and thieves - they're all welcome in Satan's kingdom, just like they are in God's, only in his kingdom sinners do not need to repent. Rather, their sin is something to be proud of, to celebrate, to march openly in the streets and shout to the world "I'm a sinner!" (well, they don't believe their sin is sin at all).
This blatant, public showing of Satan's fruit, of his followers, is a sign of the times. The fact that, politically, those on the left are becoming more and more  obvious about what spirit they are of - the fact that demonic fruit is ripening at just this point in our nation's (USA) history to where it is extremely obvious Satan is stirring the pot, riling up people, getting them angrier and angrier because his (false) ideals aren't being embraced by the right (my God! They elected Trump!) - all this leads me to conclude his (satan's) appearance on the world stage in physical form (in emulation of Jesus), is eminent.
I believe he will make things so bad that the world will breathe a huge sigh of relief when he steps in to bring so called "peace". His strategy is to start a fire then offer to put it out. He will present himself as a man of peace but the only peace Satan will promote is abject, total surrender to himself and his agendas.
As the world joyfully embraces him, he will begin to systematically wipe out, imprison and destroy all who oppose him. Those he uses to murder Christians will believe they are doing God a favor. Which they are, only not the God of love, rather the god of hate, the god this world chooses to follow and obey. How can they tell who is a follower of Christ and who follows the Anti-Christ? Simple - look for his mark - which is necessary for buying and selling. Yes, you cannot do business in Satan's kingdom (Babylon) without money, whereas in God's kingdom all you need is love. But before anyone accepts the mark in their body, they will have first accepted Satan's mark in their souls, which is hatred for their brethren, exalting of self and greed, all rooted in pride. Saints, are you ready? Someday we may look back on the days of Trump with great fondness and great sadness that they are gone. Let's pray that he isn't assassinated while in office. Remember, the blessings Trump is bringing to America are not so we can fulfill the "American dream", of having a comfortable life, physically, but rather that we can fulfill "God's dream" that we will be spiritually prepared to be his bride forever, fully intimate with him and desiring spiritual blessings, not natural ones. 

You don't normally see what you're not looking for. For example, birds. People who enjoy bird watching, who intentionally look for them, see them everywhere. They seek them and they find them. Another example is cars. I tend to not pay much attention to other cars until I'm driving one - then suddenly I see the make and model I'm driving everywhere!
It's the same with our God. Unless you set your mind to focus your attention on Him, unless you look for Him in the everyday, mundane minutia of life - you won't see Him. But if you keep your heart focused on Him as you go about the daily business of living - you'll see Him everywhere! All the time! You'll notice tiny miracles you didn't see before, like, as I was thinking of this essay, I came across a truck filled with pillows and bedding supplies and a man from our school where I teach and live gave me two pillows and a bedspread - just what I needed and had asked the Lord for a few days earlier. Father really does love to walk and talk with us, just like he did with Adam in the cool of the evening, in the garden of Eden (so Adam, how was your day? Fine, Lord, thanks for asking. OOOH! Let me tell you about this new animal I found! I think I'm gonna name him__________, what do you think? That's fine, Adam, it's a fine name).
I was walking along recently when it started to rain. I mean really pour - and me without an umbrella! Immediately, a man walks up to me and says "Sir, would you like an umbrella?", hands me an umbrella and speeds off before I can even reply. As if he knew the answer before he asked. How often, I wonder, have we encountered angels unawares?
Furthermore, God doesn't just walk with us in the lush, beautiful garden moments of our lives - he walks with us in our desert crossings too - when things seem bleak and dark and we begin to weaken and despair. He will escort us to our next oasis, he never leaves us or forsakes us (physically or spiritually).
As he joins us each day on our daily excursions, he will bless us with miracles both small and large but never forget the greatest miracle of all, the only one that really matter ultimately - His presence! Yes, ranking right up there with the Name of Jesus is the name of Emmanuel! (God with us). For the very reason he saved us was so we could be reunited with him, now and forever more. Salvation is pointless if you are born-again, then ignore him the rest of your days, only turning to Him when you need something from Him.
See him in that flower you just passed - yes that one, growing through a crack in the concrete, shouting to you "Hey. I'm still here! In the midst of all man has made, I can still be found!" Let him show you a spectacular sunset (sunrises and sunsets are special moments set aside by God for meeting with him), seemingly hand painted by God especially for you. Pull your car over and enjoy it with him and tell him what a lovely God he is and how talented and creative he is, how his glory is never-ending and unique and in this, your worship is consecrated in the halls of heaven as much as any church building. Go on a date with him, walk among the stars on a darkened beach and watch him dazzle you with a shooting star or two (or three). Don't wait to get to heaven to fellowship with him, enjoy his company now, when you can stockpile testimony after testimony in your heart, to be recited later in Glory, of how you trusted him completely and sought him every day with all your heart, even while walking through this world full of stinking flesh. Set your heart on things above and you will see him on earth below and your's will be a heart he will value and treasure forever. Selah,

Did you know the Cross is both the salvation of this world and it's condemnation? Because Jesus took all the world's sins upon himself, yours and mine and everyone else who has ever lived, when they take them back off the Cross and choose them over Jesus' righteousness, there remains no more salvation for them for they reject the only salvation known to mankind.
Christians are they who choose to leave their sin on the Cross, where they mercifully are accepted. It's at the Cross that we declare we are dead and so weak in our sinful lifestyle (nature) that we cannot break free - we are dead in our sin and our only hope is the Blood of Jesus our beloved Christ.
I fall prostrate before the Cross in full acknowledgment that I need you, Jesus - only you can save me from this death, from my every act of rebellion. It's too late to save my body, but you can save my soul. I confess and leave every sin with you - by faith in you alone I will live with you forever. I trade my death , my sin, for your resurrection life and Jesus - thank you so much for what you've done for me and continue to do and will do. Amen. Selah.