Dealing with the Generation Gap
The Bible talks about a time of tribulation and chaos right before the return of Christ to this earth; yet, He also promises us that He will send us the spirit of Elijah, the Old Testament prophet who performed miracles in his day. Satan has a plan to cause tremendous disunity and mistrust between the generations. This is already happening in the world in a greater measure than we have ever seen. Satan has come with his curse on our children. Nevertheless, Satan will ultimately fail, because the Lord has already ordained that a key movement in the end times will be one of restoration among the generations! God is going to anoint His overcoming people with a spirit of miracles that will touch the hearts of our children to return to God.
Take heart all of you praying parents, if your children have strayed from the Lord or, if they are in rebellion; the Bible says that the seed of the righteous shall be delivered and blessed. We, as parents, need to continue to stand for our children in faith and trust the Lord to turn their hearts back to us if we are estranged from them, or if they are walking in rebellion against us.
“Though hand joins in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.” Proverbs 11:21
“His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.” Psalm 112:2
Throughout the Word of God, the righteous declare that their purpose is to declare the glory of God to the next generation. Psalm 71:18 says, “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.” Likewise, Psalm 145:4 declares, “One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.” From these, and many other scriptures, we can see clearly that each generation is called to build on the foundation left by the previous generation. Therefore, all generations are in great need of each other to complete the work that God has called His corporate Body to fulfill.
Since my husband and I are in our senior years, we have the same desire to leave to this generation the truths we have received by walking with God for many years. Many of the things we learned were through trial and error because we had no instructors in the Overcoming Life Message in our early walk with God. However, since we were hungry to know the truth, the Lord revealed it to us through the study of His Word. When we had a problem, we sought the answers in the Bible. We found out that as we prayed and applied the Word of God to those problems, we were able to solve every one of them and walk in victory.
One of the first lessons we must learn, to walk in victory, is that of yielding to the Holy Spirit and humbling ourselves to do His will in everything. Some of the scriptures that we have applied time and again over the years are these:
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.” James 4:6-8
From these scriptures, we find that we are to humble ourselves, repent of any pride, and ask for God’s grace to follow and obey the Lord. Once we have submitted to God, then we must also rise and resist the devil. How do we resist the devil? The same way Jesus resisted him when the devil came to Him to tempt Him. Jesus resisted the devil by quoting the Word of God to him.
“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:3-4
When we quote the Words of God from the Bible, in faith, during the times we are faced with temptations, the devil will flee. Notice the scripture does not say maybe he will flee, but that he will flee from you.
There are many admonitions in the Bible about how the generations are to relate to one another. God wants us to be respectful to our parents and all authorities. We can see how important that is, as we see so much lawlessness in the world today. Lawlessness leads to anarchy and anarchy leads to the destruction of society. Here are some of the Bible scriptures that pertain to the subject:
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.” Ephesians 6:1-9
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.” Romans 13:1-4
“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” Hebrews 13:17
“This know also, that in the last days, perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their 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 a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5
Satan has a plan to try to destroy God’s people; that is why we can expect that there will be great generational warfare at the end of the age. However, we read in the Bible that God will ultimately prevail and the wicked will be removed from the earth and God and His Saints will rule and reign in this earth during the millennium when Christ returns for His bride. Let us prepare for His coming by preparing our hearts and watching and waiting.
“The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.” Proverbs 10:30
“And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Luke 1:17
May the Lord grant us His heart for our children and that we learn His wisdom.
From: Steven P. Miller, @ParkermillerQ,
Founder of Gatekeeper-Watchman International Groups
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Barbatos in Season 3 and 4
Okay so I noticed there were a couple people who hadn't seen these scenes (this season 3 scene with Barbatos and Asmo is a locked lesson you have to get a certain number of 3 star battles to unlock), so here's some very interesting scenes that involve Barbatos, MC, and c o n s e n t:
So basically, in season 3 (this is in Lesson 53 - the scene with Asmo and Barbatos that happens later is in Lesson 54-C), Solomon comes up with this "Tails game" as a preliminary trial for sorcerer!MC.
He does NOT ask you if you want to participate beforehand. In fact, he very intentionally goes out of his way to make sure you know nothing about it in advance:
You read that right - MC "will feel an irresistible compulsion to fulfill our wishes." We have no option to express that we don't like this or don't want to go through with this, and we're not asked at any point, either.
But that's okay, right? MC always wins everything, after all, due to being the protagonist and stuff. Solomon does this because he knows we're going to win...
Actually! Solomon literally rigs the game against us to ensure that we lose :) and not only that, but we lose to Barbatos (and Asmo).
Because the game is a Secret Test of Character, see, and he's a trickster mentor (I liked Solomon a lot more until this lesson happened lol).
So uh yeah. All throughout the tails game, Barbatos emphasizes his privacy and how he doesn't trust us with his grimoire.
And then when we're at his mercy? What's our privacy worth? What about our dignity?
It's time for Barbatos to repay the favor and not pry into our personal life, right?
It's time for him to treat us with the same respect we afforded him, right?
It's time to see him acting kind towards us, showing mercy when we're in a vulnerable situation, magically compelled to want to grant his every wish, right??
Especially since he was going to betray us from the beginning, he wouldn't take advantage of a situation we never agreed to be in, right???
Yeah, Barbatos doesn't do any of that shit. He sees an opportunity to get information out of us and he takes it immediately, with a minor aside of "oh Asmo don't listen in".
So... that's why I kinda enjoyed lesson 71, and I don't have the (again, completely understandable) reaction that other people do to this scene.
Oh? What? You don't think it's funny??
You don't find it amusing when someone's been magically influenced and they use it to their advantage? You don't think it's natural to get whatever it is you personally want out of someone who's at your mercy????
You don't find it funny that while you tried to protect MC from a magical compulsion, and summarily were caught up in that compulsion, they used that against you instead of respecting your dignity??
It's not funny?? I had no idea, Barbatos! Really, I didn't! I was under the impression that it was completely hilarious! A very normal thing to do! I'll definitely keep this in mind for next time!
If this were a better story, there would be more elaboration on this. Because I like this. I like this turn of events, this show of negative characterization from MC.
But I know that it's a joke. It's a one-off. If this were a better story, this would be a part of a character arc for Barb, it would be a moment of spite from MC, a moment where Barbatos realizes what he's done to them and learns from it.
At least it's good fanfic fuel? aksdhfklhfg
Anyways, listen, there's no reason for you to agree with my view on any of this - I find the narrative angle of spitefulness/revenge/tit-for-tat here compelling as a story arc, but I very much understand and empathize with those who just find it uncomfortable in general and would rather it not be there (I DEF had that feeling when MC was on the receiving side of this, haha).
ANYWAYS I have WiPs to be avoiding, but if you made it this far, thank you for listening~
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