Luke 22:53
53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.
- There appear to be times when God allows evil and the powers of darkness to do what they will in order to bring about God’s ultimate plan.
1 Corinthians 2:8
8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- God is also reminding me of …
- Matthew 24:9
- they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed
- and you will be hated by all nations because of My name
- Daniel 7:21
- As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them
- until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.
- Daniel 11:36
- Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. **He will be successful UNTIL the time of wrath is completed, FOR WHAT HAS BEEN DECREED MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED.
- Revelation 13:7
- The the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
- Matthew 24:9