 All right, the study on Leviticus and how the land could become polluted got me thinking about the divine counsel I have often wondered what the fallen angels plan is in the last days The typical explanation is that is that they just want to kill or convert as many Christians as they can But that really doesn't fit in their time being short and acting in haste nor does it do anything to save themselves I think if anything they would want to protect their kingdom that is now under siege Their actions should primarily be about saving themselves not destroying us humans Are there any indications from the Bible of things that bolster their reign in defense against our siege? Are there any indications in the Bible of a method or a stalling to temporarily retain the legal rights to their allotted land? right well, they don't they don't have any legal rights to retain because a few episodes ago in Colossians we talked about the passages that associate the resurrection with the nullification of The status of the old sons of God over the nations there Yes, that status was originally given by the most high and the most high has now nullified it withdrawn it and delegitimized it Because of the work of Christ and the resurrection and the Ascension So they don't have any any rights to retain here. However, I agree with with the the trajectory Toward the end of that question the idea of a stalling. I think that's on target So I don't personally I don't think that the agenda of the you know The gods of the nations will just use that that terminology principalities and powers Okay, I don't think the agenda is killing off believers because that's nowadays That's like sending them to heaven. Well, thanks a lot I don't think the agenda is killing off believers as much as it is as it is for stalling the fullness of the Gentiles Because it's it's the fullness of the Gentiles which I'll use the word delay which delays the day of the Lord and the return of Jesus the day of the Lord the final, you know Day of the Lord and the return of Jesus are those two things are married in Scripture in biblical eschatology Day of the Lord again in you know Maybe we should do it devote a whole episode of the day of the Lord because this this seems to keep coming up a lot But that is the time it viewed by the prophets When the righteous are vindicated the wicked are punished the nations are it's a reset button The nations are brought back into the family into relationship with the true God, you know, there is no more Rebellion it's a reset button and it's both judgment and reward and And and the you know, it's it's it's married in the Old Testament to the concept of Messiah As there's the you know par excellence the son of David and all that And in the wake of the New Testament events New Testament theology, it's therefore married to the second coming of Christ Those things day of the Lord the second coming therefore Both of those things Are in holding pattern Scripture says because God is looking for the fullness of the Gentiles to be brought in The Gentiles being brought into the family of God and Paul says in Romans 9 through 11 in a couple places He connects that idea with the You know, this is a mic word This isn't a Pauline word with with Jews sort of coming to their senses and reconsidering the Messiah he he you know the when You know the Jew the Jewish nation Okay, the those who are sons of you know, Abraham, you know sons of The patriarchs by by flesh physically There is a partial hardening You know on them Paul uses the word hardening there so that the Gentiles can be brought into the family Okay, this is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant Genesis 12 3 that all through through the seat of Abraham Who is Christ Paul says in Galatians? All the nations will be blessed. You know, they're being brought back in when that happens whenever God decides, okay, they're We have enough of them now then presumably Israel, okay, physical Israel, I would assume has some sort of awakening or some sort of other, you know revival or whatever To again come to their senses and embrace the Messiah now We know from Romans 9 that that's not going to be everybody Okay, that's not going to be all the Jews Roman Romans 9 is very clear about that But those two things this fullness of the Gentiles the You know the revival, you know of the ethnic, you know people of Abraham Those two things are precursors To the day of the Lord and the second coming now It would be in the best interest Okay If you were if you were again one of the principalities and powers the thing that you don't want to see happen Is the salvation of the nations? Okay is is the salvation of people all over the world Okay, this fullness of the Gentiles idea. That's what you want to forestall That's what you want to stop. That's what you want to slow down Again, you know, you're not you're not bigger than God You know that a punishment has been decreed upon you Psalm 82 This is why the Psalm 82 ends with rise up. Oh god take back the nations. Okay You know That As long as you can put that off you're going to retain your position even though it's delegitimized Even though you don't have any legal claim here anymore To these nations Because God is now seeking them to come back into the family You want to forestall this as long as possible? It's it's life extension. Okay, so I don't know if it was on a q&a podcast or what context it was Somebody asked a question. I think one time about Do the do the principalities and powers think they can win and my answer was it depends how you define victory Do they think they're they're bigger than god and can defeat god? No, they're not idiots. Okay, but if victory is Keeping the ball rolling, you know the whole guerrilla warfare thing always have an army in the field never go away Okay, if that's the way to find victory, well, then yeah, we can see Something of a plan emerge, you know from from certain things, you know said in scripture And my argument would be that it's this this is linked all of this is linked To the fullness of the Gentiles idea, you know the reference to the devil You know, some people will say well the devil knows that his time is short. Well, yeah If you actually go look up where that said it's revelation 12 12 And again, this I this I talk about in unseen realms since I read let me just read revelation 12 12 Therefore rejoice so heavens and you who dwell on them. What do you earth and sea? For the devil has come down to you in great wrath because he knows that his time is short This is the war in heaven thing that erupts after the birth of the Messiah and so on and so forth So this war has been going on. Okay, the devil knows his time is short Well, he knows it's definite since I read Luke 10 17 Okay, the the whole thing Luke 10 it's not not just verse 17, but other verses in Luke 10 about satan being, you know I saw sataning fall light lightning from heaven To me that is the end of his of the legitimacy of his accusing believers Before god in his council That's over with because now the Messiah has come and god is going to have his way Jesus is going to go to the cross. He is going to die for the you know the redemption of humanity and so on and so forth So he's a prosecutor without a case anyone who is a member of Jesus kingdom the kingdom of god The you know the devil has no claim over them anymore. What's the claim of the devil? It's death It's permanent estrangement from god That's over with because Messiah is going to die and he's going to rise again And all those who are united to him will rise with him He has no case anymore. He has nothing to say so be get out of here be gone You know go go You know bring your accusations somewhere else, you know, it you know, he doesn't have an audience anymore God isn't listening So since I I I look at luke chapter 10 there revelation 12 12 is sort of signifying the same sort of thing The short time means the clock has been ticking since jesus launched the kingdom of god during his incarnation So it's been 2000 years since now Are we any closer to the fullness of the Gentiles? You know being you know brought into the kingdom now that we were that I mean I can't answer those questions because i'm not god my point is That the end of the present circumstances comes, you know, whenever god decides, okay That that's what I had in mind, you know the fullness of the Gentiles has been brought in Now my people is real you have a chance to believe in me again You know all this or something happens where they're going to turn to the messiah again, however that works And we're not we're not really given a full description of that in the new testament But all of that Again that comes in connection with precursor to the day of the lord, which is an event Or series of events That is the reset button You know all those all those things are connected In in the new testament and that it it's the end of the salvation plan From there, you know, we get The new heaven the new earth we get the final judgment both of unbelievers And also the beast and you know, you know the false prophet all the bad guys You know the watchers in the abyss, you know all this kind of stuff they're all that's done away with But again, those ideas are interconnected and we have this precursor thing called the fullness of the Gentiles It's still in operation So if I wanted to stall the program if I wanted to extend my influence my my life really That's what I would do You keep people from entering the kingdom You don't need to you know kill them off. I mean you you keep people from entering the kingdom You know, because that's that's the greater concern here So I do think that the questioner's instincts in that regard Are you know are on target? I think that's the trajectory That you would want to follow in answering that question