“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.” Matthew 24:10
Nothing produces confusion any more than hatred. Hatred, apart from the truth of God’s Word, is based on prejudice, which perverts judgment.
The hatred towards Christ (which was without a cause, John 15:25) had so prejudiced the minds of the people, to the extent they sought false witnesses against Christ: they voted for the release of a criminal, instead of letting innocent Jesus go free; they ignored the legal findings that there was no fault to be found in Christ; they pressured the legal system until it finally caved into their demands for Christ to be crucified.
When it came to the opposition against Christ, truth was not a part of the equation, as was expressed by Pilate’s remark, “What is truth?” John 18:38.
Where confusion abounds, Satan manipulates. Satan, as the god of this world, the prince of the power of the air, manipulated the world into crucifying Christ, with unrelenting resolve. This was done with only one side of this fiasco being made up of sinful people. How much more Satan has to work with, when all sides are imperfect (sinful).
The confusion that is abounding today, driven by all the prejudice that hatred affords, is keeping people distracted from the greater problem: Satan’s advancing of his anti-Christ agenda. God is being removed from the thought processes of this generation. God’s Word is being shredded as the moral authority of society, while society is transforming into a modern Sodom and Gomorrah. These major transformations have become insignificant issues compared to the confusion that has everyone’s attention.
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” Isaiah 59:14 Don’t expect resolution. With all the laws in place, and all the judicial institutions that exist in our society, if it was a matter of justice and judgment being exercised, the issues would have been settled a long time ago.
As we witness the snare of confusion as God’s Word spake would come, “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be able to escape all these things…” Keep your eyes on the Lord!
SHARING
