The Great Ribulation
David Chilton
David Chilton
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1~ THE QREAT TRWIATION<br />
earth.” Yet to refuse to work to bring heaven on earth<br />
by teaching people to obey heaven’s righteous prz”ncz”-<br />
@es on earth is to turn history over to the devil. His<br />
disciples are working hard to bring hell on earth by<br />
teaching people to obey hell’s rebellious principles on<br />
earth.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a war going on. It is a war between God<br />
and Satan, righteousness and evil, covenant-keepers<br />
and covenant-breakers, &aoen and hell. This war is<br />
going on in hfitory. It is an earthly war primarily. <strong>The</strong><br />
ultimate issue over which the war is being fought is<br />
the issue of sovereignty. Who is sovereign, God or<br />
Satan? <strong>The</strong> historical issue is also being fought over<br />
the issue of sovereignty: Whose human forces will<br />
triumph in hktory, God’s or Satan’s? Whose New<br />
World Order will be victorious in history, Christ’s or<br />
Satan’s? In short, the war is being fought over this<br />
question: Heaven on earth or hell on earth?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no possibility of any other kingdom on<br />
earth. <strong>The</strong>re is no possibility of neutral man’s kingdom<br />
on earth, operated by hypothetical neutral natural<br />
law. Men are never neutral, and there is no<br />
such thing as natural law. <strong>The</strong>re is God’s law, and<br />
there are Satan’s numerous alternatives, including<br />
“neutral” natural law. <strong>The</strong> is no zwutrali~. <strong>The</strong>refore,<br />
we face the question: Will it be heaven on earth or<br />
hell on earth? Will it be God’s covenant law as the<br />
law of nations, or one or more of Satan’s counterfeit<br />
law systems? Any attempt to substitute a third<br />
choice, such as natural law, is simply another attempt<br />
to replace God’s covenant law with Satan’s. It<br />
is simply another attempt to build hell on earth.