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The Devil and Demons are Working to Take over the World
Transcript of a published conference session by T. W. Barnes, transcribed from YouTube. An attributed primary source — not Acts 2:38 Life doctrine text.
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- From the cleaned text of the panel capture (YouTube YL64P0U090g, Apostolic Pentecostal upload); span 0:01–23:52. A morning session of a camp meeting — tabernacle, no place named. The upload splices this sermon together with the same meeting's night session by another speaker; the record is Barnes's morning sermon only, cut under the packet's segmentation ruling. He calls his subject "spiritual warfare number two," having spoken on spiritual warfare at this place a few years before; the channel's descriptive title stands as the record's title (see packet.md).
- The recording opens mid-sentence on his thanks for the congregation's prayers; he has been thinking all week of a special, timely message for this morning. Standing, they turn to Revelation the 16th chapter and read from the 13th verse: he sees three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet — spirits of devils, working miracles, going forth into the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty — and then the word that follows in the reading, "behold I come as a thief," and blessed is he that keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. After prayer, he reads one other scripture, from Second Thessalonians: and now you know what withholds, that he might be revealed in his time — for the mystery of iniquity do already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way — and then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
- Satan knows Jesus is coming back after his church — he can read the Bible himself, he has quoted it in tempting people — so the takeover has to be organised now, because if Jesus came today he would have to take over tomorrow. The kings, leaders and rulers of the earth are under the most severe attack of Satan they have ever known in the history of the world, and the church needs to pray as never before. A Jewish friend of his, born and reared in Israel and just back in the States, reports that Israel is in trouble and growing more dangerous by the day, the enemy moving in, the nation bowing to the very things the Bible said would happen in the end time. We are living in the last of the last days, and we have passed the days of Sodom and Gomorrah: radio, video, television, movies and pornography of all kinds keep the minds of men continually evil. You could once enter a large city and feel the depression and evil settle at the city limits; now it is settling over the whole world, and all of Satan's angels and demons are at work everywhere they can work. He will not take the complete world over — only one person will ever do that, the Lord Jesus Christ, the only King of all nations — but he will affect a lot of nations and a lot of people. He came down in great wrath because he knows his time is short, and the seven years will torment him by proving he is not God: the sun will go out and he cannot turn it back on, the moon will turn to blood and he cannot clean it up, and all he can do is make things hotter and worse. Against that, the church has nothing to be afraid of: they reckon that if every human being on earth — getting close to six billion people now — needed them, each one could have 16,000 good angels walking around with him. Barnes does not look at things seen this morning but at things not seen: his King is sitting on the throne and controls everything, and there is not a devil in hell or out of hell that can stand before him one second.
- His centre is the church's place in the delay. We read in Romans 1:20 of the eternal power and godhead, but we separate the godhead from the eternal power that can affect the kingdom of Satan and upset it daily — and we, the called-out people, are the only people on this earth who can shake the kingdom of hell: people who believe in three Gods can't shake it, "because if you believe in one God you do well — the devil believes, and he trembles." The real true church is what hinders him until the rapture: the mystery of iniquity was already working in Paul's day, but the real true one-God, Jesus-name people are causing Satan to stand back in the shadows, and only when the head of the church takes his church will the wicked one move in — and if we had 31 days left before the rapture, Barnes does not want Satan to have one off of the 30. The godhead is more than a doctrine to believe and put on the shelf in the back of your head: you can tell the devil to back up in the name of three Gods and he will laugh and say, "I'm one of them," but when you say, "Hear it, old Satan — there is one God, and his name is Jesus," it bothers him, because when he opened his eyes at his creation there was one God standing there, and he knew he was supposed to worship him and him only. Barnes has walked into dens of witches and evil men on that revelation and never got a scratch: he knows the name, and the power of that name — the greatest, eternal truth, the revelation of the one God, which was here ruling everything before Lucifer was created. Satan's one aim is to move Jesus out of the picture; the churches that took the blood out of their song books will take Jesus out, and the mark of the beast, when it comes, is accepting the Antichrist as God. Then the vision he closes with: years ago, at a first conference in Louisville, Kentucky, he asked the Lord about the many different kinds of people and dreamed that night of a beautiful, huge church on top of a hill, covered with the glory of God — and to his left, woods full of people shouting and talking in tongues out in the wilderness, and a few leaving the true church and crossing the road into the wilderness after them. The Spirit said the people in the wilderness are of many gods — pray for them — but this is the church; and preachers leaving this church to go into the wilderness are committing spiritual adultery. God did not call us to live in the wilderness: she is like a city set on a hill, true blue, built on a rock, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against her. His closing charge is prayer: put this in your prayer as you pray — to hinder the Antichrist, to stop him until the Lord is through. We are the ones to do that, not to give up and throw in the towel and say there is nothing we can do; we are doing something, and if we could only see what we are doing, we would shout every day.
Scriptures: Revelation 16:13-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8; Romans 1:20
Scripture index: Revelation 16:13-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8; Romans 1:20.
Transcript
for praying for me because I have a very special timly message this morning I've been thinking of this all the week and you can stand if you wish and we turn to Revelation the 16th I believe 16th chapter here for the first reading 1613 and I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet for they are spirits of devils working miracles which go forth into the kings of the earth and of the whole world together them to battle of that great day of God Almighty and then when he said that behold I come as a thief behold I I come as a thief blessed is he that WTH and keepeth his garments lest he walk naked and they see his shame in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we come into your holy presence thanking you Lord for this divine revelation for your king of kings and Lord of lords one other scripture second Thessalonians and now you know what withhold it that he might be revealed in his time for the mystery of iniquity do already work only he who now leth will let until he be taken out of the way and then shall that Wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming praise God you may be seated I want to talk to you on spiritual warfare number
two I spoke to you here a few years ago on spiritual warfare but there's a lot of things developed since then and there something taking place in the world right now last night his brother nation was leaving the platform he came to me and he said have you felt that the Antichrist is in special session right now in the East I said yes and he is there's you see Satan knows knows that Jesus is coming back after his church he knows that you see he can read the Bible himself he's even quoted it in tempting people and so he knows that he's got to have this organized because if Jesus came today he'd have to take over tomor and therefore he's now gone out into the kings of the Earth Earth and you can see the effect now the Kings leaders rulers of the earth is under the most severe attacked of Satan that they've ever been in the history of the world and we need to pray is never before and I have some Jewish friends some that was borned and reared in Israel one just back in the States and I'm not talking about the rabbi I know him too but this one and his wife just returned planning to go back soon and he called me the other day and he said brother Barnes Israel is in trouble said it's becoming more dangerous to live there by the day the enemy is moving in and you can see that in the newspapers and they are bowing to the
very thing the Bible told us they' do in the end time so we are living in the last of the last days and Satan is making plans right now to take over the unclean spirits are invading the Earth as never before I'm sure they have passed the days of Sodom and gamorra because today we have so many ways that Satan can use radio video television movies pornography of all kind and so the minds of men are becoming continually evil because of these Spirits now I would like to tell you this you know you still you could go into some of the large cities and when you entered the city limits depression you could feel the depression the evil of the city and because they was so many of them giv over to Satan and opens the door for more and more spirits to come in now it's settling down over the whole world Satan all of his angels all of his demons are here at work everywhere they can work they're working because he plans to take the world over I don't think he'll take the complete world over because only one person will ever do that and that's the Lord Jesus Christ he'll be the only king of all Nations under the Sun but he's going to affect a lot of Nations and a lot of people and now I have said all that to bring you to this and everywhere you ever hear me preach from now on you'll hear me touch
on this before I get through we are a ve special called out people people that believe what we believe and people like us that's maybe never heard of us that still believe the same thing we do or Apostolic called out for his name's sake but there's a truth here that perhaps we have overlooked in a lot of ways we read in Romans 1:20 where the Lord through Paul was talking about the eternal power and godhead so often we separate the godhead from the eternal power that can affect the kingdom of Satan and upset it daily we need to understand that we are the only people on this Earth that can shake the kingdom of Hell people that believes in three God can't shake it they may do a lot of things but here on Earth but they can't move hell because if you believe in one God you do well the devil believes and he trembles amen therefore we are called out people and I just read the scripture that the church the real true church can hinder him until the rapture we can hold him back amen don't depend on the other folks to do it they can't do it they don't have the revelation we need to stop thinking of ourselves as the folks across the railroad track we are born again sons of God power and Authority and dominion over hell for right now only he as I just read to you and I'll read it again I want you to see your place and take your place as a group of pray Warriors and now you know what withholdeth that he might be revealed I'll tell you and you know it already the church the real true brw one God Jesus name people is causing Satan to have to stand back in the shadows for the mystery of iniquity it is already working in Paul's day but now it is coming to the very closing moments he's ready to move in the moment the church is gone now and then that Wicked will be revealed only he who now leth will let
until he be taken out of the way who is the head of the church amen amen I know we refer to as the bride but he's the head and when he takes his church when he takes his church then the wicked one will move in but I tell you what if we've if we've got 31 days left before the Rapture I'm not that's just a figure I know nothing about when it's going to happen but if we got 31 days I don't want him to have the one off of the 30 amen I want everything that belongs to me and the church deserves everything that belongs to her amen amen amen amen praise the Lord this is our day this is our
hour so the godhead is more than just the doctorine you believe one 2 three and put it on the Shelf in the back of your head ah great I believe that don't overlook the power don't overlook it's the only Power it's the only Revelation that can shake hell and make Satan himself back up you could say devil look I want you to back up I believe in three Gods now get out of the way he just laugh and say I'm one of them but when you say hear it old Satan there is one God and his name is Jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah why does this bother the old boy because when he opened his eyes when he was created there was one God standing there amen and he knew that and he knew he was supposed to worship him and him only and he backslid and decided he wanted to be God and he's still after it and he's going to be the God of this world on a throne somewhere part of the time in Israel for 3 years and after he's revealed seven years and all but you know I think the devil is very very restless and Disturbed and very nervous the Bible said he came down in great wrath because he knows his time is short and he's he's going to have to take that seven years and it's really going to torment him because that seven years is going to prove that he's not God because everything's going to go hayar is the old saying during that seven years I mean everything going to go hayar the sun's going to go out and he can't turn it back on the moon's going to turn to blood and he can't clean it up amen the Scorpions are going to travel and sting man and he can't do nothing about it and they going to scream at him if you're a God why don't you take care of this the some's going to get so hop that can't standed and they going to say why don't you turn this down if you're a God do something well you know he can't all he can do is make it hotter all he can do is make things worse that's right he can't make things better he has to make it worse now I read here about these terrible
unclean spirits invading the Kings leaders rulers of the universe working day and night and we would be astonished if we only know knew the evil that's going on behind closed doors in these fellas palaces and domain but after all we don't have anything to worry about I don't want to bring this message to you to put any fear we have nothing to be afraid of amen amen amen I don't know whether they had it figured right or not but they said if we needed them every human being on Earth and that's getting close to six billion people could have 16,000 and good Angels walking around with them amen if we look at things seen we might
get Disturbed but I don't look at things seen this morning I'm looking at things not seen I see it by the eye of faith my king is sitting upon the throne my king rules all things my king controls everything there's nothing nothing that he can't take care of there's not a devil in hell or out of hell that can stand before him one second nothing his very presence his Holiness causes them to shake in their boots every time they think about him amen so to clear there all you have to do is to get in the spirit and shout it to the top of your voice hear it Satan there's one God and his name is Jesus praise God praise God praise God praise God I walked into dens of witches and all kinds of evil men and hypnotics and what have you I always depend on this truth to protect me and so far I've never got a scratch I've watched them fall I've watched the Holy Spirit knock them cold and fall out on the floor but it's never touched me the revelation of the one true God Amen protects me amen I know his name I know the power of that name amen amen amen do you know the power of that name do you love that name it's the name of God the Eternal God now I've said this before let me say it again the greatest truth the Eternal truth is this Revelation one God you see this this truth never had a beginning it'll never have an ending it's Eternal truth it was here before lucif ER was created it was already here ruling everything praise God every Sun Moon Star everything came into being because of him therefore he knows that the Antichrist in human flesh will know that but it seems like they are driven right on with their hate against the church and you can mark this down there's one person that Satan is is planning to move out of the picture if he can his name is Jesus the churches that took the blood out of their song books will take Jesus out amen and these little things they're talking about putting in your hand is not the mark of the beast that's getting close though and when they take the mark of the beast they will be accepting the Antichrist as God the Messiah manifested In the Flesh living in Jerusalem in the temple and when that is placed in your forehead or in your hand you're doomed to Hell forever and forever well would you say Jesus
Jesus here us today hear us today and cause Satan to hear us Satan to hear us and all of his angels all satan hear it Satan hear it and all of your angels all your angels there's one God there's one God and his name is Jesus hear it and tremble from one side of Hell to the other praise the Lord praise the Lord I was back in on the first conference I don't know when that was was in Louisville Kentucky all this U
many different kind of people doing a lot of things is taking place and and I said Lord to show me about all this just what do you think about this would you show me a dream or vision and that night I dreamed I saw a beautiful Church oh it was huge sitting on top of a hill and the glory of God was all over it just just such a beautiful sight there was nothing out there not even any trees to keep you from seeing everything about this church but I looked to my left the woods were full of people shouting talking in tongues they was just in the wilderness out there and I saw a few leave our the true church and cross the road over Into the Wilderness and the spirit of the Lord spoke to me and said this is the people pointing to the Wilderness of many gods pray for him but he said this is the church and these preachers that's leing this church and go into the Wilderness is committing spiritual adultery and I noticed the people it was almost out of the woods they went further back in the woods because these left and went that way you see God didn't call us to live in the wilderness this church is a like a city set on a hill she's true blue shining and I I I've obeyed I pray for those people I love those people I'd like to see them come out of the Wilderness but that church was on the top of the hill where they could all look and see it up there the glory of the Lord was up on it just up to them to walk out amen and cross the world the road of the world and step into it thank the Lord for this church and I close with it's built on a rock and the Gates of Hell cannot Prevail against it she's true blue let her stand and love the Lord praise God hallelujah hallelujah praise the Lord praise the Lord thank the Lord thank the Lord thank the Lord praise God praise the Lord praise the Lord hallelujah praise God thank the Lord praise the Lord all right will you put this in your
prayer along when you're praying to hinder the Antichrist Amen to stop him until the Lord's through amen he wants us to do that we are the ones to do that not to give up and throw in the towel and say there's nothing we can do we are doing something if we could only see what we're doing we'd shout every day amen amen give him a hand oh hallelujah hallelujah we love you Lord praise God well say it Jesus blesses service today and
Scripture references as spoken: Revelation 16:13-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8; Romans 1:20.