Satan's Casino: Gain the whole world/ Winners welcome.
Posted : 23 May, 2021 02:22 AM
Satan is an envious spirit, pone that speaks after God has spoken.
To highlight that, here are the parables of the Kingdom of Heasven, and how satan prefers his kingdom of hell.
The Kingdom of Heaven then is compared to meek seeds, which although meek and humbling, as the child example in Matthew 18, grow up to be part of the birds )(angels) that fly and the meek inheriting the earth..
Mark 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Matthew 18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Matthew 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Although 1 Corinthians continues how no flesh should glory in the presence of God and how God specifically chooses of course those mustard seeds who are thew least among other seeds less humbled than themselves, this idea is ridiculed by satan.
To satan, God does all by chance, and the ones who play this game and who win are the rich, the exalted, the selfish, and the merciless, and those who appear righteous on the outside.
So the kingdom of hell is compared to a Casino, where the poor may not enter, where the focus is on gain only, where the rich play and show their extortions and excesses.
Here are some verses for example:
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Peter 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1 Peter 4:4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
Proverbs 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Isaiah 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
