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The Distorter

When God’s people, his Beloved, obeyed the Archnemesis in the beginning of this great story, all of God’s creation fell. We still live in a broken world today.

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While the world we live in is broken, it hasn’t been destroyed. It’s broken as in “not fixed.” Fingerprints of the great Hero can still be seen. And as he works in and through his Beloved, his ways and his kingdom spread.

Jesus told us to ask God to spread his kingdom further (see Matthew 6:10). But Satan, the great Corrupter, is out to stop every bit of it.

Think

Although he is pure evil, Satan has to fight within his limitations. He’s not a creator. If he was, he could create a slew of new beings to battle against the Beloved. But he can’t create like God can. He can only distort. He corrupted the angels that joined his rebellion — he could only steal from what God had already created. And still now, he and his fallen angel followers can only interfere with what exists. Like a fungus or a parasite, they’ll take something good and infect it.

The Archnemesis seeks to break up strong families and good relationships, doing whatever it takes to tear them down.

He corrupts sexuality. Since it’s one of God’s beautiful and creative inventions for marriage, Satan has attacked it fervently — promoting it as something everyone should do, at any time, without any rules.

The Enemy goes after whatever God says is good. And as we buy into his corruptions, we put on his chains.

Live

Since the Archnemesis is mainly a distorter, you can know that the target of his attacks is something good. If it’s good and of the Hero, that something is worth fighting for. Pay attention to the world around you. Look for the Archnemesis’s attacks. Find out what he’s after, and defend it.

Taken from NIV The Great Rescue