Revelation 13:4: And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto
the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to make war with him?
In the Bible we're told that, during the Tribulation Period to come, Satan,
the dragon who will give his power unto the beast (the prophesied Antichrist),
is going to become the object of worship among many.
Bearing that in mind, I want to today discuss a Fox
News review of a video game that
incorporates demonic activity into a first person shooter game appropriately
entitled "The Darkness."
According to the review, the game's character is a mobster named Jackie
Estacado who "finds himself on the bad side of a deal gone wrong with his
employer, who just happens to be the Don of the New York mafia." Once
that occurs, the game's hero begins killing "pretty much everything in
his path — mobsters, police officers and random strangers — in a
blood-soaked zeal to exact revenge on his former employers."
Here's where the storyline gets interesting to both the reviewer and me. As
the game's character kills and kills again, he becomes possessed and begins to
develop demonic powers which give him "snarling tentacle-like serpents
that sprout from his shoulders with the tap of a button", as well as the
ability to withstand gunshot wounds. He even gains the ability to "summon
little demonic buddies" to assist him in his mission. It's this dynamic,
according to the reviewer, that makes the game so much fun.
I remember how the press had a field day when the Left Behind video game came
out, pointing out that the game's "Tribulation Force" of Christians
was involved in killing their enemies in the game. Summoning little demonic
buddies, killing everything in sight (even law enforcement officers), and
having "grisly, snarling tentacle-like serpents" that sprout from
your shoulders at your disposal? In contrast, that's not of concern. It's just
good gaming! It's also, make no mistake about it, an unwitting endorsement of
demonology if not outright Satanism.
The Bible tells us that Satan is going to be worshipped by many in the
Tribulation Period to come and his right hand man, the Antichrist, is going to
be as well, by all that dwell upon the earth "whose names are not written
in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (Revelation
13:8)
While this commentary is about one person's review of a video game, it's also
a testimonial to how subtly (and even not so subtly) mankind today is being
prepared by the powers of darkness to embrace the demonic wickedness that
Bible prophecy tells us is on its way to becoming a reality in this
sin-riddled world we're living in.
People harnessing demonic powers to kill through a video game. That's today's
commentary, as well as another reminder that Jesus Christ is coming soon.
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