Divided They Fall

As you all know, 31-year-old Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA who traveled all over the country debating and counseling young people from a conservative, scripturally based point of view was shot and killed on September 10 during a TPUSA event on the campus of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah. Swirling conspiracy theories notwithstanding, the official report has him being shot by 22-year-old Tyler Robinson from the roof of a building some 200 yards from the stage where Charlie sat and spoke to the crowd.

First off, relax...I’m not going to take up your time grinding through all the whodunit details of the murder because you can get all that from various sources online. And I’m not going to toss in my two shekels concerning some of the conspiracy theories surrounding who actually shot Charlie or how they did it. Every time something like this happens, there are invariably people who believe they have the inside scoop on what really happened and feel compelled to enlighten others. I try not to be one of them, generally speaking.

I figure the truth will worm its way out sooner or later—it always does.

Now, I’m not suggesting the details don’t matter—it’s just that in my view it’s time to get past the details...it’s Big Picture time. It’s time to start thinking about the impact this event is having and is likely to continue to have on our country, and what it means in regard to the path our country will take in the coming days as the world careens toward the judgment of a holy God whose grace and mercy it has foolishly spurned.

Charlie who? For the record, I admit that I didn’t know all that much about Charlie Kirk and his ministry prior to his assassination. It was one of those situations where I had heard the name and seen the face on the Internet, but that’s about it. Charlie had somehow managed to pass under my radar, and I had never had the pleasure of listening to any of his debates or discussions with students. Things like that happen occasionally when you live on the other side of the planet like I do. So virtually everything I know about him at this point is stuff I’ve learned since the shooting.

That said, however, when I consider the effect Charlie Kirk’s murder is having on America and both its left- and right-wing populations, there is one word that just slaps you in the face:

Division.

If I had to choose one word that describes our world today, I would be hard-pressed to think of a better one. Division has taken on a variety of forms in our world over the years, and I am convinced based on Scripture that it will morph into even more sinister forms in the future. So, my advice to a world that has rejected the grace and mercy of a loving God and that will soon experience His divine judgment is simple and direct:

Buckle up, hoss...you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Division in America

I’ve touched on this topic before, but America is clearly no stranger to division. In a free country, where people (at least theoretically) have the right so speak their mind and follow their own conscience, divisions invariably exist on countless issues. Guns, abortion, the LGBT agenda, religion, America’s relationship with Israel, you name it. The list goes on and on, and these divisions can obviously spark passionate and often heated debate.

But today, as we survey the landscape of these divisions within our society, one thing seems completely clear:

The overall effect of these various species

of division has been to divide the country

into two distinct and identifiable halves:

[THE LEFT] vs [THE RIGHT]

Or call it Democrats vs Republicans. Liberals vs conservatives. Feel free to use the labels of your choosing.

One fundamental problem, unfortunately, is that it has become increasingly clear that the left automatically lumps Christians into the right, or what they view as a swirling cauldron of Trump-supporting cretins who are trying to shove their dangerous MAGA extremist views onto far more intelligent, sensible, and open-minded people on the left.

So when they start running low on labels, the division in America essentially begins to morph into this in the minds of many left-wing people:

[NON-CHRISTIANS] vs [CHRISTIANS]

Obviously a gross over-simplification in reality, but the painful truth is that when tempers erupt and politically motivated violence occurs, the word “Christian” is invariably invoked as a label that places a person on the right, right along with all their MAGA extremist pals who threaten our democracy.

Although our country has been experiencing increasing degrees of division on many levels over the last several decades, it seems that the assassination of Charlie Kirk has caused this division to boil over in ways that are sending shock waves through our society. This one bellwether event seems to have triggered both sides of the political spectrum, and is bringing out the best and the worst in diverse groups of people.

We have seen people on the right eulogize and hold prayer vigils for Charlie (or at least try to in some cases), and we have seen people on the left gleefully mock and celebrate Charlie’s horrifying murder in ways that leave the words “merciless” and “sadistic” gasping for air (not to mention callously block and/or disrupt some of those prayer vigils).

In response, we have seen numerous left-wing people be censored, disciplined, or even fired from their positions for such reactions. Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel made some remarks that were as humorless and insensitive as they were factually untrue and lamely misleading in reference to Charlie’s supporters and the suspected killer, and his show was promptly taken off the air. Here’s a quote from Kimmel’s pathetic, politically distorted diatribe:

“We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”

Now, it’s true that Tyler Robinson’s parents are Republicans. But it was revealed early on by those who knew Tyler that he had become extremely politically radicalized toward the left and filled with seething hatred over the last year or so. Predictably enough, Kimmel zeroed in on the fact that the suspected killer’s parents were Republicans and used it as a flimsy, maladroit excuse to target Trump, his supporters, and all things MAGA.

Tsk tsk tsk...nice try, Jimmy. Well, not to sound rude or anything, but all I can do is echo the sentiment expressed by a number of Jimmy Kimmel’s left-wing pals in regard to Charlie Kirk:

Good riddance.

(Of course, his “suspension” turned out to be little more than a six-day vacation, which speaks volumes about the moral caliber of those who run the major television networks).

But just as the left is demonstrating how low they can possibly go, the right is taking the high ground and letting it be known that they will only tolerate so much. For the right, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy...or perhaps I should say no more Mr. Quiet Guy. They are letting the left know in no uncertain terms that they’ve gone too far. They are sending a crystal clear message that they will not passively accept such nauseatingly debased responses to the brutal murder of a man who had never harmed a soul, who sought only to help young people find the truth (and who was literally killed while doing so), and who had earned their respect and admiration.

And what do we see in the aftermath of Charlie’s murder? A groundswell of searching—searching for answers. Spiritual answers. After being confronted with such senseless, hate-filled violence and bloodshed, millions of people around the country have been triggered to start seeking something more spiritually meaningful than the cold-blooded murder of someone you happen to disagree with—which, judging from the reactions of a surprising number of people on the left, might almost be said to be their new norm.

And the result? All over the country, people are flocking to churches in record numbers. And you and I both know the reason for that:

They’re hungry—and down deep they sense where the bread is.

Charlie Kirk’s murder has triggered a bona fide revival, and legions of people, especially young people, are seeking God and coming to a saving knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are finding what they’ve been looking for—and what they haven’t been able to find in all the woke, politically correct caterwauling they have been exposed to and immersed in.

I am convinced that God is using Charlie Kirk’s murder as a tool to begin drawing in what is in all likelihood the last significant wave of people (especially Americans) into the body of Christ before it is removed via the Rapture in preparation for the outpouring of His prophesied judgment on the world during the rapidly approaching Tribulation.

I am convinced this sudden increase in division, especially politically motivated division, that we see fomenting in America in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder is prophetically significant. The deluded idea that’s beginning to take root among an admittedly small but still alarming number of people on the left is that it’s not just an acceptable thing, but a good thing to kill those who disagree with their liberal, left-wing ideology. And it is giving us a small foretaste of what is coming during the Tribulation.

Not just for America, but ultimately for the whole world.

Division over Israel

Division in America is one thing, but this has clearly been bleeding over into the world and setting the tone for increased division on the international scene. And just as the prophet Zechariah told us millennia ago and just as we are currently hearing about in the media on a daily basis...

Israel is the focal point of that global division.

As Zechariah puts it, speaking of the last days:

²Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. ³And in that day [the day of the Lord, which includes the Tribulation] will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. [That division will reach the point during the Great Tribulation where it’s all the nations of the world led by the Antichrist vs Israel...and God will have Israel’s back.]

(Zechariah 12:2–3 AKJV / emphasis & [comments] added)

At the time of this writing, the UN General Assembly has voted to endorse a resolution that will establish a fixed path toward a two-state solution:

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution [that means we’re not quite there yet] between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of a meeting of world leaders.

(emphasis & [comments] added)

— Reuters, September 12, 2025 [Source]

Both the U.S. and Israel boycotted the event, and are dismissing this resolution as little more than a publicity stunt that does nothing but aid Hamas.

But the way the wind is blowing is clear: There is a galvanized effort underway by the UN and numerous world leaders to hand over a significant chunk of Israeli territory to terrorists who would waste little time in using that land as a base from which to launch attacks intended to destroy a significantly weakened version of Israel. And if Israel’s enemies were to attempt to do that, you can bet that whatever high-sounding “security guarantees” that Israel might have been promised would crumble like a graham cracker. Please don’t miss this:

In reality, the highly vaunted two-state solution is a thinly veiled death sentence for Israel, and that is precisely why Satan is pushing naive world leaders so hard to implement it as expeditiously as possible.

Never forget:

Job one for Satan is wiping out the Jews.

The Great Wannabe: So, why exactly does Satan want to wipe out the Jews so badly, you ask. That’s easy: Satan knows he must annihilate the Jewish people because he knows it is they who will trigger the Second Coming by calling upon the LORD to save them from certain destruction—and save them He will (Hos. 5:15). In his consummate pride, Satan actually believes he can thwart God’s plan by making something in His Word fail to come to pass, thus bringing God down a notch and elevating himself to a higher level in the spiritual hierarchy. But when the Jews do implore the LORD to save them (and they will—hide and watch), Christ will return, destroy their enemies, toss Satan in the slammer, and establish their promised kingdom. And that will crush Satan’s dream of keeping his little kingdom here on earth where he can strut around pretending to be like the Most High (Isa. 14:14).

At least it will crush that dream temporarily. Satan will be back a thousand years later (at the end of the Millennial Kingdom) for one last shot at destroying Jesus and re-establishing his failed kingdom, but he will fail miserably yet again and be tossed into the lake of fire for eternity. Like I said earlier: Good riddance (and it’ll be for a lot longer than six days).

I believe this endorsement—although perhaps not the treaty of Daniel 9:27 per se—is almost certainly a path to that treaty, so it merits our full attention. Hey, be patient—we’re getting there. Tape a note on your bathroom mirror:

No matter what happens today,

the Rapture could happen tomorrow!

In spite of the deep and clear division between Israel along with a supportive Trump administration and most of the rest of the world over this endorsement, however, I believe Scripture makes it clear that the land of Israel will in fact ultimately be divided via a two-state solution, and this will come packaged with permission for Israel to build their Third Temple in the treaty of Daniel 9:27. The prophet Joel speaks of this division of Israel in the last days:

²I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land, [When the time finally comes when Israel foolishly and naively divides the land God gave them as an eternal inheritance with their sworn enemies, it triggers His final round of judgment upon them.]

(Joel 3:2 / emphasis & [comments] added)

I’ve discussed this before, but I am convinced from Scripture that it is in fact the two-state solution in which Israel foolishly divides their land with their enemies that constitutes the last straw for God, and it essentially triggers God’s final round of judgment on His people as well as the world.

Of course, division between the right and the left in America and division between Israel and other nations of the world over the two-state solution aren’t the only types of division that will characterize the end times. During the Tribulation, there will be another type of division that will affect every single person on earth on a very personal level.

Every. Single. One.

Division of the entire world

Make no mistake: Satan isn’t just the author of confusion—he is also the author of division, and during the coming Tribulation he will certainly use this tool to his advantage during his brief 42-month kingdom. During that time, division will engulf the entire world in a way we have never witnessed.

When Satan’s man the Antichrist emerges as the rising, charismatic leader of a global government (along with the leader of a global religion in the person of the False Prophet), you might say there will be some major changes in store for the world’s population.

Gaia needs our help: I’ve written about this before, but people who are “channeling” beings they believe are members of a benevolent alien race (actually a gaggle of demonic entities) give us some ideas about how the Antichrist will deceive the world. He will claim to be in contact with that (non-existent) benevolent alien race, and that those beings are telling us we need to “evolve spiritually” so we can attain a fourth-dimensional earthly paradise (some say fifth-dimensional, but who’s counting). They will tell us that our Earth Mother Gaia is going through a period of tremulous changes (i.e. the judgments of the Tribulation) as she tries to cleanse herself of the dark, negative energy created and propagated by the corrupted myths of the past (i.e. the Bible). Those who insist on clinging to these myths (i.e. believers) are holding back our Earth Mother as she attempts this self-cleansing, and they clearly put that cleansing process in jeopardy. Thus, believers are an existential threat to the earth itself as well as to all of mankind, and so they must be eliminated if we are to save ourselves and our planet.

Got it? So let’s round ‘em up and chop their heads off!

Buoyed by such phony extraterrestrial fairy tales and Satan’s prideful desire to hang on to his little kingdom, the Antichrist will oversee a shift to a society where everyone must be part of the global economic system, and they will do so by taking the mark of the beast. Those who refuse (which would be all Tribulation saints) will be wanted criminals who will be hunted down and executed if caught, and legions will be:

⁹After these things [i.e. after the 144,000 Jewish evangelists are sealed and sent out to preach the gospel throughout the post-Rapture world] I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, [that is, Gentiles] standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. [These are Gentile Tribulation saints who have been executed and are in heaven.] ¹⁰They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, ¹²saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

¹³One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?” ¹⁴I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. [They were caught and beheaded by the forces of the Antichrist during the “great suffering” of the Great Tribulation.] They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.”

(Revelation 7:9–14 / emphasis & [comments] added)

John makes it clear in chapter 13 that every unsaved person on earth will worship the Antichrist and take his mark in order to take part in his global economic system:

⁷It was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. ⁸All who dwell on the earth [see remarks below] will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed. [In other words, every single unbeliever on earth will go along with this—they will worship the Antichrist and take his mark.] ⁹If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

(Revelation 13:7–9 / emphasis & [comments] added)

Note that the expression “those/all who dwell upon the earth” is used several times in John’s description of the Tribulation period, and it always refers strictly to unbelievers—never to believers.

Those who have believed the truth of the gospel (i.e. Tribulation saints) will not take the mark, and they will become desperate fugitives living off the grid on the fringe of society. I’ve written about this before, but many of them will be caught and executed while others will survive the judgments of the Tribulation and stand at the Sheep and Goat Judgment shortly after Christ returns at the Second Coming (Matt. 24:31–46). The purpose of the Sheep and Goat Judgment is to determine if they rate admittance to the kingdom: Some will (the sheep) and some won’t (the goats), depending on whether or not they maintained a faithful witness during the Tribulation.

Remember: Eternal security is a blessing promised only to the Church (John 20:29). We are the only ones who are eternally sealed with the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit the moment we believe. Old Testament believers didn’t enjoy such a blessing before the Church Age, and neither will Tribulation saints after the Church Age. After the Church is removed at the Rapture, people who come to a saving knowledge of the gospel will have to maintain a faithful witness by fully availing themselves of the power of the Holy Spirit, and those who do so will be rewarded by being welcomed into the kingdom. But some will falter and fail to do so, and they will give in to the fear that will consume them. These will not be granted entrance because unlike the Church, they saw plenty.

My point is that in the Antichrist’s kingdom during the Great Tribulation, the division of the world’s population will be total and absolute:

• Either you worship the Antichrist as God or you don’t.

• Either you are willing to take the mark or you aren’t.

• Either you can buy and sell or you can’t.

 

Oh, and either you are protected by the forces of the Antichrist you worship or you are hunted down by those same forces and executed if captured.

There’s no middle ground—it’s all or nothing. Black or white. In or out.

During his brief heyday, Satan will divide the

world like it has never been divided before.

Division in the Church

Division in America, division among the nations of the world over Israel, and division among the global population during the Tribulation are one kettle of fish. But what is important for us as believers to understand and be aware of, however, is the fact that for the last two thousand years Satan has done a bang-up job of creating division within the body of Christ. In fact, division has always been one of his most effective weapons in his efforts to weaken, demoralize, and slow the growth of the Church and prevent it from effectively carrying out its task of being the salt and light of the world and taking the message of the gospel to the farthest reaches of that world.

In the New Testament, we see a number of references to various types of division taking root within the Church, and the apostle Paul and other New Testament writers address such issues in several places.

For example, believers in Corinth became divided over questions concerning the consumption of meat that had been offered to idols, over the proper way to exercise the supernatural sign gifts of the Holy Spirit that were in full operation at the time during their worship services, and a number of other issues.

Satan wasted no time in doing his best to slip division in under the door of the fledgling Church in order to weaken it, thwart its growth, and dampen its effect on the region. And the apostle Paul also wasted no time in addressing such division and urging believers to counter Satan’s efforts to divide them, as we see near the beginning of his first letter to the Corinthians:

¹⁰Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; [Paul cuts to the chase] but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹For it has been declared to me of you, my brothers, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. ¹²Now this I say, that every one of you said, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. [In other words, there was division over what “celebrity” teacher they followed (and that continues to this day in many circles).] ¹³Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? [And Paul proceeds to call them out and lower the boom on them.]

(1 Corinthians 1:10–13 / emphasis & [comments] added)

The New Testament is peppered with admonitions to strenuously avoid division to the greatest extent possible and diligently seek unity within the Church. For example, in his letter to the believers in Ephesus, Paul stresses our need to strive for unity in the Spirit:

¹I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation with which you are called, ²With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; ³Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; ⁵One Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. [It’s one, one, one, one, one, one—unity, not division.]

(Ephesians 4:1–6 AKJV / emphasis & [comments] added)

There is nothing “divided” about God, His Son, or His Spirit—they are one, and so believers should strive to be one with them and with each other.

James points out that where there is division—which is frequently manifested in the form of envy and strife, there is confusion and evil works:

¹³Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. ¹⁵This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. ¹⁶For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. [Much of this strife and confusion is rooted in differing interpretations of Scripture.] ¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

(James 3:13–18 AKJV / emphasis & [comments] added)

Wherever there is confusion and evil works, you can bet that Satan is at work in the midst of it.

Differing interpretations of Scripture have been thorny issues for the Church since the beginning, and in modern times this has blossomed into one of the chief sources of division within the body of Christ. Here are a few salient examples of what we are up against today:

• Premillennialism vs postmillennialism vs amillennialism: The kingdom is coming soon vs the kingdom is coming much later vs the kingdom is already here and it’s in our hearts. (Excuse me...my head is spinning.)

• The pre-trib Rapture vs the post-trib Rapture: The Church is saved from the time and place of God’s wrath vs the Church goes through God’s wrath.

• Continuationism vs cessationism: The supernatural sign gifts of the Holy Spirit continue until today vs they ceased after the original apostles died.

• Zionism vs replacement theology: Israel is still God’s Chosen People and always will be and the land of Israel is their eternal possession vs modern Israel is a historical anomaly and the Church has replaced it in God’s plans.

And on and on it goes. This would be as good a time as any to run down a short list of the injurious effects that division has on the Church:

1. Division invariably turns believers against other believers.

Well, duhh...that’s the very nature of division: It divides. And Satan is smart enough to know that we are no threat to him (actually, we are helping him) if we are busy stabbing each other in the back.

2. Division hurts our witness before a broken world.

In the gospel of John, Jesus indicates that the unity of believers would be one of the chief ways the world would know the Savior had come:

²⁰Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; ²¹That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. [In other words, we are to be one with each other and one with Him. That’s how the world will recognize Christ for who He really is: God in the flesh sent by His Father to save us.]

(John 17:20–21 AKJV / emphasis & [comments] added)

This is the essential message we are to convey to a fallen, broken world...and if we are divided, we cannot do that effectively.

3. Division can weaken and demoralize even the best Church leaders.

There are precious few pastors in the Church who bear no scars from the effects of various types of division that have cropped up on occasion among their congregants. It could arise as a result of doctrinal disagreements, squabbles over church procedures, or any number of things. After all, there are always people who will find something to nitpick and quibble over.

Unfortunately, such infighting can have negative, demoralizing effects on what may in fact be an outstanding preacher of the Word.

When an anointed minister of the word is forced to play the role of referee, everybody on the team deserves a penalty.

4. Division can result from believers clinging to their personal desires.

In some cases, division can come in the form of believers clinging to their personal preferences or things they desire. In other words, idols.

Idolatry can take many forms, but it comes down to putting things we desire before God and things God desires for us. In today’s world, saying “no” to oneself—to one’s sin nature and one’s sinful desires—has become a dying art.

If you want to live for Christ, don’t let that “dying art” die.

5. Division can distract the Church from the Great Commission.

When a church gets enmeshed in any form of division, it invariably loses its focus on what should be their primary, overriding goal:

Reaching the lost with the good news of the gospel.

Why? Because reaching the lost with the message of the gospel is an outwardly focused activity. Every species of division, however, is an inwardly focused activity. And the inward distracts from the outward.

6. Division often causes young people to turn away from the Church.

When a church gets mired in division, young people in the congregation are often more profoundly affected by it than the seasoned veterans in the congregation. The memories of that stressful, often rancorous period can often stick with those young people for a long time, and as they get older and more mature those memories tend to make them more inclined to fall away and leave the church, and seek spiritual fulfillment elsewhere.

Unfortunately, it turns out that in far too many cases, “elsewhere” turns out to be something other than a solid, Bible-believing church.

And in far too many cases, they never return.

7. Division is a victory for the Adversary.

Paul made one thing about division crystal clear:

¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. [And division is certainly one the devil’s most effective wiles.] ¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. [Brothers and sisters in our congregation are not the enemy—the real enemies are Satan and his demonic cohorts.]

(Ephesians 6:11–12 AKJV / emphasis & [comments] added)

When members of a church allow themselves to give in to the “wiles of the devil,” they will most assuredly turn on each other. And when they do, chalk up a victory for the enemy. It’s not complicated:

Unity is the work of God—division is the work of the Adversary.

Not to mention a victory for him.

Fearless

When I named this article “Divided They Fall,” I was obviously thinking of the immortal words of Patrick Henry:

“United we stand, divided we fall.”

I was considering the damaging effects of division on the United States, the nations of the world over Israel, the entire global population during the Tribulation, and, yes, even the Church. But as I did so, I realized that perhaps I should tweak Patrick Henry’s line a bit—and the reason is simple:

The Church isn’t gonna fall—we’re gonna rise!

In spite of our flaws and weaknesses, we are perfect in the eyes of our Heavenly Father because He looks at us through the lens of His perfectly righteous Son, whose righteousness He imputes to us through faith.

As we wait to rise, however, what we see happening in our country in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder reminds me of one irrefutable biblical truth:

Everything Satan does ultimately backfires.

When Satan stoked Tyler Robinson’s hatred to the point where he murdered Charlie Kirk, he thought he had scored a major victory over the hated right wing by silencing one of their boldest, most outspoken voices.

But what the author of division failed to

realize is that God had merely used him

as a tool to raise up legions of believers

to take Charlie’s place on the battlefield.

And that is precisely what we see beginning to happen today. Charlie Kirk’s bold, unwavering witness should inspire us, and it is in fact starting to inspire legions. As we consider him and his scripturally infused responses to what many people would consider sensitive, controversial questions put to him by students who have been steeped in a godless, woke, anything-goes society, one thing that shines through is the fact that Charlie showed no trace of fear—he simply told them God’s truth point-blank, like it or not.

And believe me, there were those who didn’t like it one little bit.

It was Charlie’s bold, fearless witness that made the left-wing mob despise him with such maniacal intensity. It was Charlie’s bold, fearless witness that drove a radicalized, left-wing psychopath to murder him in cold blood. And although Charlie (who never attended college) was a self-taught wonder, he maintained that bold, fearless witness for one simple reason:

He loved and trusted God enough to simply obey Him.

It finally hit me, and it hit me hard...and I pray it hits you just as hard:

We should be just as fearless in our witness as Charlie was. We can trust God to lead us, guide us, and empower us to do our small part in the accomplishment of His will, in spite of our weaknesses and imperfections.

I believe God is using Charlie Kirk’s murder to kick-start the final division between those who seek God’s truth and those who peddle Satan’s lies before He removes the first group in the Rapture and launches His prophesied judgment on the second. And the message couldn’t be any clearer:

It’s time to take a stand.

And that simple reason I just mentioned is a key part of Charlie Kirk’s legacy:

All we have to do is love and trust

God enough to simply obey Him.

From Greg Lauer @ A Little Strength—OCT '25

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