One time I watched the Belmont horse race with a buddy. A horse named California Chrome was vying for the first triple crown win since Seattle Slew did it way back in 1978. Only eleven horses have won the elusive Triple Crown since it began. The grueling schedule of three races in 5 weeks at longer distances than most have run previously in their careers is probably the most difficult task any horse will face in his racing career.
It looked good for old “Cali Chrome” to do the deed. Well, after much hoopla and press California Chrome failed the test in winning the triple crown and placed a dismal 4th. He didn’t appear to even have a chance from the time they opened the gates.
I’ve never followed horse racing much. I used to go to horse races before I became a Christian. I remember one time I was in New Orleans, and I went and consulted a gypsy palm reader prior to the race. She looked at my hand and told me all kinds of things, but importantly she told me my lucky number was 3.
A friend and I left for the race and mysteriously on the third race, the third horse was at 3-1 one odds. I checked and we had $30 dollars between us. I looked at my friend with a wide grin on my face and told him, “It’s a sure thing, we can’t lose!” We bet every penny on that race on good old number 3. When the bell rang and the gates sprang open we howled, hooted, and screamed through the entire race urging our horse on until he thundered across the finish line winning by three lengths. We collected our money and danced around each other whooping and hollering as though we’d just hit the mega lottery.
Not long after that I became further involved with the occult when one night I found a satanic bible in the alleyway leading into my apartment courtyard complex. Over the next year I used it to cast spells on various people and I became known as a powerful warlock throughout the French Quarter. I saw it work in unbelievable ways.
Amazingly I’d never personally known anyone who had ever delved into witchcraft, but after the horse race and finding the satanic bible it seemed that everyone I met was deeply involved in it and almost overnight I became surrounded by Satan worshippers.
I consider myself very fortunate to get out of it alive, which happened one night when I tried to conjure up a demon and did. I was trying to cast a death spell on someone. Hearing that demon scream and curse at me scared me so badly I nearly died myself and I immediately gave it up right then and there and today will not even look at a horoscope.
Lately I’ve been studying about a secret society called the Illuminati. They are dedicated to Satan and they worship him. They have satanic rituals that include human sacrifice of children. Several celebrities are deeply involved in it including many very famous rock/rap stars, (Google it). At one of the Grammy awards a satanic marriage was performed and was accompanied by a disgusting display of soft porn by alleged Illuminati members.
The Illuminati is over a thousand years old. They are totally dedicated to evil and the destruction of everything good. The Bible is full of examples of witchcraft, demons, and the occult. Satan worship began with the fallen angels and like cancer spread to fallen mankind. Some prefer darkness over light, and we are seeing more and more examples of it as the world zooms towards destruction. Some are ready and willing to trade their eternal souls in exchange for the wealth, power, and fame which are ruled in this world by Satan. While in the desert Jesus resisted his offer of anything the world had to offer, but others jump at the chance.
We have been warned of what is to come after the world turns its back on God and we have been foretold that many will ignore God’s attempt to save them and face certain destruction and eternal doom. Note that I said “many” and not “all”. There is a great revival that has already begun in the world and will soon spread like wildfire in the form of the greatest revival since Pentecost.
The Bible assures us that the end cannot come until every person has had an opportunity to hear the Gospel. Most of those who are in the “know” estimate that number currently represents about 10% of our world population and is being reduced at a rapid rate due to worldwide evangelism efforts led by technology. We hope to reach their lost souls before they are separated from God for eternity.
Don’t get discouraged by the gains made by evil people in these evil times. As Billy Graham once said, “I have nothing to fear; I’ve read the last chapter of the Bible…
Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.