Did you ever give thought to the fact that a group of people can be in one accord or have the same mind and heart and yet be totally out of the will of God? Yes, there is power when we come together as a people, but the power can come from the enemy just as easily as it can come from God. It depends if we are walking in sin and corruption, or in righteousness. As an example, let us look at Revelation 17:12-13, Daniel 11:23, and Genesis 11:6.

It doesn't take many. They just need to be of one purpose.

These are all examples of the wicked being in one accord, and if not defeated or deterred, they can be the victor. God Himself stepped in each time however. Let's look back at Daniel and read verse 45, and chapter 12 verse one.

God sent His angels. Angels were used at Genesis 11 also in verses

In Revelation the wicked have the audacity to turn on the Lamb. A lot of good it does them. Let us read verse 14.

We see from the above scripture that these were not righteous. They were out of God's will. They did not walk out truth. In the account of Babel they did things their way and in their own strength. They were building something God had not authorized. In Daniel we saw the Antichrist spirit (Satan) operating through a man (the body of Satan in full stature) being destroyed by the guardians of our Kingdom, Michael and his angels. In Revelation we see the body of Christ and the Lamb (the government of God) defeating this same spirit of Antichrist. Praise God, He gives us the victory! It's truly Christ in us the hope of glory.

Side Note: Does the world treat the righteous unfair? Of course, because the spirit that is against Christ is still in operation.

He will slip quickly into God's people as well if they do not walk in truth and righteousness!

Examples:
Peter -

Ananias -

Judas -

Here is Paul's advice to the saints in Ephesus:

Really note, don't give place to the Devil! Look at the advice God gave Cain in Genesis 4: 7.

We have a tendency to think that because we are Christians that there is no way we can be demonic. Yet the above scriptures tell us different. When people want to do something they know is wrong, they may be able to make people around them think its O.K. or not a big deal, but God is still against it and the Devil is delighted, because at last he is in control. He has been given a place in our heart. Now our bodies are his tent. We make up Satan's palace. He will place us between the sea (the worldly sea of humanity) and the glorious mountain (the government of God) to cause trouble. We at that point become the fulfillment of Daniel 11:45. We still talk about God, appear to be Godly, maybe even claim to love God, His people and truth, but its all a deception.

In other words, we break God's commandments, ignore spiritual law, yet we say we love God. However, the fact is, if we really loved God and truth, we would love righteousness. Sure, we have the right to step off the highway of holiness and control our own destiny. We have a will of our own! Just like Eve! We too can choose good and evil, but know this, it's only the righteous that will not see corruption. Only the righteous will be gathered to God in the last harvest.

Much of the church has already been corrupted and God's people, who walk in rebellion and refuse to learn and change will be deceived, believe the lies of the enemy, and be destroyed right along with it. You see, if we are not obedient to the commandment to separate from the lawless, the anointing on those ones will soon corrupt us also.

Religion or Babylon will begin to look better and better to us, for she allows us to compromise without correction. The true church rebukes, corrects and preaches righteousness. It warns us to separate from evil, and pleads with God's people to come out of the deceiving church before it's too late!

Here is what we should want to be.

Did you know that the scepter of the Kingdom is the scepter of righteousness?

Acceptance into His presence is granted to those that the King hands the scepter to. Look in the mirror. Would He hand the scepter of righteousness to you?

Why all this talk about righteousness? Because righteousness is the opposite fruit of corruption. Remember what 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 says, and this should be our focus, our hope, and the essence of why we are making this walk.

Pick which fruit you want to serve to others. It's up to you. You have a will. Even if you are a person that knows God, but have allowed yourself to be in situations where, like Peter, Ananias and Judas, and the enemy slipped in, there is still hope. We find it prophesied in Isaiah 61, verse 1 and verse 3.

Jesus ministers this promise through His people today. You can be a tree of righteousness and bear good fruit to prepare yourself and others for 1 Corinthians 15:51. Here is a direct statement on this subject from the Lord.

It's up to you! The enemy is gathering his people with the intent of destroying the Lord's people. His body is partly good and partly evil or corrupt. How can we tell a tree of righteousness from a tree of good and evil? In other words, how can we detect an evil person that does good around us? Look for the fruit in their life. If there is any prolonged sin in a person, or in our self, meaning the sin has been pointed out, but the choice is to continue on in it, we are seeing or producing "bad fruit". This attitude is the fruit of the tree of good and evil.

We can even gather together with like kind, and until God gets ready to step in, exercise the will of Satan against what is righteous and continue on apparently unpunished in our unrighteousness. But, God is still God, and each one of us will stand alone before Him for judgment and give our lame excuses for our sins.

How sad this has to happen when the blood of Christ could have made way for our sins to be forgiven. The blood cannot do a thing, however, for our hard-hearted, compromising, clever natures that convince other people around us we are O.K., and we even draw them into our unrighteousness! We deceive them and ourselves into thinking God isn't strict on our area of sin. It's not only called being deceived, but "lukewarm" as well!

Whose mark do we wear? Is it the mark of Satan that results in the fruit of corruption that nourishes, raises and strengthens our love for the kingdom we are now in, or are we marked by God? Have we been separated by Him into groups of His choice that receive truth, walk in it, eat of it until they become the first fruits of God's Kingdom? Hopefully we will choose righteousness and be a part of those in the scripture we read from in Revelation 17:14. Let us be the called (come out of her My people), the chosen (because we are righteous), the faithful (because we are steadfast in our walk with God.) Let us be in one accord with one mind, one heart, one language. In closing, let us be found in the will of God because we have chosen righteousness over corruption.