True Spiritual Warfare & Apocalypse
Almost every 5 years someone comes out with a “timeline” theory of when the world will end and they point to all these obscure signs that might make sense if you turn your head upside down.
They say that hacks will happen, water will be cut off, massive bombings, all of these things will occur when the end is near. Well, those things happen daily across the globe so where are we with this? Is the metric only if it happens in America?
The reality, as believers, should be apparent to us but because of the Reformation it has given a voice to those who create deadly theories with half truths and misinformation.
Many Christians envision spiritual warfare in apocalyptic terms: demons rising, the earth shaking, open persecution, or dramatic signs in the heavens. But the devil’s most dangerous war is far more subtle. It’s not found in fire from the skies or possession in the streets—it’s found in the quiet, almost invisible corrosion of truth.
The Devil’s First Weapon Was a Lie
In Eden, Satan didn’t use violence. He didn’t possess Eve or threaten her. He used deception: “Did God really say…?”(Genesis 3:1). With that one question, the father of lies (John 8:44) fractured the order of creation by planting a seed of doubt.
That’s always been his tactic: attack truth, twist it slightly, and unleash chaos. The greatest spiritual battles don’t begin with bloodshed—they begin with belief.
Why Truth Matters: Christ Is the Truth
Jesus didn’t just teach the truth. He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6). To attack truth, then, is to assault Christ directly. That’s not poetic language—it’s reality. When society redefines, dilutes, or discards truth, it’s not a neutral mistake; it’s spiritual sabotage.
If you can destabilize what is true, you dismantle order.
If you dismantle order, you break down meaning.
If you break down meaning, people lose vision.
And “where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18).
Russia’s War on Truth: Propaganda as Psychological Weaponry
Look to modern Russia. Not merely for bombs or bullets—but for information warfare. Disinformation campaigns, AI-generated fakes, and manipulated narratives are not just military tactics—they’re demonic in their nature. Why?
Because they target the soul through confusion.
They destabilize minds, rewire beliefs, sow division.
In 2014, during the annexation of Crimea, Russian state media pushed conflicting stories simultaneously: one version said Russian forces weren’t there, another claimed they were peacekeepers, and a third implied they had always belonged. The point wasn’t to convince you of a truth, but to exhaust your ability to find it. That is the goal of spiritual deception: not to get you to believe a lie, but to stop you from believing anything at all.
Historical Parallels: Lies that Sparked Collapse
History is littered with spiritual assaults disguised as political ones:
Nazi Germany used half-truths and propaganda to manipulate economic fears and create a scapegoat in the Jews. The church, mostly silent, didn’t recognize the spiritual warfare until too late.
The Soviet Union rewrote history in real-time. Newspapers like Pravda (ironically meaning “truth”) told a version of reality that didn’t exist, keeping people enslaved not just physically but intellectually and spiritually.
Modern Western culture does the same through relativism—truth becomes personal, subjective, and fluid. But subjective truth is just another name for lies in disguise.
The Church’s Call: Defend the Truth or Lose the World
Too many Christians are asleep, waiting for the devil to show up in horns and red smoke. Hell is empty, He’s already here—in headlines, in confusion, in the rewriting of biology, in the erasure of history, in the dilution of doctrine.
If truth is under siege, then Christ is under siege.
We cannot afford apathy. We are not just called to avoid lies—we are called to stand for the truth. That means being rooted in Scripture, grounded in history, and immune to the emotional storms of the news cycle.
Truth as a Weapon
Ephesians 6 doesn’t say put on the armor of good vibes or spiritual feelings. It says “Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth” (Eph. 6:14).
Truth isn’t just a doctrine—it’s armor.
And in a world burning from confusion, your clarity is an act of war.
The truth of Universal Apostolic Church (Catholic) has been defended not just in words, but in the blood of martyrs for centuries—because Scripture proclaims that the visible, unified Church is “the pillar and bulwark of truth” (1 Timothy 3:15), not hidden or scattered, but enduring, sacramental, and seen.
Final Charge
You want to fight demons? Then defend objective reality.
You want to battle the darkness? Then proclaim the truth that the Church has given us.
Because the moment we lose truth, we lose the foundation of Christ. And the devil knows it.
The world won’t explode, but it could implode.