(Demonology) the Last of the Last Days — Willie Mullan

Demonology and the Last Days of Church History

Now, we're turning again to this great subject of demonology and I want you to notice what I've said to you this evening, number seventeen, and of course demonology simply means the doctrine of the devil and his angels, and I just cut it short and said the devil and his angels.

We're looking at this great subject this evening, and I want you to get the hold of this, we're just looking at what the devil and his angels will do just before the church goes in the last of the last days of church history.

And I want to make it absolutely clear to everybody here that beyond this shadow of a doubt, we're in the very last of the last days of church history. Let's make no mistakes about that, we'll do that first.

Perilous Times in 2 Timothy

Come with me to 2 Timothy chapter three. Paul's second letter to Timothy, and we're at the third chapter, and we're commencing to read at verse one. Paul's been telling Timothy a lot of things, and actually it's telling him certain things that he wants him to know.

He says, this know also, he has something else he wants him to know, that in the last days perilous times shall come. And if I were to ask a question there, perilous times shall come for whom? I think that you would get the answer quite clearly, because Paul is writing to Timothy and he's writing to Timothy how he should behave himself in the church, which is the pillar and ground of truth.

And he's trying to get it over to Timothy and get it over to us that in the last days of church history perilous times shall come for the believers. Now we're not talking about just going through the tribulation or anything like that.

But make no mistakes about it, that perilous times shall come for the believers. And we'll see in a moment just how they will come and why they will come. Go back to 1 Timothy, and I think you remember us preaching from several of these phrases here in chapter 4.

Verse 1, 1 Timothy 4 verse 1, Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times, that's the latter times of church history again, some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

And we've gone into this phrase doctrines of devils already. So I think that this makes us absolutely sure that just because we're in perilous times, and I'm going to show you how perilous in a moment, and just because we're living in the days when there are doctrines of devils about.

Oh yes, there are demons and they're energizing folk and they're preaching doctrines that are the doctrines of devils. And if you'd like to take a look just for a moment at 2 Peter chapter 3, it will conclude our establishing that we're in the last days.

2 Peter chapter 3, Peter says, verse 3, almost like Paul, he says, Knowing this first, that they shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts and saying, where is the promise of his coming?

So I'm just establishing, that's all from these scriptures, that we are at this moment of church history, we're in the very last of the last days, we're entering into very perilous times. And there is no doubt that the doctrines of demons are abroad, so it must be the last days.

And there are scoffers all around us. Mind you, the scoffers are not sort of back street boys, they always pretend to be the intellectual. I went to the Bostle home last night to preach to all the political Bostle boys, not just some wee fellow who stole apples or something.

But lads of 17 and so on, 16, 16, 17, who'd been mixed up in this and that and other paramilitary groups, and they were all caught and they're in the Bostle. And I've never preached to a better audience in my life.

And I'm coming in tonight and sitting over there, said to me, I heard the most remarkable things about that meeting with the Bostle boys last night. And I just started off to preach, you know, and I preached for an hour.

And I didn't know what sort of reception I would get, whether they would snigger or laugh or move, or what would happen. But I could tell you they were absolutely rooted to the feet. And then when the meeting was over, the governor said to them, I'll make this kind of free tonight.

Let Mr. Mole sit in the big chair in the corner, and if some of you boys would like to have a yarn with him, just face to face, we'll go right to the other end of the room. And one great big fellow stood up, came over, sat down, pulled the chair up.

He said, I'm from Mournesview, love. I didn't know the boy. I could tell you his name, but maybe I shouldn't do that. And then another one came to up the chair, and he was from Mournesview too. And another one came, he's from Mournesview.

I began to think they were all from Mournesview. Then another one came, oh, you should see the big broad face and the dimples he had. That's the way you thought. Shanko, he said. I said, you're just a cuckoo, so you are.

And all these lads, quite a number, seven of them, get round me. And get their heads down, you know, they don't want these little old mobbers to listen in. And their faces were mainly touching one. And they asked some of the most wonderful questions I'd ever heard a lad asking.

They were not scoffing. I think it was one of the most remarkable meetings I've ever had in my life. And I tell you, we had a heart to heart and no kid gloves on. And I believe that God did a big thing there.

Trust that you'll pray about that. But in the last days, you know, you see the intellectuals. I go to Queens, you know, and all these professors at Queens. My dear friend, they're the greatest scoffers and gods.

They think they know everything. And professing themselves to be wise, with one eye you can see they're fools. We're in the last days. This is all I need to prove. My subject tonight is not just proving that we're in the last days.

My subject tonight is what the devil and demons will be doing in the last moments of the last days of this dispensation before Jesus comes. That's the problem. Now we've got all that settled. Now let me show you what they'll be doing.

The Character of Men Used by Demons

It's come back to 2nd Timothy, and we're at the 3rd chapter. 2nd Timothy, chapter 3, Paul's saying to Timothy, this you know also, I want you to get the hold of this, Timothy, that in the last days of the church's history, perilous times shall come for men.

You see, men are going to be used by demons, but let me take it bit by bit so that I won't be reading into it something that's not there. Men shall be lovers of their own selves. Well, you would have no bother getting that cloud if you were looking for them.

And men shall be covetous, and you would have no bother there, nor boasters, nor trouts. I want you to get this word, blasphemers, and sort around the line. And I want you to see in the very same verse at the end of the verse the word unholy.

And I want to talk about these blaspheming men, these unholy men. I want you to get that. And I want you to notice, the Holy Ghost gives us a whole lot of details that I don't want to use this evening, these men without natural affection, coots, breakers, forks, secusers, incontinent, fierce.

Now, this is the bit I want you to get, despisers of those that are good. For what the men that the church is going to have bother with are going to be blasphemers, are going to be unholy, are going to be despisers of those that are good.

And if you're going to be good, and that simply means if you're going to live for God, then you're going to be despised. Make no mistakes about it. God is not going to fool us. In the last moments of this dispensation, you'll find in a moment that demons are going to take men who are blasphemers, who are unholy, who are despisers of those that are good.

And I want you to see these men, which Paul says they're traitors, they're headache, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. But in spite of the word blasphemers and unholy and despisers of those that are good, they're going to have a form of godliness.

They'll have to have some sort of a meeting. I can hardly follow, you know, how blasphemers and unholy and people who despise those that are good are going to have any sort of a meeting at all. I'll tell you what meeting will be.

It will be the ecumenical movement, because it was based and founded by blasphemers. And it's stuffed full mouth with unholy men. And I'll tell you in a moment, they're going to come again, those that are good.

They're just going to have a form. And what a form it will be. You see, last Saturday night in the paper, I didn't print that, that's the telegraph, and Bishop Daly, oh, he's a holy man, is he? He's a reptile, that's what he is.

I'll tell you what he said. I'll read it out to you, so you'll make no mistakes. The Catholic Bishop of Daly has appealed to us, to people, to support recognized churches and not to be misled by other factions.

I'd love to ask him what he means by recognized churches, and I want to know what he means by other factions. See, it's almost 15 years ago, we've got the text of everything I've said here for 21 years.

Oh, he can go back and you can catch me on when you like. But 15 years we were looking at this today, I said, we have a little commercial traveler saved in the meeting. Little man, but he was a well-paid commercial traveler.

15 years ago he was earning about 4 ,000 pounds a year, so he was not any small boy. And that would mean double today. But he got saved in these meetings, and he belonged to the Episcopal Church, not in this town, but in Belfast.

And he said, you know, I couldn't go on with it, Mr. Mohler, I'll have to leave it, and I can't leave it without going and having it out with the minister. I said, please yourself. No use for me keeping the fellow back if he wants to have a row with the dead minister.

I don't think I should keep him back. So, he went along to see him, and he told him, he said, I've got saved. And the minister said to him, there's no such thing as salvation. Now, the wee fellow was only saved, but he knew this.

He said, there's no such thing as salvation. He said, should Peter talk to somebody about that Jesus Christ's name is the only name given among men whereby one must be saved? Jesus didn't appear to him to say something about what must I do to be saved?

Now, the little fellow didn't know enough of the Scripture, but he knew enough to put the minister in the face. And the minister said to him, he said, I'll tell you this. He said, you know, the four main churches, this is what Gary's talking about, the four main churches.

These, these recognized churches, that is, Rome, and the Church of Ireland, and the Presbyterian, and the Methodist. He said, we will go to Parliament, and we will get a law passed, and we will make it that you other fellows like Mullen down there and a few more of them will never be allowed to preach again.

That's where we're heading for. Is he coming out into the open with it now? And that went to talk about me? Say all the Christians down the river and they're talking about Protestants. Have they gone to service?

I wonder do they think they can pass a law that will make every man in this house this evening go to the big church next Sunday. They must, they bar me. I'll tell you they're only taking on something they haven't even, they don't even know what they're starting.

I just pray every day that God will spare me till this thing really starts. Come to that, isn't it? Oh yes, he talks about the recognized churches. Just go to the recognized churches. Yes, with our popish doctrines.

And don't be misled by these other factions. Oh well, I want to tell you if you're in a church that's supporting the ecumenical movement I'll turn you, explain you a lot of it. Maybe that won't please everybody here.

But then I just, I'm not here to please people. I brought the paper tonight just because I must be sure, you see I said something about two doctors at Holborn Hall saying that the young people should go and get into tongues.

Now when I went to make investigation about that that was not true. Let me say now that it was a brethren man from Denger who told me it. The truth is that these two doctors were put on the platform and asked questions about tongues and maybe they didn't come out as loud and as clear as they should.

But certainly they didn't say what was reported of them. So I've got to be very careful. If I'm going to preach on Sunday morning about not speaking wrongfully then I'm clearing that up now. And I will most surely clear up anything wherein I have been given wrong information.

But this is not wrong. My dear friends, we may be on the verge of the greatest moment in the church history from the days of the Covenantants. They tried the same game with the Covenantants. They knew the law.

They could not omit it. They couldn't break bread. They couldn't sing praises. I'll tell you that Scotland lost with the praises of God. And let them try it in Austria. And we'll let them see. My God's people will wake them up.

Don't you worry yourself about them. They won't try or sin. Wouldn't I look a fool going to Parliament to ask I was going to say hijab but that's not the right word. Ask me for a permit to preach when the Lord has gifted me and sent me and this meeting has been passed through for twenty-one years when the great men with their BDs and ADs can't get two dozen.

Wouldn't I look a fool? Are you paying for this? Are you stuck in some ecumenical church paying for it? Or are you sitting on Sunday night helping it? I tell you I don't think that this is the game for real Christians to be supporting this in any shape or form because we've got to face it one of these days.

I don't think your nose should be there. If they ask you to preach the gospel you go and I'll pray for you. Because if they ask me and I would preach the gospel. I don't think you should be giving it money or giving it your presence.

A Form of Godliness Without Power

I'll tell you what the book says and then you'll be quite sure about what I'm about. Are you still at the same place? Yes, they're going to have a form of godliness. I don't know how blasphemers can have a form of godliness or unholy men can have a form of godliness.

But it says having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. There'll be no power in a thing like that. There can't be. Now here's four words. They're put here by Paul and they're here for the Christians.

Come! Stop! Turn away! Say Amen! Come on you old dead Presbyterians you're afraid to say it. That's God's Word! You don't expect me to apologize for it do you? I'm here to preach it. As long as I have breath I'll preach it whether you like it or not.

It's in your book. And if you don't like it, turn the page out. What does God say? From such turn away. Yes, you've got to get up, haven't you? But I want to get down to what we're at this evening. It's at this vertex for if you thought on me which creep into houses and lead cats of folly, women laden with sins and led away with divers lusts this crowd ever learning oh that's them all right and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth now I've jammed ease and jammed breeze with hood Moses for do these also resist the truth now what does it mean when he says this?

Pharaoh's Magicians and Resistance to the Truth

I think we've got to go back to get this proper now. Let's go back to the book of Exodus and we're at chapter seven. The book of Exodus and we're at the seventh chapter. It's the place where God sent Moses and Aaron to fail.

Verse ten, Exodus seven, verse ten. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh and did so as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his serpents and it became a serpent.

This was one of the signs that God gave to Aaron just to let Pharaoh know that God was with him. Verse eleven. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers now the magicians of Egypt they also did in like manner with their enchantments let's get that word proper now enchantments for they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

Now how were these men able to do this? Now you know how Aaron was able to do it because God was with him God's power was there and God had told him to do this and that he would give him power. Now these magicians and sorcerers we just get the names of two of them over here of Tammiz and Tambriz withstood Moses for these blasphemers in the last days will withstand the truth.

You see how they withstood him through their enchantments. Have a look at chapter eight again and verse five, it's just over the page and the Lord said to Moses say unto Aaron, take forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams over the rivers and over the ponds and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt and Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt and the magicians did so with their enchantments.

I wonder do you remember this let's go on over to Deuteronomy 18 we were there just a week or two ago but I want to remind you of this. Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse 9. When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of these nations they shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire that uses divination or an observer of times or an enchanter they shall not be found among you.

You see when we looked at every phrase there and every word we found that these enchanters and these designators and these wizards and these witchers that they were all indwelt by evil spirits evil spirits in the last days are going to take men who are blasphemers and kill them to withstand the truth even as Danys and Dandrys.

Is this right or wrong? Yes we are going to see it. We are not only going to deal with men who are blasphemers we are going to deal with men who are blasphemers but also, also possessed with evil spirits.

That's going to give the church a great bit of a task. That will make perilous days all right. Now let's go back to where we were we were at 2nd Timothy we were at chapter 3 now this is the bit that fills me most.

The Folly of Evil Will Be Exposed

We have seen these perilous days in the last days and these men, these blasphemers, these unholy men this form of godliness we have seen how they are going to work now as Danys and Dandrys withstood Moses with it so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the faith now here is the great phrase but they shall proceed no further you know the devil is not going to get it all his own way although this ecumenical movement is a mighty machinery and although these blasphemers are quite a multitude and although they will be indwelt by demons and just as Danys and Dandrys withstood Moses so will these resist the truth quit Stephen from misfortune.

But there is going to come a spot where they shall proceed no further. God is going to put a full stop to it you know I'll tell you how watch it now verse 9 but they shall proceed no further for their folly shall be manifest unto all men.

God is going to make fools out of them as theirs also was that is as Danys and Dandrys folly also was because God made fools out of them. And how did God make fools out of these incantations. I'll tell you how you know there came a night and in the middle of the night God took his people out of Egypt.

In spite of that we are at the very edge of Christ's coming and when this ecumenical movement gets at its diabolical worst God will make a fool of them because God will take his people out and they can keep us and they can keep a Baptist church and world imprisoned.

Because we'll not be worried a bit about it. We are going out. You know that's our way there. We are not looking backwards or forwards or sidewards we are looking upwards. They are going out. You know my Lord looks fools when we leave them behind.

Demonic Power, Majorities, and Money

Well can't you see that in the last of the last days that these demons are going to use men and the Holy Ghost has given us some of their qualifications blasphemers, non-holy and so on. Then they are going to use might.

It's the might of demons of course. And then they are going to use majority. This ecumenical thing is a big thing. You know how the Antichrist will meet a big thing when he comes. Yes so that first of all in the last of the last days the devil and demons are going to use men and diabolical might in this ecumenical majority.

Now we've got a bit further to do tonight. Let's go back now to 1st Timothy and we're at chapter 4 again just to get the proper connection here still thinking about what they'll do in the last days verse 1.

Now the Spirit speaks it expressly absolutely clearly that in the latter times that's the latter times of church history some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits. And this word seducing is a great word.

It's the old word deceiving which translated erred or error. Seduction, protection, error. Now I want you to go from there to 1st Timothy chapter 6. 1st Timothy chapter 6. And the Lord is remembered through Paul writing to Timothy that the church might get the truth.

And he says in verse 7. 1st Timothy 6 verse 7. For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing up. And it's a great truth to remember. And having food and remnant let us therewith be content.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and dismay and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil which while some comforted after they have erred from the faith I want you to look at the marginal reference.

There's a little number at the word erred which is a good marginal Bible which says they have been seduced from the faith. You see I think the devil is not only going to use men and might and the majority in the ecumenical movement but he's also going to use money.

And if there's one thing in this world at this moment we believers need to be careful about it's money. We've all got to live and we've all got to be servant and vigilant. And we've all got to do our daily job is unto the Lord and we've got to work hard and we've got to work honest.

But remember there's a snare here if you don't watch it's not everybody you know who can handle prosperity. And in Philippines Paul says I've been instructed how to handle prosperity because the devil will use money.

And it's not the first time he's used money. I've seen saints who were ablaze for God when they hadn't 2D and when they made money they wouldn't know either. But the devil is coming in in the last days against the church not only with this money but I want you to go to 1 John.

Deception, Sin, and Perseverance

Let's go to 1 John. And we're at the 3rd chapter there 1 John 3. Now this is a portion that all the believers should put their nose in and really think about it. 1 John 3 verse 7. And John speaking to the believers he always speaks tenderly.

He says little children. He actually means my little children. He led these ones to the Lord. He says let no man deceive you. And do you see the word deceive. It's the word seduce. Of course because you would know that seduce and deceive and add is the same thing.

You're clever enough to know that let no man deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is righteous. There's nothing wrong with that. You must never bluff yourself. The fellow that does righteousness is righteous.

Now do you see what he says now he that committeth sin is of the devil. Now the word committeth is a great word in the Greek because it means he that goes on on seekingly. Committing sin is of the devil even if he says he's of absence.

Because in the last days you know the devil's going to use men and he's going to use might. And he's going to use this majority. And he's going to use money. And he's going to use this handful of bluffs.

Because there's a whole lot of people going to get dressed up in a mantle and pretend to be what they're not. And the devil's going to bluff them. And if you're a pharisaical hypocrite tonight even though you're a baptist it's time you were right with God.

Because you'll be left behind. You can keep this church of the inn on your own. If I want you to see something else of course let's go to 2nd Timothy again. And we're still at that third chapter after letting them see these men and this great form of godliness that has no power.

And these men who use the power of evil spirits to resist the truth he says this to them, verse 12 he says and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. There is no doubt about this.

If you do what's right at your work if you start at the right time if you give in right over time by the way all the boys are giving in twice as much. You give in at right too you see just start to live right and be right and be right.

You'll suffer persecution and you'll have to do it. That's all he's wanting to get this to do, verse 13. But evil men and seducers we're back to the good we began with. You see when we were away over there at chapter 4 you don't need to go back to it.

We were talking about seducing spirits. You see he's going to have ministers of his own who are filled with demons preaching doctrine, seducing spirits. And I'll tell you as we get nearer the end it'll get worse and worse.

And I'll tell you what he says to you. And it's quite simple he says but some of the boys in this meeting are looking for buts. Well here's a but for you. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned.

We'll continue just in the scripture so you can see that in the last days of this dispensation that the demons are going to use men and knights in this great majority of the ecumenical and they're going to use money.

And they're going to use this mantle of unrighteousness and of people. And they're going to use these ministers who are filled with seducing spirits to lead you into deception. Now we've still got a bit to go because I want to take you to the book of the revelation and in these first three chapters we have seven churches and you know this is a great study for young folks just to go through these whole seven churches and remember they were seven literal churches.

The Seven Churches and Satan's Activity

Don't make any mistakes. There was a place called Ephesus. There was a place called Pergamos. There was a place called Laodicea. Don't be getting any fancy ideas. They were literal churches. Now while they were literal he ends every one of the letters to these literal churches with a personal message.

You see when he spoke to the church of the Laodiceans when he talked about the lukewarmness and all the rest of it he came down and says behold I stand at the door and knock at any man. The Lord's just looking for the man or the woman.

It doesn't make a matter about your size or your shape or your academic standards. If you're prepared to give them your life he's just looking for a man. That's what he's looking for. So that these are literal and each time it's personal.

Now there's a wonderful thing that Old Darby discovered bless his name tonight that these were prophetical that they covered the whole of church history in a wonderful pictorial, prophetical form. And it's very silly though they were literal and though they are personal that they were prophetical and historical and that is very wonderful.

But the story that we want to do this evening is to see each church where the devil appears. Well that's very interesting. Maybe you never thought about it before because I can tell you that the first church is in chapter 2 Revelation 2 and it's the church of Ephesus.

Now there are certain verses there about it and the word devil doesn't come into any of the seven nothing said about the devil as far as the church of Ephesus is concerned. Now when we come to verse 8 we start with the church in Smyrna and that's very wonderful because the word Smyrna comes from the word myrrh which simply means suffering.

Now here's what it says. The Lord is speaking. It's his last letter to this church unto the angel of the church in Smyrna writes he thinks that the first and the last which was dead and is alive. Somebody's going about now saying that the Lord never died.

Well the Lord Jesus said that he was dead was alive. He says I know thy works and tribulation and poverty knows everything about every one of us. But thou art rich. I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not but are the synagogue of Satan.

Because I can tell you that in the last days of church history the devil is going to have meeting houses of his own in California at this moment not on the main street there there's a big church that says the first church of Satan and the people go in there openly to worship the devil.

There's some of them don't have the name out on the front and you have to watch them. You've got to find out whether they're standing for truth and preaching it or not. Because there's a lot of places I believe could be labelled the synagogue of Satan.

And it's not my phrase. I get blamed for the this is the Lord talking Lord Jesus who said they belong to the synagogue of Satan. Don't you make any mistakes about it now because in the last days he'll not only have men and might and use money and have this great majority ministry and manforce to cover the pretenders.

They've got meeting houses of his own. You better watch just where you go. That's all now. He went a bit further here he said in verse 10 of chapter 2 fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer.

Persecution, Imprisonment, and Satan's Throne

That's a lovely word to come to us at this time. Fear none of those things because I think if the British government is not very careful here just not at this moment we're going to have a civil war. You know we hear of some poor creature being shot whether he be Roman Catholic or Protestant.

Remember I'm against shooting any man. We hear of the bin man or the dust man being shot. If he's a Roman Catholic. We hear the next day somebody else is shot in his place. But you know that sort of a second's off.

But it's going to break out into a civil war. If they don't watch there are loads of guns in this land. A farmer told me the other day he could take me to a barn where there are cells of a field with machine guns ready for war.

And his own hypocrites. Like daily he just tackles the churches. Doesn't he. Because he wanted to talk piritually. I know we should keep to his words. I'll tell you what he said again. He said these other factions I want to know who he's talking about and they say go on pushing it right, left and centre it will blow up on them blood shed in these streets that they'll never forget about.

And I'll tell you this friend the Roman Catholics will be killed by the thousands. And I hope to God in high heaven it never happens. This has been preached far enough. He couldn't talk to them. Probably wouldn't let them talk to them.