POLITICS CONTROLLED BY SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST

RELIGION and POLITICS--Those Taboo subjects! 
Both take donations to finance their operations.  Both make covenant with the Government to obtain tax-free status. Both exercise positions of power over people.  And both are governed by the same evil spirit! Religion and Politics are by-products of the Doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which is a Spirit of Antichrist. This is the same spirit that will rule the world as the ultimate politician and religious leader at the end of the age. This spirit of politics and religion is evident in the Biblical account when Israel rejected God as its King and demanded an earthly leader like everyone else:

"So all the elders of Israel gathered together and said to the prophet Samuel: 

“You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a KING to lead us, such as all the other nations have. But when they said, Give us a king to lead us, this displeased Samuel.  So he prayed to the Lord. And the Lord told him: 

• Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected ME as their King.  As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.  Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as HIS rights."  ~ 1st Samuel 8

The first king of Israel was Saul--a good man who, at first, loved God and served Israel. But an evil spirit came upon him (1st Samuel 16:14) and caused mental instability, fear, jealousy and paranoia.  He was obsessed with killing his son-in-law, David, and eventually committed suicide.  When David became King, an evil spirit of adultery and murder came upon him and brought a curse to his family.  When Solomon became king, he was embued with Godly wisdom; but an evil spirit of idolatry and greed led him down the path to destruction. 

The current Presidential Campaign is rife with jealousy, fear, paranoia, anger, hostility and aggression.  Candidates who initially appeared competent, professional, desiring to make positive changes, began to exhibit irrational behaviors.  As the tension escalated, the behavior worsened, revealing the same evil spirit of those who millennia ago desired to be King. 

Alongside all of this political degradation, the lust for power and authority is manifesting in the Church!  The same political spirit has led many of its leaders to irrational behaviors including worldly performance; drama, dance and theatrical entertainment; strobe-light, smoke-filled concerts; celebrity speakers and performers; revenue-generating commercialism; competition for members as displayed by the International Hillsong Church. "By their fruits you shall know them."

A more publicized example of an infecting spirit of politics can be seen in this video from a Bethel Church service, depicting a home-grown invention called the Fire Tunnel.  Bethel, located in Redding, CA began as a traditional Assembly of God congregation in 1954.  But a decade ago, its leadership broke ties with the denomination and instituted its own hierarchy. Soon, bizarre doctrines and behaviors began to manifest as the evil spirit of antichrist infected the ministry and manifested at what can only be described as strange fire:

EVIL SPIRITS IN THE SANCTUARY

Power corrupts absolutely!  Whether it's a campaign for political office or the ambitious Nicolaitan ascent up the ladder of the Corporate church, the Spirit of Antichrist (A.W. Tozer) controls, corrupts and influences those who submit themselves to this spirit of rebellion against the authority of the KING of KINGS!