Wolves are widely known to be among the most deadly predators in the world. They dominate in all climates right at the top of the food chain because they are predominately ruthless pack animals. Wolves work together to devour every part of their weaker prey preferring psychological warfare to physical confrontation. Wolves thin out the weaker elements and control the population where they live.
Wolves aren’t considered an everyday threat because they live in the wild, but wolves are cold blooded killers. Think Liam Neeson’s movie, ‘The Grey’. Jeremy Renner in ‘The Bourne Legacy’. Most people only encounter wolves in the movies, or do they?
What would happen if wolves disguised their appearance and breached the borders in your city? Think back to Jack Nicholson in ‘Wolf’. What if wolves were a metaphor for intruders and evil like in the slasher film ‘Wolves At The Door’ depicting the Manson family massacre in 1969? Think the words in red, “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” Matthew 7:15. Wolves come in many shapes.
Wolves are easy to recognize until they start masquerading and identify as humans. Today we are told everyone can be androgynous and identify however they feel, is it so far fetched to believe wolves are doing the same? Old testament prophets remind us this has been happening for centuries. Zephaniah identified a rebellious city full of oppressors and it’s ruling class. ‘Her officials within her are roaring lions: her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning’ Zeph. 3:3.
When the prophet Ezekiel told of the coming wrath of God, he identified one reason as the political leaders. ‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey: they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.’ Ezekiel 22:27. He didn’t say anything about a man made virus to thin the population and make billions of dollars but if the shoe fits.
In the time period he was writing, Ezekiel said the church failed as well. ‘Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can’t tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there’s no difference between right and wrong.’ Ezekiel 3:26. I’m thinking this is when you can’t tell the difference between making a choice of free will that God gives us and killing a live baby in the womb. The church is failing us today when it condones marriage between the same sex and promotes lust to be the same as love. Truth is, wolves are identifying as politicians, corporate leaders, pastors and priests.
When truth is said to be so wishy washy it can be whatever you identify as ‘your truth’, wolves have breached the border because there are no walls to keep them out. Wolves are crossing the border into our hearts and minds. We need discernment to see and identify the wolves around us because what comes next is wolves entering your house without a valid search warrant…or is that already happening? Each of us need to know God’s truth about what is good and what is evil…and speak it loudly. Or else what? ‘Doom to those who call evil good and good evil.’ Isaiah 5:20. It doesn’t sound rewarding for anyone not speaking up against the abominations and evil parading and demanding to be accepted.
We know wolves prefer psychological warfare in order to confuse and separate, making their prey become more vulnerable and lose hope. Are there signs this is happening today? Suicide rates through the roof. Church attendance not recovering after the virus lock-downs. Friendships dividing because of who you vote for. The rate of sudden deaths, myocarditis and abnormal blood clots in cadavers beyond anything morticians have ever seen. Athletes dropping like flies. Wolves are definitely in the house and we need good shepherds to point them out more than ever.
Jeremiah 50:6 reminds us we need good shepherds like in the days when Iraq was still called Babylon. Why? Because, just like then…’My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray.’ The profession of being a shepherd has been overrun by wolves and the number of sheep without a shepherd is increasing. Like the police force is dwindling, no one is stepping up to join the ranks of shepherd at a time they are most needed.
In Biblical terms, wolves are the same genus as false prophets. If wolves are running rampant, odds favor false prophets are as well. Jesus told us this recognition was very important because it signified the second advent; His return. We remember ‘wars and rumors of wars…famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.’ These have also been such ubiquitous headlines for the past two years that many are desensitized and forget the importance they signify.
Don’t be lulled into complacency just because the wolves parading in the open seem like just another drag show. Christ did say He would return ‘like a thief in the night’, and the Message version of the Bible makes His words speak in the modern vernacular about the end. ‘”And then going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other’s throat, everyone hating each other. In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in-nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes…and then the end will come.” ‘ Matthew 24:10-14.
I know with God a ‘thousand years are like a day and a day is like a thousand years’ and no-one knows when He returns. I have heard the rumors of wars, watched the increase in earthquakes and bizarre weather from Cali to the Philippines. I also know the love between people grows cold… good is called evil in the name of unity and inclusion… and wolves kill.
The wolves we encounter today aren’t racking up the body count but they are killing none the less. ‘”Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”‘ Matthew 10:28. Beware the Wolves.