How could this horrible event we now call the Las Vegas Massacre take place? What would cause a man to go so far as to kill so many people and wound so many more? I keep hearing the news reports and the words about the shooter. It seems that he had no political connections, no religious connections and was in fact just a rich man consumed with guns and gambling. Why then would he do such a thing?
In our society, that does not want to acknowledge the spiritual battle going on in every man and woman's heart, we often seem to overlook the obvious. This man who decided to shoot people for no apparent reason is a mystery to most as to his motive. I will ask a simple question. Could he be demon possessed? This is a hard conclusion to say for sure, but does that possibility exist? The reality of demon possession is real for certain, as the Bible speaks of it in many places. Unclean or evil spirits are still in the world today. They have no power against those who have faith in Jesus Christ and for me to mention this possibility will make some write me off as a religious nut. Here is a a passage from Matthew.
43“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none. 44Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So will it be also with this evil generation.” Matthew 12:43-45
I cannot say, nor can anyone say for sure, that this man was demon possessed. But we all seem to look for an explanation and motive and when there is none found we who are believers should consider the obvious. Are we so timid about someone ridiculing us as to not even consider what might be obvious?
I am saddened and so sympathetic to the families of the wounded and slain from this horrible event. My prayers are with them and I hope that all believers are praying for the comfort of God to touch the thousands of people who are directly affected by this tragedy.
Some who would read this may say, "If this is the case, and this man was demon possessed, what kind of God would allow that to happen?" That is a very difficult question to answer? But I will give the short answer. The God who loves so much that He doesn't make us as robots. We have a choice in life. We call it free will. We can believe God and choose Him or reject Him. This is the God who allows evil to exist. The evil that took place in Las Vegas is wicked, cruel, and opposite from what we know and love about God. But the fact is it is real. Demon possession is also real. Is this what happened? Some will scoff at my thought. But we are in spiritual warfare daily and we are in what appears to be the latter days of this world as we know it.
I know for sure it was not the "guns" who killed the people. It was a man who planned and plotted and then pulled a trigger. Who or what influenced this man to act this way should be investigated and my thought will not likely be understood or investigated. But for sure it is a likely possibility.
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