2026.05.10 District Message Week 19
「The Prosperity of the Descendants 」
(Ge 11:1-9)
After the time of Noah, God blessed Israel and their descendants prospered greatly. But there is something you must know. The Satan who brought down the people of Israel in darkness did not die — he is still alive.
▣ Introduction — Satan
The flood ended, but Satan is still alive. The people of Israel came out of Egypt, but Satan is still alive and following along. Do you understand?
[ Hebrews 11:1-2 ]
In Hebrews 11:1-2, there is this statement.
[ What is hoped for — substance ]
[ What is not seen — evidence ]
Faith is what is hoped for — this means it is not yet visible to the eyes. But this is not an illusion; it is substance. What is not seen — you cannot see it, but it is evidence. We believe this. Not believing an illusion, but substance. Not believing what is visible to the eyes right now, but evidence. So what must be remembered is: why do we worship today? Your prayers are presented before the throne, but during the time you pray, God’s kingdom is meant to come.
Now, Joseph was being dragged away as a slave. Being sold. “I absolutely cannot live like this. I cannot live this way at all.” If he said that, he would lose. At that moment darkness comes. Right? “I am on the path right now of accomplishing world evangelization.” At that moment God’s kingdom comes. You understand, right? That is the answer. The result comes later. So even though it is not visible, it is evidence, it is substance. “King Saul absolutely must kill that David. If that one makes a mistake, he will take my position.” That is what happened. So King Saul became possessed by an evil spirit. Seeing that, you can see kingdom came. Right? Satan also has a kingdom. David said, “Because the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Right now I am actually walking through the darkest valley, yet I will not be afraid.” Right? At that moment God’s kingdom comes. You must remember this.
And so worshipping is extremely important. When you hold the covenant, the answer comes a bit later, and God’s kingdom comes. When you hate others intensely and try to kill them — at that point what comes first? Darkness comes first. Right? You must always remember this. So some people pray their fill and then go home and say “My husband is hopeless.” Then darkness comes. God can do it. Right? You are what is important. And so scheduled prayer and these kinds of things — momentary prayer at every moment causes God’s kingdom to come.
How should we pray? He said to pray for God’s kingdom to come. “Do not ask for this or that. God knows. That is what unbelievers do. You seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. Then all these things will be given to you as well.” And in the last days, the secret of the answer — the work of God’s kingdom — was explained for 40 days. You understand, right? I do not even need to explain much — you understand. Right now in this moment, when you hold the covenant, God’s kingdom comes. When you pray, God’s kingdom comes. This is not what I am saying. It is what Jesus said. I believe this fact. You must always remember it.
▣ Main
The descendants of Israel kept prospering, but that is not the issue — Satan keeps following along. Continuously. So even now, what does Satan do? He keeps trying to bring down the many believers.
1. Satan
Satan is not dead, I tell you.
1) Opposing
So what is it doing even now? It opposes God. With no power at all, it opposes God.
2) No salvation
And it tries to block people from being saved.
3) No grace
And even when saved, it blocks them from receiving grace. And then later it blocks all of these.
4) Hell
Later it is not a matter of dying anymore; one is locked away in hell.
2. The Tower of Babel
Now, this must be remembered. Because people succeeded without believing in God, they begin building the Tower of Babel. So making a lot of money is not a blessing. Being healthy is also not a blessing in itself. A person who has received God’s blessing should have money and be healthy. Right? A person who has not even received blessing having a lot of money? That leads to death. Also, “being healthy is a blessing”? That is not necessarily so. A person who has received God’s blessing and covenant being healthy is a blessing; but someone wandering around strangely and always harming and killing people — is being healthy a blessing for them? Because they do not know God, Satan gets involved in all of this. That is how it goes. So the genealogy of Noah’s descendants is recorded at length, but what did they do?
1) A city
Let us build a city all the way to the top.
2) The top
Do not just build a city; let us build it all the way to the top. Let us challenge God’s dwelling place.
3) A name
And let us make a name for ourselves. That is what the Tower of Babel was. And in doing so it collapsed.
3. Christ
So God promised Christ. In the Old Testament, He said He would send Christ. In the New Testament, Christ came.
1) Blood — the curse
Through this blood sacrifice, we are freed from Satan’s curse. Right? This is the promise He gave.
2) Name — authority
In the New Testament age, we overcome Satan’s power through the name of Jesus Christ. He gave the authority to overcome Satan through that name. Until the second coming.
3) Binding
We bind Satan in the name of Jesus Christ.
You must remember. Satan is not dead. It keeps moving around. And because people do not know what prayer is that causes God’s kingdom to come, Satan gets in among people and makes this (the Tower of Babel) happen.
▣ Conclusion — [ Always ]
So from today, knowing this fact, you must always enjoy God’s kingdom. The visible answer comes after that. Right?
1. 7 bartizans — platform
What is it? Keep enjoying the 7 bartizans. If you keep this prayer going, it becomes a platform.
2. 7 journeys — watchtower
No need to do anything special. If you keep going the 7 journeys through prayer, a light-shining watchtower is built.
3. 7 guideposts — antenna
If you keep praying the 7 guideposts, an antenna that connects with God for world evangelization stands.
You must pray today. When a problem comes, what decision you make — that is what matters. If Joseph, having been unjustly sent to prison, had screamed and caused an uproar, darkness would have come upon him. There he prayed. “This will be an important place.” There he meets the politician. It truly was an important place. God’s kingdom came there. Some things are fulfilled after a long time. After quite a while, Pharaoh summoned him.
I pray that today will be a tremendous blessing of holding the covenant where God’s kingdom comes. Let us pray.
Prayer
Today, let the power of the throne be manifested all day, and let God’s kingdom come in the time we pray. Let the work of God’s kingdom bring life to many people. Give new strength to Your people who worship today. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.