fight until the end

So I am studying the book of Daniel and God is speaking to me. But I was reading through my lesson this week and some things just jumped out. In Daniel 7:25 it talks about how the antichrist will oppress the saints. Oppress literally means “to wear out” as one would wear out a garment. I just think that Satan’s persecutions will reach full measure eventually in the “end times” but he can oppress us even now. Almost always that is tied to a lie, he tries to bind us in knots. One of Satan’s most effective schemes is simply to wear us out. He uses exhaustion and profound discouragement to persuade us to give up opposing him. He may be able to wear out our human strength but not the holy spirit in us… it is just a reminder of how we need to persist in our fight until the end.