SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/16/2015
9:55 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Introduction to Revelation chapter Six
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Revelation 6
Message of the
verses: We have finally made it to
the sixth chapter of the book of Revelation, and as many people desire to study
this book this is the place where they want to be because this is where the
action begins and I suppose that many people like action, but this action that
is recorded in chapters 6-19 is actions that even the movie directors of
Hollywood have not imagined for only one out of four people who were alive at
the beginning of the tribulation period will be alive at the end and many who
are alive at the end of the tribulation will not be believers and will be cast
into the lake of fire.
As we look to these last seventeen chapters we will see
that they begin with the glorified Lamb of God opening the first judgments that
are called seal judgments and this will be seen in the sixth chapter and then
after that we will see that the 144,000 Jewish evangelists will be called,
12,000 out of the twelve tribes of Israel.
This seventh chapter is seen as a pattern of what we will see in
chapters 6-19, as it is a lull in the storm of judgment that will continue when
the seventh seal is opened for that will bring about a whole new series of
judgments called the trumpet judgments, and the last three of these will be
what is called “woes” and then there will be another lull in the judgment
storms that will come upon the earth.
When this last “woe” or trumpet judgment is opened in chapter fifteen we
read the following in verse one: “Then I
saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven
plagues, which are the last, because
in them the wrath of God is finished.”
John sees the last seven plagues that will come upon planet earth and
the people who are on it and then we see with these last seven plagues that the
wrath of God will be finished. This is
quite a statement to me, but when I think about that statement I not only think
about how God’s wrath will be finished and shortly after the last bowl judgment
is set forth from heaven that God will again take over planet earth for the
seventh bowl judgment brings in the battle of Armageddon and at the end of that
battle Christ will return to planet earth riding on a white horse, not a humble
donkey this time, but a white horse showing victory and the raptured saints
will be a part of His army and Christ will throw the Antichrist, the false
prophet, and Satan into the lake of fire so the curse of sin will very shortly
be over as Christ will do over planet earth right after He separates the sheep
and the goats. However there is another
time when the wrath of God was finished and that is when our Lord Jesus Christ
cried out His last words from the cross “It is finished, “and then He died. “John
19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is
finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” What does
those words mean “teleo tel-eh’-o” is the word in the Greek language and it
means to finish, the end of something, to pay.
When a person was put into prison and after his time was served they
would time that word on his release meaning that he had paid for his crime and
it would not have to be paid for again.
When Jesus said these words it means that He had finished the work that
His Father had given Him to do while on planet earth the first time, and that was
to pay for the sins of all who had and would put their trust in Him as Savior
and Lord. God’s wrath was taken out on
Christ and was completely paid for by Christ so that all that would call upon
Him for salvation realizing that there was no way that they could pay for their
own sins, but also realizing that Jesus paid it all would be saved. Without the wrath of God that was taken out
on Jesus no one would ever be saved, for just as we read in Revelation 15:1 “because in them the wrath of God
is finished,” it was also finished after Jesus paid for our sins on the
cross.
After the n19th chapter of Revelation we see what will
happen in the Millennial Kingdom, the promised kingdom to the people of Israel,
and then chapters 21-22 speak of the new heavens, new earth, and the New
Jerusalem where believers will live for eternity in the presence of the Lamb. We
have a long way to go before we see how all of this is seen in chapters 6-22 of
Revelation, but as we take our time to study this incredible book it is my
desire that all who read my Spiritual Diaries will either come to know Christ
as their Savior and Lord, or will do as Peter wrote in his last written words
from 2 Peter 3:18 “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” This is part of my prayer every day as I see
who has looked at my posts along with the prayer that God will bring about
revival in the believers who read this that all will bring glory to my Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I am thankful
that the wrath of God was placed upon my Savior and Lord so that I can serve
Him for the rest of my life.
My Steps of Faith for Today: To love the Lord with all of my heart, soul,
mind, and strength, and to live in and better understand the love that Christ
has for me, to bring glory to Him.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “The country of the
Philistines” (1 Samuel 6:1).
Today’s Bible
question: “Name the eloquent man, born
in Alexandria, who was mighty in the Scriptures.”
Answer in our next SD.
3/16/2015 11:10 AM
No comments:
Post a Comment