SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
6/27/2015 6:53 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Antichrist’s
Activity
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Revelation
13:7
Message of the
verse: “It was also given to him to
make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe
and people and tongue and nation was given to him.” “7 And the beast was allowed to wage war
against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And he was given authority to
rule over every tribe and people and language and nation (NLT).”
We see from this passage that the Antichrist was allowed
to wage war, for although he is a very powerful dictator he still can only do
what the Lord allows him to do. You
might say that he has a collar on attached with a leash and the Lord has the
other end of it so he can only go so far.
We read that Antichrist will make war with the saints and
that he will overcome them. Now remember
that we are now looking at the events of the Tribulation Period from the
perspective of the Antichrist and in earlier chapters we have seen that there
will be many people who are believers killed by his authority. “9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw
underneath the altar the
souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of
the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a
loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain
from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 11
And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little
while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who
were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also (Rev.
6:9-11).” Now let us look at more of
verse seven: “and authority over every
tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.” Antichrist will see a threat to his authority
from those who are true believers and this is one of the reasons he will deal
with them by killing all that he can.
Daniel 7:25, a verse we have looked at in earlier SD’s
says “’He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and
he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time,
times, and half a time.” Now we
must remember that this type of thing will begin to happen in the middle of the
Tribulation Period when the Antichrist will break his covenant with Israel as
seen in Daniel 9:27 “"And he will make a firm covenant with the many for
one week, but in the
middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on
the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a
complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."” Jesus also spoke of this in His Olivet
Discourse “"Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was
spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the
reader understand) (Matthew 24:15).”
Paul spoke of this in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “3 Let no one in any way
deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man
of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every
so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as
being God.”
Let us look at something that Jesus said in Matthew 10:28
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather
fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” The Antichrist will kill many true believers,
but he will not destroy the faith that they have, for this faith was given to
them when the Lord saved them. John
MacArthur writes “Genuine saving faith cannot be destroyed, because ‘neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things
to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will
be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord’
(Rom. 8:38-39). Nor will the Lord Jesus
Christ, who is infinitely more powerful than Antichrist or Satan, permit any
true child of His to suffer the loss of eternal life (Rev. 3:5; Job 13:15; John
10:27-29). But Antichrist will slaughter
God’s people on an unprecedented scale as he expresses his world
dominance.”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: We can learn from
what we have been studying in the book of Revelation that God is totally in
charge. God is the Supreme Being, and I
think that one day those judges who voted to make marriage legal between people
of the same sex will realize this one day, they will realize that they are not
the Supreme Court and will be judged for their actions which is not only
against God’s laws, but against the Laws of the United States of America.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Things are surely going downhill in our
country but the Lord is on His Throne and nothing will happen in our country
that is out of His control. Roans 8:28
says “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those
who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Jerusalem” (Acts 8:27).
Today’s Bible
question: “Who died after being eaten by
worms?”
Answer in our next SD.
6/27/2015 7:28 AM
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