Archive for February 2013
. . . and God Remembered — Revelation 16:17-21
Sometimes my children mess up a LEGO project. I have to disassemble their project until I find the wrong piece in order to fix it. God will disassemble the universe for the same reason.
The dis-assembly part scares me, but for God to fix the imperfections of this Creation, it has to be totally disassembled and reassembled correctly.
My children come to me in tears wondering why their project looks wrong and doesn’t work right. In love I have to judge certain LEGO pieces as wrong and then break it apart that it might be corrected.
God is going to judge certain things as wrong. God will then disassemble the sinful things and reassemble the Creation perfect and holy.
That’s the message of all the judgment passages in the Bible. God loves us all too much to let things stay imperfect forever.
God looks forward to the day that your body disassembles into the grave that He might resurrect you into life everlasting.
Don’t fear the tear down. God is a great re-builder!
Read MoreInvitations to Repent — Revelation 16:1-16
This passage is one of the most negative chapters in the whole Bible. Let me offer a new view.
When my children disobey, as a parent I place them in crisis through discipline. I might threaten to take away their favorite toy, ground them or spank them. I bring trouble in their life to lead them to repentance.
God did this with the Egyptians. He brought Ten Plagues to upset their life and motivate them to obey His commands.
During the end times God will bring these plagues back. God will bring Humanity into a great crisis that He might lead us all toward the last great invitation for repentance.
Read MoreTime to Learn the Song of Moses — Revelation 15:1-8
The people of God crossed over the Red Sea on dry ground. When they looked back from the Promised Land, they watched God destroy their enemies and they sang out in victory.
That same experience will be ours when we get to Heaven and watch God destroy our enemies left on the Earth. We will sing the same song Moses sang.
Jesus also walked through the valley of the shadow of death. From the other side He looked back in victory and sang a song of praise that the curse was defeated, the Dragon was crushed and sin was removed.
The Church will join Israel to sing the Song of Moses, but Jesus will join both of us while we sing the Song of Moses . . . and the Lamb!
Read MoreThe Great Harvest of the Earth — Revelation 14:14-20
Jesus holds Death’s sharp sickle. He wrestled it from Death after He was taken down off the cross and lay in the tomb for three days.
Jesus now has the right to determine the destination of your destiny. He alone can call a life into judgment.
All will feel the cutting sickle of death severing them from life as promised in the Garden of Eden.
Our nation celebrates this harsh truth when we sing,
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
His swift sword is for death and judgment. That shatters the average image of Jesus.
How should we feel about that? we should sing with gusto, Glory, glory, Hallelujah!
Read MoreThe Blessings of Heaven Are Better & the Terrors of Hell Are Worse — Revelation 14:6-13
The Gospel informs us that Jesus has all authority and all power in Heaven and Earth, that the Father has given all judgment to the Son, and that the blessings of God will rain down forever upon those who place their faith in Christ.
These are the Big Promises of the Bible that are planted in Genesis and finally bloom in Revelation.
Jesus promised that it hasn’t entered our imagination how great Heaven will be for those who love God.
Sadly, it also hasn’t entered into the imaginations of men the eternal terrors that await those who reject God’s love.
Read MoreThe Blessings of Heaven Are Better & the Terrors of Hell Are Worse — Revelation 14:6-13
The Gospel informs us that Jesus has all authority and all power in Heaven and Earth, that the Father has given all judgment to the Son, and that the blessings of God will rain down forever upon those who place their faith in Christ.
These are the Big Promises of the Bible that are planted in Genesis and finally bloom in Revelation.
Jesus promised that it hasn’t entered our imagination how great Heaven will be for those who love God.
Sadly, it also hasn’t entered into the imaginations of men the eternal terrors that await those who reject God’s love.
Read MoreThe Blessings of Heaven Are Better & the Terrors of Hell Are Worse — Revelation 14:6-13
The Gospel informs us that Jesus has all authority and all power in Heaven and Earth, that the Father has given all judgment to the Son, and that the blessings of God will rain down forever upon those who place their faith in Christ.
These are the Big Promises of the Bible that are planted in Genesis and finally bloom in Revelation.
Jesus promised that it hasn’t entered our imagination how great Heaven will be for those who love God.
Sadly, it also hasn’t entered into the imaginations of men the eternal terrors that await those who reject God’s love.
Read MoreDo the 144,000 Have a Tattoo? — Revelation 14:1-5
When the 144,000 sing, it sounds like Niagara Falls multiplied by Thunder.
Heaven is more like a Monster Truck Show than a Presbyterian worship service. Cast out this idea of Heaven being quaint. Heaven will knock your socks off.
And this congregation wears the Heavenly tattoo. They are filled with moxie and bravado. Who are these 144,000?
The Jehovah Witness Church teaches that only 144,000 will be saved. Wrong answer.
Islam says that these are the 144,000 Prophets of Muhammad. No.
The Church Universal and Triumphant teaches that 144,000 souls were brought back to Earth from Venus. Not even close.
Tim LaHaye thinks that only 144,000 Jews are saved during the tribulation and that they become evangelists before the final Armageddon. Who do you think these people are?
Read MoreThe False Prophet and 666 Revealed — Revelation 13:11-18
Why is it 666?
I am going to give you an answer that is so simple, it stretches credulity. I hope you find it beautiful in it’s simplicity.
6 is less than 7. There are 7 churches, 7 stars, 7 lamp-stands, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 bowls, 7 horns. There’s the 7 days of Creation. Seven is the number of fullness, the number of completeness. We enter God’s rest on the seventh day.
To be short of seven is to be locked in the cycle of work. To be short of seven is to be incomplete. To be short of seven is to be Earthly and temporal. You are outside of God’s blessing as a six.
Humanity is a six. We are created in God’s image, but on the sixth day because we are less than God. The Dragon is a six. He is a fry short of a Happy Meal. He is a day late and a dollar short. He doesn’t measure up to God.
This Demonic Trinity will leave you empty and lost for all they have to offer is 6, 6, 6.
Read MoreNo Beauty In This Beast — Revelation 13:1-10
The Beast is all the nations in opposition to all that is good. All ten nations symbolize the totality of humanity involved in this rebellion, and the seven heads remind us that the Dragon is the Puppet Master.
Which is why this Beast, through the leadership of the anti-Christ and the power of the Kingdoms of the Earth, targets their anti-Christian rage against the followers of Jesus. This is a Demonic Beast who is Hell bent on the Church’s destruction.
Have you ever wondered why the world is so unified in their hostility to the Lordship of Jesus Christ? This vision answers that question.
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