Wow…3 months since my last Revelation post. This may actually be a new record. I have no excuse. I was kinda hoping we might get raptured by now but it appears the Lord may tarry a bit longer, so let’s get back at it.
The second doom is past, the third doom coming right on its heels.
Revelation 11:14
Oh goody. More doom.
The seventh Angel trumpeted. A crescendo of voices in Heaven sang out,
The kingdom of the world is now
the Kingdom of our God and his Messiah!
He will rule forever and ever!The Twenty-four Elders seated before God on their thrones fell to their knees, worshiped, and sang,
We thank you, O God, Sovereign-Strong,
Who Is and Who Was.
You took your great power
and took over—reigned!
The angry nations now
get a taste of your anger.
The time has come to judge the dead,
to reward your servants, all prophets and saints,
Reward small and great who fear your Name,
and destroy the destroyers of earth.The doors of God’s Temple in Heaven flew open, and the Ark of his Covenant was clearly seen surrounded by flashes of lightning, loud shouts, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a fierce hailstorm.
Revelation 11:15-19
This is pretty ok with me actually. ‘Destroy the destroyers of the earth?” Yep. Totally onboard with this part. I’m always ok with God giving people what they deserve unless that people happens to be me.
Did you see this part?
Reward small and great who fear your Name
The fear of God is just a strange concept, isn’t it? I’ve known people to interpret it in all kind of ways. I was going to write something really smart explaining this but then this other guy did it better than me…which is annoying 🙁
Unfortunately, many of us presume that the world is the ultimate threat and that God’s function is to offset it. How different this is from the biblical position that God is far scarier than the world …. When we assume that the world is the ultimate threat, we give it unwarranted power, for in truth, the world’s threats are temporary. When we expect God to balance the stress of the world, we reduce him to the world’s equal …. As I walk with the Lord, I discover that God poses an ominous threat to my ego, but not to me. He rescues me from my delusions, so he may reveal the truth that sets me free. He casts me down, only to lift me up again. He sits in judgment of my sin, but forgives me nevertheless. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but love from the Lord is its completion.
William D. Eisenhower – “Fearing God”
Somebody really ought to “Amen” here.
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