Thursday, January 30, 2014

Revelation 15 - 16 Seven Last Plagues

The seventh angel of the seventh plague of Revelation 16 finally announces "it is done"! The earth has finally been cleansed of all evil deeds and evil men.  Purged by just judgment the whole earth feels the glory and power of God.  Justice has finally cried out it's last refrain and man's sins that in Revelation 12 were like ripened grapes in the wine press of God's righteous wrath, come to full press.  I remember when President Obama was on nationwide television and walked down the long corridor in the white house and came to the podium, leaned against it with both hands and said to America.  "People of America, tonight I have an announcement, Osama Ben Laden has been killed and justice has prevailed."  Celebration broke out on the streets of America and people waved their flags of these United States in victory.  Justice had been served for those more than 3,000 souls that died in the twin towers of the world trade center.  The same kind of celebration will be world-wide as the righteous who have received Christ and prevailed through the tribulation and prayed for justice, have finally seen the earth purged of Satan, the antichrist the false prophet and those who had taken the mark of the beast . The first angel carrying the first bowl  pours it out on earth and the wickedness of man's heart manifests in cancerous boils all over their bodies with no cure.  The next angels pour out their bowls and the oceans and all rivers turn to blood and all living things in them die.  This is in response to all the innocent blood shed through millions of abortions, murders of Christians and sufferings of the innocent.  Men and women who shed the blood must now drink the blood. The earth cries out for all the abominations and unjust acts of men and a world-wide earthquake levels all mountains and all the Islands in the sea disappear.  This is truly the end of the world as we know it. Three times in Revelation 15 & 16 worship emerges declaring God's righteous just judgments. No man will be able to blame God for what is happening at the end of this age. All men will realize that it was their unrighteous deeds and rebellious hearts that caused these judgments. They will realize it is just and right for God' to cleanse the earth.  All sin pays its own penalty unless it is covered by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who bore our sins in His own body. But we must receive this free gift by faith (Ephesians 2:8 - 10) Up to this point in Revelation, over and over again, God had demonstrated his grace and love to the lost world, not willing that any should perish.  He had sent His church to witness, the 144,000 joining them in witness and the two mighty prophets Moses and Elijah to witness. But they had been rejected and many saints even die for their witness. But all of these judgments come on those who have taken sides with the the Babylonian system and the anitchrist.  But God delivers those who have believed and received His provision through Jesus.  Just as Israel was cared for in the land of Goshen even though the plagues were falling right next to them on Egypt, so God will protect His own for He has "Delivered us from this day of wrath."  I Thress. 5:9.  


                                                                              


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