*We made it! Last week of the year; Last book of the
Bible! If you have anything you
would like to share about what you’ve experienced throughout the year please email
me at ejmushlock@gmail.com*
Revelation 15-18
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God’s mercy plan that all started with a baby being born is coming
to completion. Jesus was born both
fully human and fully God. He
lived on the earth and experienced life as we do except He remained without
sin. Then He made the ultimate
sacrifice for the world by dying on the cross to pay for our sins. He rose from the dead three days later,
and when we believe in Him we die to our sins and rise a new creation holy in
the eyes of God. He ascended to
heaven leaving us with a commission and a promise. He gave us the job of spreading the good news of salvation
and to make disciples of Jesus. He
gave us the promise that He would come back again someday.
As we know from the Bible, God is a just God as well as a merciful
God. In the end times God’s wrath
is poured out, and His judgments are just. “You are just in these judgments, you who are and who were,
the Holy One” (16:5). Even though
He is justly pouring out His wrath, He has mercy on those who believe in Him
and do not take the mark of the beast.
He also continues to offer the chance for people to repent and turn to
Him, but it says that they refuse to repent and glorify Him and they curse the
name of God.
Another important reminder within these chapters is we don’t know
when this will all take place. It
could be in our generation … It could happen anytime. No one knows.
“Behold, I come like a thief!
Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he
may not go naked and be shamefully exposed” (16:15). He wants us to be ready. He wants us to believe in Him, to be strong in our faith,
and to do the job He gave us to do.
No wasting time.
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