The God we serve is the Great I Am. He is always present and ever knowing the end from the beginning. He knows our beginning and our end, for it is written. Even every tear we shed is captured in His bottle and He has numbered our hairs on our head.
His mercy triumphs in judgment. But let us not take advantage of the All Knowing and All Seeing God. Remember with Him there is no darkness, for darkness is light to Him. So what we may think is hidden from His eyes is not.
It is written in 1 Peter 4;17-19, For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel? Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will be the ungodly and the sinner appear?” Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
The seven angels with the seven plagues, which are the wrath of God are released in chapter 16 of the Book of Revelation. Now here is my question…Have some of the cups of wrath in part been released during some of the past and current generations….. or is this for a future event? Then I have to ask about Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, or Judas as the son (sons) of perdition? I then also have to ask about the different plagues that have engulfed many past generations and current.
Our view from heaven in the spiritual realm shows the results of the angels pouring out the cups of wrath. In heaven they are called plagues or His wrath, but as you read this chapter the results are definitely symbolic.
It is still not the end of the story of mankind……some of these bowls of wrath even allow evil to put forth a plan…? Why is that? God is sovereign. Remember He wrote the script!
Our Lord consistently gives grace to the humble and resists the proud. Remember His great love during His corrections and judgments. He is God and will be exalted among the nations as written in Psalm 48 and we should….
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to the things be diligent to be found by Him in peace, with out spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation- as also our beloved brother Paul, according the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as written in 2 Peter 7-15.
The bottom line as the different items of the tribulation come to shake the nations, we should hold strong to the word of God admonishing us to pursue holiness, peace and godliness…. As we live a life of hotly pursuing Jesus Christ, looking for Him, talking to Him… crying for Him…then these words of His won’t be for us, I pray: Revelation 16:15, Behold, I am coming as thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
Selah… Pray…. Selah!!!! Our Lord’s arms are still stretched out pouring forth His grace and love and mercy to any who turn and know their need of Him. Do you see His eye’s tearing with love for you now? I do…. Turn and be healed, you are His beloved…Receive His Love today. Selah!
