Reading
Revelation 6:1-7:17
Drawing Near
1. We've all seen cartoons of a wild-eyed, bearded prophet holding up a sign that says: "Repent! The end is near!" Why is that type of thing often laughed at?
2. Do you believe in a final judgment? Why or why not?
The Context
The Bible teaches that the world is headed inexorably (definition - not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped) toward a final, cataclysmic war called the Battle of Armageddon. Until that climatic holocaust, things will continue to deteriorate as the world falls deeper and deeper into chaos, confusion, and sin. As the end approaches, wars will increase, crime will escalate, there will be economic upheavals, and the world will experience unprecedented natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, famines, and diseases. All those calamities will mark the outpouring of God's wrath on the fallen, rebellious world.
In Revelation 5:1-7, the setting is heaven, where Christ received from God the Father a scroll sealed with seaven seals until opened by the One with authority to do so. Beginning in chapter 6, the scene shifts to earth and the effects of the scroll being unrolled and its seals broken. The unrolling of the scroll marks the beginning of God's wrath and judgment on sinful mankind as the Lord takes back creation from the usurper, Satan.
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3 comments:
1. Because no one wants to admit and believe that there is God and there will be an end, people think that this is foolish.
2. Yes, because God announced it in His word and one day he will come and take His church.
1. Because people don't want to repent of thier sins.
2. Yes, because God's Word says it.
1. People think they are crazy and that "religion" is a joke. They don't want to admit that they are in sin and do not want to give up their ways. They also might not get what is going on or what they are trying to say.
2. Yes. It is in the Bible and the Bible does not hold lies.
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