Reading
Revelation 14:1-16:21
Truth for Today
The message of the seventh trumpet is that Jesus Christ is the sovereign King of kings and Lord of lords. He will one day take the rule of the earth away from the usurper, Satan, and from earth's petty human rulers. History is moving inexorably (without the possibility of being stopped) toward its culmination in Christ's earthly reign. When He returns, He will bring covenant blessings to the redeemed, but eternal judgment to those who reject Him. In the light of that sobering truth, Peter exclaims, "...what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God...?" (parts of 2 Peter 3:11-12).
Reflecting on the Text
1. Warren Wiersbe (a commentator) has written: "One of the themes that links Revelation 14-16 together is expressed by the word voice, which is used eleven times. In the events recorded, God speaks to His people or to the lost world, or His people and angels speak out in praise of the Lord or in warning to the world. As the world moves into the last half of the Tribulation, heaven is not silent." What do you sense the voice of God is saying to you in this lesson? Why?
2. Though the Battle of Armageddon is yet future, you are involved in a real spiritual battle in the present (see Ephesians 6). How can you be victorious and evade spiritual injury today?
3. Think of the people in your life who need to embrace the "everlasting gospel" (14:6). What are some practical ways that you can point them to the cross?
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1. I need to strengthen m relationship with him. Well, I really want to be a missionary, but if I do not have a close relationship with him then how can I tell others of his love?
2. Not put myself in a place of temptation. If I do not go somewhere where I can be tempted to do wrong, then I wont be tempted to do it.
3. I can tell them that God loves us sooo much! but the end times are coming very soon.
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