10.07.2013 Daily Manna: The Beginning of the End Monday 07, October 2013 TEXT: REVELATION 20:1-6 KEY VERSE: “And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:2). An agnostic farmer once wrote to the editor of his local newspaper, who was a Christian. He said; “In defiance of your God, I plowed my fields this year on Sunday, I disked and fertilized them on Sunday, I planted them on a Sunday, I cultivated them on Sunday, and I reaped them on Sunday. This October I had the biggest crop I have ever had. How do you explain that?” The editor replied: “God does not always settle his accounts in October.” The text reveals that Satan’s reign of impunity will gradually crumble. Just as a police officer would carry a pair of handcuffs to bind a criminal and a key to lock him up in a prison cell, so the angel is given authority to bind Satan and lock him up in the abyss for a thousand years to stop him from deceiving the world. In verse 4, the focus shifts to heaven where the souls of faithful Christians who had suffered and died for Christ are vindicated by coming to life and sitting on thrones in heaven, which are symbols of authority and rule. The real beauty of the word under consideration today is the spiritual certainty they give in the midst of our global, political, economic and personal uncertainties. Evil shall not prevail forever though it may endure for a while. The triumphing of the wicked is short. The day will eventually come when all evil people will answer for their crimes. Nothing can undo Satan’s defeat and Jesus’ victory. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Payday will come for all evil people.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 07:57:46 +0000