One Final Heart Check
Read Revelation 20
Rev 20:11 Then I saw a
great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his
presence, and there was no place for them.
GOOD vs. evil, God vs. Satan is the battle waged from
beginning to end in Scripture. Hopefully in a time of reading through scripture
of God’s holiness, his judgment, his grace and his salvation, you have come to
a deeper understanding that the battle never lets up until this time of
completion. We must live in trust that our God reigns. In his reign he moves
all things to his purpose to bring you to his home forever.
This chapter is a
picture of God binding Satan for a period of time, releasing him, and then
condemning him forever. It is a picture of a time of peace in Christ’s church.
Then God loosens Satan for a short time. There’s always the question, “Why
would God not just bind him once and forever?”
The answer may be
that God is using Satan to check his people’s hearts. God allowed Satan into
Eden to see what kind of hearts his people had. We failed. God allowed Satan see
what kind of heart the man Jesus had. (Luke 4) Jesus won. One more time, he’ll
do a heart check. The unfaithful who reject Jesus’ ways will perish. The
faithful who trust Jesus’ ways will win.
And then God will
end it. For all eternity his presence will fill the new heaven and earth
described in the final two chapters.
How is your heart?
Would God find you faithful amid Satan’s temptations? Satan is tempting you
now. Stand firm in your God, and let him fill you forever.
A Moment’s Thought: God’s clear about eternity.
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