Revelation 21: 4 - 7 NKJV
There are few things in this life that are sure bets. For the most part, we cannot count on the things of this world as a constant. You say that the sun will rise tommorow? Well, God can change that in the blink of an eye. I think that one of the most true statements anyone has ever made is that tommorow never comes. For when tomorow supposedly does come it is not tommorow at all...but today! So it is that whenever someone tells me about some this, that or the other which is a sure bet, I take it with a grain of salt. There are far too many things that can and will happen to erase any sure bet. I guess it was based on this thought that Murphys law was created. Somewhere along the line, ol' Murphy realized that there were no sure bets. So, does that mean that we should believe in nothing which has ever been predicted? Most definately, with a few exceptions. We see a few of these exceptions in scripture. Indeed, the bible has been true to its predictions through the ages. What has been foretold...has come to pass. We find one of those predictions in the book of Revelation. Here the apostle John sits in exhile on the island of Patmos for the high crime of following Jesus. It is during his time on Patmos that God decided to show John just what He had in store for His creation. This was His revelation of the final battle, the second coming and a new earth. When it pleases God, He will set these final events in motion that all will see His glory. These events are not a matter of if, but when they will come. With appolagies to Murphy, nothing can go wrong that will disturb the timing of what is to come.
5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6who, being in the form of God, did not consider it brobbery to be equal with God, 7but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2: 5 - 11 NKJV
There was a interesting discussion in our Sunday morning McChurch group this morning. What started as a conversation on if someone who has Christ in them can indeed behave badly eventually morphed into just how God orchestrates all of His creation for His purposes. Everything that has or ever will happen has been according to our Lords desires. Yes, even the rise and fall of that spirit of error...satan. Even today, God continues to play satan like a fiddle that His will be accomplished. We do well to remember that satan himself was one our Lords creations. It was also satan who proclaimed that he would place himself above God {Isaiah 14:14}. Many may wonder as to why God would allow such a thing to happen on His watch. Well, God allowed satan to believe falsely that he was independent, which led to satan getting cast from heaven {Isaiah 14:15}, which led to satan deceiving Eve that she could be like God {Genesis 3: 4-5}, which in turn led to the fall of man{Genesis 3: 23-24}. How could we ever recover from this expulsion from our Lords paradise? Enter the next part of Gods plan, our very salvation {Isaiah 53:5}. Indeed, God has even used satan himself for His own purposes. The enemy has already been defeated. As a good friend of mine will so often remind me, when satan will remind you of your past...remind him of his future!
~Scott~
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