SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
09/16/2005
My Worship Time Focus: Fifth Vial Judgment
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 16: 10-11
Message of the verse: “10
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and
his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,
11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven
because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their
deeds.”
The fifth
vial judgment is poured out upon the throne of the antichrist and then the
verse goes on to say it will be dark over his kingdom. This judgment seems to be only for antichrist
and his followers and not for those who follow the Lord Jesus Christ. It is possible that this will happen
throughout most of the world, with the possible exception of Israel, or it could just be upon the site where
antichrist has set up his headquarters, which will probably be in Babylon. At any rate this darkness will be the kind of
darkness that you can actually feel, for you will not be able to see you hand
in front of your face and on top of that all of antichrist’s followers will
still be suffering from the first plague of having those Job like sores on
their bodies. One would think that this
would cause some of them to begin to think about following the “God of heaven,”
but all they will do is blaspheme Him.
The phrase “God of heaven” is used mostly in the OT and one of the times
it is used there is in Daniel 2:44: "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be
destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush
and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It does seem a bit strange that the ones who
have this judgment directly upon them realize exactly where it originated from,
and that is from the God of heaven.
These are the “earth-dwellers” who realize that the God of heaven is
judging the earth because of its sinfulness and they will not repent.
As I think
about this phrase “God of heaven” it has made me think of some different
aspects of what it means to me. God has
His home in heaven, but He owns the entire earth for He created it. There are so called “gods” or idols on this
earth, but God is in heaven and He is the One and only true God. There are times when I worship idols on this
earth, idols of money, power, lust, and things like that, which is sinful on my
part for I should always worship the God of heaven through His Son Jesus Christ.
The Word of God has again brought challenge to my heart as I
read and studied His Word this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To worship the One and only true God and not worship idols.
Memory verses for the week: Psalm
27:1-3
The Lord is my light and my salvation; who shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; in whom shall I be
afraid?
When evildoers assail me to eat my flesh;
My adversaries and foes, it is they who will stumble and
fall.
Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear;
Though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
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