SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
11/10/2005
My Worship Time Focus: The Lord with His Sword
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Revelation 19:17-19, 21
Message of the verse: “17
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud
voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, ‘Come, assemble for the
great supper of God, 18 so that you may
eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men
and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men,
both free men and slaves, and small and great.’
19 And I saw the beast and the
kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat
on the horse and against His army. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which
came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled
with their flesh.
The
scene changes a bit as John records the words of an angel who is standing in
the sun shouting to the birds who are flying in the midheaven, (close to the
earth), saying to them that they should get ready to eat the flesh of men and
horses who will soon be killed as they fight against He who sits upon a white
horse and has a sword in His mouth.
This
is the end of the battle of Armageddon and what seems strange about it is that
these men came out to fight against one another, but when they see the Lord
Jesus Christ coming back to earth with His army they begin to fight against Him
instead of fighting against each other.
Jesus fights against this army by using the sword that He has in His
mouth, and this sword could represent His Word.
This will be the end of war, for afterwards the Lord will set up His
Kingdom on earth as He will sit upon His throne in Jerusalem.
Dr.
Wiersbe points out that the word flesh is used six times in this section of
this letter. The word “flesh” is used in
different ways in God’s Word, and one of the meanings is that of the outside
covering of a person or an animal, and this is how the word is used here,
however there is another way that the word “flesh” is used in the Bible, and
that represents the old nature of man that he was born with, the nature that he
received from Adam and the Bible never has anything good to say about that nature.
All of these people who will be killed by the sword that is in the mouth
of the Lord Jesus Christ only have this old nature as opposed to those who have
been born of God who receive a new nature, and the Bible never has anything bad to say about this new nature given
to believers by the Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There are two suppers described in
Revelations chapter 19, and by the grace of God I will be seen in the first
supper, which the supper of the Lamb that takes place in heaven. I can only praise the Lord for this because
it was all His doing because of His love, grace, and mercy.
The Word of God has caused me to
rejoice because of God’s love from me and it has also caused me to look at the
seriousness of the justice of God.
My Steps of Faith Today: “In my distress I called upon
the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.” These are the words
from Psalm 18:6 that God used to speak to my heart last night at prayer meeting
concerning the trial that I am going through.
I am in distress over the situation with our investments, and it will
take a miracle from the Lord for us to receive our funds back. I am crying with my voice to the Lord out of
His temple, because the Bible teaches me that, as a believer I am the Temple of His Holy Spirit. This verse says that God is listening to my
cry for His help, and I am thankful for this wonderful truth.
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