17 Dec Reflections on Revelation #165
Day 165
“IDOLS OF GOLD, SILVER, BRASS, STONE AND WOOD. SUCH IDOLS ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE, HEAR OR WALK …” REV. 9:20,21.
Images are set up to honour people we admire or to celebrate causes we would gladly sacrifice time, effort and money to uphold. We honour and celebrate what we admire. But far more often these idols are hidden from view, buried deep in our hearts and minds. While many of these shrines are interesting but harmless, we can erect shrines in our hearts to great good or great evil. The German nation idolized Adolph Hitler to its own destruction. Youth often idolize celebrities who teach them self-defeating values. On the other hand “we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory.” (2 Cor 3:18). Idols not only reveal our innermost thoughts, but they also help determine who we become. I don’t want to be like those in the sixth trumpet who refuse to give up their destructive idols. I choose to centre my life’s focus on Jesus today.
The six trumpets have sounded. Before the seventh is blown, which will signal the conclusion of this earth’s history, we will have another interlude that steps us back in time again, just like the interlude of Rev 7 stepped us back into the 6th seal and answered a question.
The rebellious planet, which has been under the dominion of satan for thousands of years, is about to come back under God’s dominion and rule. It was after Christ’s death on the cross and His ascension to heaven that Christ was proclaimed to be the legitimate ruler of the earth (Rev 12:10-11). satan continues to wreak all the havoc he can, knowing that his time is short (Rev12:12). The 7th trumpet heralds that the usurping powers have been dealt with and that this world finally comes under Christ’s rightful rule.
Tomorrow I will attempt a summary of the first 6 trumpets before we delve into the interlude of Revelation 10 & 11 that precedes to the sounding of the 7th trumpet.
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