Topic: Great Tribulation? Not For Me [Friday October 16, 2015]
Text: Revelation 17:15-18
Key Verse: “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire” (Revelation 17:16).
Encountering the symbolic scenes the devil would establish during the Great Tribulation, as seen in our text, should make true followers to take a firm decision never to be part of that awful age. The prostitute sitting upon the waters (verse 15) indicates that there would be a centralised global religious system in the first part of the tribulation.
This religion would be integrated into the system of the Antichrist when he captures political control. Yet, as verse 16 reveals, the prostitute, representing the religious (apostate Christianity) wing of the union will fall out with the Antichrist (the political arm), with the prostitute and her institutions losing out. They would be crushed. It is God’s will. It is God’s judgment against the fallen world’s religious order and its leaders who rejected God’s truth in Jesus Christ.
This will leave the scene for the trio of the devil, Antichrist and the false prophet to be in full control of the world. The joy of the believer reading this prophecy is that eventually “the Lamb (our Lord Jesus Christ) shall overcome them for he is Lord of lords and King of kings” (verse 14). The knowledge of this should encourage us to show more appreciation to our Lord for saving us and assuring us of eternity in His Kingdom by doing more evangelism and remaining faithful to Him in holiness. Believers need to strive for the truth that sets free.
Many a believer, out of desperation for getting transient problems solved are being unwittingly shackled and manacled as it were to mere religious persuasions that manifest token signs and wonders, which are really from the pit of hell. The end of all religions as the book of Revelation exposes should make believers look beyond pretended signs and wonders to seeking the truth that can stand the tests of time and eternity.
Thought for the day: Live daily for Christ and avoid the grim reality of the Great Tribulation
Bible Reading in one Year: Revelation 9–11
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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