SUNDAY/MONDAY

Out of the Abyss They Come     

   We're already seeing activities that will mark the Tribulation.

   In Revelation chapter 9, we read of demon worship, idol worship, murder, magic arts, sexual immorality and thefts. Does that ring any bells?

   This is the 5th and 6th trumpet calls, during the wrath of "him who sits on the throne (the Father) and from the wrath of the Lamb (Jesus)." The ungodly - great and small - will wish for death, but not find it.

   Spiritism. Violence. Lust. Pornography. It will increase.

   While God's angels have a role, He will release demons from the shaft of the Abyss, where they have been imprisoned for thousands of years. (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6.)  

   

   These are depicted to John the disciple as horrific locusts, inflicting pain on the very humans other demons have long deceived. 

   Fire. Smoke. Sulfur. A leader named Apollyon.

   Lawlessness. Occult worship. Witchcraft. Magic arts (Greek - pharmekeia) suggest drug use that befuddles the irredeemable. They will not repent.  

   While we hope America prospers in some respects, we don't look for less depravity, here or around the world. Judeo-Christianity declines; wickedness increases.

   We need to fight on - opposing lawlessness, illegal drug use, immorality, etc. - loving what God loves and hating what God hates, willing to be hated by the world.

   But the Trib is scheduled, possibly in our lifetime. Iran, Turkey, other agents and some Palestinians are hell bent on fulfilling the Word in chapter 11 - Gentiles will trample the holy city for 42 months. 

   We want to be "on the right man's side," as Martin Luther phrased it. At the appointed time, Jesus will come for his children.  

       Jimmy