- And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them. Revelation 9:6 – Hearing about the pain they will be going through it’s no surprise that they’d seek an end to their suffering. Yet why they can’t find it or even what that passage exactly means is uncertain. What I do know is that while they may seek death, seek a path out of the pain they are feeling in this world, the life after ones dies without Jesus is no escape from pain. In fact the worst pain and turmoil one could experience here on earth can’t even compare to what Hell is like. So even if they escaped the pain they were feeling they would have been stepping into something even worse, eternal life without God. Let’s share anytime time we can about the life one can have with Jesus so their story won’t have this sort of ending. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1577
- The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. Revelation 9:20-21 – In chapter 9 we see the fifth and sixth trumpets of judgment being blown, and while the first four trumpets brought disastrous things, they have nothing on what we see in this chapter. With the fifth trumpet, demonic spirits are loosed onto the earth to torment for months the people that had not yet turned to the Lord. With the sixth trumpet, four angels lead a massive military force and are released to kill a third of mankind. Truly, this is terror like we have never seen before, yet look at our verses above that close out our chapter of doom. It says those that lived through these 6 trumpets of judgement still didn’t acknowledge God as Lord and turn from their sin, but instead kept on worshipping demons and wallowing in their sin. What we discover here is God’s intention for such intense judgments. He wanted people to repent, for while these judgements were terrible, Hell is worse. Why do you think death wasn’t allowed to come to the people that longed for it like we see in verse 6? For death to escape the pain of this world only to be sent to Hell is no escape at all. The eternal punishment for Satan and his demons was never God’s design for mankind, so in His love He is going to the extreme to wake these people up to the realness of their sin and the deception of the enemy. While we today have no control over when the end will come nor how God will handle the world during these times, what we can do is pray for our lost neighbors. Pray their hearts will be softened towards the Lord and they will embrace the gift of life that is available to them today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2793
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