man spent an entire weekend hunting for ducks without any success. He was embarrassed and did not want to arrive at home without any ducks, so he struggled with what to say to his wife and friends. On the way home he saw a man feeding a group of ducks at a pond. So he approached the man and asked if he could shoot some of them for $50. The man agreed. After paying the man, the hunter picked up his gun and pulled the trigger. He killed twelve ducks. He was surprised. Quickly, the hunter apologized for having killed so many ducks. The man responded, “I do not care, the ducks are not mine.” Now the hunter was really surprised. I wonder how God reacted? Was God pleased with the second man’s deception? In Malachi 3:13-15 a group of people complained that God lets the wicked get away with being wicked. But a day is coming when God will end evil and punish those who reject Him.       Our Cultures. In the United States the majority of people believe that God exists. Yet, many ignore Him because they would rather enjoy comfort, luxury, and the pleasures of sin. For many Christians, God is someone to "worship" but not someone to serve. For non-Christians, a sense of right and wrong is considered by many to be something for the “old people and previous generations.” For them absolute standards of right and wrong do not exist. For others God is a myth.       For many centuries and even today, Christians have been and are being ridiculed, abused, and murdered for their faith. It is now fashionable to accuse Christians of being intolerant towards other people if those believers seek to tell others about God. The word “tolerant” now means that we should be content to let others go to hell. It now means that we should disobey God’s command to tell others about Jesus Christ.           How has the world responded to God’s prophets and apostles? How did they react to Jesus? The truth is that they killed them when they did not like the message. They did not like messages of rebuke and calls to submit to God. Those who have rejected the messages and do not believe in Jesus have rejected, abused, persecuted and even murdered many Christians. Where has God been? Has God ignored His followers? No! God is not ignoring His people. God will correct the injustice. Judgment is coming.       First Seal - White Horse. In Revelation 5, Jesus takes the scroll with seven seals from God the Father and now He is starting to open each seal one at a time.     And I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” (NASB) Rev. 6:1   It is important to remember that in Rev. 5 and in this study Jesus is called the “Lamb.” It is Jesus who will break each of the seven seals of the scroll. As He breaks each seal, something terrible happens. When Jesus breaks the first seal, a white horse appears and seated on the horse is one with a crown.         < Back   Next >
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