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 lthough
Adam was a wonderfully handsome man and Eve was perfectly
beautiful, they were not great spiritual models for us to follow.
The external is not a clue to one’s spiritual character. By
one simple act, they changed from holy beings into unholy beings.
But our Holy God did not reject them. He loved them and promised
that a savior would come one day and rescue them. That savior is
Jesus Christ or God Himself. Later God revealed that the Messiah,
Jesus Christ, would not only die in order to forgive our sins, but
He would return to life, go back to heaven, and then return to earth
some day. The prophet Isaiah predicted, “For a child will be
born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest
on His shoulders; and His name will be . . . Mighty God, Eternal
Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of
His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom
. . . ” (NASB, Isa. 9:6-7). That earthly government is coming
and the Prince of Peace will bring peace. Just before Jesus returned
to heaven, He told the disciples that His kingdom was still in the
future (Acts 1:6-7). Since then His disciples and those who are believing
and following Jesus are looking for His return - His second coming.
The apostles were looking for His return. The early Christians were
looking for His return. The Apostle Paul even encouraged them to
look for the “ . . . appearing of the glory of our great God
and Savior, Christ Jesus . . .“ (NASB) in Titus 2:13. Other
New Testament writers such as James and Peter talked about and looked
forward to Jesus’ Second Coming (2 Thess. 2:8; 2 Tim. 4:8;
James 5:8; 2 Pet. 3:12; 2 Pet. 3:4). Every Christian who loved Jesus
looked forward to the return and reign of Jesus as King of kings
and Lord of lords. Why? Because they wanted to be with Him!
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Hallelujah. When
we come to Revelation 19, the end has arrived. Victory over sin and a rebellious
world is here. But the best news of all is that God will be imposing His holy, righteous
rule on a sin wrecked earth. The Prince of Peace will soon start to rule, and
peace will finally occur. The end of politics, deception, immorality, murder,
violence, abortion, divorce, and deceit will occur. He is the final ultimate
king.
This
has been God’s plan since Adam and Eve. The apostle’s desire for
the kingdom to arrive is now described in the pages of Revelation.
We have come to the best part of the book of Revelation - Jesus is coming! So
a great number of angels cry out with a loud voice in praise to this God.
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After
these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great
multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation
and glory and power belong to our God; BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS
ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot
who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE
HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER.” (NASB)
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