Goto Kinsman Redeemer Part 1
Do you look around and groan
because of the sin around you and the sin that you yourself commit? Do you
groan over creation? ...over all the seeming injustices in the world?
...over the state of the United States? Why does God allow this? Why
doesn't He intervene and bring it to an end?
THE
SCROLL = THE TITLE DEED TO EARTH
ONLY JESUS IS WORTHY TO OPEN IT
Because IT'S NOT YET THE
HOUR. He, the Lamb, your KINSMAN REDEEMER, is going to take the
Seven Sealed
scroll break the seals. Although there is not uniform consensus regarding
the meaning of the scroll, Kay believes that this scroll represents the
the title deed to the earth (Ed: other respected expositors like John
MacArthur, Warren Wiersbe, Henry Morris [The Revelation Record] all agree) & that John understood that meaning and that this
deed would give back to man what he lost to Satan in the garden of Eden.
Revelation 2-3 have a word for
OVERCOMERS, those who are truly born again (1Jn 5:4, 5), remembering that
the victory that overcomes the world is our faith (click Jesus' promises to overcomers).
In Revelation 5 Jesus has
OVERCOME and steps forth to accept the scroll not as the
LAMB but as the
LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, the lion being a symbol of the king of the
beasts in the animal world, the one who rules, as Jesus is the rightful heir of
David. Why? Because the Messiah was born in the Davidic line. He is also the
ROOT OF
DAVID, which shows us His humanity since He had His "roots" in the line of
David (see Isa 11:1, 10) (Ed note: this also teaches His Deity
in that He brought David and David’s line into existence). Worthy is repeated in
Rev 4-5. Even angels were not
worthy to open the seven sealed scroll because the world was not
subjected to them, as taught in the epistle to the Hebrews.
Go to Hebrews 1
where the writer demonstrates
Jesus' superiority to angels:
Hebrews 1:3-14
(Ed note:
Hebrews 1:3ff notes) "And
He (Jesus) is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation
of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of
His
power. When He (Jesus) had made purification of sins,
He sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty on high; (When Jesus hung on the Cross, God
the Father saw it and was
TOTALLY SATISFIED --the word propitiated-- with Jesus' perfect
sinless sacrifice and the the precious blood, as of a lamb
unblemished and spotless, the Lamb of God slain for you and for me. Jesus is seated now at the
right hand of God and stays there until Rev 19:11, 12, 13, 14)
4 having become as much better than the angels, as
He has inherited a more
excellent name than they.
5 For to which of the angels did He ever say,
"Thou art My
Son, Today I have begotten
Thee"? And
again, "I will be a Father to
Him
And He
shall be a Son
to Me"?
6 And when He again brings the
first-born into the world, He says, "And
let all the angels of God worship
Him." 7 And of the angels He says, "Who
makes His angels winds, And His ministers a flame of fire." 8 But of the
Son [He says], "Thy throne, O
God, (so here the author clearly calls Jesus
the Son God incarnate. You must believe that & repent or you will die in
your sins.) is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter
of His kingdom. 9 "Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed
Thee With the oil of gladness above
Thy companions." 10 And,
"Thou,
Lord, (STILL SPEAKING OF JESUS) in the beginning didst lay the
foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of
Thy hands; (so
Jesus made the heavens & earth and He gave them to MAN and when He made
man, He made him IN HIS IMAGE, both male & female and He gave them
DOMINION over the entire earth.) 11 They will perish, but
Thou remainest; (refer to
Rev 21 where this comes about) and they all will become old as a
garment, 12 And as a mantle
Thou wilt roll them up; As a garment they will
also be changed. But Thou art the same, And
Thy years will not come to an
end."
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said, "Sit at My right hand,
until I make Thine enemies
a footstool for Thy feet"? (again we see the
culmination of this truth in Revelation 19-20)
Heb 1:14 (note) Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit
salvation? (Angels cannot redeem men and they are not worthy to open the scroll.)
The writer of Hebrews adds...
Hebrews 2:5-8 For HE DID NOT SUBJECT TO ANGELS THE WORLD TO COME, (the world to
come is shown in
Rev 20-22, Ed note: The “world to
come” in rabbinic thought referred to the age when Messiah would
rule from David’s throne, especially fulfilled in His millennial
reign. The writer points out that God intends to subject the future
world to men, not angels) concerning which we are speaking. 6 But one
has testified somewhere, saying, "What is
man, that Thou rememberest
him?
Or the son of man,
that Thou art concerned about
him? (Ed
note: quoting from Psalm 8:4, 5, 6, 7, 8 which although clearly
having Messianic overtones is not a direct
prophetic psalm about Jesus as many commentaries suggest, but is a psalm about
the insignificance and greatness of men, contrasting man's failure
with his future position of exaltation) 7 "Thou hast
made him (referring
to man not to the Messiah) for a little while lower than the
angels. Thou hast crowned
him with glory and honor,
and hast appointed him (MAN) over the works of Thy hands; 8 Thou hast put
all things in subjection under
his feet."
Recall that when man was created ALL THINGS
were placed in SUBJECTION to his dominion, but the serpent deceived Eve who did not
listen to the voice of God but listened to and believed THE LIE of the
devil, eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
and giving it to Adam and so death entered the world by one man eventually
spreading to the whole world by sin. Man lost the title deed. (see
related discussion Lecture 6) Jesus was
born a man yet fully God, was tempted in all ways but without sin so that
He died a perfect sacrifice, was buried, raised and is now SEATED IN THE
HEAVENLY PLACES.
PAUL PRAYS 3 THINGS FOR THE EPHESIAN CHURCH
Ephesians 1:18 [I pray that] the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that
you may know
(A) what is the hope of His calling,
(B) what are the riches of the
glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and
(C) what is the surpassing
greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with
the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in
Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand
in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and
dominion (referring to angelic powers), and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in
the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet,
and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body,
the fulness of Him who fills all in all. (See notes
Ep 1:18;
19;
20;
21;
22;
23)
In
Hebrews 2 we see that the "world
to come" was not subjected to angels
and that is why in Rev 5 there is no angel (or other created being) worthy in heaven, under the earth
or on the earth to open the seven sealed scroll. Man is not worthy because of
his sin. No angel is worthy because
they are really ministering spirits. The world does not belong to them
but was given to man. Satan is the usurper who is now the prince of this world.
The writer of Hebrews goes on to reiterate the truth that the earth
was initially subjected to man, writing that
"Thou hast put all
things in subjection under
his (man's) feet." For in
subjecting all things to
him,
He left nothing that is not subject to
him.
But now we do not yet see all things subjected to
him.
(to man) 9 But (and this is our sure hope) we do see Him (JESUS, OUR KINSMAN REDEEMER Who is WORTHY
to take the scroll and give back to man what man lost in the Garden of
Eden) Who
has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, (HIS INCARNATION) because of the suffering of death crowned with
glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for
everyone. (BECAUSE THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH and JESUS, OUR
SUBSTITUTE, HAS TO DIE) (Hebrews
2:8-9-
notes)
Hebrews 2:14-17 Since then the children (believers
- overcomers) share in flesh and blood, He
Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might
render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; (HOW?
By paying for our sins. SIN gives the devil power and this applies not just
to unbelievers but to believers. When we step over the line and commit sin,
we give the devil a place or a foothold. On the other hand the devil does
not have the power of death over believers because Jesus paid for our
sins.)
15 and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to
slavery all their lives. 16 For assuredly He does not give help to angels,
but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. 17 Therefore, He had to be
made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and
faithful high priest (believers are priests as we learn in Rev 1:6, 5:10,
20:6) in
things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
In Rev 5 our
KINSMAN REDEEMER,
the Lord Jesus Christ, takes the TITLE DEED to the
earth from His Father.
Play and ponder your Redeemer
My Redeemer Lives - Nicole Mullen
(or
here)
There Is A Redeemer - Keith Green
JESUS
OUR KINSMAN
REDEEMER
THREE BENEFITS
(1).
JESUS REDEEMS US FROM BONDAGE/SLAVERY/SERVITUDE:
We are SLAVES TO SIN as taught in John 8 where Jesus is speaking to the
Jews:
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who
commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 "And the slave does not remain in the
house forever; the son does remain forever. 36 "If therefore the Son shall
make you free, you shall be free indeed.
THE LAW OF GOEL
IN LEVITICUS
Kinsman for our purposes is defined as one who is of the same family.
And so we as men and women are of the family of MAN and not of ANGELS.
Lev 25:47, 48, 49 "Now if the means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you
becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard
to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to
the descendants of a stranger's family, then he shall have REDEMPTION right after he has been sold. One of his
brothers may REDEEM him, or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may REDEEM
him, or one of HIS BLOOD RELATIVES from his family may REDEEM him; or if
he prospers, he may REDEEM himself." (Ed:
click discussion of the
year of "Jubilee" in Leviticus 25:8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19ff)
Note that the kinsman redeemer is to be a BLOOD RELATIVE, A MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY to be qualified to be a Kinsman Redeemer. In the book
of Ruth (Click verse by verse notes on Ruth), BOAZ was Ruth's kinsman by marriage but he was not the
first in line, as there was a kinsman who was a nearer and who
legally had the first right to the role of Ruth's kinsman redeemer.
But Boaz fell in love with Ruth and wanted to redeem her so he asked
the nearest kinsman if he wished to redeem Ruth but he declined
saying that this would jeopardize his inheritance. So Boaz took off
his shoe and said ''I will redeem Ruth'' which he did, bringing her
into his family as his wife and providing a beautiful picture of the
redemption by the kinsman redeemer.
Related Resource: Chart on
the
Kinsman-Redeemer - The Goel
The question is this -- Can an
individual redeem himself?
(Ed: Before you answer read Ps 49:7, 8, Ps 48:8NIV) No because he is a sinner and cannot pay
the price to be released from bondage to sin. Fallen mankind needed
a
KINSMAN REDEEMER
Who could pay the price. Another man would not suffice because he is
also a sinner and a slave to sin. Jesus is the ONLY ONE Who can SET
US FREE, the only One Who can be our KINSMAN REDEEMER.
Remember Romans 15:4 tells us that
whatever
was written in earlier times (Old Testament) was
written for our
instruction, that through
perseverance and the
encouragement of the Scriptures we might have (hold fast to and
cherish) hope (absolute certainty of future good).'' (Romans
15:4 - see note)
So these
teachings in the OT give us encouragement and
hope just as do many of the OT teachings which are beautiful
pictures of SPIRITUAL TRUTH unveiled in the New Testament.
Rev 5:9 (note) referring to the
Lamb of God,
says ''Thou wast slain''.
Why? For our sins.
John's description
of Jesus in the midst of the throne as a Lamb as if slain, pictures the
resurrected body of Christ as bearing the "brand mark" for our sins.
This picture parallels God's word to Israel concerning Zion in Isaiah
49:15, 16
where God asks...
Can a woman forget her
nursing child, and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these
may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed (engraved, Amplified reads "tattooed a picture of") you on
the palms of My hands. Your walls (Zion) are continually before Me.
Ed:
although God is speaking here in context to Israel, we instinctively
compare the reference to the palms of Jehovah’s hands with the "love
wounds" borne by Christ for us. This truth is beautifully expressed in the hymn
A Debtor to Mercy Alone
by Augustus Toplady...click
to play..
A Debtor to Mercy Alone
A debtor to mercy alone, of
covenant mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on, my person and off’ring to
bring.
The terrors of law and of God with me can have nothing to do;
My Savior’s obedience and blood hide all my transgressions from
view.
The work which His goodness began, the arm of His strength will
complete;
His promise is Yea and Amen, and never was forfeited yet.
Things future, nor things that are now, nor all things below or
above,
Can make Him His purpose forgo, or sever my soul from His love.
My name from the palms of His
hands
Eternity will not erase;
Imprest on His heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace.
—Augustus Toplady
God is saying as a mother will not forget her child, so too He would not
forget Israel even though they might forget Him. Why would He not forget
them? Because He has ENGRAVED them on the PALMS OF HIS HANDS!
Rev 5:9 And they sang a new song,
saying, "Worthy (word
study) art Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for
Thou wast slain, and didst PURCHASE for God with Thy blood men from every
tribe and tongue and people and nation.10 "And Thou hast made them to be a
KINGDOM and PRIESTS to our God; and they will REIGN UPON THE EARTH."
So the ''crown to reign'' was lost by mankind lost
when Adam sinned in the garden. This crown was then given to Satan.
But this crown will soon be removed from Satan and
will be given back to man who "shall judge angels''! (1Cor
6:3)
Peter reminds us of the price that was paid for our redemption,
writing
that you were not
redeemed
(word study) with perishable things like
silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your
forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and
spotless, the blood of Christ.
" (1Pe 1:18, 19-notes
)
Similarly Paul writes that
In Him (CHRIST) we have
redemption (word
study) through His blood, the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which
He lavished upon us...." (Eph 1:7, 8-note)
No matter the depth of your sin,
where sin did abound, grace did much more abound!
Paul adds that
"In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the
gospel of your salvation-- having also believed, you were sealed (Seal
speaks of ownership, authenticity, security -
Click excellent article on seal) in Him
with the Holy Spirit of promise, Who is given as a pledge of our
inheritance, WITH A VIEW TO THE REDEMPTION (here redemption
refers to the redemption of the body at the return of Christ) OF [GOD'S OWN] POSSESSION, to
the praise of His glory." (Eph 1:13, 14-note)
Related Resource: Dr Wayne
Barber's sermons that relate to Redemption
Eph
1:7-13:
MARVEL OF REDEMPTION;
Eph 1:13-15: MARVEL OF REDEMPTION, PT 2;
Eph 1:13-15:
SECURITY OF REDEMPTION;
Eph 1:13-15:
SECURITY OF REDEMPTION, PT 2
At age 29 Kay was redeemed from the PENALTY of sin
(salvation). But her redemption did not cease there, for all
believers are being redeemed
daily from the POWER of sin as they walk in the Spirit and by grace (sanctification).
One day future our
redemption will be complete when we receive our new, glorified,
resurrection body and we will forever be delivered from the PRESENCE (and
pleasure) of sin (glorification). (Related Resource:
Three Tenses of Salvation)
Paul speaks about "future tense" redemption in Romans writing that
the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will,
but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself
also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of
the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation
groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of
the Spirit, (Ed: The Spirit is a "foretaste" of glory to come or
as described in Eph 1:14-note above He is the down payment
which guarantees the final purchase of a piece of property and is
analogous to the "earnest money" in a real estate transaction. The Holy
Spirit is God’s first installment to guarantee to His children that He
will finish His work and eventually bring them to glory) even we
ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as
sons, the redemption of our body. (Ro 8:20, 21-note,
Ro 8:22, 23-note)
JUDGMENT
ON THE LAND
So in
Revelation 5 Jesus is standing as the One Who has
redeemed all the people
from their sin at His FIRST COMING, having purchased them with His blood.
And in Revelation 6 we see the beginning of the breaking of the SEALS leading to
TRUMPETS and then to BOWLS and each of these events has something to do with
JUDGMENT UPON THE LAND. What is God doing JUDGING THE LAND? He is in the
process of bringing this earth back to the condition it should have been
(before Adam sinned). So as God JUDGES THE LAND, He is exercising the role
of our
Kinsman Redeemer
as He restore to us what we lost in
Adam, remembering that the earth was
originally subjected to man not to angels (Satan is a fallen angel and a
usurper).
Lev 25:10 'You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a
release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for
you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you
shall return to his family. (THE ONE RETURNING HAVING BEEN A SLAVE)11 'You
shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in [from] its untrimmed vines...13 'On this year
of jubilee each of you shall return to his own property."
Redeemed
men and women can shout
''JUBILEE'' because when the Lord God reigns, we will have
returned to us what was once ours.
(2).
JESUS REDEEMS FOR US OUR LOST LAND:
Lev 25:23 "The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the
land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me. 24 'Thus for
every piece of your property, you are to provide for the redemption of the
land. 25 'If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell
part of his property, then his NEAREST KINSMAN is to come and buy back
what his relative has sold. (WHEN JESUS CHRIST TAKES THE SCROLL & BREAKS
THE SEALS HE IS ''BUYING BACK'' WHAT MAN ''SOLD'' TO THE DEVIL).26 'Or in
case a man has no KINSMAN, but so recovers his means as to find sufficient
for its redemption, 27 then he shall calculate the years since its sale
and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, (BUT CAN MAN BUY
BACK THE EARTH? Obviously not so he needs a Kinsman Redeemer) and so return
to his property."
Go to Jeremiah 32:
God says He is going to bring the Babylonians against Jerusalem
because of their idolatry and will take away the land and give it to the
Babylonians. God warns them to repent for if they had done so He would
have withheld this punishment. Judah refuses to repent, instead listening
to false prophets who are proclaiming "PEACE, PEACE"
when there is no peace. In this background, God gives Jeremiah a seemingly
strange command to buy land,
even though He has declared that the Babylonians will conquer Judah and
possess their land.
Jeremiah recounts this event
in Jer 32:7-15
writing that
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
'Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying,
"Buy for yourself my field which is at Anathoth, for you have the right of
redemption to buy [it.]"' 8 "Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the
court of the guard according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, 'Buy
my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin;
for you have the right of possession and the REDEMPTION is yours; buy [it]
for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9 "And I
bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son, and I
weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of SILVER. ("silver"
is a picture of redemption as slaves were often redeemed with silver) 10 "And I signed and sealed the deed, and called in
witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 "Then I took the
deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and
conditions, and the open copy...13 "And I commanded Baruch in their
presence, saying, 14 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
"Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase, and this open deed, and
put them in an earthenware jar, that they may last a long time." 15 'For
thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Houses and fields and
vineyards shall again be bought in this land."'
God is telling Jeremiah that He is
going to take Judah into captivity but that after 70 years Jeremiah
would receive back that which was his because he had a sealed deed of
purchase. That's what Jesus has provided for us--A SEALED DEED OF
PURCHASE--He was made for a little while lower than the angels that He
might redeem what you and I have lost.
When Jesus takes the seven sealed
scroll and opens it, He is saying that we are going to reign with Him, the
King of kings. This is why the SCROLL is so important.
Jer 32:16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the Lord, saying, 17 'Ah Lord God! Behold, Thou
hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power and by Thine
outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for Thee, 18 who showest
lovingkindness to thousands, but repayest the iniquity of fathers into the
bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The Lord of
hosts is His name; 19 great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are
open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone ACCORDING TO
HIS WAYS AND ACCORDING TO THE FRUIT OF HIS DEEDS; (In
the Revelation Jesus will recompense us according to the fruit of our
deeds - Rev 22:12)
Jer 32:25 'And Thou hast said to me, O Lord God, "Buy for yourself the
field with money, and call in witnesses"-- although the city is given into
the hand of the Chaldeans.' "
26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
27 "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too
difficult for Me?" And all God's children answer "NO! AMEN!"
So there is a TITLE DEED TO THIS EARTH and it has our name on it. When our
Kinsman Redeemer breaks the seals on the "title deed" (Rev 6:1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), it marks the time
when we will shortly receive what He has redeemed for
us.
(3).
JESUS REDEEMS US FROM THE MURDERER:
The NEAREST KINSMAN was also responsible for VINDICATING MURDER, and in
this role was referred to as the BLOOD AVENGER.
Numbers 35 which discusses the
"blood avenger"
Moses describes the murder of
another individual beginning in (Numbers 35:16
writing that if someone struck another person
"down with an iron
object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer
shall surely be put to death. (God believes in capital punishment!)...19 'The BLOOD AVENGER himself
shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he
meets him...21 or if he
struck him down with his hand in enmity, and [as a result] he died, the
one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer;
the BLOOD AVENGER shall put the murderer to death
when he meets him...24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and
the BLOOD AVENGER
according to these ordinances. 25 'And the congregation shall deliver the
manslayer from the hand of the BLOOD AVENGER,
and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he
fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was
anointed with the holy oil....27 and the BLOOD AVENGER finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the BLOOD AVENGER kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood."
Moses goes on to add in (Numb
35:29ff)
that
'these things shall be for a statutory ordinance to you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 'If anyone kills a
person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of
witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one
witness. 31 'Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a
murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death....(WHY?)
33 'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes
the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is
shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. (CAPITAL PUNISHMENT)
When the SEVEN SEALED SCROLL is broken the BLOOD AVENGER steps forth and
as described in the Revelation we see Him bring Satan to his end because
Satan is a MURDERER. Jesus describes in John 8:44 as '...the devil...a murderer from the
beginning...'' He murdered Adam and all of his seed. So in Revelation 12
(Rev 12:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) we see
Satan kicked out of heaven and coming down to earth filled with wrath because
he knows he has only a short time. In Revelation 19-20 we see the demise of Satan
as the BLOOD AVENGER
fulfills His duty.
John records a vision in Revelation 19:19...
I saw the beast...20 And the beast was seized, and with him
the false prophet ...these two were thrown alive into THE LAKE OF FIRE
which burns with brimstone...20:10 And the DEVIL who deceived them was
thrown into THE LAKE OF FIRE and brimstone, where the beast and the false
prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and
ever.
HALLELUJAH! (cp Rev
19:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Our Kinsman Redeemer,
having redeemed us by His precious blood, has taken the scroll, beginning
the process of redeeming the land. Finally He performs His action as our
Blood Avenger on the one who murdered mankind.
In the last section
of the Olivet Discourse, Jesus teaches us that that THE LAKE OF
FIRE (Rev 19:20, 20:10, 14, 15) was not prepared for man but
'has been prepared for the devil and his angels.' (Mt 25:41)
Yet men will end up in the lake of fire, being
tormented night and day, because they refused to listen to the Word of
God, the gospel of their salvation, so did not believe the testimony of
Jesus Christ. Instead they stubbornly dig in their heels, stand firm and
unchanging in their sin and refuse to bow their knee and confess that
Jesus Christ as Lord to the glory of God. In short, unsaved men refuse to
be redeemed. What is so sad is that Jesus
is the propitiation
(satisfaction or appeasement) for our sins (Jesus' sacrifice on the
Cross satisfying the demands of God's holiness for the punishment of sin)
and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world (1John 2:2).
The tragedy is that when men stand before the Great White Throne judgment,
there is no need for them to be there and to be cast into the lake of fire
which burns with fire and brimstone. IF ONLY they had believed. IF ONLY
they would have allowed their KINSMAN to REDEEM them, they would not have
suffer eternally with the devil and his angels.
WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? You may be
suffering now but the MYSTERY OF GOD is almost finished and you will then
see your KINSMAN REDEEMER and you will sit with Him on His throne and you
will rule and reign because He has taken THE SCROLL and BROKEN THE SEALS.
Hallelujah! The One Who breaks the seals is our Kinsman Redeemer!
Prayer Father
we thank You for the Word of God, for Who You are, for Your great
plan of redemption, for the Lamb of God Who was slain before the
foundation of the world, slain for us. Father may we prepare to meet
our God. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
