{"id":1082,"date":"2018-06-30T08:28:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2018-06-30T08:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T16:28:14","slug":"devotion-revelation-1917-21-be-a-meal-or-be-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1082","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Revelation 19:17-21 Be A Meal Or Be Fed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revelation 19:17-21<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds\u00a0flying in midair,\u00a0\u201cCome,\u00a0gather together for the great supper of God,<\/i><\/span>\u00a018\u00a0so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,\u00a0free and slave, great and small.\u201d\u00a0 19\u00a0Then I saw the beast\u00a0and the kings of the earth\u00a0and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse\u00a0and his army.<\/span>\u00a020\u00a0But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet\u00a0who had performed the signs\u00a0on its behalf.\u00a0With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast\u00a0and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake\u00a0of burning sulfur.21\u00a0The rest were killed with the sword\u00a0coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,\u00a0and all the birds\u00a0gorged themselves on their flesh.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds\u00a0flying in midair,\u00a0\u201cCome,\u00a0gather together for the great supper of God,<\/span>\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 Earlier in this chapter we saw that the Lord had gathered His saints for the wedding supper of the Lamb (V9<\/b>).\u00a0 The wedding supper of the Lamb is a great celebration for all the saints of God.\u00a0 They come to celebrate the victory of Jesus over evil and also the completion of the marriage of Jesus to His bride the church.\u00a0 Now we see a different calling happening.\u00a0 The flesh of all the armies who come to fight the Lord shall lay as carrion in the fields.\u00a0 Remember that the birds who are called to feed on human flesh are not called to kill and feast, but merely to feast.\u00a0 Just as angels and saints of God are not present to help Jesus fight evil, so the birds shall not kill people but only to eat the flesh of their dead bodies.\u00a0 Remembering that for believers, when not in the flesh they shall be with the Lord forever, conversely it is true that the spirit of unbelievers if not in the flesh shall be in hell or the lake of fire.\u00a0 The birds are not called to eat the flesh of people who are alive, but to eat the flesh of those whose spirit has left and is now in a place of torment.\u00a0 This supper that the birds flying in midair are having is not the wedding supper of the Lamb, but is a supper for birds to come and feast on the dead and empty bodies of those who opposed God.\u00a0 Such is the end for the bodies of those who follow the Antichrist and the devil.\u00a0 Their spirits, however, are in a place of torment.\u00a0 The flesh of mankind is a shell for the soul.\u00a0 All flesh dies, but the soul of a man lives eternally.\u00a0 Where the soul of a man eternally lives depends on the choices of the man.\u00a0 If the man has loved God, then it lives forever with Him.\u00a0 If the man has not loved God, then it lives in torment.\u00a0 God did not create the place of eternal torment for mankind (Matthew 25:41<\/b>), but for the devil and his demons.\u00a0 By choosing to side with the devil, unbelievers become one with him and will follow him to his eternity.\u00a0 By choosing to follow God through faith in the works and person of Jesus, then believers have chosen to receive all the eternal blessings of God that He wants to impart to us.<\/p>\n

\u201cso that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,\u00a0free and slave, great and small.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 When Jesus speaks the words of justice and judgement, all flesh that participates in the rebellion will die and become fodder for the birds of the air.\u00a0 Notice that the Lord is not a \u201crespecter of persons (Acts 10:34<\/b>.\u201d\u00a0 What a position a man is considered here on earth is of no import when the man stands before God.\u00a0 God is not partial (Romans 2:11<\/b>).\u00a0 The only fact that matters is has one loved the Son.\u00a0 If so then when their body dies they will forever live with God (2 Corinthians 5:8<\/b>).\u00a0 For those who don\u2019t love Jesus, and so have not been obedient, they will pass from the life they have had here on earth to living in eternal torment, with no hope of having their position change.\u00a0 Where a man will spend his eternity is decided during his life here on earth. \u00a0In the afterlife, the final position of a man is forever unchangeable.\u00a0 The Word of God declares that today, in this life, is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2<\/b>).\u00a0 The wise heed this call.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen I saw the beast\u00a0and the kings of the earth\u00a0and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse\u00a0and his army.<\/span>\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 John\u2019s attention is turned to the Antichrist and to all the armies of the world that are with him.\u00a0 He clearly states that they are gathered there, by order of the Antichrist to wage war against the\u00a0\u201crider on the horse and His army.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 We have already reviewed that the rider on the horse is Jesus and the army of the Lord are the angels and us.\u00a0 Let\u2019s remember that the army with Jesus do not fight this battle.\u00a0 The battle belongs to the Lord.\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 Jesus will be glorified!<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet\u00a0who had performed the signs\u00a0on its behalf.\u00a0With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast\u00a0and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake\u00a0of burning sulfur.21\u00a0The rest were killed with the sword\u00a0coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,\u00a0and all the birds\u00a0gorged themselves on their flesh.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0V15\u00a0<\/b>has already informed us that the victory over all that oppose Him is by the Word spoken from Jesus.\u00a0 Here is the utter and complete defeat of the Antichrist and those who follow Him.\u00a0 Their flesh is eaten by the birds and the souls shall burn forever.\u00a0 How horrible! How unnecessary!\u00a0 It is their choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us notice that John moves from the gathering of the Antichrist and his armies to oppose God to telling what has happened after the battle.\u00a0 He does not describe the battle.\u00a0 There really is no battle because nothing, whether devil, demons, the Antichrist or all the people of the earth can oppose God (Job 23:13, 2 Chronicles 20:6<\/b>).\u00a0 The gathering of forces against God is no obstacle.\u00a0 It does not cause God to pause, the forces are instantly and completely defeated as soon as He speaks the Word.\u00a0 The Word of God is more sure and complete than then a nuclear bomb.\u00a0 Jesus will utter His Words and they are simultaneously completed.\u00a0 Family, those who shake their fist at God think themselves brave.\u00a0 It is just foolishness.\u00a0 We who submit to God with all that we are, and in increasing measure, are safe in His love.\u00a0 Those who have not sought the refuge of His love, shall instantly perish.\u00a0 Praise God who loves and protects us, who has always had only the best plans for us.\u00a0 Praise our God whose will cannot be stopped or defeated (Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 43:13<\/b>) as always has been and always will be!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revelation 19:17-21\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds\u00a0flying in midair,\u00a0\u201cCome,\u00a0gather together for the great supper of God,\u00a018\u00a0so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,\u00a0free and slave, great…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,2453,129,1872,103,1849,101,94,17,711,10],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-chronicles","tag-corinthians","tag-deuteronomy","tag-isaiah","tag-job","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-psalm","tag-revelation","tag-romans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1083,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}