{"id":902,"date":"2018-03-19T06:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2018-03-19T06:20:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:20:35","slug":"devotion-revelation-146-7-spreading-the-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Revelation 14:6-7 Spreading The Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revelation 14:6-7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Then I saw another angel flying in midair,\u00a0and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth\u2014to every nation, tribe, language and people.\u00a07\u00a0He said in a loud voice, \u201cFear God\u00a0and give him glory,\u00a0because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made\u00a0the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

What leaps at us from these verses is the love and grace of God!\u00a0 He has, for over two thousand years to date, sent the Gospel of Jesus that is the Word of salvation, to the world.\u00a0 During this time the world, for the most part, has rejected Jesus.\u00a0 God who loves the world so greatly and all-encompassing sent His Son Jesus to die to make a way out of condemnation that man put himself into (John 3:16<\/b>).\u00a0 There is nothing more, nothing greater that God could do to bring salvation to mankind (Ephesians 2<\/b>).\u00a0 Here we see the love of God in full display.\u00a0 Even then, about halfway through the Great Tribulation period, with many people repenting and coming to Him, yet multiplied many more not coming to Him, He continues to call out to all in the world to come to Him and receive forgiveness and grace.\u00a0 Family, let this fact warm and break our hearts.\u00a0 Here is our loving and mighty God still calling for everyone to get in the Ark, the flood, the judgement is coming and when the door is shut, it is shut, and none came open it for even one more (Revelation 3:7<\/b>).\u00a0 God has sent His church to preach the Word of salvation for over two thousand years and He stands by the door still calling out \u201cMore!\u00a0 I have room for more!\u201d\u00a0 Sadly, there will come a number, and the Lord God knows what that number is, when the door will swing shut.\u00a0 Those who are inside will remain forever inside.\u00a0 Those are outside, shall never enter.\u00a0\u00a0 Never.\u00a0 Oh the horror of the masses that will never come inside and so will end up in a place with the one they did follow, the devil (Matthew 25:41, Revelation 20:10<\/b>).\u00a0 No amount of tears, no amount of pleading will change their destiny (Hebrews 12:17<\/b>).\u00a0 Our Lord God calls out, even to the last minute, for all to come who will come.\u00a0 He calls out to them to hurry and come.\u00a0 He calls out to us, hurry and spread the Word.\u00a0 Let no-one pass from this earth without having heard. We hurt for our loving God that mankind so greatly rejects Him.\u00a0 We hurt for all mankind that it does so.<\/p>\n

This is obviously a different era because now an angel is spreading the news of the eternal gospel.\u00a0 The duty to spread the news has been given to mankind (1 Corinthians 9:16<\/b>).\u00a0 Now, though still the duty of all on earth who belong to God to spread the Gospel, supernatural reinforcements are sent in.\u00a0 This angel is sent to spread the Good News\u2026and a stark warning, grace is now available, but judgement is imminent.<\/p>\n

The angel shares the \u201ceternal Gospel.\u201d\u00a0 The Gospel is the Good News of Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus is the Truth and the Truth of God will stand forever.\u00a0 Truth is truth all the time.\u00a0 Truth is eternal.\u00a0 The Gospel is eternal and so we are secure in Christ forever.<\/p>\n

The Gospel is meant for \u201c<\/span>every nation, tribe, language and people<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It is meant for all who would come.\u00a0 The Gospel is eternal good news for all who will come and it is also an eternal lament for those who reject it.\u00a0 The other side of the coin must be considered and it must be known.<\/span><\/p>\n

The angel is spreading the Gospel in a loud voice.\u00a0 A clear loud voice so that all will hear.\u00a0 There will be no excuses.\u00a0 There will be no person from a tiny village that never heard.\u00a0 All will hear.<\/p>\n

The warning is proclaimed.\u00a0 Fear God and worship Him and be saved.\u00a0 The time is about over.\u00a0 The time for judgement is about upon them.\u00a0 To be pardoned come to Jesus.\u00a0 Or don\u2019t come to Jesus and receive an eternal punishment.<\/p>\n

The message is clear.\u00a0 God calls, to the last second, for all to come and be saved.\u00a0 But the time to receive His salvation has a time limit.\u00a0 When the door is closed, it is closed forever.\u00a0 Family, let us pray for the salvation of the lost and let us pray that we will be the instrument that, like the angel, proclaims it clear and loud.\u00a0 It is what Jesus has commanded us to do (Matthew 28:18-20<\/b>).\u00a0 Let\u2019s express our love and appreciation for Him by spreading the Gospel.\u00a0 What and honor to do so.\u00a0 Let us consider and be active in obedience.\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/span><\/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<\/span><\/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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revelation 14:6-7\u00a0–\u00a0Then I saw another angel flying in midair,\u00a0and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth\u2014to every nation, tribe, language and people.\u00a07\u00a0He said in a loud voice, \u201cFear God\u00a0and give him glory,\u00a0because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made\u00a0the heavens, the earth, the sea…<\/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":[129,1841,104,100,101,94,17,711],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-ephesians","tag-hebrews","tag-john","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-psalm","tag-revelation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","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=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":903,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}