{"id":981,"date":"2018-04-27T06:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T14:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=981"},"modified":"2018-04-27T06:27:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T14:27:57","slug":"devotion-revelation-1612-16-coming-to-armageddon-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Revelation 16:12-16 Coming To Armageddon Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
Revelation 16:12-16<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,\u00a0and its water was dried up to prepare the way\u00a0for the kings from the East.13\u00a0Then I saw three impure spirits\u00a0that looked like frogs;\u00a0they came out of the mouth of the dragon,\u00a0out of the mouth of the beast\u00a0and out of the mouth of the false prophet.\u00a014\u00a0They are demonic spirits\u00a0that perform signs,\u00a0and they go out to the kings of the whole world,\u00a0to gather them for the battle\u00a0on the great day\u00a0of God Almighty. 15\u00a0\u201cLook, I come like a thief!\u00a0Blessed is the one who stays awake\u00a0and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.\u201d 16\u00a0Then they gathered the kings together\u00a0to the place that in Hebrew\u00a0is called Armageddon.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u201cLook, I come like a thief!\u00a0Blessed is the one who stays awake\u00a0and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 Satan also know the scriptures.\u00a0 He purposely twists them, as he did when he tempted Jesus in the desert (Matthew 4:1-11<\/b>), but you have to have something before you can do something to it.\u00a0 He knows what the Word of God says, and he perverts and opposes it in every way he can.\u00a0 He twisted the Word of God in an attempt to fool Jesus, like he did with Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1-2<\/b>).\u00a0 Of course Jesus saw right through that. He replied with the pure Word of God.\u00a0 Man can make bread to feed the body, but man\u2019s eternal life is solely dependent on the\u00a0every<\/u>\u00a0single Word that comes from God.<\/p>\n

Satan tried to get Jesus to: 1) Depend on His own power rather than wait for and be satisfied with what God provides.\u00a0 2) This time the devil tempted Jesus to put God\u2019s promises to the test.\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus would not and did not need to test whether or not God loved and protected Him.\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus knew He did.\u00a0 He would not ask God to \u201cprove it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 3) The devil has the authority that Adam ceded to him (by sinning) in the Garden of Eden.\u00a0 The third temptation was to bow down to the devil and worship him.\u00a0 What a disgusting demand!\u00a0 Now Jesus did not contest that the devil had some authority, but He knew that ultimate authority belongs to God and that the Father, whom Jesus did believe and obey, has already promised Him that all authority would be His (Matthew 28:18, 1 Corinthians 15:27, Ephesians 1:21, Philippians 2:9, John 3:35<\/b>).\u00a0 At this point Jesus again responded with the superior Word of God and then showed His own authority as He sent the devil away.\u00a0 Yes, the devil knows the Word of God and tries twists it and tries to get us to believe his lies.\u00a0 Our defense is knowing the Word of God.\u00a0 If we know the truth then lies are easily identified.\u00a0 Whatever is not the truth is a lie.<\/p>\n

Since the devil knows the Word he knows his time is short.\u00a0\u00a0 He is feverishly working to make another run at overthrowing the authority of God.\u00a0 He knows the Word but he does not love and live in the Word.\u00a0 So he is always trying to break the absolute authority of the Word, but He cannot.\u00a0 He cannot because He is not the one in control.\u00a0 God is in control and every word and letter in the bible either has happened or will happen.\u00a0 For Believers, that is a foundation of our belief and our hope.\u00a0 The Word of God is true in every way and Jesus is the physical Word of God and He therefore He is the Truth.<\/p>\n

The devil knows Jesus is coming, but he does not know exactly when.\u00a0 The exact day and time of Jesus is only known by God.\u00a0 The devil has gathered an army to oppose the return of Christ.\u00a0 He will attempt to fight Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus destroys him and his accumulated army just by His Words.\u00a0 The devil is less of a match for God than a leaf on a beach is powerful enough to stop a tidal wave from advancing past it.\u00a0 Silly.<\/p>\n

Here the Word makes a promise to those who stay awake.\u00a0 Awake to what?\u00a0 To knowing, obeying and walking in the will of God.\u00a0 This message is directed to someone who\u00a0is<\/i>awake and to whom should not fall asleep.\u00a0 This message is to the believer to continue on and to remain clothed.\u00a0 Clothed in what?\u00a0 Clothed in the righteousness that is only received from the person and work of Jesus Christ (Revelation 19:6-8<\/b>).<\/p>\n

For those who do not \u201cremain,\u201d they will then be naked and shamefully exposed.\u00a0 Even those who have rejected God and taken the mark of the beast (the real walking dead) will recognize the nakedness of these who have not \u201cremained.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 They will scoff at them and point at them.\u00a0 They will shout out the disgrace that these now walk in.\u00a0 These bring shame to the Lord\u2019s name (Hebrews 6:5-6<\/b>).<\/p>\n

\u201c16\u00a0Then they gathered the kings together\u00a0to the place that in Hebrew\u00a0is called Armageddon.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 The spirits of the evil three draw the kings to fight against God.\u00a0 They think themselves in control, but God had said this would happen thousands of years before (Joel 2, 3:12-14, \u00a0Zephaniah 3:8, Ezekiel 38-39, Revelation 16, 17, 19<\/b>).\u00a0 Satan, though he wants to prevent the Word of God from being true, is merely another thing that God may use at any time to bring about His will.\u00a0 Family, once again, it is God who in control.\u00a0 Always God is in control.<\/p>\n

As we read the book of Revelation we sorrow for the lost but squirm with joy as we see our salvation approach.\u00a0 To the unredeemed the book of Revelation is something to be feared, denied and hated.\u00a0 To us, the redeemed, the book of Revelation is our notice that the Wedding Supper of the Lamb is coming and we have seats reserved for us.\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.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revelation 16:12-16\u00a0–\u00a0The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,\u00a0and its water was dried up to prepare the way\u00a0for the kings from the East.13\u00a0Then I saw three impure spirits\u00a0that looked like frogs;\u00a0they came out of the mouth of the dragon,\u00a0out of the mouth of the beast\u00a0and out of the mouth of the…<\/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":[129,1841,705,1865,104,2082,101,94,1871,17,711,837],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-ephesians","tag-ezekiel","tag-genesis","tag-hebrews","tag-joel","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-philippians","tag-psalm","tag-revelation","tag-zephaniah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","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=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}