December 31, 2019: SOAP #3680: Revelation 19-22
Scripture: Revelation (NIV) 21:9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
Observation: What began in the first chapter of Genesis now ends in the 22nd chapter of Revelation. In the first chapters of Genesis we read of God creating a beautiful garden in which He would place the man He was about to create. In Revelation 22 we read of a city he has prepared for the church, the bride of His Son Jesus!
The last verse (27) in this chapter gives extremely important information for anyone wanting to enter this city: “Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
What about those whose names are not written in that book? Revelation (NIV) 20:15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Application: What better way to end the old year than to make sure that my name is written in the Lamb’s book of life!
Prayer: Jesus, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and cannot save myself. I believe you died on the cross in payment for my sins. I ask you to forgive me and cleanse me by your blood from all unrighteousness. I confess you as my Lord. Thank you for forgiving me. Thank you for your kindness to me. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and empower me to live a life that brings pleasure to you. Amen
Pastor Leon
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