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Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

 

I once heard a minister preach on this complicated book of the Bible and what he said has stuck with me throughout the years. He said that the general thesis of Revelation is that “the good guys win.” Whatever perspective you choose with which to view this book (amillennial, premillennial, preterist, etc.), you can be assured that justice is done and the darkness is banished. Those who are in Christ are somehow given protection and deliverance.

I am left with the strong assurance that Christ carries those in terrible times through to the end as He did in the past, as he does in the present and as He will do in the future. If you find yourself in a terrible place, be assured that you will be delivered because you are being guided and guarded by Christ in you. If you are desperate for justice, be assured that the time will come when things will somehow be made fair.

Allison Montgomery Yes5olias1@yahoo.com

 

Prayer Concern - For those in desperate circumstances to have hope in deliverance.

Alternative verses: Daniel 3:19-30, Psalm 98.