Global Delusion Upon the Unrighteous Ones
Now for our second application take away from this time in the Word.
The first was that God is in charge of the past, present, and future. Nothing happens that He is not guiding for His good. Now for a second take-away truth, notice the application that Paul gives them. Even though they were never going to experience this event in AD 51 when Paul wrote them, he tells them that: God wants lovers of the truth.
Are you a lover of truth this morning? Do you treasure the Word, study the Word, and know the Word?
The events of Revelation should impact our lives now, it was not just written for people then, but also for us God’s servants now. That is what the first few verses of the Book of Revelation say.
It was written for God’s servants now, to know how to live as we move towards the end of days. The characteristic first introduced to us by God is, that when He launches the Tribulation it is into a time of:
A Global Falling Away from Truth, or Apostasy
Rev. 6:2 reveals what I consider one of the saddest doctrines in the Bible:
The loving, sacrificial Lamb sent from God, Jesus Christ, is rejected and replaced by a man energized by Satan, the Antichrist.
This global leader, who speaks eternally damnable lies, is backed by the most believable signs and wonders ever witnessed on planet earth.