Jesus Fellowship: Death and Hades.....12/15/15

Day 348

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Revelation 6

The Seals

I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day’s wages,[d] and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[e] were killed just as they had been.

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

December 15th

"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred." Hosea 11:8 Hosea 11:7- 9 shows us God's heart of love toward us. Verse 7 says, "My people are bent on backsliding from Me.
Though they call to the Most High, none at all exalt Him." In other words, they mouth the words, but they do not mean what they say. They do not really exalt Him. They are bent on backsliding. Then the Lord says in verse 8, "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim?" These two cities are associated negatively with Sodom and Gomorrah in Deuteronomy 29:23. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, He included Admah and Zeboiim. So here He is saying to Israel, "How can I do that?" In a sense, judicially, we deserve that kind of judgment because of our rebellion. But listen to God's intrinsic love, the love that is part of His very being. He is talking in a way that tells us He cannot help Himself. He loves us. But you ask, Why? There is no reason. It is electing love. It is because God chose to love you. God decided to make you an object of His love. So regardless of where you are in blood, in death, in rebellion, in sin, in the world you are an object of the love of God, you are a victim of that love. And one day you will come face to face with the fact that God loves you. Indeed, God's love and God's heart churns within Him. His sympathy is stirred over us. This is the kind of love God has toward rebellious people

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Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Anna, Ariana, Ariel, Georgie, Linnette, Wes, and Zoe.