Mon.’s Devo - The Present and the End

Read: Jer. 51:1-53: Titus 2:1-15; Ps. 99:1-9: Pr. 26:17 Israel was sentenced to 70 years in Babylon, and when the time came to deliver them came God turned the whole world against Babylon. The Babylonians and the Chaldeans were used by God to judge Israel for her sin but it is now time to judge them for theirs. Verse 49 sums it up, “As Babylon has cause the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.” This is a picture of the Great Judgment. Babylon stands for the world’s system and one day it will fall. Titus gives us practical living advise. We are not good to obey a law. We are good so that the grace of God will look appealing to the world. Our obedience to those in authority over us adorns us with the doctrine of God which is to love our neighbor as ourself. This was the second commandment Jesus gave us. If we deny ourselves of worldly desires then we are an example of the first commandment Jesus gave us which was to love the Lord with all our hearts. These are the only commandments Jesus gave us because if we do these, we fulfill all the others. Lord, may we fulfill Your commandments today. May our everyday walk with you prepare us for the end.