Friday, December 26, 2014

Fri.’s Devo - We Will Overcome!

Read: Zechariah 9:1-17: Rev. 17:1-18; Ps. 145:1-21; Pr. 30:32
The first eight verses of Zechariah nine have to do with principalities that are watching their kingdoms crumble. Verse nine turns the attention to God’s kingdom and the promised salvation that will one day ride into Jerusalem on a donkey and set up an invisible kingdom that cover the earth. It will set prisoners free and give them hope. Joy was coming to the people! Revelation 17 deals with the Roman Empire and its blasphemous power over religion and politics. The Roman Catholic church martyred more Christians over the ages than any other entity. It took the written Word out of the hands of the people and led them in apostasy and idolatry. This beast was Rome and its government and seven seats of power. Five were gone by the time this prophecy was written; one was then in being; the other was yet to come. This beast, directed by the papacy, makes an eighth governor, and sets up idolatry again. Jesus is the true leader and he will reign through us till all of his enemies are put under his feet. We are trained and equipped to do this very thing. He has put it in our hearts to do His will. How exciting it is to be living in the day we are in.
Lord. I thank you that we are a part of a kingdom that has no end and is bound for victory. Merry Christmas!!!

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