Tues.’s Devo - The Seven Seals

Read: Revelation 6-11
Mysteries in the Bible are sealed and when they are unsealed a new truth is revealed. When this happens it starts a spiritual war. I see the seals lining up with the seven ages so the first seal corresponds with the first age and so forth. The white horse had a bow with no arrows and he went forth to conquer. He was the spirit of the Nicolaitans that will culminate in the end as The Anti-christ. He is the deceiver who doesn’t have the sword of the Spirit; he goes by his own doctrine.
Since, we are living in the Laodeicean Age I thought I might put my attention on that church. The city of Laodicea was one of the most important city politically and financially. It housed a great medical school and the people were distinguished in the arts and sciences. The people worshipped the pagan god, Zeus who was the father of all the gods. The city also experienced earthquakes which eventually destroyed the city.
Laodecia means “people’s rights, or justice of the peoples”. We say of this generation that it is the entitled generation because everyone thinks it is their right to have what everyone else has. The people of Laodicean were planning a one-world government. How fitting that an earthquake brought it down in the past and will bring it down again. Just like the city of the past, we are wealthy, full of culture, science is abounding, and knowledge is increasing.
This last messenger of this age will come with the message of reconciliation. He will call the hearts of the fathers back to their children and vise-versa. You can take this literal or in the bigger sense. The fathers are the spiritual leaders. Their hearts will be turned back to serve their people. Church today is run by money and how big its children’s ministry is or how classy it’s coffee shop is but what about the power of the Holy Spirit? The first church was solely built on the power of the Holy Spirit. Where is this power? Have we replaced it with nice buildings and well-run programs?
The good news is that this age is the age of the harvest. Both the wheat and the tares are maturing. A bride and an anti-christ are immerging. Just like the bride is not one person, I believe the anti-christ might not be one person but a world-wide spirit of deception and hatred for Christianity. I believe the Roman Catholic Church will do all the wonders that the anti-christ is attributed. Whether we are here to see it or not I don’t know. We are living our part in God’s timeline.
Lord, may we guard your Word as the most important thing in our lives. Thank you that you have written the end already and it is all good.