01 March 2020
Two-Minute Features | 08 March 2020

Seal #7- Christ Owns Everything (TMF:1320)

Friday, March 06, 2020
Peace to Live By: Seal #7- Christ Owns Everything (TMF:1320) - Daniel Litton
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       Recall, no one was found worthy in Heaven to open the seals but him. And we noted that many theologians believe the scroll to represent the title deed to the earth, though, the text does not come out and say that directly. Accepting that as the case, it shows Christ’s ownership and rulership over the Creation; over Heaven, over the Universe, over the earth, and even over Hell. And, here in this passage, we see the slain Lamb opening the seventh seal. When Christ opens the seventh seal, notice that John tells us there was silence in Heaven for about half and hour. As I was thinking about this, again, what came to my mind was the fact of what Jesus has already told us in Matthew 24. Remember? We read it last week. He said, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be” (v. 21, ESV). That’s a gigantic statement. And the realization of this may be what is causing the silence in Heaven for the half hour.

Seal #7- The Lord Jesus is Central (TMF:1319)

Thursday, March 05, 2020
Peace to Live By: Seal #7- The Lord Jesus is Central (TMF:1319) - Daniel Litton
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       First, let us read Revelation 8:1-5, which states: “When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.” As we can recall from last week, the Lord Jesus Christ is the central person here in these end times judgments. He was the one who was found worthy in Heaven to open the seven seals, as we saw in Revelation 6. Recall, no one was found worthy in Heaven to open the seals but him. And we noted that many theologians believe the scroll to represent the title deed to the earth, though, the text does not come out and say that directly.

Recall, God is Love Toward Everyone (TMF:1318)

Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Peace to Live By: Recall, God is Love Toward Everyone (TMF:1318) - Daniel Litton
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       In understanding God’s wrath, though, I think it is good for us to have a grasp on God’s character (as best we can) as relates to these judgments. In other words, why is God doing what he is doing at the end times? Is it that God just can’t take it anymore, and has decided to react against sin and all the people in the world who are living in sin? In answering these questions, I think it is good for us to remember what the Apostle John has told us elsewhere in the Bible, and that is that “God is love” (1 John 4:8, ESV). In gaining proficiency in God’s judgment, his wrath, and his care, his love, let us consider a passage of Scripture from Ezekiel 33, which God has spoken to his chosen people, Israel. It states: “Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?” (v. 11, ESV). You see, God doesn’t want anyone to be judged for sin.

Right Now, We are in the Church Age (TMF:1317)

Tuesday, March 03, 2020
Peace to Live By: Right Now, We are in the Church Age (TMF:1317) - Daniel Litton
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       The Apostle John has recorded for us these key events, these important things that are going to happen in the future when God’s wrath is displayed on the earth against all mankind at that time. Right now, we are in the Church Age, a period where the grace of God makes itself manifest through the sharing of the Gospel, where people receive the truth, accept reality, and come into right relationship with him. And they seek to live out their lives through God’s grace, through living by the Spirit of God. In the future, however, this grace period is going to come to an end and God’s wrath will be poured out on the earth for a period totaling seven years. God promised he would make his enemy’s, Christ’s enemies, a footstool for his feet, and he will accomplish this promise. In understanding God’s wrath, though, I think it is good for us to have a grasp on God’s character (as best we can) as relates to these judgments. In other words, why is God doing what he is doing at the end times? Is it that God just can’t take it anymore, and has decided to react against sin and all the people in the world who are living in sin?

You Still Have Time to Choose (TMF:1316)

Monday, March 02, 2020
Peace to Live By: You Still Have Time to Choose (TMF:1316) - Daniel Litton
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       “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God” (Hebrews 3:12, ESV). You still have time today to make the right decision, and I encourage you to make that life-changing decision. If you would like to accept Jesus today, then follow my lead in this prayer: God, I am a sinner. I have sinned against you in many ways in my life. But now I turn from my sins and want to accept Jesus' death on the cross as a substitute for what I deserve. I believe Jesus died on the cross for me and that he rose from the dead so that I might have a new life in you. God, I turn from sins and give my life over to following your ways, so that you say in my guide because you know what is best for me. Please change me, Father, and make me good like Jesus. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.