I don't know if you've ever read this series, and I'm not throwing in any spoilers except maybe 1 small one.
Have you ever read any book, or seen any tv show or movie where some large apocalyptic battle is fought?
Did that fight involve the supernatural? If you're a fan of the show 'supernatural' then it does.. almost every season finale has something like that.
I want you to think about this:
-Knowing how the world currently feels about God
-Knowing that Philippians 2:10-11 says ...every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
Consider the monumental event that would have to come to pass in order for that to happen!
The thought brings me elation, that starts at my toes and wiggles on up through my soul until it comes out as a shiny smile on my face.
Currently the 'supernatural' or 'spiritual' realm behaves on Earth in such a way that humans who desire to reject it's existence can easily explain it away. This world doesn't work in secret entirely, I mean we're told how they work in the Bible, we have cultures all over the world who are sensitive to it... but for the most part, if we choose to close our eyes to it, we can get along in life without acknowledging it exists.
We can deny God, and still be considered reasonable, logical, sane human beings.
But there will come a day when no one will deny who God is.
For missionaries who spend their lives trying to tell others about God, in other languages, in other places, this is a rivetting thought!
Now.. not everyone is going to have the pleasure of being on the right side when that day comes.
For me, the idea is exciting because I know who God is. For others, the realization that there is a God, and He is all powerful, might be cause for one to quake in one's boots.
I view the world's media through my filter of Scripture and so when I read or see an apocalyptic battle I keep thinking of the day that the Lord will come with His forces, and face off agains the other side, and He will show his power and not a single living or dead person will be able to deny that Jesus is God's son, that God is real, and He can not be thwarted.
That day my friends, I plan on being on the winning team. That day, will be a marvelous day... where we get to see God in all of his wonderfulness.
I get really excited thinking about it.
-Chad
