Daily Devotion of Revelation 20
Daily Nugget:
Much happens in the 15 verses of this chapter. Some of the most awaited events are described. These include:
The most frightening event in the whole Bible, for too many, is also foretold in this chapter. It will be the Great White Throne Judgment (vs. 11). The saved believers and Israel will have been previously judged so this will not be for them. This judgment is for the lost and unrighteous only!
All the unrighteous from the beginning of man until those that died prior to the rapture will be there, standing and awaiting their time of judgment before the perfect, most righteous judge ever — God Himself. Both the unrighteous from the Old and New Testament will nervously await their time before the One that saw and knows all they did. Christian killers, God-haters, unbelievers, educated and uneducated, church-goers and those that never went, those “good” in their own eyes, and countless masses that thought they would go to heaven will await their time before the Great Throne. They will all be judged out of the record of their works from God’s own books (vs. 12).
The seas, with the remains of many that were lost in their waters, will deliver up all the unsaved (vs. 13) from their depths. Those that have been dead for a long time and dwelt in hell (vs. 14), awaiting their judgment, will all have their opportunity before the throne of God.
All that are not found written in God’s Book of Life will be cast into the place where they will stay forever (vs. 15)! This group, without hope and with a grim future, will all be thrown into the Lake of Fire. It is there that these cursed by God will spend their eternity.
This most grievous event should break the heart of every Christian on this earth. Most families will have someone that will stand at that White Throne Judgment. There will be mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, neighbors, friends, members of all races and religions, nations, and ages.
The thought of all the hopeless souls cast into everlasting torment, their loneliness, and terror should be a life-changing image to every Christian. The thought of those countless numbers should motivate every Christian to give the only message that can save any from that final judgment. It is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus died so no one has to stand before God at that time. Jesus did His part; now we must do our part. We must tell all we can and warn them of this terrible future for all that reject Jesus. Speak to them now, for the final days are one day closer than they were yesterday! If we do not tell them, who will?
Today’s Thought: A Christian’s responsibility should be to take all they can to Heaven with them!
Today’s Reading: Revelation 20
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (KJV)
Much happens in the 15 verses of this chapter. Some of the most awaited events are described. These include:
- Satan’s being bound for 1,000 years (vs. 2).
- The 1,000-year reign of Christ on this earth.
- The short release of Satan (vss. 3, 7-8).
- The destruction of many that Satan will deceive during his final rampage (vs. 9).
- And the third inhabitant of the Lake of fire will be thrown into his permanent abode – Satan himself (vs. 10)!
The most frightening event in the whole Bible, for too many, is also foretold in this chapter. It will be the Great White Throne Judgment (vs. 11). The saved believers and Israel will have been previously judged so this will not be for them. This judgment is for the lost and unrighteous only!
All the unrighteous from the beginning of man until those that died prior to the rapture will be there, standing and awaiting their time of judgment before the perfect, most righteous judge ever — God Himself. Both the unrighteous from the Old and New Testament will nervously await their time before the One that saw and knows all they did. Christian killers, God-haters, unbelievers, educated and uneducated, church-goers and those that never went, those “good” in their own eyes, and countless masses that thought they would go to heaven will await their time before the Great Throne. They will all be judged out of the record of their works from God’s own books (vs. 12).
The seas, with the remains of many that were lost in their waters, will deliver up all the unsaved (vs. 13) from their depths. Those that have been dead for a long time and dwelt in hell (vs. 14), awaiting their judgment, will all have their opportunity before the throne of God.
All that are not found written in God’s Book of Life will be cast into the place where they will stay forever (vs. 15)! This group, without hope and with a grim future, will all be thrown into the Lake of Fire. It is there that these cursed by God will spend their eternity.
This most grievous event should break the heart of every Christian on this earth. Most families will have someone that will stand at that White Throne Judgment. There will be mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, neighbors, friends, members of all races and religions, nations, and ages.
The thought of all the hopeless souls cast into everlasting torment, their loneliness, and terror should be a life-changing image to every Christian. The thought of those countless numbers should motivate every Christian to give the only message that can save any from that final judgment. It is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus died so no one has to stand before God at that time. Jesus did His part; now we must do our part. We must tell all we can and warn them of this terrible future for all that reject Jesus. Speak to them now, for the final days are one day closer than they were yesterday! If we do not tell them, who will?
Today’s Thought: A Christian’s responsibility should be to take all they can to Heaven with them!
Today’s Reading: Revelation 20
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (KJV)
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