Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 8

Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 8
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

God’s final judgment and redemption are certain.

Jesus Christ is coming back. The outcome of all things has already been determined. Jesus is the winner. He is without rival in the universe. No evil, no outlaw, no terrorist, no anarchist will be standing in the end. Every enemy of God will be defeated, every false prophet will be exposed, every evil spirit will be chained, and every accusing tongue will be silenced. The final chapter in the Book of Life has already been written, and there will be no need for rewrites or revisions. All that remains is for its writings to be fulfilled. One day soon, you will forever be with the Lord.
 
A basketball fan was watching his favorite team play on a delayed telecast. It was the biggest game of the season and the outcome would influence the national championship. The fan watched the game with great interest. As the game reached it’s final minutes the score was tied. Anything could happen. The teams were trading basket for basket. The fans in the stadium were going wild as the tension continued to build. 

The fan at home, however, sat calmly on the couch without a fear or worry. How could he be so calm in such a crisis situation for his team? 

The answer is a simple one. Before the game started the fan had heard the final score announced and knew that his team had won before the replay had begun. In the same, the believer in Jesus Christ can walk through tense times in perfect peace because he too already knows what the outcome will be.

And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth (Ephesians 1:10 NLT).

But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness (2 Peter 3:13 NLT).

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God… (1Thessalonians 4:16 NLT).

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven:
“The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15 NLT).

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