The Messiah Will Reign Forever

Jesus' Fulfillment of Scripture
Jesus and the Davidic Covenant
An Eternal Kingdom

Revelation 11:15-19

The Message

The Last Trumpet Sounds

^15-18 The seventh Angel trumpeted. A crescendo of voices in Heaven sang out,

The kingdom of the world is now
    the Kingdom of our God and his Messiah!
He will rule forever and ever!

The Twenty-four Elders seated before God on their thrones fell to their knees, worshiped, and sang,

We thank you, O God, Sovereign-Strong,
    Who Is and Who Was.
You took your great power
    and took over—reigned!
The angry nations now
    get a taste of your anger.
The time has come to judge the dead,
    to reward your servants, all prophets and saints,
Reward small and great who fear your Name,
    and destroy the destroyers of earth.

¹⁹ The doors of God’s Temple in Heaven flew open, and the Ark of his Covenant was clearly seen surrounded by flashes of lightning, loud shouts, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a fierce hailstorm.

 
For Reflection

God's Kingdom has always been, is now and will continue to be.  It is like stepping from one universe into another.  It takes courage to pass through the needles eye, but having arrived, all things good are possible.  We are all only one step away from transformation.  We all are only one step away from a righteous existence. We all are only on step away from the unbounded joy of basking in the brilliance of the Lord.  We are only one step away from the wisdom to judge the living from the dead, to see life as God sees it.

We all are invited to get in step with God.  All we have to do is say yes, and commit ourselves to the service of God.

 

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