(4 Of 4) The Final Call Series

God’s Last Word Is Gospel

We all know that in life, the last word carries weight.

In a courtroom, hours of argument and piles of evidence are settled with one sentence: “Not guilty” or “Guilty as charged.”

At a wedding, all the flowers, music, and vows lead to that one moment: “I now pronounce you husband and wife.”

At graduation, long ceremonies and speeches build to the instant your name is called and a diploma is placed in your hand.

The last word seals it.

The Bible says history itself will have a last word. Revelation 14 paints the picture: three angels flying in midair, proclaiming loudly enough for “every nation, tribe, language, and people” to hear (Revelation 14:6). This is heaven’s final message before Jesus returns.

And what is that message?

> “Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the everlasting gospel to proclaim…” (Revelation 14:6).

Not stale news, not fake news, not bad news. Good news. And not just good news for a moment, but the everlasting gospel.

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The Gospel That Never Changes

That word everlasting tells us something vital. God’s good news isn’t temporary or seasonal.

It isn’t one plan for one people and another plan for someone else. It’s the same gospel from the very beginning.

Some imagine that maybe God saved people differently in different times. But the Bible gives us a better picture: one story of grace, woven through all of history.

Hebrews 11 is like a parade of witnesses to that truth.

Abel brought his lamb in faith.

Noah built his ark in faith.

Abraham left home for an unseen country in faith.

Moses gave up Egypt’s palace for God’s people in faith.

Rahab welcomed the spies in faith.

Different centuries, different circumstances — one gospel.

They looked forward to the cross; we look back to it. But the Savior is the same. Jesus could say with absolute certainty, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

That’s why Revelation calls it the everlasting gospel. Adam and Abraham, Esther and Enoch, Peter and Priscilla — and you and I — all saved by grace through faith in Christ alone.

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Fear God and Give Him Glory

The angel goes on:

> “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.” (Revelation 14:7).

That can sound intimidating until we remember what we’ve learned in this series.

In Week 1 we saw that salvation begins and ends with the cross: “It is finished.”

In Week 2 we learned that God’s courtroom is open, not to condemn believers, but to vindicate Christ’s finished work before the universe.

In Week 3 we celebrated the Sabbath as rest now and reunion then.

So when Revelation says, “Fear God,” it doesn’t mean panic. It means reverence, trust, awe. When it says judgment has come, it doesn’t mean God is searching for ways to keep us out. It means God is showing the universe that the cross really was enough.

And when it says, “Worship Him who made the heavens and the earth,” it anchors our worship not in tradition or convenience, but in the Creator who also redeems and will one day restore.

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The Last Word Is Still Gospel

So don’t miss the big picture: the very last thing God wants ringing in human ears before the curtain falls is not threat, but gospel. Not condemnation, but invitation.

The everlasting gospel. The same for Adam and Abraham, Esther and Enoch, Jehosaphat and John, same for me and you.

One Savior. One cross. One hope. One way, one truth. Jesus.

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The Confusion Exposed

If the first angel proclaims everlasting gospel, the second angel exposes the counterfeit.

Revelation 14:8 says, “A second angel followed and said, ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.’”

Now “Babylon” may sound mysterious, but the Bible is clear about its meaning. Babylon stands for confusion — religious confusion. The very word comes from the Tower of Babel story in Genesis 11, when people tried to reach heaven their own way and ended up not understanding each other. Babel means “confusion.”

So when Revelation says Babylon is fallen, it’s a warning against the kind of religion that mixes truth with lies, gospel with superstition.

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A Central Confusion: Death

One of Babylon’s most dangerous confusions is about death.

Scripture is plain: “The dead know nothing” (Ecclesiastes 9:5). Jesus called death a “sleep” (John 11:11). Paul described believers as those who “fall asleep in Christ” until the resurrection (1 Thessalonians 4:13–14).

But through history, false teachings crept in: the soul is immortal, death is not real, you can still talk to the dead. And with those ideas came deception. Because if you believe the dead are conscious, then almost any voice, vision, or spirit can claim to be from them.