Blessed And Holy Series

Blessed and Holy

7 Blessings of Revelation Series

CCCAG 7-7-24

Scripture- Rev 20:4-6

Last Sunday Tammie and I took a long drive into the backroads of the county, and we were talking about the riots that happened in Kenosha, and how a lot of the buildings downtown were damaged or burned down.

All of this over a false narrative that the police shot an unarmed man as he was getting into his car. The cell phone video of that event made it onto the internet, however it did not show the knife in his hand when the police opened fire. Some left wing organizations saw the video, weaponized the lie to cause people from all over the country to descend on Kenosha to lead riots and cause millions in property damage.

All of this over a perceived sense of injustice.

There is a something inside of each one of us that wants things to be fair for everyone. We want evil to be punished, and the wrongdoer see consequences for their actions. We all have that sense of wanting justice even from a young age.

Today are talking about the 5th of 7 blessings that we see in the Book of Revelations.

In a moment, when we read these verses, we will see the final end of the antiChrist, and false prophet, and see that justice will be done to satan as he is bound for 1000 years.

Divine justice will be done. In that, we will have a certain satisfaction.

There is a word in German that would describe how many may feel when we read this section of scripture. It’s known as schaldenfraud (shall den freud a) and it means to take pleasure from someone else’s misfortune.

Normally, I would not say this is a very Christian thought to have.

However, at this time, we will all be smiling a little as we watch satan be bound and cast into prison for a millenia, and the antichrist and false prophet cast into the lake of fire.

Justice will be served.

Before we read the scripture, let me give you a quick idea of where we are at in the prophetic timeline-

Armageddon has just happened, and the armies of the antichrist have been slaughtered by Jesus HIMself. The one sided battle is so horrific- about 100 million killed. The bible says the blood will be as high as a horses bridle, which is about 5 feet high.

Jesus has returned and brought justice to the earth.

After it happens often in the book of Revelations, the scene switches again from earth to heaven, and we read this-

Rev 20:4-6 Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (5) The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

Main verse-(6) Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death (or resurrection) has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

Prayer

A few things I want to point out in these verses. In order to understand them properly we have a few things we need to remember-

Again referring to the prophetic timeline- This is taking place between the Great Tribulation and the Millennial reign of Christ on earth. There is a small window of transition that happens before the The Millennial reign starts, kind of like how there was a brief period between Jesus’ accession and the Holy Spirit falling in Acts 2.

Everything is going to change. Life on earth is not going to be life like we know it right now. It’s not a better version of how we are living right now.

We will not be pledging allegiance to our nations flag. There is now one government with one ruler.

During this time- if there is anything left of North America after the judgments, we will no longer be living in a constitutional representative republic- which is how our founding fathers established America, not a democracy like the talking heads and politicians keep saying.

During the millennial reign, everyone on earth will have to get used to a new form of government- a monarchy in which Jesus is king. Period

Jesus establishes his throne in Jerusalem, and is ruling in person from there. He will bring healing to the planet, and every nation/state/city/people group on earth will answer to HIM personally.