All Murders Even The Forgotten Ones Will Be Judged And Avenged - Revelation 9 V 21 Series

ALL MURDERS EVEN THE FORGOTTEN ONES WILL BE JUDGED AND AVENGED - Revelation 9 v 21

This is a horrible world; a world of torment and ugliness, of torture, pain and death. The atrocities of this earth are like an iceberg – the majority is hidden underneath and is not seen. Two posts back I had an article on the two verses of Revelation 9 verses 20 and 21. I did just the first part of this study which was the Introduction and Idolatry. Now we come to Murders.

We are going to continue on this occasion with the next verse from Revelation chapter 9. Let us read the last two verses and then take up this presentation from the last verse.

{{Revelation 9:20 “The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood which can neither see nor hear nor walk, Rev 9:21 and they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts.”}}

INTRODUCTION

If you recall we are looking at one of the reasons why the seven year Tribulation will continue full term and that is, that in spite of the judgements from God falling in wrath, men and women on the planet will not repent. So hard are their hearts that not even the two horrific judgements of Revelation Chapter 9 will cause them to repent. The specific sins are stated, four of them, and the first one is murder, which we will do on this occasion.

The word used in Revelation 9 v 21 is the word meaning murder or slaughter. The passage says they would not repent of “their murders” which indicates that murder will be a constant matter in the Tribulation, even in spite of the fact that God’s judgments are falling with ever increasing intensity. I think we need to recognise the application to the Tribulation years, that is, that the restraining ministry of the Holy Spirit will be removed at the Rapture of the Church, and everything will be very much worse, but this matter goes much deeper. All God’s accounts are to be settled and some may extend over thousands of years before they see fulfilment. For example, the nation of Egypt is to be punished for what it has done to Israel, but after that, God will save them and great blessing awaits. That prophecy has been held over for 2750 years.

{{Isaiah 19:16 – 25 “In that day the Egyptians will become like women and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts which He is going to wave over them. The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts which He is purposing against them. In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One will be called the City of Destruction. In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the LORD near its border, and it will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Saviour and a Champion, and He will deliver them. Thus the LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering and will make a vow to the LORD and perform it. The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but healing so they will return to the LORD, and He will respond to them and will heal them. In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the LORD of hosts has blessed saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”}}

OPENING THE PAGE ON MURDERS – THE TRIBULATION WILL BE THE VERDICT

This world has committed murders and bloodied its record horribly, and God has not wiped that away; the day of reckoning will happen, and the Tribulation years will be this reckoning. The world will be called to account for the murders it has committed. How are we to understand these murders, and what are some examples?