God's Will Being Done On Earth

God’s Will Being Done On Earth

    God has a Vision for the Ages.  He may not do things as we think He should.  But He knows His Purpose and His Plans.  The dead will be raised to life.  Christ came to open Heaven’s Doors to us.  He is God’s Lamb.

    “When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony.¹⁰ They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”¹¹ Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters —their fellow servants of Jesus who were to be martyred—had joined them.” Rev 6:9-11 (NLT)

    How long? These souls shout in a loud voice, asking for vengeance! But did not Jesus ask God to forgive those who killed Him? We answer, these souls do not ask for revenge, but they ask God’s vengeance for God’s sake. By slaughtering them, the world repudiates God! They were told to rest. A white, flowing robe is given to each of them (symbolic of being free from guilt, of being holy, and of great happiness). God hears their prayers, but His purpose is not yet fulfilled. God knows the exact number of martyrs to His cause, and not until this many are sacrificed to Him, will our world come to an end.

    Who is truly faithful to God?

    “For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.”  1 Cor 11:19 (NKJV)

    “What has to happen, it seems, is for evil to do its worst, to reach its height, and so to be at last ripe for the judgment that wise and faithful people know, in advance, it deserves. Way back in scripture, God tells Abraham that his family will have to wait for four generations before coming to possess their promised land, because ‘the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete’ (Genesis 15.16): in other words, God will not judge them until they are fully and thoroughly deserving of it. Here, it seems, two things go together.”  Wright

    “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed. “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.²⁹ “‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do.³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”  Matt 13:28-30 (NLT)

    God will judge in His own time.

    “Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones¹⁵ to execute judgment on the people of the world. He will convict every person of all the ungodly things they have done and for all the insults that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”  Jude 1:14-15 (NLT)

    “Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' ⁴⁶ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Matt 25:45-46 (NKJV)

    Jesus warns His disciples about persecution.

    “I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith.² For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.³ This is because they have never known the Father or me.”  John 16:1-3 (NLT)

    Jesus says: “I have defeated the world!” We still have battles to fight, but the victory is ALREADY WON!   CHRIST WON!!! This is the source of PEACE. Compare 1 John 5:4-5.

    “For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.⁵ And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” 1 John 5:4-5 (NLT)

    “But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.⁵ Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them.⁶ But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.”  1 John 4:4-6 (NLT)

    “Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.¹⁶ For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.¹⁷ And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.”  1 John 2:15-17 (NLT)

    “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.² Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.³ And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.”  1 John 3:1-3 (NLT)