Revelation 17: 15 The angel also said to me, “The waters
you saw, on which the prostitute sits, are nations, peoples, races, and
languages. 16 The ten horns you saw and the beast
will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her
naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire. 17 For
God has placed in their hearts the will to carry out his purpose by acting
together and giving to the beast their power to rule until God's words come
true.
18 “The
woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
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After being robbed, I was shaken. I feared sitting in
certain seats on the bus, or even going down certain streets. Someone said to
me, “Don’t worry, those people who did you harm will face street justice.” In
other words, someone will rob the robber.
- I saw “street justice” happen to thugs in my neighborhood.
- I heard about “street justice” happening to gang members.
- I witnessed thugs beating up the thugs who once bullied me.
John, the disciple JESUS loved, got another statement from
the angel who took him into the desert. The angel explained that the great city
that caused humans to sin, would face “street justice’ from the beast and from
those who may be leaders of countries. Their jealousy of the power would cause
them to desire to take down part of Satan’s kingdom.
My Observations:
- GOD will allow evil people to take down evil people.
- GOD wants my heart to remain focused on HIM and not return evil for evil.
- GOD does not want me to celebrate the demise of anyone, because it could happen to me.
“Turnabout is fair play” is a term that means, it is
alright to do evil to someone who has done evil to me. But this causes a
problem to the believe. I mean, the world may look away at my “street justice” BUT
GOD will not look away. All my sins come with consequence. BUT GOD gives me a
better way.
Instead of committing sin, GOD wants me to give my enemies
over to HIM. “Vengeance is mine says the LORD, I will repay.” HE is sovereign
and just to carry out what HE said HE would. HE sees the victim and the foe. HE
knows who is the oppressor and listens to those who cry out to HIM. I give my
enemies to GOD.
Challenge
- Why does the angel remind the writer that the woman was the great city?
- Have you ever been wronged and wanted to do something wrong to “that” person?
- Will you give “that” person over to GOD so your conscience will be clean today?
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