Revelation 6:4
And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Tag: The Sovereign God Rules the Universe
Our nation’s leaders and the other leaders of the world often talk of peace. We strive for peace in this world and he politicians believe their negotiations and agreements are the backbone of established peace in the land. Although this journal entry will be posted later, it is being recorded on December 7, a day that will “live in infamy.” Today is the anniversary of the day Japan boomed Pearl Harbor. Later the U.S. would drop an atom boom on a little island of their own. A “peace” treaty was signed as a result. However, the leaders of this world do not have control over peace. God does. In the above verse see that Jesus Christ will, in the end times, remove peace from the land. When He does, men will be free to slay each other. Paul shows that during this current age, God is holding back the wickedness of men:
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
God, at this present time, “restrains” the wickedness of mankind. If it were not for the fact that God is holding back the evil of this world, evil would destroy all things and all people. We can rejoice that it is God, and not our political leaders, who controls the peace and welfare of the world. Left to their own devices, man would simply devour one another:
Galatians 5:13-15
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
We have the capability to simply destroy one another. But, God restrains us ... until He doesn’t.
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