The title word must come true
The words of Revelation (47) will surely come true (Revelation 10:1-7)
< The great power of Jesus Christ >
The text is a vision seen after the sixth trumpet plague and before the seventh trumpet plague. The ‘strong angel’ in verse 1 means ‘the angel who has been entrusted with the authority of Jesus Christ’. So how wonderful is the power of Jesus Christ? In particular, the description of “the right foot treading the sea and the left foot treading the earth” (verse 2) speaks of Christ's authority over the world. Also, the words, “He cried out with a loud voice as a roaring lion, and when he roared, seven thunders made their voices speak” (verse 3) also shows the authority of Christ.
The most important thing for the saints is the conviction that the power of Christ has been given to them to some extent. Think of the Lord's Prayer. For a long time, we often memorize the Lord's Prayer, and we often overlook the profound meaning of the Lord's Prayer because it is so familiar. However, as he confessed in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In most cases, the kingdom and the power and the glory belong to you forever.” This confession well expresses the great authority of the Lord, who rules over all things in the universe and becomes the ultimate judge.
Since we have received a certain amount of such authority, the saints should not be afraid of any problems or demons. Inwardly fearful, with only words, “I command you in the name of Jesus! devil! Go away!” the devil laughs. Some believers have a lot of fears, such as saying that they are afraid when they pray alone in church. Of course, even the saints can sometimes be afraid. However, the saints must realize that they have been entrusted with the authority of Jesus to a certain extent and boldly overcome their fears. Satan cannot overcome the saints in Jesus.
Always show power in spiritual warfare. In the tone of ejaculating in front of a ghost, “Ghost! Instead of saying, “I want you to go out!” but “I command you in the name of Jesus, you evil and unclean spirits! Go away!” The problem is that we habitually use such commands as habits or spells without the authority of faith, as we have heard and learned. When you hear a command that only sounds like waves of the air without faith like that, the ghost will say that it is funny and say, “You go away!” The important thing is to always live boldly with the image of a powerful saint with sincere faith.
<Words must come true>
The angel who was entrusted with the authority of Christ cried out with a loud voice, and seven thunders spoke with a voice. Then, while the apostle John was going to write it down, a message came from heaven telling him not to seal it and not write it down. So John would not have written down everything he knew. The expression ‘while trying to write’ in verse 4 implies that the apostle John knew what the seven thunders were talking about.
The utterances of the seven thunders heard by the Apostle John may have contained more specific details about the last days. However, God told us to seal only the contents and not to leave it as a record for future generations. John must have obeyed those words, so we have no way of knowing what kind of voice he heard. On the one hand, it is regrettable, but here we learn one more valuable attitude. That is, you should only know what the Bible is trying to say.
If the Bible is silent, we should try to be silent too. Otherwise, if you keep dividing and digging into the Bible to know the parts you should not know, eventually heresy will come out. You know what you need to know, but you don't know what you don't know. An attitude of obedience to the thoroughly written Word is the secret to ultimately winning.
Keep the Bible close to you so that your conviction of victory will not be shaken. There are many things in the Bible that are hard to believe. Would the ancients believe in airplanes or spaceships or the Internet? Just as those unbelievable things are now fulfilled, so will the unbelievable Bible promises be fulfilled in due time. Habakkuk confesses. “This vision has an appointed time, and its end will come quickly, and it will not be false; though it delays, wait, it will not delay, it will surely come” (Hab 2:3). Biblical promises are never in vain, and when the time comes, they will come true.