Ready and Watching (A Devotional Book)

 

 

 

 

 

                     

                                                       Ready and Watching                                       

 

                                                         A Devotional Book

 

  

 

Daniel 12:1-13.

The End Times

12 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people-everyone whose name is found written in the book-will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake:

some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. 4 But you Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

 

5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?”

 

7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a times and a half a time.

When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

 

8 I heard, but did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?”

 

9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand.

 

11 “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

 

13 “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.”

 

 

 

 People who live for God, will keep living for God and those who aren’t will keep being wicked. God is so good and there are so many prophecies in the Bible that point to what will happen.

 Everything that God said would happen, did, and so everything that He said would take place, will. He does not lie and speaks the truth. He gave us His word to show us what is to come, and what took place. We can totally trust in Him with what happens in our lives.

 We as believers should be who God wants us to be. God changes hearts, lives and as believers, He has changed us. We are no longer the same. After Jesus had made us clean, we are clean, and His, and we no longer live how we did before.

 We have a new life in Jesus, that is one that is better then before. God is so good, in giving us a new life, that is found in knowing and loving, Him. He is so good and so holy, and blameless.

 He is good, and always will be. Now and always. The end will happen just as He said it will. Everything prophesied to Daniel will happen, and everything spoken in Revelations will happen too, the things that haven’t yet taken place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 24:1-35.

The Destruction of the Temple and the Signs of the End times

24 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to Him to call His attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another, every one will be thrown down.”

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately.

“Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel-let the reader understand-

16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.

18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled again.

22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29 “Immediately after the distress of those days

 

                         “the sun will be darkened,

                            and the moon will not give its

                        light;

                           the stars will fall from the sky,

                                and the heavenly bodies will be

                                shaken.’

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree:

As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”

 

 

 

 In the end times, some people will walk away from the faith and turn away from it. The love of many will grow cold and that will lead to people walking away from their faith. But we should stay faithful to God, and do His will.

 We will know that the end is soon coming, when things take place that the Bible says will happen. We can rely on God, that He gave us His word to prepare us for what comes. We need God and we always will.

 The end times won’t be easy, but God is good, and all of His promises come true and are true. Some will be lead astray, and walk away from the faith, but we as believers should keep believing and keep our trust in God.

 How good is God for giving us a way to be saved, and He does love us as His children. He goes with us where we go, and is with us, and we can get through what comes in life because of Him.

 Heaven and earth may pass away but Gods word will always be. We should read it, and do what it says and listen to what God wants us to do. He is good, and knows what we should do. We can and should always put all of our hope and trust in Him. The maker of it all, the one who leads and guides our lives. We can trust Him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 24:36-51.

The Day and Hour Unknown

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking; marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.

43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.

45 “Who then if the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

 

 No one knows when Jesus is coming again, but God. He is the only one that knows. A lot of people won’t be ready when Jesus comes again, but we as believers should always be ready and watching. He will come again like a thief in the night, and it will be at an hour that people do not expect. We as Christians, should keep having faith, no matter what comes.

 God is always in control, and always will be. There is nothing that He can’t handle, and we should rely on Him, and trust in Him. Peace comes from knowing Him, and we really do have a better life in knowing, following and loving Jesus.

 As people who have been born again, we have a hope that overcomes what comes. The disciples went through hard times but with God, they got through. Only with Jesus did they have hope in their circumstances.

 They went through good times and bad, and so do we. When we fully trust in God, we can be like Peter who walked on the water towards Jesus.

 We should keep our eyes on Him, and then we will not slip and fall into the waves. With Him, we will be okay. He helps us up, and then we are okay. Only in Jesus, are we going to be okay no matter what comes in our lives. We have no reason to fear anything that comes, because we know the one that still calms the storms of our lives.

 We need Jesus to stretch out his hand and rescue us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 25:1-13.

25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

 

6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

 

7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

 

9 ‘‘‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both of us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

 

10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

 

11 “Late the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’

they said, ‘open the door for us!’

 

12 “But He replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

 

13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.”

 

 

 We should always be ready as Christians for when Jesus will return. It will happen, and we do not know when. We do not know when Jesus will come back, but we should always be ready. Ready and watching. We should be like the wise virgins who were ready, for when the bridegroom came. We should be like that with the return of Jesus.

 Ready and watching. We don’t want to be like the foolish virgins and not be ready. The book of Revelations is true, and we know that Jesus will come again. It hasn’t happened yet, but it will.

 Just like the days of Noah, it will be in the end times. People probably would never think that the flood would have happened, but it did. And just like that happened, the rapture will happen too.

 We should be ready and right with Jesus, and be ready for when it does happen. Our hope is found in Him. He is our loving and faithful Shepherd. The hope for our life is found in knowing and loving Jesus, and having our sins forgiven by Him.

 When we have asked Him to forgive our sins, and have our lives and thank Him for dying for us, then we are saved and born again. We should care about the rapture, and about the return of Jesus, and keep watching and be ready for it.

 Always. No matter when it is, we should be ready. Being ready means being a Christian and caring about when Jesus comes again.

 Caring about the end times and knowing it will happen. Believing it will. The foolish virgins probably were too busy to care about when the bridegroom would come, but we should always be ready for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 1:1-8.

 

Prologue

1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angels to his servant John,

2 who testifies to everything he saw-that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

 

Greetings and Doxology

 

4 John,

 

To the seven churches in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

 

To Him who loves us and freed us from our sins by His blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father-to Him be the glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

 

7              “Look, He is coming with the clouds,”

                  and “every eye will see Him,

                even those who pierced Him”;

                       and all people on earth “will

                     mourn because of Him.”

                        So shall it be! Amen.

 

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

 

 

 

 

 It is Jesus who took away our sins and He died on the cross for them. In Him, we have a new life. One that is different then before. We are changed, born again, and have a new life. He died in our place so that we didn’t have too.

 He took our punishment, and someday He will come again for us who believe. God is the Alpha and the Omega. The one who is, and who was and is to come. Jesus is going to come again, and take us to heaven to be with Him forever as Christians.

 We don’t have to worry or fear about anything because we know that God is in complete control. He always was in control and is in control and always will be in total control. He is on His throne in heaven, and Jesus is sitting at His right hand.

 He will never give up His power, and won’t give it to anything or anyone else. He will always be the ruler of all. So as Christians, we know the one who is ruler of all. So we never have to worry or fear anything that could happen. God is so good in making a way for us to be saved, and that way is Jesus.

 Our hope is found in Him. He came to this earth as a baby, and did so many miracles and helped so many people. We should be like Him, and be loving and helpful to those we meet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 1:9-20.

John’s Vision of Christ

9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that our ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet,

11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches:

to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,

Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

 

12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

 

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

 

19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.”

 

 

 

 John had a vision of Christ and in it, He said that He is the First and the Last. He is the Living One and He was dead and is alive for ever and ever. He holds the keys to death and hades.

 God is all powerful and we can remember that He always will be. He knows what we do and what we don’t do, and we should always follow Him, and do what He wants. We should keep trusting in Jesus. He is always going to be there for us and as Christians we have the Holy Spirit living in us.

 He will love us, and encourage us. In God, there is peace and a hope. The way to God is through His Son, Jesus. The way to be saved is in Jesus. We need Him to be saved and changed.

 As believers, Jesus has changed us and we should keep following Him. He is our loving Shepherd and we are His sheep. We should stay on the narrow road and we ready for when Jesus returns. He will return for His followers and the children of God.

 It’s a great thing getting to be Gods child. We have a hope that won’t end or go away as long as we keep following God, and we really are, His.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 2:1-7.

To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:

 

     These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

5 Consider how far you have fallen!

Repent and do the things you did at first.

If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

 

7 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”

 

 

 

 

 We should keep following God, as Christians and not grow weary. We shouldn’t stray away from following Him and living our lives for Him. It will all be worth it if we keep following Him.

 It really is a good life in living it for Jesus. Our hope is in Him. He lived and died for us because of His love for us. We should love Him and keep loving Him. Our faithful Shepherd knows us and loves us and always will. Peace is found in knowing Him. You can’t have the same peace in life apart from God.

 God gives us a peace that is not like the peace the world gives, as it talks about in the Bible. God gives us a different kind of peace. No matter what we face or go through God goes with us, and is there for us and gives us a peace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 3:1-6.

To the Church in Sardis

3 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write:

 

 These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.

3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you

 

4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and His angels. 6 Whoever has an ear, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

 

 

 

 We should be ready for the rapture and be awake. Being dedicated to God, and being awake in our relationship with Him. That means that we love Him, and are following Him. That we look forward to His ways and plans and want the rapture to happen.

 We look forward to it and want Jesus to come again. That will be an amazing day. When Jesus comes again and takes us as His sheep to heaven. He is so loving, kind, full of compassion. We should be like Him on this earth and point people to the reason for our joy, hope, peace, and love.

 He is the one who changes hearts, lives and gives us a good reason for living. Him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 5:6-14.

“6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song,

saying:

 

                      “You are worthy to take the scroll

                        and to open its seals,

                          because you are slain,

                           and with your blood you

                           purchased for God

                             persons from every tribe and

                           language and people and nation.

10                       You have made them to be a

                             kingdom and priests to serve our

                               God,

                                  and they will reign on the

                                earth.”

 

11 Then I looked and heard a voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a loud voice they were saying:

   

                “Worthy is the Lamb, who was

                 slain,

                    to receive power and wealth and

                   wisdom and strength

                        and honor and glory and

                      praise!”

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

 

               “To Him who sits on the throne

            and to the Lamb

              be praise and honor and glory and

            power,

              for ever and ever!”

14 The four living creatures said,

“Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshipped.”

 

 

 God deserves all of our praise and adoration. He deserves our lives. It is Him who made us, and loves us. Our lives as Christians are in Gods hands. That is a good place for them to be. We have a better life when we do the will of God. God knows what He is doing and He has a reason for His ways and plans.

 There is a good reason for His ways. We should do His will, and then we will have more peace. God knows what He wants us to do, and we should listen to His voice and what He tells us in His word.

 God sits on the throne and Jesus is at His right hand. Jesus deserves all of the praise, honor and glory. We should give Him all of our praise. He is so loving and made a way for us to go to heaven. We can trust in God and know that we will be okay in our lives because of God.

 Things may not always be easy, but God is always good. He will always be on His throne. We should always trust in Him. There are so many people from all over the world that know and love Jesus, and we should keep following Him and being His loving sheep.

 We are His sheep, following our Shepherd. He leads us to good places, and we should keep following Him. We don’t always know where to go or what to do, but we should pray for God to direct us where to go and what to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 7:9-17.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

 

                     “Salvation belongs to our God,’

                      who sits on the throne,

                       and to the Lamb.”

11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, 12 saying:

 

                 “Amen!

                   Praise and glory

                   and wisdom and thanks and honor

                    and power and strength

                   be to our God for ever and ever.

                     Amen!”

13 The one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes-who are they, and where did they come from?”

 

14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”

 

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore,

 

                          “they are before the throne of God

                            and serve Him day and night in

                              His temple;

                            and He who sits on the throne

                              will shelter them with His

                              presence.

16                          ‘Never again will they hunger;

                             never again will they thirst.

                           The sun will not beat down on

                           them,’

                            nor any scorching heat.

17                       For the Lamb at the centre of the

                            throne

                          will be their shepherd;

                          ‘He will lead them to springs of living

                          water.’

                          ‘And God will wipe away every tear

                           from their eyes.’”

 

 

 

 God is so comforting, loving and there for us as His children. Jesus is at the centre of the throne in heaven. The people who are in heaven are okay, and don’t have the worries of this life.

 They are spending time now with Jesus, and have a new life. Jesus is there with them, and in the centre. It’s a completely different life being a Christian and belonging to the family of God. It’s a different way of thinking, of living and we should be thankful for it.

 We are the humble sheep of Jesus, and we should keep being humble, and being loving. Jesus was so loving when He was on earth and He still is. He is now in heaven, and will come again. We should be ready for His return and tell people about Him.

 Being a light in this world, and remembering who the great light of the world was, and is and always will be. Jesus. Our loving Savior. He was and is the light of the world and made a big difference in peoples lives.

 He healed and loved people. He is full of love, grace, compassion, and kindness. He is coming again to us to be with Him forever. He will come at the right time. We should go by Gods timing and not our own. God is in charge, holy and all knowing. He will come at the perfect time, and give more people a chance to know and love Him. He is patient with people and wants them to go to heaven.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelation 11:1-12.

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. 2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophecy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.” 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.

This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

 

7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city-which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt-where also their Lord was crucified.

9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.

10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

 

11 But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.”

 

 

 

 

 The hope that we have in God as believers is amazing and we should keep trusting in Him. He had a plan and a purpose for the two witnesses, and He had a purpose and plan for us too. They may have died, but then they were alive and went to heaven.

 There is so much hope in knowing God, and loving Him and trying to do good on this earth. We should keep following God and always do His will. Times may come that it will be harder to follow Him, and yet we should always follow Him.

God can help us with what comes and show us what we should do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations 22:12-21.

Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

 

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

 

16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

 

17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”

And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

 

18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.

19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

 

20 He who testifies to these things says,

 “Yes, I am coming soon.”

 

Amen, Come, Lord Jesus.

 

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.”

 

 

 

 When Jesus comes again, He will give to each person what they have done. He will reward those who do good. He is so full of grace, love and compassion. We should keep waiting for His return, no matter when it is.

 Whenever Jesus comes again, it will be an amazing day. One full of hope for us believers and one of excitement. That will be a good day. But we should pray for the lost, and love them, and show them the way.

 How good and patient is God, that He waits for people who are lost to come and know Him. He is so patient, and loving. He loves those who He has created, and knows that no one is too far gone for Him to change and reach.

 How good and loving is God, and we should be more like Him, as believers. Showing people His love and looking up, for we do not know when we will be raptured and be in, heaven, with Jesus.