Key Verse:
But the people who did not die in the plagues did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood – idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk! And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
(Revelation 9:20-21)
Central truth:
Even when confronted with the destructive power of sin the people will not repent.
Reading the revelation can be a daunting task. Finding an application for today can be a head-scratching, frustrating venture, but Truth is there. You should look for it and see how it can apply to your life today.
This chapter discusses the first two terrors of the end times. These times are marred by mass idol worship, witchcraft, crime and sexual immorality. Can you make a parallel here? One of the attributes of today’s society is the love of money. Heard crime rates lately? And you don’t need to head to the red light district to be confronted be sexual immorality. If you have a TV, there is plenty of immorality on the prime-time schedule. I can definitely see similarities between today’s world and the world spoken of in the revelation. What is most striking is how our world today is not very repentant. Society today is quite permissive when dealing with immorality. We make excuses when someone is caught “with their hand in the cookie jar.” We expect our politicians to be at least a little corrupt.
Now, what to do with this? Well, first pray for repentance. Not only do we need personal repentance, but we need collective repentance. Second, we can be salt and light. We should be the Christ followers that God calls us to be. Be the example of how to live for a world that is actively rejecting God. And finally, pray. Pray today that repentance will come. Pray that you accept the influence you have been given and leverage it for His glory.
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