Patient Endurance

 Lamentations 1- 2; Obadiah; Revelations 14 

“If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury…This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.”

Revelation 14:9, 10, 12

The clarity of John’s Revelation is that faithfulness to Christ is rewarded and rebellion against God is punished. When Jesus died for our sins on the cross, he bore in his body God’s wrath against sin. However, throughout history, God’s judgment of sin and rebellion has continued throughout the world. There are consequences to rebelling against God. This fruitless battle against God is the most devastating form of spiritual warfare because the consequences are eternal. In the face of God’s judgment of sin and mankind’s rebellion against God, those who know and follow Jesus are called to live with patient endurance, obedience to God’s commands, and faithfulness to Christ.

“Lord Jesus, strengthen my faith and faithfulness to you and your kingdom mission in these last days.”