Sweet and Sour Sauce Bible – Part 3
I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. And they said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.” [Revelation 10:10-11]
God is love (cf., 1 John 4:8). God demonstrated His love for mankind by giving His one and only Son to die for all mankind. Even while we were yet sinners and hating God, Jesus the Son of God died for you and me. The scroll in the angel’s hand contains expressions of the love of God for mankind. God’s offer of salvation and peace is extended in His Word written in the scroll.
However, the righteousness of God cannot be set aside for the sake of love. Both the love of God and the righteousness of God exist simultaneously. Because of this duality, every human being is not saved. All mankind does not go to heaven.
Only those people who personally accept the Lord Jesus as their sin offering receive eternal life. Until I personally acknowledge to God that I am a sinner and deserve eternal death in the lake of fire, I cannot receive Jesus as my Savior from sin.
If I refuse to accept this position, I snub God’s Word and cast aspersion on the death and resurrection of His Son. God’s righteousness cannot brook such impudence from His creatures. Righteousness demands the truth and goes to war against lies.
That is the essence of the angel with a foot on the sea and another on the land, and holding a scroll in his hand. The scroll is the title deed to the earth. Its contents include both God’s love and God’s righteousness. From the standpoint of all mankind this entails both sweet and sour, you see.
For those people who recognize the truth of God’s Word, they come as humble suppliants to the throne of God to acknowledge His claims. They bend the knee to the rulership of the Son and receive Him as their Savior from sin and Lord of their lives. The bitterness of judgment and death has passed for us who do so.
For those people who denounce the claims of God and reject His Son Jesus as Lord, they shake the fist in God’s face and deny they need to be saved from sin. They elevate themselves to the throne of God and insist that the earth belongs to them. They know what to do, thank you very much. They need no interference from God or Jesus.
For suchlike folks the scroll contains a bitter pill to swallow. They are staring death in the face and mocking it. They are dangling over the fires of the lake and thinking they are made of asbestos. They have nothing to fear. Why, there is no such thing as hell anyway! The bitterness of judgment and death is fast upon them, and it lasts eternally. This is sour in the extreme, a bitter pill to swallow.
This is not a pleasant topic at all, is it? I don’t like it! But it is the Word of God and God does no wrong. The disease of sin must be eradicated, in order for the new heavens and earth to exist wherein righteousness doth dwell.
Let this concept simmer on the back burner overnight. We mustn’t take pleasure in it, but we must receive it as the Word of God if we would be found faithful.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
God is love (cf., 1 John 4:8). God demonstrated His love for mankind by giving His one and only Son to die for all mankind. Even while we were yet sinners and hating God, Jesus the Son of God died for you and me. The scroll in the angel’s hand contains expressions of the love of God for mankind. God’s offer of salvation and peace is extended in His Word written in the scroll.
However, the righteousness of God cannot be set aside for the sake of love. Both the love of God and the righteousness of God exist simultaneously. Because of this duality, every human being is not saved. All mankind does not go to heaven.
Only those people who personally accept the Lord Jesus as their sin offering receive eternal life. Until I personally acknowledge to God that I am a sinner and deserve eternal death in the lake of fire, I cannot receive Jesus as my Savior from sin.
If I refuse to accept this position, I snub God’s Word and cast aspersion on the death and resurrection of His Son. God’s righteousness cannot brook such impudence from His creatures. Righteousness demands the truth and goes to war against lies.
That is the essence of the angel with a foot on the sea and another on the land, and holding a scroll in his hand. The scroll is the title deed to the earth. Its contents include both God’s love and God’s righteousness. From the standpoint of all mankind this entails both sweet and sour, you see.
For those people who recognize the truth of God’s Word, they come as humble suppliants to the throne of God to acknowledge His claims. They bend the knee to the rulership of the Son and receive Him as their Savior from sin and Lord of their lives. The bitterness of judgment and death has passed for us who do so.
For those people who denounce the claims of God and reject His Son Jesus as Lord, they shake the fist in God’s face and deny they need to be saved from sin. They elevate themselves to the throne of God and insist that the earth belongs to them. They know what to do, thank you very much. They need no interference from God or Jesus.
For suchlike folks the scroll contains a bitter pill to swallow. They are staring death in the face and mocking it. They are dangling over the fires of the lake and thinking they are made of asbestos. They have nothing to fear. Why, there is no such thing as hell anyway! The bitterness of judgment and death is fast upon them, and it lasts eternally. This is sour in the extreme, a bitter pill to swallow.
This is not a pleasant topic at all, is it? I don’t like it! But it is the Word of God and God does no wrong. The disease of sin must be eradicated, in order for the new heavens and earth to exist wherein righteousness doth dwell.
Let this concept simmer on the back burner overnight. We mustn’t take pleasure in it, but we must receive it as the Word of God if we would be found faithful.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
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