Day 7 of Read: Revelation

On Wednesday we completed the final chapters of Revelation, and the final chapters of our one year Bible reading adventure. I hope that for many of you a habit has been formed and that this is something that will be continued in your daily lives. Also, we'll keep using this blog page for updates with our Wednesday night programs and Sunday night Theology class.
Here's a summary of our final day of reading:

• The inhabitants of heaven break out in celebration over the triumph of Christ over the evil system of the world. This is followed by the "wedding supper of the Lamb," which is the beginning of the perfect relationship of love Christ now has with His church.
• Christ then appears on the earth riding a white horse (He is named "Faithful and True") and He destroys all of His enemies, including the two beasts.
• Christ reigns on the earth for a thousand years, after which Satan is released for a short time to deceive the nations before being thrown into the lake of fire for his final and eternal judgment.
• After this is the "great throne judgment" in which all the inhabitants of the earth are judged for eternity. They either enter into the kingdom of Christ or are cast into the lake of fire (hell) for eternal torment.

In chapters 21 and 22 John gives us a brief description of heaven. Rather than attempting to summarize it here, I would encourage you to read and re-read it for yourself. One thing I will note is Jesus' message to us at the end of the book: "Behold, I am coming soon," to which John replies (and we should as well) "Come Lord Jesus!"
Amen!