We should not be despairing, we should be voicing our victory in jubilation. Think of a winning superbowl party. People are reveling. "Revel" has such an intense triumphant connotation but why when we use the word "Revelation" does it bring a sense of doom when in fact it is a declaration of JOY TO THE WORLD!
Sing!
- Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n, and heav’n, and nature sing. - Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. - No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found. - He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
This is a song of His reign on earth at His return! It is coming, joy is coming to the earth. The curse of nature will be lifted. No more poaching, no more fear of mankind. Why? Vegetarians all, I think. Man was given animals to eat after the flood. No more. No fear. What rejoicing the unfallen creatures will express!
He will rule the world with a rod of iron in truth and grace. He will say, "Prove me wrong!" Nations will obey as He said in His word and the blessings will abound. What a time on earth.
These days before will be called the Darkest Age because mankind has hardened his heart against God and man. But fear not in these darkest times, for He rules. The consequences of disobedience will be the exacting of His wrath but rejoice! Rejoice! The Joy of the Lord is our strength to endure and as is stated many times in The Revelation, also our strength to overcome.
