OK, maybe my brain just isn't awake enough today. Or maybe I'm just not really prepared to receive what I'm supposed to from today's reading. But I'm not having a very easy time with the book of Revelation. Sure I know what some have speculated as to what it all means. But I'm not quite ready to just accept their views without question.
One thing is clear. God in His perfection is unchanging. It seems we like to paint this nice soft picture of God as a kindly old man who sends us nothing but grassy fields and clear streams. He's treated more like a genie in a bottle pulled out every so often to grant us a wish. Love, peace, love, kindness, that's what He's all about. But He is a jealous, holy, pure God. His ways are just and true, though not always pleasant and agreeable to our "civilized" way of thinking. All these plagues and this wrath of God stuff isn't easily reconciled with the "Sunday school" Jesus we've come to prefer. I need to see the complete picture of God so I can worship Him as He is and for who He is.
Revelation 15:3-4
They held harps given them by God and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb;
"Great and marvelous are Your deeds, Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are Your ways, King of the ages.
Who will not fear You , O Lord, and bring glory to Your name?
For You alone are holy.
All nations will come before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed."
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