My verse for today is from chapter 15. I’m going to use that S.O.A.P. method I mentioned in a previous post for today.
Scripture
The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Revelation 15:8
Observation
I wonder what that means that the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and power?
It says that no one was able to enter until the seven plagues were completed. So the temple wasn’t functioning for the cleansing of sin? Was everybody’s case decided in judgement at that point? This is what it seems to be indicating. So this would mean that all our cases have been brought before the Lord before the plagues fall.
Application
I find it comforting that our eternal destinies will be settled before the craziness of the final plagues on earth. I would worry that going through that experience might overcome me. But I suppose that walking with Jesus you can get to the point where very little surprises you and nothing can move you. That could be a way of describing “the seal of God.”
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for helping me to understand that when the future looks uncertain or even certain & scary, that you have a comfort prepared for that time. You promise to be there, but you have also made provision all the way until the end of the age (Matthew 28:20). Amen
And that’s all there is to it.