Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
How long does it take to pour out a vial from eternity into time? In my thinking it isn’t instant, that it might take some length of time. How long has man been pouring toxic waste into our water systems which make their way to the sea? We are killing life in the sea and we are getting better at it.
The viles of wrath are poured out upon the earth and from the sounds of it, God is responsible, like He instructed the angels to do this. I suppose one can blame God and in another sense God knew what man would do over the course of history and created man anyway. Man in that sense is the agent of God, the angel which actually did the damage. Revelation only warns us what would happen and we did not heed the warning.
Most of the men responsible for this act have never read the bible, much less connect the prophecies to their acts. These acts are harbingers of our future. We can see them coming true, today. They were written thousands of years ago before man had the technology to pollute on such a massive scale.
I hear men claim the bible is irrelevant, out of touch, meaningless to these times. They deny the power of God to effect change yet write books and make movies and documentaries reporting that the bible documented all this was to happen as if man is helpless to change anything.
If God was so accurate about the events surrounding the planet, the seas, the rivers, the plants and grasses, which have no soul, why doubt what He says about man’s soul? Isn’t man more important than the rocks and waters upon which we live? Why doubt when the evidence is shown?
Romans 1:19-21 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Agent man here to share the good news, it is not too late for your soul.
Just a couple of remarks on your blog today–it savored of one of my favorite verses in 2nd Peter 2:8 “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day”. There are instances in Scripture that a lot happens over time that seem to be looked at through a small time window. Another of these that is intriguging to me is the destruction of Sodom and Gommorah. Sharing the Good News— wow! we only have our life time for this, and we don’t know how long this is and as you mentioned, man has only his lifetime to receive it!! Trust Jesus TODAY!!
Every good sermon should lead the listener to a point of invitation. So many places in the OT and NT give way to opening that door. Good stuff.