Posted on 02/06/2020 6:38:55 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy” (Proverbs 6:15).
His end comes suddenly. My thought is that is happens here: “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (II Thessalonians 2:8 KJV).
Hitler’s end didn’t come suddenly. The downfall of Hitler really began in 1943-1944. It took about a year to a year-and-a-half for it to culminate. He knew it was coming. He knew that he had finally bitten off more than he could chew, and when the end came, he was ready. He had the cyanide capsule and the pistol. But this evil man in Proverbs 6 will come suddenly. Every reference we have on the Antichrist shows that his end is sudden—in a flash.
No matter how powerful Satan is, no matter how organized he gets, no matter how many people he fools, when God finally determines to defeat him, in a snap of the finger he is over with. It’s no big deal. It’s good to be on God’s side—no sense being anywhere else.
“And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him” (Daniel 11:45 KJV).
The Book of Daniel is just one thing after another about the Antichrist. About the he-goat, and the fourth beast, and all those things that just continue to build, the Antichrist’s kingdom and suddenly it is over with. All through Revelation 5-10 it just builds and builds and then in chapter 19 when Jesus Christ comes back:
“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken” (Revelation 19:19-20 KJV).
It simply says, “And the beast was taken,” just like that he was taken. It didn’t take any time at all. God doesn’t have any amount of trouble at all. There is really no battle. When it comes to God and the Devil—just pick God.
“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them” (Revelation 20:9 KJV).
Satan gets loosed from the pit in verse 7, goes out and builds up the nations to go against God in verse 8, he’s loose and he has another chance. Was it a long drawn out affair, a protracted warfare? Nope, “fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them,” suddenly!
Six thousand years of Satan’s devices are going to end just like that! All of Satan’s plans at Babel, and all the mystery religions, and all the gathering together of countries into the godless United Nations and the ecumenical movement, and it will all be over just like that! I like that! It is good to be on the Lord’s side. “Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy”
Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.
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