Revelation 20
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Carolyn Anne Venable posted an update: 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
We have a choice between a ”second death” or a second birth! These are your choices:
God is going to judge evil! That’s a good thing! He doesn’t want these comic troublemakers and terrorists running around forever wreaking havoc. Haven’t you asked yourself why God allows such evil. He will put a stop to it all. All evil will be thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14)
The devil and all his minions are doomed. The question is whose side are you on? Do you fight for evil or do you root for good? God decides what’s good and evil. In the end, it’s His opinion that matters. But let’s get back to your second choice because eternity in a lake of fire with the hordes of hell does not sound like a rational option.
Your alternative is to jump aboard the Ark of safety. This Ark of safety is Jesus Christ. Your choice is eternal life in Christ Jesus or you’re going down with the ”second death”. There is no other option, folks. All evil will be banished by God from this beautiful reality He created for us.
So your choice is eternal life through the second birth experience in which you are born again and enter into the Ark of safety and get your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Your life will be safely ”hid in Christ” while this final judgment is made.
God always encourages us to ”choose life” but the choice is yours.
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Eleven Points on How to Be Hidden through Impending Judgment 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Perhaps the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah is skipped over by some who would rather not hear its proclamations of judgment: judgment on Judah (Zeph 1); judgment on the Gentile nations (Zeph 2:4-15); judgement on Jerusalem (Zeph 3:1-7); judgment on the nations: “All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.” (Zeph [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: How A Tyrant Rises to Power 1 year, 7 months ago · View
“Be wise as serpents…” Matthew 10:16 Not only does the Word give us guidance as to how to live righteously but it also gives us insight as to how evil operates. I suspect this is in the hope that we should avoid coming under the rule of unrighteous men. In Judges 9, we read how [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: unholy trinity 2 years, 2 months ago · View
Satan doesn’t have a creative bone in him. He is an imitator, but when he imitates he perverts. Revelation 13 and Rev 20:2 reveal the corrupt alliance of dragon, beast, and false prophet which tries to imitate the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ♦ While we may not fathom the depths of [...]
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: How willingly do people go to hell? 2 years, 2 months ago · View
I just read a good article by John Piper: How Willingly Do People Go to Hell . In it, he challenges C.S. Lewis’ statements about hell: that “all that are in hell choose it” and “all God does in the end with people is give them what they most want.” John Piper makes very good arguments to [...]
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David V wrote a new blog post: Jesus Rules 2 years, 4 months ago · View
Though there is much that can be said about Revelation chapter one I’m not wanting to examine it all in depth. However I would like to point out two things that strike me regarding what John says about Jesus. The first is that he is “the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the [...]
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David V wrote a new blog post: Revelation: Some Historical Context 2 years, 4 months ago · View
It is time for me to begin my study of Revelation. First, I’d like to provide some historical context. The book itself names the author as John and states that the vision therein occurred on the island of Patmos. I completely believe that this John is the apostle though I know that this is sometimes [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: The Antichrist 2 years, 5 months ago · View
Interestingly, while I’ve been working on a post about the characteristics of the antichrist, I’ve had a few conversations lately with people who are reading books that propose that there is NO “the antichrist” . Please forgive me if I’ve been rather zealous on the topic, but you’ll see why I think this is an important issue. [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Revelation Simplified 2 years, 8 months ago · View
Revelation Ultra-Simplified Jesus Christ returns, banishes Satan and evil, and reigns with His Saints forever! Don’t be intimidated into not reading Revelation because of all its symbolisms or because it has a lot of disturbing predictions. There’s also a promise of blessing to those who read, hear and keep “the words of this prophecy.” (Rev 1:3) Furthermore, [...]