The halfbaked Bard

Revelation 8:1-5 The 7th seal is different from the other six seals. All the other seals brought forth something. The seventh seal brings silence for half an hour. Silence from God is equally scary. Lord I pray that you would speak to me continually. You would go with me. That I would hear your voice alone and go where only you are. It paves way for the seven trumpet judgements. Then another Angel comes with a golden censer. Incense in it and the prayers of the saints went up before God.  Yes dear saint,  your prayers never go unanswered. They for sure reach up to the throne of Grace and He The Almighty will answer. So pray without ceasing without losing hope Image credit: gemini

Rev 7:3 Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.  Yes, this is being told about the 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. From the different tribes of Israel, this many number of people will be called, protected with the seal so that they wouldn't be harmed by the great tribulation initiated by the antichrist. The seal of protection will be on them.  The same seal is upon you. The seal of God, the Holy Spirit, the seal of approval, the seal of authority, the seal of being owned by God. Now that is a seal which no one would dare to touch.  Psalm 37:24 Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.  Psalm 91 reasserts it.  He is my fortress, He is my strong tower to which I would run to. He is my refuge and my rampart. He will cover me with His pinions.  Isaiah 43:1 You are mine. Image credit: gemini

Rev 6.  The first seal- white horse- conqueror- antichrist.  The second seal- red horse- war.  The third seal- black horse- famine.  The fourth seal- pale horse- death- a fourth of the earth will be killed by sword, famine, plague, and by wild beasts.  The fifth seal- martyrs are seen under the altar asking for judgment and avenging their blood. The sixth seal- cosmic catastrophe.  The stage is all set, and if we look around, the dress rehearsal is happening. This world is headed to its doom. The one who comes in the name of peace will turn his coins upside down. Then war and famine and death will follow.  Where are you headed to?  Rev 6:17, for the great day of wrath has come, and who can stand?   These people are trying to hide in caves from the sovereign God. How ridiculous? They prefer to be crushed by the mountains and rocks, hoping they would escape the wrath of the Almighty. But all they need to do is to give themselve...

Rev 5.  What a scene!  What a climax!  What a culmination!  V3. But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.  The scroll of the rights of the earth, the scroll about the future. No one could open it, therefore there was tension looming around. The background score reaches the epic peak here. Melancholic surround.  V 4. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll and look inside it.  Then the announcement comes about the Lion of Judah, the Root of David. He alone is able to open the scroll and its seven seals because it says that he has triumphed.  But instead of a lion, we see a lamb that looks as if it has been slain. The Lamb is worthy to open. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. The king gave it to him only because he alone is worthy.  Why?  V 9. Because you are slain and with your blood you purchas...

Day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy Is the Lord God Almighty Who was and is and is to come. Rev:4:8 The only song that the four living creatures sing for eternity, day and night, is about the holiness of God. The uncompromised purity of the holy triune God, the complete and infinite holiness of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  A holy God loving a sinful man resulted in the cross. Without bloodshed, there is no remission of sin, and it had to be the spotless, blemishless blood of the Son himself, which would substitute for ours. Eternity wouldn't have been enough for the payment of our sins because he is infinitely holy. That is therefore why God himself, an infinitely holy God's own blood, had to be shed for the rectification of my sin. The very thing he abhorred, he received. Why? Because he loved me. That is why I echo with the elders and sing,  You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created al...

Are you lukewarm? Are you found wanting for both spiritual things and worldly things? If you are pursuing both, you have diluted what actually is your utmost need.  Rev 3:17. You say I am rich, I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing, but you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.  Because of your lukewarmness, you are deluded, thinking that you are somebody, but actually you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. You are illusioned thinking you have figured all things out, thus being complacent about your passion which you had initially.  Superficiality is the root of lukewarmness. To remove your lukewarmness, oughtn't you take an intentional effort to have a meaningful and in-depth relation with your betrothed husband?  Repent on those compromising sins which will drag you down. Wear the white robe of righteousness that he offers to cover your shameful nakedness.  He is knocking. If only you would open...