We are waiting for Christ to come. And what precedes this event can be read in the book of Revelation. This is the time of the reign of the Antichrist, the lifting of the seals, the pouring out of the bowls of wrath and the 7 trumpets that bring trouble to this land. The reason for punishments is immeasurable sins.
The ninth chapter of this book describes the event, which is going to happen: when the sixth angel sounded, a great disaster occurred – a third of humanity was destroyed. Why does God allow viruses, cataclysms, and wars? Among the main causes are cruelty, fornication, drunkenness, deception, pride, disobedience, witchcraft, and other sins that are not ignored. Can a loving Father not intervene by looking at the offended and their abusers?
Then a terrible picture is described-the people who survived did not repent of their crimes. The Lord revealed to the Apostle John five main sins that will continue to anger the Lord.
The first is demon worship. The Bible teaches us to worship only God-to recognize Him as the master, to exalt Him above all, to consider Him an Authority.
But the deeds of the people tell a different story – they have taken the values of the devil into their hearts. He can inculcate his evil through movies and cartoons, TV series, TV programs, songs, and even children’s toys. These are occult, satanic things. Vampires, sorcerers, and psychics, belief in horoscopes and talismans – in short, everything that is not from God, which is not allowed in the Bible. Most people in times of adversity have stopped praying, but they wear talismans, hang horseshoes, and hope for some toys that they can protect. People willingly turn to horoscopes, but do not want to take the Bible in their hands. By doing this, they open their lives to the dark forces. And the consequences of this are aggression, emptiness in the soul, unwillingness to live.
The second sin is the worship of gold, wood, and copper gods. But such gods do not see, walk, or hear. If such gods or healers are not able to help, you should know that the Lord has such power. Call him, read his Word, submit to Him. A large number of people have chosen atheism: they do not want to listen to God, and in their pride they want to do as they please. The Almighty will not tolerate this forever. An idol is what comes first for a person. And you don’t have to make an idol of anyone, it can even be a personal «Me» – everything for me, as I want. Money, hobbies, internet, car, traditions, ideas, opinions of others, pleasure, politics – everything that is above the Lord and the Bible.
The third sin is murder. People may not do this, but simply support this sin. 150,000 abortions are performed every day in the world. At the same time, people still ask the question: «Why does God allow bad things to happen?».
The fourth is debauchery. To a large extent, it is manifested today: fornication, adultery, divorce, TV programs and films of depraved content. Sodom and Gomorrah is a modern culture. Same – sex unions and other perversions are imposed that are disgusting to the Lord and those people who still have common sense. Other types of debauchery- pedophilia, bestiality, masturbation, prostitution, seductive clothing, etc.
The last, fifth sin – people do not admit guilt in their theft. Most are willing to take someone else’s despite God’s eighth commandment «Don’t steal». About 50 families have half the world’s wealth, and millions of people are dying of hunger. According to the UN, 6,000,000 children per year die from lack of food. That’s 16,500 a day. And 32,000 adults die every day from diseases caused by overeating.
People choose their master. It is up to us whether we will be blessed by God or crippled by the devil. To free yourself from the power of Satan, you need to sincerely believe in Jesus Christ, repent of your sins, and humble yourself before the Lord. He has prepared a beautiful city in Heaven, and we will enter it if we love Christ with all our heart.
The Lord is waiting, make the right choice!
