So God is a righteous judge, then finally it's the seventh - now what you're seeing here is God is bringing judgement on the Gods of this earth, to prepare for what will come, which is the establishing of His kingdom. So when the seventh trumpet sounds, and it tells us there in Chapter 11 and Verse 15, the seventh angel sounded: There were loud voices in heaven, saying: the kingdoms of this world have now become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ. He shall reign forever! So there is a mighty end time demonstration of the power of God, and a manifestation of Christ Himself, with His people, that will start to put right everything put wrong. All governments will be changed, unjust systems will be altered, financial systems will be altered, governmental systems, educational systems. Over the period of 1000 years, everything will be altered to make it right. That's pretty good isn't it? Don't sound very impressed - I'm very impressed. I think well that's a very powerful God, and God will do it.
Why will He do it? Because He will be tired of seeing His people martyred generation after generation, and time will have come to actually demonstrate He's not just merciful, He's also righteous. This is fantastic - so we see then that God is merciful, He is truthful. We see He is just, and He judges, He sorts things out. So what do I need to do, if that's the Jesus that I have never met, and that's the Jesus of the Bible, because He's the one who will come to do this? It's Him coming to do this, so the Jesus that we like to see in the manger, is also the Jesus who subdued the elements around Him, overcame the storms. He's also the Jesus who died on the cross and rose again. He's also the Jesus who will come with great love, great power, and He will put things right. That's a great thing for us to be aware of, a great hope.
People look around the world, they get worried about the antichrist, worried about this and that, ooh oh! The kingdom of our God is about to come, and we're about to be a part of that! So what do I need to do? How could I respond? What can I do? Well I'm glad you asked, there's a whole heap of things you can do. Let me give you a few of them that you could do that would help there. Number one is, I want to be on Jesus' side would be the first place to start. It would be a great thing to receive Jesus Christ, open your heart and life to receive Him, and to acknowledge He died on the cross for your sins. You don't have to experience judgement for sin. You can actually be free of all of that, and have a new life God intended, by receiving Jesus Christ. John 3:16 through to 18; God so loved you He gave His only son, that He died on the cross, you'd live and not perish but have eternal life. God did not come, Jesus did not come to condemn the world, but the world through Him might be saved. He said: I didn't come to judge, I came to save. The second time round He come to judge, so we're in the time when we can get saved easily. It's a good day to get saved. What a decision to make right now, if you don't know Jesus, to make your decision to put your life right before the one who loves you, and gave His life for you.
Secondly, here's the second thing we need to do. You need to take responsibility for your life, and stop thinking like a victim, and blaming everyone else for why you are where you are. Why do I need to do that? Very simply this: because in Romans 14 it tells us in Chapter 14, Verses 10 to 12: every one of us will stand before the judgement seat of Christ to give account of our life, everyone. Fortunately I won't have to give account for you, I'll be giving account for me. You'll be giving account for you! You'll be standing alone. Your mates won't be around you, you'll be there all on your own, and Jesus will be enquiring of your life. Now if you're a non-believer, the issue for you is then: what did you do with Jesus? Did you receive Him, or reject Him? That's the core issue. If you rejected Him, then there is nothing more for you. There's actually eternity of suffering, but if you're a believer, that's not the issue for you.