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Re: 4th Quarter 2013 Study on "The Sanctuary"
[Re: Daryl]
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01/18/14 05:34 PM
01/18/14 05:34 PM
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The hour of His judgment has come.
Why is the Investigative Judgment taking so long? Doesn't God already know who is who? If not, He surely could go much faster than this.
It's because the judgment is not for informing the divine, but for revealing to everyone else what God already knows. Only He reads the hearts, so everyone else must judge the works. But that takes time.
Why is it important that everyone makes this judgment? Because Satan's attack is fundamentally upon God's character. He claims that God is unworthy of our allegiance. And scrutinizing who God does or does not save reveals His character.
There was a huge fire in the hills just behind our house a couple of days ago. Even though we were not being evacuated, we packed our valuables as a precaution. My son packed his guitar and iPod. My daughter packed her flute and phone. My wife packed pictures. I packed books and computers. Nearly everything else was left to the flames.
What we chose to save from destruction reveals what is important to us, and that reveals what we are like. Some are musical, some are sentimental. Our choices reveal our character.
This is what God wants the universe to do. When we look into who He saves, we understand better what He is like. Then we can decide if He is worthy of our worship.
What does this mean? God has allowed Himself to be judged by His creation. The hour of HIS judgment has come. And we are the jurors. Let us be sober and vigilant, for our work demands it.
By God's grace, Arnold
1 John 5:11-13 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
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