Evil Has an End.
Biblical prophecy points to a time when “there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”37 “The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.”38 John saw in a vision “death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.”39 Total separation from the source of life and a complete destruction. Ancient prophecies point to a time when God will create new heaven and a new earth.40 Weary of all this evil and
suffering, we “look for new heaven and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”41 “Affliction shall not rise up the second time.”42
God will destroy Satan—the ultimate responsible for the evil, pain and suffering that entered the universe. His utter destruction is already prophesied. His days are numbered: “When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. He will go out to deceive the nations . . . in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them. Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet.”43 The Bible tells us about a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the LORD! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. His judgments are true and just.” Revelation 19:1-2. Angels can fully agree with the final and executive judgements of God upon Satan and his evil followers. This understanding could only happen by God allowing Satan to carry forward with his evil schemes. God stands at the end fully vindicated.
The Bible offers us Good News. In God’s last call of mercy and warning to mankind, His angels bring to our attention His “Everlasting Gospel”. This is the same Gospel proclaimed by the Apostol Paul: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”44 He is our mediator and intercessor in the heavenly sanctuary,45 and He will come
back to this earth at his second coming, bringing an end to human suffering, pain, grief and death.
“God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”46
I invite you today to accept Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord of your life. If this is the conviction of your heart, recite with me: “Our Heavenly Father, I recognize that I am a lost sinner, I was blind but now I see. Please forgive my sins. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness, enable me to forsake evil in all its forms. I surrender my will to you, voluntarily. Restore me into Your image. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen!”
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