by Mike Kurtz
Read Revelation 14:14-20.
All I can say after reading this passage is, “Woe to the ones who fail to fear God and give Him glory!” Angels are described as sweeping the earth with sharp sickles reaping the followers of the coming Anti-Christ like grapes ready for wine. Those reaped will experience what is described as grapes crushed through a winepress, whose blood will run far and high. It is a horrific ending to evil life on earth.
The death of so many people may not seem justifiable. How could so many people be wrong? It is a telling indication of Satan’s deception in this world. We will read in coming chapters the severity of God’s wrath on those deceived, and yet they will not turn. People may be deceived, but it is still their responsibility to find the truth. Jesus says, “Seek and you shall find” in referring to the truth. And yet so many will not seek; they will not even be open to change despite the wrath of God. It is difficult to imagine.
Let me suggest that perhaps it will be due to the masses following the masses. Whenever the “majority” defines truth, we are in for trouble! As history will testify (e.g. Hitler, Rwanda, Bosnia, etc.), the masses can be sincerely wrong. That is why it is important that truth transcend man otherwise it is an ever evolving, ever changing matter. And yet truth by definition is an absolute, unchanging thing. It is permanent. That is why we must always look outside to God for truth. To make it up along the way is dangerous, its fruits seen in the last days. People will think the Anti-Christ is right and many will follow him, and like the gold rush, many will follow suit.
Let’s not be pushed and pulled by the world’s definition of good and bad, right and wrong. These are not matters to be determined. God has given us His Scripture to show us the truth. Whenever you feel inclined to “fit in” with the world, consider first if it aligns with truth. Let’s not be part of the deception, but rather beacons of truth.