Truth Matters 12 24 21: The Visions of John, Your Works And Salvation

This is Truth Matters! Daily devotion with Dr. Cheryl Davis. Truth Matters is a ministry of The Truth Project, whose mission is to empower men and women in the Christian faith to teach biblical truth in the culture and the marketplace of ideas, using the Bible as a sacred trust of truth in sharing the message of Jesus. Learn more about the ministry of The Truth Project at www.projecttruthmatters.com. Let's continue with the visions of John, your works and salvation.

Here's Dr. Davis. Our works follow us into heaven and when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ, those works that survive the fire of judgment at the judgment seat of Christ will be our reward in heaven. So some of us get saved and sit on the seat of do nothing and when we get to the judgment seat of Christ we will not have any works that follow us.

I don't want that to be you because that will be a day of sadness for you when the day of the judgment seat of Christ should be one of joy and commendation. So think about what you're doing for God. Look at your works on this side of salvation so that you can have plenty to take with you as they will be your reward in heaven.

You want something following you into heaven, whether it be souls, whether it be evangelism, whether it be giving, whatever it be, let there be faithfulness to God that follows you into heaven. But here we look in the division of people and this is the fifth vision that we look at and this is where we reap the earth's harvest. So let's just read verses 14 through 16. The message of the angel concerns the end of the tribulation period when true Christians are separated from non-Christians.

This separation will be easy to make since everyone will be marked one way or the other with the mark of the beast or with the mark of God. Similar to the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13. The wheat is gathered to the Lord and the tares are gathered to be burned. Jesus will send his angels to harvest the earth at the end of the tribulation.

But let's get into the devastation of Armageddon which is the last couple verses of chapter 14 in verses 17 through 20. Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. Another angel came out from the altar who had power over fire and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle saying, thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth for her grapes are fully ripe. So the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the raft of God.

And the winepress was trampled outside the city and blood came out of the winepress up to the horses bridles for 1600 furlongs. Really in reading verses 17 through 20 this describes the battle of Armageddon. In verses 19 the angel from under the altar directs the harvest for the winepress of the wrath of God. This is prophesied by the prophet Joel in chapter 3 verses 11 through 16. Assemble and come all you nations and gather together all around because you're mighty ones to go down there oh Lord.

Let the nations be wakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. You've been listening to Truth Matters with Dr. Cheryl Davis. Truth Matters is a ministry of the Truth Project, a North Carolina based ministry dedicated to teaching biblical truth and sound theology to those inside and outside of the church. If you'd like to listen to these messages on demand, go to projecttruthmatters.com and click on the podcast link. Dr. Davis is also available to speak to your ministry group or church function. She can be reached by email at CherylDavis at projecttruthmatters.com. Or if you'd like to send a letter, the address is Project Truth Matters Post Office Box 159 St. Paul's, North Carolina 28384. You can hear Truth Matters weekdays on this radio station at 8 20 a.m. and 5 20 p.m. with a full length teaching program on Saturday afternoon at 12 30. Until next time, let's all work together to teach a biblical truth to assist, equip, edify and encourage one another and bring the gospel to the world because truth matters.