August 30, 2025 -- Revelation 19:1b-2a -- The Boldness Needed to Face our World

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Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
for his judgments are true and just…
Revelation 19:1b-2a ESV
 
This vision found in Revelation is recorded by John, the disciple of Jesus. He is an old man and experiencing persecution. By way of great encouragement, the Spirit of God gave John a vision of what is happening and what is to come. The Judgment Day will come.

Thomas Boston, in his work, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State, speaks of this final judgment
 O! What a strange turn of affairs will appear here! What an astonishing
sight will it be, to see wicked churchmen and statesmen standing as
criminals before the saints whom formerly they condemned as heretics,
rebels, and traitors! To see men of riches and power stand pale-faced
before those whom they oppressed! To see the mocker stand trembling
before those whom he mocked! the worldly-wise man, before the those
whom he accounted fools! Then shall the despised faces of the saints
be dreadful faces to the wicked; and those, who sometimes were the song
of drunkards, shall then be a terror to them. All wrongs must be righted
at length, and every one set in his proper place.
Thomas Boston, Human Nature in Its Fourfold State. East Peoria, IL:,
Versa Press, Inc., reprinted 2015, page 419
 
When believers meditate on the accomplished work of Jesus, and know at the appointed time of their death, they will face judgment for every word spoken, every deed done and every good deed they knew they were supposed to do but left undone, what a terror that will be. It means believers are led by a holy fear of God, to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. The unbeliever, the mocker, the worldly-wise—what a terror awaits them! No wonder Christians do, with fervency and urgency pray for our neighbours. The Premier of Quebec has been widely quoted as saying “No one wants to see public prayer in the streets of Quebec”^ A bill to make Quebec even more restrictively secular is in the works. May God have mercy on the souls of those puny persons who so wickedly imagine they can work against His great Name. May Christians in Quebec know the love of Christ as they are prayed for by Jesus Himself, and Christians across Canada and the world. Give to the believers in Quebec, and to us all, the boldness and Spirit-fueled persistence to serve our gracious God and King.
 
O LORD, Just and True are all Your ways. Perfect and righteous are Your judgments. Have mercy on our Christian brothers and sisters in Quebec who face even greater government led persecution and restrictive policies. Give us, as Canadians, a holy boldness to witness wherever You have placed us, so that Your Great Name will be known, celebrated and adored. As believers reading such reports, Spirit of the Living God, give us a holy fear of the LORD and a righteous boldness to live out loud for Jesus. Amen.
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/public-prayer-ban-quebec-1.7619985
 
https://youtu.be/KU5ct0iY-Ds?si=CT9gby7EvCWFZk_S Am I a Soldier of the Cross
 

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