Scary Stuff!

I don't know about you, but I am a pretty big chicken and can get freaked out pretty easily (my family can testify to that!) Maybe that is why the book of Revelation has been one that I have stayed away from until recently. There is some pretty scary stuff in that book, and even scarier when you see the verse from Nehemiah 9:8b NLT that says "And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word."

Those middle chapters of Revelation would scare anyone into believing in God, one would think. But God is not a a God who wants to scare us into a relationship with Himself...He wants to LOVE us into that intimate relationship! He wants to warn us of the Day of Judgement because He has ransomed us from that kind of punishment. He loved us so much that He sent His son as that payment for all of the wrong we have done, would do, and yes, are doing today!
"For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God." Revelation 5:9b NLT

The Spirit of God says, Come! Let anyone who is thirsty, come...let anyone who desires to drink freely from the water of life, come! Here is the promise to ANYONE who will come...
"The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let anyone who hears this say, "Come." Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life." Revelation 22:17 NLT
"To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars - their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur." Revelation 21:6b-8 NLT


What did He tell the people of His churches?
I know all the things you do...Come back to Me...Do the works you did when you first loved me...Hold firmly to what you first heard and believed...Don't be afraid...Hold tightly to what you have...Repent and turn to Me!

Think it's too late? Never...not until you take your last breath here on earth! Think you have to change first? No...just come, and He will change you from the inside out! Your heart will be renewed as He takes up residence inside of you through His Holy Spirit.
"I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me." Revelation 3:8 NLT

Just come...He is waiting for you to invite Him in!
"Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne." Revelation 3:20,21 NLT

Scary? You bet it is if you read about what is going to happen to those who do not believe His Word and act upon its truth! But no, so comforting to know that He is just waiting for you to open the door of your heart!

"And the one sitting on the throne said, "Look, I am making everything new! Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true." Rev. 21:5 NLT