The next chapter of our lives is before us, so are we going to be strong in Him, in the midst of global political upheaval and opposition to the things of God?
In Daniel chapter 7, we are introduced to a vision that worried Daniel. A dream depicting 4 beasts, all terrifying with the last beast the most worrying of all with 10 horns! We see that these beasts represent 4 kingdoms that were to come, but have now since passed, these being the empires of Babylon, Persia and the Medes, The Greek empire and the Iron rule of The Roman Empire last of all. God shows us that this dream has now been fulfilled, but with the 10 horns representing world leaders to come! The beginnings of this union is happening before us but we are not to worry or fear! God shows us in this chapter, that though Kingdoms and leaders rise and do atrocious things, He sits on the throne and will judge all that has happened!! In Daniel chapter 7, verse 10 says:-
A stream of fire issued
and came out from before him;
a thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;
the court sat in judgement,
and the books were opened. “The books were opened”
The Lord has recorded every detail of ALL that has been said and done and one day, The Lord will bring righteous government to the world! How we yearn for that! But what are the books?
These are the Books of the Bible itself that will be presented.( John 20:30-31 and John 21:25), which contain the truth of prophecies for the things to come, (Daniel 10:18-21), The Book of Deeds (Esther 6: 1-2), where the King has a record of all things done, all good and bad! All things will be brought to the light (1 Corinthians 4:5), The Book of Words (Matthew 12:36-37), where everything you ever said has been noted, The Book of Thoughts (Hebrews 4: 12 and Romans 2:15-16), where every though of the heart is seen, The book of Excuses (Luke 14:18-20), where every reason that people use to say why they were unable to follow Christ and serve Him.
With ALL this evidence before you, who can stand and claim their innocence? By putting your trust in Jesus, by loving and following Him because on the cross, He took all those books of all our deeds, words, thoughts, excuses and sins and wiped them clean!!!! Halleluyah!!!! We have now been released from those and now, God says in Malachi 3: verses 16 to 17, that He writes in the Book of Remembrance!
16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
We do not fear or worry what is to come, we continue to serve The Lord and put our trust in Jesus, as the Father records in The Book of Remembrance all we do for Him! And on that day, He draws us to Himself, and we become His treasured possession! Wonderful news! We know that one day He will judge with the books opened, but by putting our trust in Jesus, we will not have to! Our names are in a very unique Book, THE BOOK OF LIFE! Will your name be in it? Give your life to Jesus – persevere and know the truth that He is fulfilling His Word and will reign!
