But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets (Rev. 10:7).
The seventh trumpet covers events in the final years of the gospel dispensation to the beginning of the eternal world. In the early days of the sounding of the seventh angel the mystery of God is to be finished. What is the mystery of God? The apostle Paul declares in Galatians 1:11, 12 that "the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." So the mystery came to him by revelation, and the gospel came by revelation. It is quite clear that the mystery of God is the gospel.
The prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New predicted and proclaimed it. The startling promise here is that it shall be finished. Then a decree will go forth: "He that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly" (Rev. 22:11, 12). Then the number of the elect will have been made up, probation will end, and our Savior will come.
Has the gospel finished its gracious work in our hearts? Have we responded to it? If not, why not? "Now is the accepted time;...now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2). "Come; for all things are now ready" (Luke 14:17).
Out in the wasteland of Arizona a kind man would light a lantern every night and hang it outside his cabin near the only well of good water for many a desert mile. Remember, friends, God's lantern is the cross. It shines across the deserts of this life, and in the darkest hours it shines the brightest. The time to turn to it is now, before life is gone.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time" (Ps. 69:13).
The seventh trumpet covers events in the final years of the gospel dispensation to the beginning of the eternal world. In the early days of the sounding of the seventh angel the mystery of God is to be finished. What is the mystery of God? The apostle Paul declares in Galatians 1:11, 12 that "the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." So the mystery came to him by revelation, and the gospel came by revelation. It is quite clear that the mystery of God is the gospel.
The prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New predicted and proclaimed it. The startling promise here is that it shall be finished. Then a decree will go forth: "He that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly" (Rev. 22:11, 12). Then the number of the elect will have been made up, probation will end, and our Savior will come.
Has the gospel finished its gracious work in our hearts? Have we responded to it? If not, why not? "Now is the accepted time;...now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2). "Come; for all things are now ready" (Luke 14:17).
Out in the wasteland of Arizona a kind man would light a lantern every night and hang it outside his cabin near the only well of good water for many a desert mile. Remember, friends, God's lantern is the cross. It shines across the deserts of this life, and in the darkest hours it shines the brightest. The time to turn to it is now, before life is gone.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time" (Ps. 69:13).
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