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“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:11-15 NASB1995)
Understanding The Last Days
I am no Bible scholar. I am just a woman of God who loves the Lord, and who walks in his ways, and who follows his leading, and who shares with others what I am getting out of the Scriptures each day as I spend time with the Lord in his word, and as I listen to his instructions and I follow them to the best of my understanding. So, there are things taught in the Scriptures about these last days which I do not fully comprehend, but I am learning.
And what I understand is that, in these last days before the return of Christ, there will be, and may currently be in process, a time of tribulation that will be worse than any this world has ever known before. And a “beast” will rule the earth, and the majority of the people of the earth will take the mark of the beast. But a remnant of those who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ will refuse this mark and suffer persecution for our faith in the Lord Jesus.
After this time of great tribulation there is supposed to be a thousand year period of time in which Satan is bound and the saints of God who were beheaded during the tribulation, for their testimony for Jesus Christ, will reign with Christ for a thousand years. And once the thousand years are completed, Satan is to be let loose for a short period of time, and he will deceive the nations, but at the end the devil will be in torment forever.
Understanding The Gospel of Christ
I do not understand all of that (above), and I know there are many different viewpoints on what that means. But me understanding all that is not critical to my walk of faith in the Lord Jesus and to me sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation, which is a life and death situation. For one day we are all going to stand before the Lord, and he is going to judge each one of us according to our works. And lip service only is not going to do it.
For no outward professions of faith in Jesus Christ are going to assure us salvation from sin and eternal life with God in heaven. What matters is what we do in love and heart response to God, to Jesus Christ, in denying self, dying with him to sin, and walking in his ways in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, and empowered by God. For that is what faith, which saves, looks like. It is shown by our deeds.
And this is critical that we understand what this is saying, for the masses today, at least here in American (USA), are buying into a cheapened and altered gospel message which makes no requirements of God for us to deny self, die with him to sin (not just once, but daily), and walk in obedience to his commands. They are teaching that a mere profession of faith assures them of forgiveness of all sins, and heaven, but regardless of how they live.
Now, does this mean that we have to live absolutely perfect lives or we are not saved, and heaven is not promised us? No! (1 John 2:1-2) But we must not be those who make sin our practice, and not obedience to God, who are still living to please the flesh, and for selfish desires, who ignore God and the teachings of the Scriptures, and who chart our own course without consulting the Lord, and who do what we want instead of what God wants.
For this does matter for eternity that we get this. We may not comprehend everything that is taught in the book of Revelation or in other books of the Bible where they talk about the last days, and the things which will take place, but what we need to understand and believe is that God is going to judge us all by our deeds, by how we live, and by the things that we do with regard to what his word teaches should be our action response to God.
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
Seek the Lord
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
Based off Isaiah 55
“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.
“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”
By What We Do
An Original Work / June 1, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Understanding The Last Days
I am no Bible scholar. I am just a woman of God who loves the Lord, and who walks in his ways, and who follows his leading, and who shares with others what I am getting out of the Scriptures each day as I spend time with the Lord in his word, and as I listen to his instructions and I follow them to the best of my understanding. So, there are things taught in the Scriptures about these last days which I do not fully comprehend, but I am learning.
And what I understand is that, in these last days before the return of Christ, there will be, and may currently be in process, a time of tribulation that will be worse than any this world has ever known before. And a “beast” will rule the earth, and the majority of the people of the earth will take the mark of the beast. But a remnant of those who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ will refuse this mark and suffer persecution for our faith in the Lord Jesus.
After this time of great tribulation there is supposed to be a thousand year period of time in which Satan is bound and the saints of God who were beheaded during the tribulation, for their testimony for Jesus Christ, will reign with Christ for a thousand years. And once the thousand years are completed, Satan is to be let loose for a short period of time, and he will deceive the nations, but at the end the devil will be in torment forever.
Understanding The Gospel of Christ
I do not understand all of that (above), and I know there are many different viewpoints on what that means. But me understanding all that is not critical to my walk of faith in the Lord Jesus and to me sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation, which is a life and death situation. For one day we are all going to stand before the Lord, and he is going to judge each one of us according to our works. And lip service only is not going to do it.
For no outward professions of faith in Jesus Christ are going to assure us salvation from sin and eternal life with God in heaven. What matters is what we do in love and heart response to God, to Jesus Christ, in denying self, dying with him to sin, and walking in his ways in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, and empowered by God. For that is what faith, which saves, looks like. It is shown by our deeds.
And this is critical that we understand what this is saying, for the masses today, at least here in American (USA), are buying into a cheapened and altered gospel message which makes no requirements of God for us to deny self, die with him to sin (not just once, but daily), and walk in obedience to his commands. They are teaching that a mere profession of faith assures them of forgiveness of all sins, and heaven, but regardless of how they live.
Now, does this mean that we have to live absolutely perfect lives or we are not saved, and heaven is not promised us? No! (1 John 2:1-2) But we must not be those who make sin our practice, and not obedience to God, who are still living to please the flesh, and for selfish desires, who ignore God and the teachings of the Scriptures, and who chart our own course without consulting the Lord, and who do what we want instead of what God wants.
For this does matter for eternity that we get this. We may not comprehend everything that is taught in the book of Revelation or in other books of the Bible where they talk about the last days, and the things which will take place, but what we need to understand and believe is that God is going to judge us all by our deeds, by how we live, and by the things that we do with regard to what his word teaches should be our action response to God.
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
Seek the Lord
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
Based off Isaiah 55
“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.
“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”
By What We Do
An Original Work / June 1, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
