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Revelation chapter 10 verse 10 and I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel

and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had

eaten it my stomach was made bitter. This is a short potent verse that really describes how God's words specifically

in revelation about his justice and his mercy, his wrath, and his love that we see in all of this

imagery in revelation and that we see all over the Bible are both sweet and bitter in a sense at the

same time that his word is sweet to us it is good we long for his justice to reign. We long for God to bring an end to evil and suffering

with his righteousness. That is sweet in our mouths at the same time.

This picture, when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter, the more we let that word soak

in, the more we realize how terrifying his judgment is for those who do not trust

in him and the love and grace that are offered in Christ.

And so at the same time that God's word is sweet, it is also sobering in the same way that it is encouraging and confidence giving

and comforting to know that is justice and

righteousness will reign it's also terrifying to realize what that means for those who've not turned

and trusted in the salvation that's offered in Christ and so we pray then within this tension,

we live within this tension.

We pray, God, we are so grateful for your justice and your righteousness, we praise you for your justice and your righteousness.

We praise you for your justice, your righteousness, your holiness,

you are promised to judge evil and sin.

And we long for that as we pray continually God for your

justice and righteousness to reign on the earth for your rule to reign we

pray for that we bleed for that at the same time, oh God, we know what that means

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