The same Jesus we love and sing about in the Christmas season and all of the beauty and gentleness and innocence of his infancy and humanity

is the same Jesus who will come with a sharp sickle and meet out judgment on this earth.

In the first he was a helpless baby in a manger.

In the second coming he will be the victorious sovereign God. God.

God.

Because many of us carry a measure of guilt,

we love to hear about God's mercy and grace.

After all, as Christians, we're relieved from our sin and shame.

Christ has taken upon himself the penalty for our sin. These things are true. So how then do we accommodate

the justice of God? What's our response to his fairness by which he delivers

judgment? Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall will tackle these

important questions. He's teaching from the Book of Revelation.

Borrowing from a familiar anthem, Chuck titled his message,

God's Terrible Swift Sword. In the closing seven verses of Revelation 14, John described the Lord's final judgment.

He uses vivid word pictures that an ancient grower of grain or of grapes would appreciate.

As we read about the Son of Man swinging his sharp sickle of judgment. We're all reminded that God's

justice holds us accountable for whatever choices we may make. We must accept or reject his truth. Whatever our choice, we've been warned. And today,

we'll get a preview of those coming events.

The hour-fast approaches when Jesus Christ will return from heaven with power and in great glory.

All the misconceptions about who Jesus was and is

will instantly be dispelled,

and the whole world will be forced

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