Genesis 3:15--15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Romans 16:20--The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
Satan's head has been crushed by Jesus on the Cross, the striking of the heal in Genesis 3:15 is the sting of Death that Jesus drank of the full cup of God's wrath for the penalty of my sin, Drank it and yet conquered it in His Resurrection.
The serpents head was crushed indeed, yet the reign of evil and terror seems to haunt us from every age and generation--Why?
I look at the head of the serpent crushed, but the body of the serpent is still wiggling around and writhing in great thrashing, and in this thrashing it takes many casualties and sweeps over with many blows of disaster and destruction.
Hence, whenever the reign of terror seems to strike in evil acts of bombings under the ideologies of hatred for liberty in this country and ultimately against those who believe in Jesus Christ, take heart, Oh! believer!
It is only the serpents body and tail that seeks to paralyze in fear.
But the terror is only but a temporary explosion, once detonated and it is set off, and the perpetrators of such evil acts of terror are either killed or captured, their reign of terror no more!
Though temporary it was, now is the eternal consequence ever so great and there is no escaping, there is no temporary passing over, but only the fearful expectation of God's judgment!
And such is the consequence in all Holiness, justice and eternal condemnation ever unending smoke of their torment going up forever for all those who chose to follow in the evil acts of unbelief in Jesus Christ.
Such an outcome can only be executed by God, alone, for He says in His word: for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord!
Deuteronomy 32:35:
"It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”
In light of such Evil acts of Terror surrounding us, how then should the believer and Elect of God in Jesus Christ live?
According to the Apostle Paul's Exhortation to the Roman Believers, give a listen:
"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12: 14-21)
Evil is like a reign of terror in a split second explosion that does its damage immediately, yet once it is in a split second done and finished the perpetrators of those evil acts will ever experience the eternal explosion of God's wrath--and this will never cease! There will be regret but it will be too late to reverse.
Behold! Now is the day of Salvation, now is the time to repent and believe on Jesus and live a life worthy of the eternal calling--even the elect ones chosen by God!
"For he says,
“In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation." --
(2 Corinthians 6:2)
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