Revelations 8:10 and 11 – Bitterness
10The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11the name of the star is Wormwood A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter
This verse stands out to me every time I read it. The strongest word for me is Wormwood. Funny, in a strange way, that that name means Bitterness. Over the last year I have seen so may folks fall away from a true walk with Christ into something else that it brings tears to my eyes, and in most every case it is due to the fact that they have allowed Bitterness to take hold in their heart.
There is another truth in this verse that I have not seen before. “…And many people died from the waters that had become bitter”. The living word of Christ often flows through his followers via dreams, revelations, prayer, deeper understanding of the word, etc. If we call The Word of Christ the Living Water, wouldn’t it stand to reason that if we take the word and filter it through a false doctrine of some type would become something different, bitter and hurtful? Turning it from living water to bitter water, causing people to die spiritually.
I believe that in the end times we will see real physical bitter water due to wormwood, but that there is also the spiritual aspect I describe above due to bitterness allowed to take root in our heart.
Why America?
I was just reading through a blog who’s latest post speaks of End times Prophesy how that is playing out today. Something occurred to me. Every time I hear about end times wars and battles America seems to be the center of Gods Army. Granted, I hear and read mainly from Americans. Maybe this is different in other parts of the world. My question is why America? Is there something biblically that leads back to the USA as a world leader on the side of God in the end times?Or is that an assumption by Americans because we are a world leader now?Ezekiel 39:7 says …I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel. It seems like as a nation, America is more then willing to show contempt or irreverence for God. It seems as if the Church, and her desire to server the Lord are not represented in the actions of our nation. I pray to God that we are in that place of honor when the time comes, but right now I wonder if we are not forgetting to check the oil in our nation’s lamps. Any thoughts?
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