Bible Chapter: Revelation 20

Because the Bible is practical, here are some statements to get you thinking.

1.  Write one or two key thoughts that come from today’s reading.
    People are always looking for peace.  The world has had more peace conferences than we can count.  And yet, evil men continually start wars and millions of people have died. The reason why there is no universal peace is because Satan hates God. So, he hates people and his greatest desire is death.  Satan is all about death.  When he is finally locked up for one thousand years, there will really be peace.  He will not be able to deceive the nations.  This will be an amazing time.  At the end of the thousand years, he will be allowed to deceive and tempt so that people will have to make the same choice people today have to make.  We all must make the decision to serve Jesus to receive God’s ultimate gift of eternal life.
    Here we see Satan’s ultimate doom.  He will be bound and tormented forever.  When we get discouraged by the battle, we must remember that truth – Jesus wins.  There will be an honest judgement of the lives of all people.  God will righteously reward or punish.

2.  What can I apply in my life from the reading?
    “The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.”  This tells me that God is keeping an accurate record of life and will open those books at some time and reveal what is there.  With the new high tech equipment available today, it is amazing the information that is being collected.  Many have been surprised and embarrassed by what is revealed for the world to see.  This is what this chapter says – God will reveal and rightly judge based on what we do in life.  That is a powerful challenge to live in obedience to Him.

3.  How can I help someone?
    Verse 15 is a verse EVERYONE must heed.  Revelation 20:15 NKJV
15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
    Eternal judgement and torment awaits all who refuse to receive the gift of life Jesus bought and paid for on the cross.  One deception floating around is the lie that God’s grace is so awesome that it doesn’t really matter what you do.  In the end God will take us all to heaven.  This is a lie, plain and simple.  If that was true, we would have to take this verse out of the Bible.
    The good news is that it is simple to get my name in God’s book.  Acts 16:31 tells us to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and we will be saved.