Ending In Death

They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.  Revelation 20:9

A thousand years of the glorious reign of Christ on this earth have passed and the deceiver is let out for a little time. The result? An attack on the beloved city and the camp of the saints. Of course it ends horribly for them. What did they think would happen? That is the nature of deception though, something else was promised to the deceived and they go forward with the assault. Why did they believe the false promise? Something important was missing in those deceived, and the deceptions of the Enemy seemed to fill up that space with a good feeling. 

From experience we can guess what that feels like - a feeling of power, being in control, deciding for ourselves what is right or wrong, and that we are pretty cool dudes or dudettes just like God. It was in other words just what Adam and Eve were looking for in that forbidden fruit. The deception that worked in Eden will be what works at the end of the thousand years. And it will end in the same death; only that this last time God is done giving the good news of Jesus His Son, and the fire comes immediately. 

Don't try to wait it out, believe in Jesus now and be filled with the Spirit!

Bucky