Rescue

Hello everyone,

How are you doing today? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations and trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment and doom,” 2 Peter 2v9 (AMP)

What are these things that this verse is saying if they are true, in reaching the conclusion it does. Well, the previous verses had spoken of how God is holding the angels that rebelled (from the Dakes concordance, it seems it is those who left their natural state and slept with women); kept Noah during the flood; rescued Lot before Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed. The conclusion then is “… the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous punishment on the day of judgment.” (2 Peter 2v9, NIV). Indeed, the Lord knows how to keep the godly from trials – day to day trials like: He rescued Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, when they were thrown in the fiery furnace, which had been heated up 7 times more than normal (Daniel 3); He shut the mouth of the lions when Daniel was thrown into the lions’ den (Daniel 6); He rescued the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus 5 - Exodus 14); and also from being killed after the evil Haman wanted to annihilate them (Esther 3 - Esther 7).

He also knows how to rescue the righteous from the wrath of God and judgment that will come on the earth. John 3v35-36 (AMP) says “The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand. And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God’s displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.]” What is your relationship with the Son of God?

Supplementary Text

“Since you have kept My command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.” Revelations 3v10 (NIV)

Prayer

Father, we thank You for Your Word this day. We thank You because we are kept by the power of God. We commit our spirits into Your hands and pray that You will keep us in You and in Your love till Jesus comes. We thank You for eternal life and all Your goodness to us on earth and all we have to look forward to for all eternity, in Jesus name, amen.