Their Days Are Numbered

Despite all evidences to the contrary, God is in charge of the world’s affairs, and the days of rebellious kingdoms on earth are numbered. Our God reigns! The “power and the glory” spoken of in the final words of the Lord’s Prayer are talking about kingdom power and glory. The other type of power and glory, that which is measured by earthly standards alone and rejected by Jesus in His temptation in the wilderness, is doomed to dissolution and decay.

Ezekiel the prophet, speaking centuries ago of the impermanence of anything not founded on kingdom values, said, “Doom has gone out. The rod [of wickedness] has blossomed; arrogance has bloomed” (Ezk 7:10). Note the telltale steps: doom appears, sin blossoms, and pride has budded. And the fruit of all this? Dissolution and decay.

When speaking of a prominent figure who will arise in the last days and challenge the authority of God’s kingdom, Moffat refers to him in his translation as “the Lawless One, the doomed One” (2Th 2:3). Those who break the laws of God’s kingdom, which are written into the very nature of things, are doomed. Perhaps not today, nor tomorrow, but inevitably, anything that is against God’s kingdom is destined to destruction. It carries within itself the seeds of its own dissolution and decay.

Further Study

Eph 6:10-18; Jn 12:30-31; Heb 2:14; 1Jn 3:8

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