Revelation 21-22~ Last day of the 120 Day reading plan!!!
Reading the last two chapters definitely leaves a Christian excited, don't you think?!! The new heaven and the new earth with all God's people there, "arrayed with God's glory" (21:11), sounds fantastic!! Yet, I can't help notice the contrast and reminders that John keeps throwing in to describe what the future holds for people who are not Christians. "Their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." (20:15 & 21:8b) If a Christian (me) truly believes in the glorious new earth to come for those who believe in Jesus, wouldn't that Christian, in obedience to the command to love one another, do every thing in their power to share Christ with all he/she came in contact with? Why do we (I), in our (my) comfortable USA culture, not feel the urgency that Paul, John, Peter and all the other outspoken Christians throughout history held? After all, we just got finished reading, "Look I am coming