“The Conquering King”

 “The Conquering King”

 

He will repay His enemies for their evil deeds.  His fury will fall on His foes.  He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.  Isaiah 59:18

 

This time of year, we celebrate the Birth of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the ADVENT of His FIRST COMING to the earth.  He came as a TINY, NEWBORN BABE, and NOT a CONQUERING KING.  This event was first made known to some LOWLY SHEPHERDS on a hillside near the little town of BETHLEHEM of JUDEA.  This was God’s Way of showing that His MERCY and GRACE was extended to ALL people, that is to ALL who will ACCEPT His act of REDEMPTION.  And those who BELIEVE in the Lord JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOR and LORD.  And the rest of the world was UNAWARE of this MIRACULOUS EVENT that had taken place.  

 

The Prophet Isaiah, however, tells us of another MIRACULOUS EVENT, that will take place in the future.  This event is KNOWN as the SECOND COMING of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, to set up His KINGDOM on EARTH.  But first, there needs to be a little house cleaning done.  When this event happens, it will be KNOWN ALL OVER the WORLD.  EVERY KNEE will BOW and EVERY TONGUE will CONFESS that JESUS CHRIST is LORD.  

 

Christ will CLOTHE Himself with a ROBE of VENGEANCE and a CLOAK of DIVINE PASSION, and He will REPAY His ENEMIES for their EVIL DEEDS.  He will CRUSH His ENEMIES and will REIGN with RIGHTEOUSNESS.  And to ALL of GOD’S ENEMIES, JESUS CHRIST will come as a TERRIFYING, CONQUERING KING, who will SWEEP them away like a RAGING FLOOD TIDE driven by the Breath of the LORD GOD.  This is the SECOND COMING of the CONQUERING KING!

Are you one of those ENEMIES?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God through the REDEMPTIVE WORK of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, then you are an ENEMY of God.  But you have the opportunity NOW, to come to JESUS and let Him make you a CHILD of GOD.  This is what YOU MUST DO:  First, ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, God’s Only Son.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU, before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.   You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and ACCEPT that JESUS is the CONQUERING KING, over SIN, DEATH and the GRAVE.  HE is the ONLY WAY to spend your ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS and to MISS an ETERNAL LIFE in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!