Scared to Death!

Revelation 11 (The Message)

 ^7-10"When they've completed their witness, the Beast from the Abyss will emerge and fight them, conquer and kill them, leaving their corpses exposed on the street of the Great City spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, the same City where their Master was crucified. For three and a half days they'll be there—exposed, prevented from getting a decent burial, stared at by the curious from all over the world. Those people will cheer at the spectacle, shouting 'Good riddance!' and calling for a celebration, for these two prophets pricked the conscience of all the people on earth, made it impossible for them to enjoy their sins.¹¹"Then, after three and a half days, the Living Spirit of God will enter them—they're on their feet!—and all those gloating spectators will be scared to death."^12-13I heard a strong voice out of Heaven calling, "Come up here!" and up they went to Heaven, wrapped in a cloud, their enemies watching it all. At that moment there was a gigantic earthquake—a tenth of the city fell to ruin, seven thousand perished in the earthquake, the rest frightened to the core of their being, frightened into giving honor to the God-of-Heaven.

Have you ever been really scared?  Stephanie Loves Harrison Ford. So, one time we went to the movies to watch "What Lies Beneath". That was a scary movie. Steph and I don't go to scary movies. This was the exception. We loved the movie, but we were scared to death! I'm sure their are scarier movies out there. We just don't go to watch them. I remember when my daughter McKenzie was in Junior high and she went over to a friends house. They started watching "Children of the Corn". She told her friends that she was feeling sick and she called us to come and get her. When we picked her up, she told us that the movie really scared her and she couldn't watch it. This may seem silly. But, at the time, we lived in the middle of a corn field out in the middle of nowhere. I was scared coming into the house from the drive way! The house was old and creepy. I completely understood why she wanted to come home and NOT watch the movie. 

Sometimes I think the Book of Revelation was written to scare us to death. The end of the world as we know it is pretty scary. The suffering, destruction, and death that will occur is scary. I can just picture this huge Football Stadium type crowd cheering at the destruction of the two witnesses, "Gloating" over their destruction. Then after 3 1/2 days they and their rotting corpses get up and are filled with the Holy Spirit! That would scare you to death. The point is to frighten them to their core and turn them to God. 

Sometimes it takes a scary moment, a close call, or a miraculous event to turn us toward God. We are so stubborn and blind to his power. Sometimes we need the shock value of a Scary Event to open our eyes! So if you don't like being scared to death, save yourself some needless fear. Just come to Jesus right now! Don't wait! You won't ever have to "Fear" again!

Dear Lord, I know I have nothing to fear with you in my heart. The only thing in life that is truly scary is a life without you. Thank You Lord for conquering fear and death. Thank You for caring for us and comforting us in our time of fear. We love you and Praise Your Name. Amen!