Topic: The Absolute Futility of Resisting Jesus’ Power – Discover the Book by Dr John Barnett 23 June   2022

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The Absolute Futility of Resisting Jesus’ Power

“Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, ‘Come and gather together for the supper of the great God.’ “-Revelation 19:17, emphasis added         

In Revelation 19:17-21, we see the folly of the world as they finally begin to reap the justice they deserve. What does the Lord reveal as the elements of this futile resistance against God? The earth dwellers will find that God’s plan and His programs are inescapable. Remember Ahab and the bowshot in 1 Kings 22:34? Ahab was the wicked king of Israel. He thought he was smart, so he disguised himself and went into battle with the righteous king of Judah. The king of Judah wore his kingly robes, but he was God’s man. In warfare, the opposing forces always tried to attack the king. If they killed him, his army would scatter. The Syrians started shooting their arrows at the king of Judah, but God protected him. But, when a soldier of the Syrian army decided to shoot an arrow at random, God directed that arrow between a joint in Ahab’s armor and killed him. God had said that Ahab would face His judgment because of his grievous sins, so Ahab could not escape the plan of God. Though a person may run, he or she can never hide from God!

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Now look at these elements that further reveal the absolute futility of trying to resist God’s power.

The Inescapable Humiliation of Pride by God: ” ‘[The birds] may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great’ “ (19:18). Do you remember Satan’s five “I will’s” in Isaiah 14? You can try, but you will never succeed in exalting yourself. That is why the Lord says in James 4:6b: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

The Inescapable Power of God: “And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army” (19:19). All the powerful of the planet will come to fight God. Doesn’t that make you wonder: How can anyone fight God? And what will they fight with?

The Inescapable Judgment of God: “Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image” (19:20). The beast will be captured-the one who led the whole world astray. He and the false prophet will then be the first to be cast alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.

The Inescapable Execution by God: “And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh” (19:21). All the Lord will have to do is speak and there will be a 180-mile-long river of blood draining from human bodies! Their blood will flow to the horse’s bridles! At one point near the end of World War II, so many had been killed at Okinawa (150,000 Japanese troops and 15,000 American troops) that survivors tell of walking for miles through pools of blood as they carried away the wounded.

Why does the Lord give such a horribly graphic view of these, His enemies? To remind us of the absolute futility of resisting the power of Jesus! Are you “spinning your wheels” trying to resist Him? Or have you submitted and are now basking in His love?

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