If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881, Scottish philosopher, author)
Hebrews 1:13-2:1
Now to which of the angels has He ever said: Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation? (HCSB)
In Joshua 10:24-25 we see the results of a day where God held the sun in its place until Israel caught their enemies. “When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks. Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
In Psalm 110:1 we hear the promise as God speaks to His Son. He promises Him that His enemies will be His Footstool, and Paul reminds us in Hebrews 10: 11 that Jesus still awaits the day that His enemies will be under His feet. To us this sounds a cruel and harsh punishment, but it is one that the enemies choose for themselves, not our Father.
This needs to be highlighted more in our communication with the lost world, for they still think that God will not be mean to them, or that He will pardon their sentence. It will not be so… for those that spurn the Son of God no sacrifice remains for their sin, they have rejected the Savior and will fall into the hands of an Angry God who will place their necks under the feet of His Son…God’s Blessings
Pastor William
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