Heralds Digest

"And he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”" (Revelation 10:11 NKJV) Many residents of free states may be ignorance of the cost of preaching the gospel message. Without undermining the sweet stories of love and forgiveness from sin, gospel preachers can face intense persecution that leaves bitter statement behind the bearers. John the Apostle had to be compelled to prophesy again, after his current suffering for the gospel message had become a common knowledge of all. After all, a bitter gospel is sweeter than a bitter eternity.

"But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk." (Revelation 9:20 NKJV) Hell was originally prepared as the final place of abode for the Devil and the fallen angels. Unfortunately, all of human race inherited hell with the Devil by reason of the fall of man into sin. Nevertheless, God's redemption plan through repentance from sin is brought by the grace of God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. However, the privilege to repent is limited to the period before the commencement of the Great Tribulation. It was revealed that about 75% of mankind, who will escape destruction by the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates, will be dead-hearted and unrepentant. This attitude underscores the preciousness and the privilege of repentance. Wisdom demands that we stop sinning when...

"They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads." (Revelation 9:4 NKJV) The sounding of the fifth trumpet, according to God's programme of tribulation for the inhabitants of the earth during Great Tribulation period, will introduce harmful locusts from the bottomless pit. While everyone will not be able to invite death as escape route from the locusts' torments, some special people will be spared by reason of God's seal on their foreheads. Even today, God's seal protects the redeemed of the Lord from the corruption of the world and the condemnation of its sin.

"Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night." (Revelation 8:12 NKJV) The sounding of the first three angels has destroyed the different sources of renewable energies, including biomass, hydro and tidal. With the extension of woe to the source of solar power, the concept of renewable energies becomes obsolete. Therefore, the loss of the power of excitation to all the technological innovations of man expresses the shameful end of human knowledge. Unlike confidence in the grace of God, confidence in the renewable strength to power human innovations is not sustainable. If the sun, moon, stars were created by spoken word of God, the real renewable power is resident in His declaration upon every dead situation and circumstance of life.

"Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water." (Revelation 8:10 NKJV) The struggle for the top or the rise to reach for the star is always a lonely adventure. However, the fall of any star attracts great consequences. The sounding of the third angel will invite the falling of a great star from heaven, according to the revelation of Jesus Christ about the last days events. While this event signifies one of the episodes of God's punishment upon the earth before the Final Judgment, it reminds believers about the danger of a great fall. A star is admirable by all people when viewed in the sky. Apart from the fact that the fall of a great star is not admirable, it is equally not lonely.

"Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood." (Revelation 8:8 NKJV) Being projected to cover over 70% of the earth land mass, the seawater conveniently accommodate the most grievous atrocities of men without notice. Even the land is preserved in good health and freshness because of the sea's capability to accommodate all of the land's mess within its mass. However, when the sounding of the second angel targets the sea, the calamity of the inhabitants of the earth can only be better imagined than experienced. A sea harbour turned into a sea waste represents an unbearable breakdown of the world's security and ecosystem.

"The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up." (Revelation 8:7 NKJV) Genuine health and healing for the body proceed from the Lord Almighty. Having forced his control over the system of the world during the times of the great tribulation, anti-christ will monopolize the provision of medical treatment for a compulsory offer of the mark of the beast. Since health services are heavily dependent on the administration of medicine, the destruction of vegetation, which are made from the trees and the green grass, will expose the secret hold of the anti-christ. Unfortunately, healing will no longer be available for the inhabitants of the earth thereafter. The destruction of herbs signifies the end of the healing deceit about the real source of health services.