...Picture Christ coming back like a thief in the night came
Riding a white horse with the force of a night train
Heaven's open behold and overthrowing your dice game
With His pure and Holy vision eyes blazing just like flames
And nothing can escape the penetration of His holy gaze...
While I was listening to the song the first time I thought about how happy I was to find music like this. I just really like that the lyrics are so much deeper than most of the commercial music on the radio these days.
The song continued and then suddenly I got that defensive human feeling. I immediately thought: “I can’t really share this song with most people, and if I do I need to justify/clarify the song beforehand”. The lyrics I am referring to are as follows:
... When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
Heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire; dealing our
Retributions to those who do not know God and to those
Who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. Salvation is
Obeying the Gospel, refusing to obey the Gospel results in
Judgment. Obey the Gospel and these will pay the penalty
Of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord
And from the glory of His power. When He comes to be
Glorified in His saints on that day and to be marveled at
Among all those who have believed - for our testimony to
You was believe. So He's going to come - He is going to
Judge the ungodly. And the Bible says, those of us who are
Saved; we are going to marvel; this is going to be an
Amazing thing
He could be coming back tonight...
Why is it when we talk about the topic: Heaven and hell, it is usually a one sided topic. We can talk about the grace of God and how wonderful heaven will be, but we can never talk about hell. This has even gotten so bad that there are “Christian” churches that teach there is no hell???
Now, please know I am everything but happy about the topic of hell, but I do believe we should believe God when he speaks to us through the Word. We can’t just take what we like and leave out the rest. Jesus talks about hell numerous times. One example is:
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. - Matthew 10: 28 - KJV
On a closing note:
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. - 1 Corinthians 3: 1-2 KJV
Most of all: Be sensitive to the Spirit as He leads you. Never ever decide that you as a person don’t like something in the Bible and thus skip that as untrue. Take the time to understand it. Ask God for guidance and clarification and He will open your eyes to His truth.
Whether you like something or not, has no impact on whether it is true or not…