My family and me were having supper last night and as usual my daughters fixed the glasses of tea and as usual one pours it to full and one is real careful and does not pour enough.
I never thought much about it until I was having my daily bible study and something jumped out at me, so I thought I would share it with you. The bible talks about cups, some literal and some metaphorically. 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. Israel's cup has always trembled for she has no friends around her to rely on, yet she is a burden to the whole world for Israel has the almighty God as her protector.
Israel's cup got to full of sin and God let the surrounding nations destroy her and keep her out of existence until 1948 when prophecy was fulfilled.
Rome's cup got to full of evil and wickedness and the same happened to them, I noticed this storyline in the Batman Begins movie about destroying a city or a empire when she reaches the fullness of evil.
The bible does say that God's love is poorly understood today 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
When God sends his judgments upon the nations of earth, one of the most difficult things the 144,000 will have to explain is that God is love. God's perfect love is his balance between mercy and justice.
As bad as it may sound most people come to God's saving grace when he pours his cup of wrath out to it's fullest extent.
God allows a nation to have power until it fills its cup of iniquity, and when it does, the bible says he removes that nation from power.
2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
America's cup is slowly getting to the full point, the limit right before God's silence is broken and he takes her out of her place of power, I believe God's silence has already been broken,
As quoted earlier God is love[1 john 4:8], the bible also says the following
3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
When Christ uttered the following words in the garden , most thought he was having doubt about his mission, Jesus never had no doubt whatsoever, he knew from the start why he was born and why he had to die the way he did
26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt]. Christ knew that his cup would be the last cup to fill before the end of days would be poured out on the world.
A overflowing cup can be a wonderful thing as in the next verse 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
On the other side it can be awful as stated below
25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
For as much grace and mercy that God shows, he shows just as much wrath, he destroyed city, nations and individual people, God's commandment says do not kill but God says do as I say not as I do.
God's wrath is his mercy for if his wrath was not poured out upon sin then his mercy would be of no effect.
6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. We are in the same shape now and God's wrath will come again. 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
If this does not prove that God has used wrath and will use wrath again to show his mercy I don't know what will.
As we head into these years ahead make sure your cup is overflowing with God's grace so his cup of wrath will have no effect on you
7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
This is the prayer that needs to be prayed everyday for ourselves and our nation, remember if you claim to be a believer in the God of the bible, then you are counted as his people.
It sure is funny how God can give you a message from the simplest things.
God has two cups one of mercy and one of grace, which will you drink out of? |
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