A Revelation

As Christians, as people who consider ourselves followers of Christ and people after God’s heart, we cannot pick and choose which parts of Scripture we want to focus on and which parts we want to ignore. We cannot embrace the promises of God while turning our backs on the warnings, the call to repentance, and the preparation for the coming of Christ simply because they make us uncomfortable. “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Matthew 16:26). This is why I am sharing this. For months, I have carried what I believe was a revelation placed on my heart concerning the wedding banquet, and I remained quiet because I was afraid of how people would receive it. But what good is it for me to please the world and, in doing so, neglect what God has placed on my heart? We are living in a world where we are witnessing the killing and persecution of Christians, geographical catastrophes and devastation in different parts of the world, and many things that remind us of the warnings Jesus gave concerning the last days. We cannot simply look away from these things or remove Revelation from our Bibles because we would rather hear only about prosperity and blessing. We cannot nitpick Scripture. If we leave out the call to prepare the way, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, then it becomes easy to become comfortable in sin. It becomes easy to delay repentance. It becomes easy to live as though the Bridegroom is not coming. The wedding banquet reminds us that an invitation has been given, but we are also called to be prepared.