FRIDAY February 16th
1 Corinthians 15:24–28
‘Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.’
How often have we heard those who push the climate change agenda predict how much time is left for this world if we keep going on as we are. At this moment when I am preparing this devotion it is at least minus 5 degrees, and feels even colder, so global warming hasn’t reach Stanley yet! I am not saying we shouldn’t be concerned about the pollution etc, but I want to reassure us that the end of the world is not in the hands of the climate change activists, it is in the hands of the One who created it!
The verses today tell us that the end will come when God has decreed it will be, which will be at the time when he will wrap up his programme for this world, which has been and is being and will continue to be outworked through his incredible plan of redemption.
The end will be when Christ has destroyed every rule, authority and power, that is once Christ has put all his enemies under his feet with the last enemy being that of death. When will that be? Well in Revelation 20 we read that it will be at the same time when all whose names are not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire, so also Death and Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire, this is the moment when death, the last enemy will be destroyed, and then it continues in Revelation 21 to say that John ‘saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.’
The activists can throw as much orange paint as they want to, they will not change a single thing, God is control. He created all things; he sustains all things, and he has determined when the end of all things will be. Rather then being activists for climate change, it would be far better taking the time to make sure that one is ready, not so much for this life, but rather eternity, the need is urgent to be right and ready for the life that is to come, by placing faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Some other verses that help us understand that God is in control are found in 2 Peter 3, verse 5 tells us that by the word of God the earth was formed and in verse 7 that it is by the same word, that is the word of God the heavens and the earth are being kept until the day of judgement and destruction of the ungodly.