Rev 21:6 And He said to me, “It is done!I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
Revelation is the book for the end times. It is a vision of John signified by the angels. In Rev 16 the words, "It is done," is heard coming from the throne. In Rev 21, we find out who said it--God. God said, "It is done," 2000 years ago, and John, the Disciple of Christ, was there to hear it.
How can it be done and yet we are still here? Can God say something that isn't true? If the Bible is true, how come God said that to John almost 2000 years ago, and yet life has gone on as before? Don't ever be afraid of confronting the Bible's seeming inconsistencies and contradictions head on. Boldly go to the throne and ask for wisdom, and have faith in the Truth.
Here is what I know: The Bible is the truth, God breathed, unerring; God is infallible, the supreme creator of all, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega; if He said something that wasn't true, He wouldn't be God.
Here are the choices we have about these scriptures: It isn't true; it is true.
I both know and believe the Bible is true, so that leaves me with it being true. Yet I have no experience of it "being done," as life has seemed to continue to go on. So either: it doesn't mean what it seems to say; or it means what it says and my understanding is incomplete.
I think it is pretty difficult to mince words when saying, "It is done," after all of the events described in Revelation, so I'm going with incomplete understanding. Can I imagine any way in which this might be true--that it could be done but still going on?
I can. It can be true if the space/time is bent in the manner of science fiction movies, so that the moment it is done only touches John's lifetime at that moment he had the vision. Okay, its pretty fantastic, but not implausible. Still, doesn't seem quite right. Time in Heaven is different, if it exists at all in an eternal realm. Are there any other ways it could be true? Yes, if it is done, and this is a memory--God's memory. What would God's memory be like? He's God, I mean, so His memory must be something special. Maybe it is so like real life that it is indistinguishable from what we think of as "reality." Haven't you heard recently about the holographic nature of the universe? Isn't it pretty curious how serendipitous life can be? This reality we exist in could be like a giant holo deck in God's head. How would we know?
So my mind can imagine scenarios where it can be true. Doesn't mean what I imagined is the truth, but if I can imagine it at all, I know God can do it. However He does it doesn't matter so much as the fact that He can.
So what does this mean? Why does it matter to know that it is done?
It means God's will, His complete will, has been accomplished (past tense) and there is nothing you or me or anyone is going to be able to do to screw it up. He has remembered this moment in time just to remember me and the choices I made for Him and to love the truth despite the overwhelming awfulness of the enemy, and because He LOVES me. For all I know it could all stop immediately after my life ends.
Consider this: that it is done means we are already with Him in Heaven. We are both here and there (we are made in His image, and He didn't mean our flesh because He doesn't have flesh Himself. Not until Jesus. But He does have a multimentional body that is capable of being everywhere at once), and being there means there is nothing to worry about. It is done, I am with Father, so I am going to take a deep breath and shove off the burdens the enemy lays on my back that the future is somehow in doubt.
There is no doubt. Alpha and Omega said so. It is done. Breathe. Relax if you can. Now, knowing that His perfect will is accomplished, what will you do with this fantastic and amazing life in the mind of God?
Revelation is the book for the end times. It is a vision of John signified by the angels. In Rev 16 the words, "It is done," is heard coming from the throne. In Rev 21, we find out who said it--God. God said, "It is done," 2000 years ago, and John, the Disciple of Christ, was there to hear it.
How can it be done and yet we are still here? Can God say something that isn't true? If the Bible is true, how come God said that to John almost 2000 years ago, and yet life has gone on as before? Don't ever be afraid of confronting the Bible's seeming inconsistencies and contradictions head on. Boldly go to the throne and ask for wisdom, and have faith in the Truth.
Here is what I know: The Bible is the truth, God breathed, unerring; God is infallible, the supreme creator of all, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega; if He said something that wasn't true, He wouldn't be God.
Here are the choices we have about these scriptures: It isn't true; it is true.
I both know and believe the Bible is true, so that leaves me with it being true. Yet I have no experience of it "being done," as life has seemed to continue to go on. So either: it doesn't mean what it seems to say; or it means what it says and my understanding is incomplete.
I think it is pretty difficult to mince words when saying, "It is done," after all of the events described in Revelation, so I'm going with incomplete understanding. Can I imagine any way in which this might be true--that it could be done but still going on?
I can. It can be true if the space/time is bent in the manner of science fiction movies, so that the moment it is done only touches John's lifetime at that moment he had the vision. Okay, its pretty fantastic, but not implausible. Still, doesn't seem quite right. Time in Heaven is different, if it exists at all in an eternal realm. Are there any other ways it could be true? Yes, if it is done, and this is a memory--God's memory. What would God's memory be like? He's God, I mean, so His memory must be something special. Maybe it is so like real life that it is indistinguishable from what we think of as "reality." Haven't you heard recently about the holographic nature of the universe? Isn't it pretty curious how serendipitous life can be? This reality we exist in could be like a giant holo deck in God's head. How would we know?
So my mind can imagine scenarios where it can be true. Doesn't mean what I imagined is the truth, but if I can imagine it at all, I know God can do it. However He does it doesn't matter so much as the fact that He can.
So what does this mean? Why does it matter to know that it is done?
It means God's will, His complete will, has been accomplished (past tense) and there is nothing you or me or anyone is going to be able to do to screw it up. He has remembered this moment in time just to remember me and the choices I made for Him and to love the truth despite the overwhelming awfulness of the enemy, and because He LOVES me. For all I know it could all stop immediately after my life ends.
Consider this: that it is done means we are already with Him in Heaven. We are both here and there (we are made in His image, and He didn't mean our flesh because He doesn't have flesh Himself. Not until Jesus. But He does have a multimentional body that is capable of being everywhere at once), and being there means there is nothing to worry about. It is done, I am with Father, so I am going to take a deep breath and shove off the burdens the enemy lays on my back that the future is somehow in doubt.
There is no doubt. Alpha and Omega said so. It is done. Breathe. Relax if you can. Now, knowing that His perfect will is accomplished, what will you do with this fantastic and amazing life in the mind of God?
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