J.A. Matteson
The name of the LORD is blasphemed. Efforts to remove reference to Him are advanced in the public square. Evil triumphs over good and all seems on a downhill trajectory toward complete chaos and ruin. But lest you loose hope, beloved, remember this: "Whatever you devise against the LORD, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice" (Nahum 1:9). Let it not escape your attention that the LORD is long suffering and gracious, and that He operates in eternity while you exist in time and space. Further, on earth it is easy to be mislead as to His graciousness, attributing it to ignorance or indifference to the evil plight of wickedness upon those who follow the Lamb (Ps. 94). But your life is like a vapor, momentary in appearance and affect, and then you will vanish (Jas. 4:14). Be assured of this: the LORD is aware of the schemes of the wicked and is patient toward them, not wanting any to perish, but for all to come to the knowledge of the truth (2 Pet. 3:9). But the hour will come with all certainty when the season of grace extended toward the wicked will end and the terrible retribution of the wrath of the Lamb will arrive. And because these things take place in God's perfect time, on earth the time of your vapor may have long passed (Heb. 11:13). Nevertheless, as God is true, and every man a liar, let it assure your heart that good will triumph over evil. Be patient, therefore, trusting in the omnipotentance and omniscience of the Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. When you are weary and evil on earth appears to have the victory, remember the time is at hand for the righteous retribution of the Lamb to visit the sons of disobedience. Fear for them, urging them to be reconciled to God, and in your obedience rejoice that your name is written in the Lamb's book of life in heaven.
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