Year 3, Day 362: Revelation 19

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Discipleship Focus: Power

• Power: This is the natural outcome when we truly get our authority from the king.  When our authority is from God, we are equipped with His power to accomplish His will.  We act on His behalf in a world that He desperately loves.

In this chapter, we get a clear picture of the Kingdom Triangle.  God is the King.  God gives authority to Christ to be victorious in this world.  Out of this authority, Christ goes forth as the conquering rider on the white horse.

He does indeed subdue the earth.  He strikes down the nations with the sword that comes out of His mouth.  He will rule them with an iron scepter.  This is the power Christ has when His authority comes from the very will of God!

However, let’s look at this power as compared to when Christ came the first time.  The first time, Christ came to conquer sin and death.  He was nailed to a cross, alone.  The power He had was in the resurrection over death.  Yet in this story Christ has come to conquer the world, not sin and death.  Here He comes with an army of followers.  Here he comes with power over humanity.  I think what is important is that we see Christ using His power according to the will and desire of God, the King.  Power comes in many forms.  What is important is that it is used according to the authority bestowed upon us by God.

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