Everybody is talking about December 2012. They ought to worry about Revelation 20:12! Where the Bible says: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
1. We can’t be sure about what is going to happen on December 2012, but we can be perfectly sure about Revelation 20:12.
2. There may be death and dying in December 2012, but in Revelation 20:12 the dead will be raised, the small and the great!
3. In December 2012 they are telling us the contents of some ancient books will be revealed. Supposedly these books contain our future. But in Revelation 20:12, God’s record books will be opened, containing all the works we have done in our life. We will come face to face with our past!
4. December 2012 is described in several ancient books as a day of death. Revelation 20:12 tells us that there is a Book Of Life that will be opened. On its pages are the names of the saved of all ages. These are they who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
5. When December 2012 comes, we are told that no one is safe. Young and old, rich and poor alike will all be in great danger. Few will survive. Revelation 20:12 gives quite a different picture, for God will judge every man fairly and justly according to their works.
The more I think about it, the more I think I like Revelation 20:12. It sounds like God. He is just. He is fair. He is considerate.
The more I think about it, the more I think that December 2012 sounds like a man-made thing. It just smells like men made it up.
It just feels like it is created by man.
God was just when he judged the world by a flood in the days of Noah. Not only did he punish the wicked of the day, but he was very careful to deliver righteous Noah and his family. Though all the earth was drowned, God provided the ark, so that anyone who believed the Word of God could be saved. It is not amazing to me that God flooded the world. What IS amazing to me is how few people believed God and got on the boat.
God was just when he judged Sodom and Gomorrah by sending fire and brimstone down from Heaven and burying the city beneath a pile of rubble. But he was very careful to send two angels to deliver Just Lot and his family before the destruction. Yes, God was angry, and rightly so, but you have to admit, he provided a way of escape for any who believed the Word of God. I am not amazed that God destroyed Sodom. Rather, I am amazed that Lot’s wife turned back. I am amazed that his daughters still committed incest after seeing the judgment of God on all their friends.
No, December 2012 does not have the fingerprint of God upon it. Get out your magnifying glass and look closely. It has man’s fingerprints all over it. It is a total fabrication of man.
Revelation 20:12 is God’s day of judgment, and you can rest assured that he will be fair and equitable. That is the day of the Lord. You will be glad on judgment day if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, for if you have, you will have mercy and pardon. If you haven’t, you only have a certain awful waiting for of impending doom.
Oh, be saved today. Throw away your silly pride. Stop doubting, and start trusting in Jesus. He is the only way, the only Truth, and the only life.
