Scripture:
Revelation 6:7-8 (ESV)
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice
of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was
Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of
the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence
and by wild beasts of the earth.
Devotional:
I am sure you have heard it
said there are only two things in life you have to do. One of them is breath and the other is pay
taxes. There is also one event that we
cannot escape no matter how hard we try.
It doesn’t what medical marvels man comes up with. Sooner or later death comes knocking on each
of our doors. When the fourth seal is
broken Death will come riding forth upon a pale horse.
It is hard to imagine at that
time one quarter of the earth’s population will die. Those days will be difficult. We think we have it rough now. For most of us we pick out something to wear,
have breakfast, then it is off to work.
We come home eat dinner eventually go to bed. We wake up in the morning and repeat the
process. The most difficult task might
be trying to pay bills or fight rush hour traffic. If we are not ready Revelation will catch us
unaware. Jesus tells us to be
prepared. We need to live each day like
it will be our last. Because eventually you
will have a last day life as we know it.
The real question isn’t if we
die, or even when we die. What we need
to be asking is where am I going after death?
When death does knock and you have to answer it will you be ready? There are two roads to choose after we
die. Both roads lead to life, the
question is where. One road leads to
heaven. The other road leads to Hell. The trick is you have to choose which road
you want to take now before you die.
After Death’s knock it is too late.
Are you prepared?