Which Road

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?