Daily Guide 27th August 2022 | Scripture Union

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SCRIPTURE UNION DAILY GUIDE DEVOTIONAL 27TH AUGUST 2022

Topic: Sovereign Lord, How Long Before You Judge?

Opening Prayer: Dear Lord, I request that you help me to encounter you as I meditate on your word.

Question(s) for Reflection
• What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?

This chapter pictorially highlights the various types of sufferings that are to befall this earth. Each of the horses that appear identifies with a particular type of tribulation. The involvement of the living creatures at the opening of each of the seals indicates that heaven is completely aware of all the events occurring on earth.

Prayerfully reflect on the striking similarity between the events that follow the opening of the first six seals and how Jesus answered the disciples questioning on “what sign will signal your coming and the end of the world?” (Matthew 24:3).

In his Bible Commentary on New Testament, Warren Wiersbe shares this comparative list: False Christs/White horse rider (vs.1‐2; Matthew 24:4‐5); Wars/Red horse (vs.3‐4; Matthew.24:6); Famines/Black horse (vs.5‐6; Matthew 24:7a); Death/Pale horse (vs.7b‐8; Matthew 24:7‐8); Martyrs/Martyred (vs.9‐11; Matthew 24:9) and Worldwide chaos (vs.12‐17; Matthew 24:10‐13).

How will you personally respond to this truth? Many of these prophecies have been, and are being fulfilled, a pointer to the nearness, now than ever before, of Christ’s return and the end of the world. Are you ready?

For Further Study
For further Study: See Zechariah 6:1‐8 for a similar prophetic account on the four horses. God’s Word is true!

• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?

Closing Prayer
• “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true”, help me to remain faithful to the end, in spite all the challenges I face daily!

Prayer for the week
• Pray for Christian Association of Nigeria that God will continue to strengthen them. Pray that God will continue to provide security for them especially as they stand against what is wrong in Nigeria.

Offer a prayer of faith in line with
Jeremiah 17:14; Jeremiah 52; Psalms 70