Notes of Faith June 2, 2025
When Evil Is Removed
But in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.
Revelation 10:7
Some Bible readers are surprised when they encounter 1 John 5:19: “We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” They wonder how, if God is sovereign, the whole world can lie under the influence of Satan.
The same person who wrote about Satan’s influence in the world also recorded a vision of the End Times in the book of Revelation—the apostle John. In that vision, John saw a time when “the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to his servants the prophets.” While John doesn’t specifically describe the nature of the mystery, it surely has to do with the culmination of evil and catastrophe on the earth in the End Times and the coming of God’s Kingdom on earth—a day foreseen by the apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 15:24).
Do not be anxious about the pervasiveness of evil in the world. The day is coming when it will be removed and righteousness will reign.
When the Bible speaks of God’s permission of evil, there is still no escape from his sovereignty.
D. A. Carson
1 Cor 15:24
then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
Satan the deceiver brought evil into the world with him.
John 8:44
He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
He lied to Eve about God, and both Adam and Eve believed the lie instead of the truth of God.
Do you believe God and His Word that He has given us or do you believe in the deceptions of the Devil?
One day for true followers of Jesus there will be no evil, no Satan, NO SIN!
I can’t wait for that day, to meet Jesus in all of His glory and be given a greater glory than I have ever known or conceived in my mind. All saints will join me in praise and worship to the King of kings, Lord of lords, and Giver of life eternal!
Pastor Dale