Victory!!!

“On the sea of glass were standing those who had won the victory over the beast and its image and the number that signified its name.” 

Revelation 15:2

St. John the apostle saw many amazing visions that unveiled and hid at the same time God’s truth about the persecution of God’s people, the last judgement and heaven. The revelations, from the Greek “apokalypsis” are terrible but shows that the once-humiliated and despised lamb of God who was slain, will destroy evil once and for all, and bring eternal good to pass. It is our certain hope, that even as we see evil men reigning now and showing off their power, eventually we will see goodness, love and peace victorious over sin and death. 

It is good to meditate on this, that one day, if we persevere here on earth, we will join God’s faithful ones standing on the crystal sea. How do we persevere? By doing God’s will. By being generous, by praying and reading God’s Word every day, by serving God’s people, and walking the path of the pilgrim. Each of us has our own path to heaven, but we are never alone. God walks with us and He will do everything in His power to bring us home. 

St. Paul wrote the Philippians: “I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion.” And even Jesus said, “Those whom You have given Me, I have lost none of them, not one ." (John 18:9) What a wonderful promise from our Savior!