Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
When some Gentiles from Greece invited Jesus to come (probably) to Athens, He responded with His memorable words about a grain of wheat falling into the ground and dying and then bearing “much fruit” (John 12:20-24). No, He must set His face steadfastly to suffer in Jerusalem and die there for the world. He made a great promise: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all unto Me. This He said, signifying what death He should die,” that is, on His cross (vss. 32, 33).
That big “IF” and that universal promise of “drawing all” meets its fulfillment in Revelation 18:1-4. “Another angel” will finally “come down from heaven, having great power” (that’s the “drawing” that will be some people “lifting up Christ on His cross” as He has never before been “lifted up”). To “draw all” does not mean necessarily to WIN all. “All” will sense His drawing but not all will respond favorably; many will resist and reject.
“Precious ones” are to be called forth from “Babylon.” A compelling power will move the honest in heart and God will bring a restraint upon unbelieving relatives and friends so that they will dare not nor find it possible to hinder those who feel the work of the Spirit of God upon them. The last call will be carried even to the most downtrodden of humanity. Signs and wonders will follow the believers. God will be in the work, and every saint, fearless of consequences, will follow the convictions of his own conscience. The gospel message will close with power and strength. Servants of God will be endowed with power from on high to declare the message “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,” and souls scattered everywhere will answer the call.
What will give power to the message? Lifting up “Christ and Him crucified” in a clearer way than any movie, drama, or pictures can do. Why hasn’t Revelation 18 yet been fulfilled? We can’t lift up Christ crucified while we also lift up self un-crucified. But the Holy Spirit will solve that problem (see Zech. 12:10). There is Good News before us.
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: October 15, 2004.
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