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TODAY'S EPISODE:
Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible! On this September 6th episode, Hunter guides us through Ezekiel 33–35 and Revelation 12.
In Ezekiel, the prophet is called to be a watchman. His responsibility is to listen for the word of the Lord and faithfully sound the warning. But Ezekiel cannot control what others do with what they hear. His calling is faithfulness, not control.
We also hear something remarkable about the heart of God. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. His desire is that people turn from paths of destruction and live. Even in passages filled with judgment, we are invited to see the God who desires life.
Then Revelation 12 pulls back the curtain on the conflict beneath the surface of history. We see the woman, the child, the dragon, Michael and his angels, and the great accuser cast down.
But how is the enemy overcome?
Not through greater violence. Not through domination or fear.
“They have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.”
Today’s devotion reminds us that accusation is not the voice that gets the final word over our lives. The Lamb has overcome. In Christ we are invited to step out from under shame and accusation and bear witness to the love that has set us free.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
There is an accuser.
And there is a Lamb.
Revelation 12 gives us a picture of the spiritual conflict beneath the surface of the world.
John sees a dragon, the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan.
And John gives him another name.
The accuser.
He is the one who accuses God’s people day and night.
That voice is familiar to many of us.
It is the voice that tells you that you are your worst failure.
It reminds you of what you did.
What you should have done.
What you said.
What you should have said.
It tells you that you are unworthy, unwanted, disqualified, and alone.
Accusation has a way of reducing us to the worst thing about us.
But Revelation tells us something astonishing.
The accuser has been thrown down.
And how is he overcome?
John tells us:
“They have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.”
The Lamb has overcome the accuser.
Jesus does not overcome through accusation of his own.
He does not defeat violence by becoming more violent.
He does not conquer evil by becoming evil.
The Lamb conquers by giving himself away in love.
The cross exposes the lie of the accuser because there we see what God actually thinks about humanity.
God does not abandon us.
God comes for us.
God enters our violence, our shame, our sin, our death.
And he forgives.
He heals.
He restores.
He raises the dead.
This is why Ezekiel’s words matter so much today.
God says, “As surely as I live, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live.”
God desires life.
That is the heart revealed in Jesus.
The watchman sounds the warning because destruction is real. The paths we choose matter. Violence, pride, greed, hatred, and self-deception have consequences.
But warning is not the same as condemnation.
The warning is an invitation.
Turn and live.
Come home.
Step away from the road that is destroying you.
There is another way.
And this is where our testimony comes in.
“They have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.”
Our testimony is not simply the story of everything we have done right.
Quite the opposite.
Our testimony is that the Lamb has loved us.
The Lamb has found us.
The Lamb has forgiven us.
The Lamb has brought us out from underneath accusation and shame and given us a new identity.
We belong to him.
So when the accusing voice tells you that your failures define you, look to the Lamb.
When shame tells you that you should hide, look to the Lamb.
When fear tells you that God has abandoned you, look to the Lamb.
When your own heart condemns you, remember the testimony you have been given.
You are loved.
You are forgiven.
You belong.
The accuser does not get the final word.
Jesus does.
And his word over you is life.
So let us be faithful watchmen today.
Not angry people shouting condemnation at the world, but people who have seen the Lamb and can bear witness to another way.
Let our lives say:
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