Devotion to Destruction

Does the Book of Revelation (and all of its imageries such as the Mark of Beast) befuddle you?

Then try the "Intention Test" -  the Lord's intention behind the stuff described in the book, for it has been said, "All that counts in life is intention" (Andrew Bocelli) or "A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker" (David Hume).

One can read into the Lord's intention that strikes throughout the Book of Revelation in Joshua 7:12, "I will not be with you any more  unless you destroy whatever among you is

"devoted to destruction"".

So what do the following have one thing in common?

- Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." 1Jo 2:15 (remember - God is a jealous God. Exodus 34:14)

- Jericho (in Joshua 6) vs. Babylon (Rev 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10, 21)

The question for everyone then is "How to identify and destroy (or simply remove from you) that which is to be destroyed?"

The task is daunting, but Joshua 7 gives us the insight into the matter.

- The potential (for corruption) was hidden all the while in the body, and manifested itself in fifth generation, for it is written: "Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them." (Joshua 7:7)

Achan <<< Karmi <<< Zimri <<< Zerah <<< Judah <<< .....(Oh, wait! It goes deeper and farther, all the way back to Adam! You are right!) .... <<<Adam

Thank and praise be to God that out of the line of Judah (whose name is identical with Judas Iscariot) God sent Jesus the Savior, the last Adam, so in Jesus Christ, the Son, we can rid the body of all that are devoted to destruction, so each believer in the Lord would be made a new creation, free of yeast, any hint of corruption!

So consider what is marked out (in God's mind/intention) for destruction and what is for construction. Once one figures out what has been devoted for construction and what for destruction, he or she no longer will remain befuddled.