Happy Memorial Day

And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He has a name (title) inscribed, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Then I saw a single angel stationed in the sun's light, and with a mighty voice he shouted to all the birds that fly across the sky, Come, gather yourselves together for the great supper of God, Revelation 19:16-17

Look at Matthew 24:21-29 and you will see Jesus referring to this same event.

That you may feast on the flesh of rulers, the flesh of generals and captains, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and slave, both small and great! Revelation 19:18

There is a great Truth here and it is that the birds eat the flesh of these people. John is not shown that the souls or the spirits of these people are destroyed, only that they die and their flesh is eaten. Instead of being buried and their flesh decay, our Father just cleans everything up quick. But His Grace does not cease for these individuals, our Father has not abandoned these peoples souls. He has just removed their flesh and the cares of this world that go along with flesh. He has done this so that He can bring them to a place of revelation into the Truth that will set them free. Just as He did with those who Jesus went and preached to in Hades. 

For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit, In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison, [The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. 1 Peter 3:18-20.

Our Father loves all of us and He will do whatever it takes to set us free, even if that means getting rid of our flesh. Everything that God does is to make us better. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches stop us from being used to produce fruit. So our Father will prune our flesh to allow our souls to abound in the production of fruit. He will do this even if we do not believe or acknowledge Him. What kind of parent would He be if He only dealt with His kids that behaved? I have two children and Beth and I would be negligent if we only dealt with our kids when they were doing what we wanted. Parenting requires action all of the time and with all attitudes and our Father is a very good parent.

So on this Memorial Day we can rejoice in the Truth that whether our loved ones who have died were actively serving God or not when their time in the flesh was over, are being loved and taken care of by our Father. We are able to rejoice in the Truth that they will be with us throughout all of eternity, because the King of Kings was that successful. We are able to rejoice in the Truth that even those who fought against our loved ones will be with us and all of the hatred and bitterness that fueled the wars will be gone.