5 No lie was found to be upon their lips, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, without blemish) before the throne of God.
- We are only blameless because of the sacrifice of Jesus, not by our own efforts or works.
- Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction, Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory [which God bestows and receives. [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment. It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time (in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has [true] faith in Jesus. Romans 3:22-26
- Don't you just love that word: All! All are justified freely and made upright by Grace. It is all unmerited and it is all unearned.
- Our glory is that one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess the Truth that Jesus is Lord. We will all do this because of Grace.
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, with an eternal Gospel (good news) to tell to the inhabitants of the earth, to every race and tribe and language and people.
- We are shown that there is another Great message during the end times.
- And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Acts 2:17
- The end times are filled with powerful and wonderful messages of Truth.
7 And he cried with a mighty voice, Revere God and give Him glory (honor and praise in worship), for the hour of His judgment has arrived. Fall down before Him; pay Him homage and adoration and worship Him Who created heaven and earth, the sea and the springs (fountains) of water.
- We will be used during the Great Tribulation to proclaim salvation and many will be empowered to believe and many will come out of the world's system. We will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to preach Jubilee, represented by the number 144,000. We will be used to do the works that Jesus did and even greater ones, John 14:12.
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