We win!

Revelation 11:15

¹⁵ The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”

Truth time.  Have you ever read a book about half way through its chapters and pages, then turned over and read the closing pages so you could see the outcome?  For some that is a habit, for others, it ruins the book for them if they know early how things are going to turn out.

If you have ever turned to the final pages of the Bible, you already know. We are going to win!  Trials and troubles will be over, Satan will suffer his ultimate defeat, only good things remain. Good things for eternity.  These things should never be in doubt for the Christian.

The last book of the Bible, Revelation, written by John, who testifies to everything he saw. The purpose of the book is to make solid in the hearts and minds of believers, that God is forever sovereign, and his kingdom is victorious. 

While all of that seems to be in the far distant future, there are many likenesses to these times in which we are living.  Even now, we are taught to pray for and seek Christ's kingdom, as well as the advancement of the kingdom.  For the child of God, earthly success and prestige is not of great significance if the kingdom comes. That is the primary and most important thing for the believer.

Where are you in relation to what John saw of the coming kingdom?  Don't forget the seventh trumpet and the loud voices in heaven, which said, 

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”

For a life that has trusted in God, there is the assurance the kingdom will come. God himself will bring it to reality.  Just as Jesus lives and rules in your heart right now, his kingdom grows and advances until that time when "the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah."

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