God's Judgment

Good Friday, the darkest day in human history, became the day of our deepest rescue because Jesus took the judgment, the abandonment, and the separation that should have been ours. Because of the cross, our dark days don't have to mean God has left us — they can become good days when we remember His cross, His cry, and His curtain.

Christmas isn't ultimately about a season, decorations, or feelings — it's about our need for a Savior. Before we can feel the joy of the good news, Romans 1 shows us how serious the bad news is: we live like God doesn't exist and like we are God ourselves, and both roads lead to death. But there is real hope and joy on the other side of trusting Christ.

The book of Revelation isn't meant to just fascinate or frighten us — it's meant to move us. Knowing that a great tribulation is coming, and that God takes sin seriously enough to judge it, should make us intentional now about pointing people to Jesus by loving them like Jesus, because we would never want someone we care about to face that judgment unprepared.