Increasing Population
Then he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
- Revelation 10:11
By the most conservative calculations, in the year 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the earth. With each tick of the end-time clock, millions of new souls are born into the world.
More people than have ever lived in the entire history of the world are alive today. We are seeing end-time prophecy come alive in the form of "many peoples and nations" living on the earth.
God has a plan for those "many peoples and nations." When the newscasts tell us of the exploding masses of people on the earth, remember that John saw them first in heaven: "And, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb" (Revelation 7:9-10).
Someday every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord (Philippians 2:10). Is there someone today that you know who needs Jesus? What will you do to bring them before the throne of Jesus in repentance and faith?
Father, make me sensitive to everyone around me and the condition of their souls. Help me be a hope to the unsaved. Let your light in Me shine that they may see your good works. Amen.
Further Reading
- Revelation 7:9-10
- Philippians 2:10
- Matthew 5:16
