Revelation

The fuel for the protest, rioting and looting in Ferguson, MO is ignorance.  While they rage against the injustice of "a little black boy gunned down on the streets," by the capricious hand of "a gun-toting white supremest cop" who had been looking for an excuse to act on his prejudice; the revelation of the grand jury testimony was anything but.

The evidence that came back exonarting the officer on all five points of prosecution revealed that the truth was that a drug-influenced criminal, who had just forcibly robbed a convenience store was trying to kill a law enforcement office who shot him in self-defense.  The "gentle giant" had tried to take the officer's gun from him while the office was still in the police cruiser, where he was shot in the hand.  When the officer gave chase, the felon turned and charged at him in linebacker style.  By the way, if you think the officer was not really in danger, since the year 2000, 50 officers have been killed with their own gun.

All the forensic evidence and credible witnesses affirm what the grand jury concluded.  What was revealed in grand jury testimony was clear and unmitigated.  And still the protests and the rioting and the looting continue.  Why?  Well some involved are simply criminals taking advantage of an opportunity, some are trying to advance an ideology but many simply haven't taken the time to listen to or read what has been revealed.  And, "Where there is no revelation, people  cast off restraint..." (Prov 29:28).

As sad as the Ferguson episode has been, it pales in comparison to an infinitely more important reality: Our eternal destiny.  If I get shot by an officer or killed by a thug, I have not reached my destination, I have only stepped through the portal that leads to my eternal destination.  What comes after is heaven or hell, and that reality is not an episode in life, it is life or death itself - and it is my final answer.

As with the Ferguson rioters and the others around the country joining in solidarity with their ignorance, the masses are plunging headlong toward their eternal destiny without the benefit of the revelation of what is out there and what determines where they will be for eternity.  An just like the grand jury report, The Gospel has been revealed to all who will take the time to listen.

"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom 10:17).  We need revelation and revelation is readily available but too often simply ignored to our shame and our ignorance and to our destruction as we then "cast off restraint" and are unleashed into the waiting hands of the Father of Lies and Destroyer of our souls: Satan.

This being true, don't you think that you should make a study of God's revealed Word a daily priority?  Shouldn't you strive to become as knowledgable as possible in His Truth?  Shouldn't you want to know it well enough to both follow and share?  Jus' Askn'.