JOHN BRADSHAW - It Is Written

History’s Greatest Event
“teach all nations” were pitted against an unbelieving
world and the malignant wrath of Satan and his demons.
A person reading the Bible for the first time might almost
expect things to turn out for the church like they did for
the poor fugitive who fled from the penal colony.
But the Bible is a book with a happy ending. The final
chapter of the Bible pictures the redeemed in Heaven
with Jesus, emancipated from the tyranny of sin.
The Bible says, “And there shall be no more curse”
(Revelation 22:3).
Sin is gone forever. Satan no longer tempts God’s people
and causes misery and woe. Babylon no longer exists, and
God’s people “shall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation
22:5).
God’s intention at Creation was that all people be happy
and holy, and enjoy His blessing for as long as time lasted.
But God took a risk in that He created human beings with
the freedom of choice: there existed the possibility that
people would squander their freedom of choice and opt to
live for themselves rather than for the glory of their Maker.
Satan made that very decision in Heaven, and upon
coming to the Earth tempted our original grandparents to
do the same thing. And when they did—disobeying God
and choosing self-will instead of God’s will—the result was
sin, which the Bible says leads to death (Romans 6:23).
Adam and Eve had forfeited union with the Source of life.
They had to die.
But as someone once said, as soon as there was sin, there
was a Savior. The Bible describes Jesus as the “Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8).
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