Revelation 11:7 -- On Death and Happy Endings

"And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."
Revelation 11:7


This chapter discusses the last days, and two prophets that will testify in Jerusalem. before the second coming.  ... As this verse explains, they will then die.

Sometimes God saves us from impossibly hard situations, as he did Abraham and Isaac.  Sometimes he lets people tie us up or sell us into slavery... Nephi and Joseph could tell you about those situations.  Sometimes he saves us from a fiery death, like Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, But sometimes, like Abinadi, not.  That doesn't mean of course that Satan wins, or that God's will is thwarted.  It just means that isn't the way it is going to play out, but God knows all of it, and it is all provided for in his plan.  Not everyone gets saved in this life... but everyone *does* get saved.  Some of the chapters in our life are going to be sad, but the ending is still happy. :)

I think that is part of what God means when he says "He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it" (Matthew 10:39).  If we focus on now, and put our life above God, then we might lose out on the eternal possibilities of a way better life--but if we focus on that future life and live for that, then even if we do lose our lives now, we'll have that eternal life always.

Today, let's work towards that eternal life  and happy ending, and trust in it, and in God, as we work through some of the fun and less-fun parts of our lives and setting our priorities along the way.