The Play–what Role Would You Like?

Human-wise, when it comes to plays, aside from stage help, there is the play writer and the play participants. Now, let us say the play is about a bank robbery. We then have the good people, the bad and the ones in between. Our play has a happy ending, so it concludes with the bad ones being caught and the money restored to the good.

The participants all volunteer for whatever role they want and perform that role during the play.

This scenario brings to my mind the realm of Biblical prophecy. God has spoken what is to occur according to His will. Looking forward from our point in time we call it the future. Looking back, we call it history. I still remember what I heard in Roman Catholic grade school: history is His-story. Since time to us moves forward, His-story continues to unveil.

Whether we know it or not, whether we want to be or not, we are all participants in this play. This play is an exciting one, for there are more “bad guys” than good. However, it has a happy ending, because the few good ones survive and are rewarded.

According to Romans 3:10 and other passages, we enter this play as bad. But the Play Writer says anyone can switch roles provided they are specifically trained by him. Some scoff and say they have more fun in playing the part of the bad guys. Others are belligerent, too proud, to be told what to do, for they feel they are already good. So they take the easy way out and just keep their role as a bad guy.

When we look at Holy Bible prophecy (of which we might consider Biblical history a part of) we see an ongoing war between good and evil. Near the end of the play millions of bad guys enter in as Gog and Magog. But, let us focus on our point in time. Two lead characters yet to appear on the stage at the time this article was written are The Beast (a.k.a. the Antichrist) and The False Prophet (Revelation 13). In this case, a multitude of bad follow. However, even before these step on stage, sad to say multitudes follow the satanic force behind those two.

This play is long, so most participants physically expire before its conclusion. However, that is only physically, for the Play Writer decrees (Daniel 12:2), “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”

“But I was good, at least compared to those really evil roles,” some of the latter might object to the Play Writer.

“But you did not come to Me to learn how to switch roles,” the Play Writer could say.

There is no excuse. According to John 1:9, everyone gets at least one chance to switch roles.

If you are not truly surrendered to Christ, then you need to come to Him and switch roles. This requires turning your back upon sin and yourself, and turning completely to Christ. If you look at some of us who did, yes, we might have it pretty difficult at times being badly badgered by the evil side, so weigh your decision well. However, please consider this, we win with Christ in the end so it matters little if we suffer now. It’s easy to scoff or justify one’s self and avoid any badgering but, once again, consider the end of the matter as described in Daniel 12:2 above.

If you are concerned about role playing, please see my article, “Predestination: To Be Damned or Not To Be Damned.”

Note:

In no way was it my intent in this article to cover in depth the decrees of God and His soteriological principles.

God willing, this shall be part of my Bible GemLights series as onyx017.

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