No Repentance

Reading in Rev 9.20 this morning. Despite one-third of humanity being killed by horses (the identification of which everyone argues about) the rest of humanity "repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils" (KJV). Amazing. One thinks of the judicial hardening of Pharaoh by God. When Pharaoh hardens his heart, then God hardens Pharoah's heart and this is a hardening which cannot be explained on a rational level, for it totally destroyed Egypt's economy and land. The non-repentance of those who clearly see judgment and devastation is akin to that type of hardening.

The dangers of a hardened heart are laid out clearly here. We must work to keep our heart soft to the leading of the Holy Spirit, so that we do not fall away.