The everlasting gospel

Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people – Revelation 14v6

There is not much that lasts forever. Lives come and go. Buildings eventually crumble into decay and ruin. Kingdoms rise to power, have their glory, and they are gone. Money is fleeting. Possessions are all burned up. None of these things last forever.

The angel here is carrying one thing that is everlasting and it is intended for every nation, tribe, tongue, and people. It is the unchanging everlasting good news. Despite the sin and wickedness being described and judged the gospel is still there and apparently still being offered to the whole world.

The gospel is everlasting. Everything else is we have is transitory. The gospel is eternal. All of out stuff is going to be gone.

Why then do we give so little time to the everlasting and so much time to the temporary?

I think the answer is pretty simple. We are selfish. We would rather feed the temporary physical stuff that we can see than the permanent stuff we cannot see because those temporary things give immediate gratification.

Our eyes are stuck on the temporary seen things instead of the eternal unseen. Our focus must be on the eternal things including the everlasting gospel instead of the transitory stuff that will be gone so soon.