December 15

December 15, 2017

Revelation 6

They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" Rev. 6:16-17

The holiness of God is our worst enemy. God's holiness means He can't tolerate any sin, any rebellion, any disobedience, and this makes God dangerous. In these six seals we see God pouring out his wrath on a rebellious planet and it is scary. Did you notice the oxymoron used here? The wrath of the lamb. That just doesn't make sense. Lambs are soft and gentle and there is nothing hostile in them. Something has occurred that has switched the wiring in this lamb. And that something is the rebellion of mankind. You can already see the forces of darkness gaining strength in our world. Eventually these forces will unite together in a one-world government and Christ followers will be the hated and massacred. Those murders will cause the lamb of God to roar from heaven. It will be a frightening roar that will chill even the most hostile heart.

Beware of the deception that is occurring right now on the political and religious spectrum. The battle lines are drawn and every God-defying, God-rebelling political power will face the terrifying wrath of the Lamb. Human evildoers will turn God the Son from a mute victim into an almost mutant victor.  

But nobody, nobody can stand. Certainly, none of us. We can't stand. All we can do is get on our knees, confess our sin, humbly seek the forgiveness of God, and focus our faith like a laser on the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

You see, in the end the Lamb of God has two faces. One is the face of wrath, a sight that "ought to make our blood run cold," as C. S. Lewis once put it. The other is the face of suffering love, the face of one who has had his throat slit for the sins of his repentant people. One face or the other is turned toward you and me this very day, this very hour.

Which face do you see?

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