Continuing with our study of Revelation 6 and the 6th seal. This is still very grim reading I am afraid but the hope and reassurance of Revelation 7 is coming up soon!
Revelation 6:15 ‘Then the kings of the earth , the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.’
We read in Revelation 6:10 how the martyred souls call out for justice and vengeance and here we see this justice being played out.
How many of us have suffered at the hands of ruthless tyrants and cruel bosses but yet they will reap their reward in due time. Not even death will hide their crimes.
Revelation 20:12 ‘And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened…The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.’
Isaiah, perhaps, has the last word here:
Isaiah 10:1 ‘Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar.
I appreciate this all probably sounds rather gloomy and sober, but there is a day of reckoning coming upon the corrupt and the cruel, which will precede the heavenly righteousness of Christ’s beautiful kingdom that will be established on this earth.
Justice will prevail!
Hasten the day!
and previous posts:
- Revelation 22:20 Our cherished hope
There will be a unity of heart when everyone calls out for his glorious return. There will be a spirit of grace upon God’s people that will bring us all together in unity and brotherhood. - Revelation 22:16 God’s Word
No-one has a monopoly on the truths of this magnificent book, and we will all have our struggles and misunderstandings on our journey, but God is demanding that we treat Revelation with the utmost respect that it deserves. The truths that were sealed in Daniel’s time will be opened up according to God’s direction. This will need purified and refined souls to understand and teach, in the midst of immense confusion and mistruths. Please pray for those who are called to understand and teach. - Revelation 22:11 In or Out…
Even at this late stage, a reference to the polarity of mankind, between the righteous and the unrighteous. One thinks of Noah’s Ark, and the obedient who were safe inside and those who chose to ignore Noah’s call for righteousness and stayed outside. - Revelation 22:7 The time is near indeed
Having taken us to the very highest of heights, surveying the Holy City that is beautiful beyond words, John brings us back to our ordinary lives, waiting with a cherished expectation for our Lord to return and keeping the words of this prophecy, with all its encouragements, admonishments and warnings. - Revelation 22:3 No longer any curse
Peter praised his contemporaries for their faith in Christ Jesus although they had never met him in real life and had only heard of him through Peter. Imagine though, what it will feel like, approaching the throne and gazing into the eyes of the Divine, to reach out and touch the very hem of his garment. It will be beyond belief…
Revelation 34 