Title: God Know You Are Scary
Revelation (36) God knows that it is scary
(Revelation 6:12-17)
< Vision when the sixth seal is broken >
When the sixth seal was opened, John had a vision where the prayers of the martyrs were accepted and God judged those who dwell on the earth. The first thing I saw was a huge natural catastrophe. The plague was caused by a great earthquake (verse 12). These big earthquakes are not like the earthquakes that usually happen. Ordinary earthquakes cannot cause the sun to become black, the moon to become like blood, and flames to fall like hail from the sky as described in verses 12-14 of the main text. Therefore, it is believed that this large earthquake was eventually caused by one of two things:
First, you can think of it as a meteor hitting Earth. According to the analysis of scientists, when a meteor with a diameter of 2 km falls on the earth and collides with it, due to the energy of the colliding at such a tremendous speed, the entire surface of the earth becomes a sea of fire for about three months with a huge earthquake, and almost all living things are extinct. . However, the complete apocalypse has not yet come, so it can be estimated that several hundred meters of meteors have fallen, or that several tens of meters of meteor rain has fallen.
Second, you can think of it as dropping a nuclear bomb. If it is not a meteor shower, it is less powerful than that, but even if countless nuclear bombs are dropped due to nuclear war, the phenomenon in verses 12-14 can occur to some extent. Even then, there will be large earthquakes, huge amounts of dust, and partial terrain changes. However, the threat of nuclear war is much less powerful than a meteor shower, but the damage caused by exposure to radiation due to radioactive fallout after death is also terrifying.
The second vision John saw when the sixth seal was opened is that those who have authority are trembling with anxiety like sparrows in the rain, hiding in caves and crevices of mountains (verse 15). Furthermore, he asks the inanimate mountains and rocks to escape the fire of wrath when they face the final judgment (verse 16). The scene vividly depicts how terrifying the judgment of the end times was and how the people lost their minds and became terrified.
This dreadful judgment was manifested because of the wrath of God who sits on the throne and of the Lamb who sits at the right hand (verse 16). In the Bible, the expression 'God's wrath' appears countless times, but the expression 'the wrath of the Lamb' appears only in the text. This is because the expression of the Lamb is an expression of the atoning love, mercy, and compassion of Jesus. What made Jesus the Lamb so merciful? Hearing the prayers of the martyrs when the fifth seal was opened, even the Lamb Jesus was angry.
<Know that God is scary>
When the great day of wrath comes, no one will escape its judgment (verse 17). As such, humans are fragile beings that can turn to ashes in an instant, even if they seem strong. There is nothing to say that such a life is good, that you hate someone, or that you are sad about something. A believer must realize that life on earth is a life like a divination and live humbly while doing his/her best at the given time. Do not think that you are great at any moment, but always know that you are afraid of God.
No matter how smart or wealthy you are, if you do not fear God, your knowledge, material, and authority are futile and even more dangerous. Who ruins the world? Usually the powerful destroy. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being powerful. You have to use your power wisely. So, you must have the power to fear God while having the fear of God.
One day, the day of God's terrible judgment will come. God's judgment does not end with the first judgment in this world, but there is a more terrifying second judgment in the other world. However, even if the saints cannot escape the first judgment of this world by the blood of the Lamb Jesus Christ, they can escape the more terrifying second judgment of that world. In that sense, how blessed is the fact that we were saved by the blood of Jesus? If you don't know the fear of God and live your life as you please, the day of judgment will be a scary day, but if you usually live with godly fear in front of God, the day of judgment will be the happiest day.