Tag: Revelation 6:12-17
Who Can Stand?
Scripture reading for December 8: Revelation 6
“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks , “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him Who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”” Revelation 6:12-17
John now beheld the opening of the seven seals on the scroll that Jesus Christ, Lion of Judah, had received from God the Father. As He opened each seal in heaven, there were consequences on the earth. This sixth seal brought an earthquake that evidently caused volcanic eruptions that darkened the sun and caused the moon to turn red. The stars began to fall from the sky in an apparent meteor event that shook all on the earth. The sky vanished and every mountain and island was removed from its place! The great shaking of the heavens and earth was now coming to pass. (Haggai 2:21-22, Hebrews 12:26)
These events now happening to those on the earth caused all, small and great to seek shelter. Not only shelter from the shaking and upheaval but shelter from the One seated on the throne and the wrath of the Lamb. These left on earth had rejected the Lamb as their ‘door to heaven’ but were now aware that these events were leading to the ‘great Day’ of God’s wrath. Jesus would have born their wrath if only they had humbly repented and called on His Name. Instead they call to the mountains and rocks to fall on them and hide them when the opportunity was there! Who can stand on that great Day?
Jesus is the One revealing to John these coming events that will one day usher in God’s will and kingdom on earth. As you examine your life, are you confident that God has rescued you from the coming wrath? If you really believe this revelation, what is one thing that you need to do or change?
Prayer: Father God, thank You for Your revelation of these things to come. It is Your love in Jesus Christ that draws me to repentance and faith in these truths. Open doors for me to share Your great love and mercy through Jesus Christ with those still in the darkness of sin and under sentence of death. Amen.
Who can stand?
Scripture reading for December 8th: Nehemiah 4-6, Psalm 98, Revelation 6
Revelation 6: 12-17 “When he opened the sixth seal, I looked and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him Who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great Day of their Wrath has come, and who can stand?”
John is given a vision of the Lamb (Jesus Christ) opening the seven seals on the scroll He received from His Father. As the seals are opened, various judgments fall upon the earth and creation. As the sixth seal is opened, a great earthquake rocks the earth and causes such upheaval that the sun is darkened and the moon turns red like blood from all the shaking on earth. During this shaking, those on the earth from rich to poor hide themselves and call to the rocks to protect them from the wrath of the Lamb and God Almighty. This will be known as the great Day of Wrath. The question the earth-dwellers ask is “Who can stand?” Those so hiding have had opportunity to repent and turn to God for salvation but have refused and now rely on the rocks for protection. They cannot and will not stand on the Day of Wrath.
Psalm 98:2-3 “The Lord has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered His steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.”
Prayer: Father God, thank You for revealing Your salvation and righteousness to me at the ends of the earth. Jesus Christ, Your Son and the Lamb of God is the last and complete revelation to all the earth. Help me today to fight for the souls of my brothers, my sons and daughters, my friends and my compatriots that none may be trusting in rocks but in The Rock, Jesus Christ. Thank You Lord!
Nehemiah 4:14 “And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, Who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”