The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Revelation 6:8,
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"I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth."
Death and Hades! Death by sword, famine and plague and wild beasts! A dark day is coming. This chapter in Revelation chronicles a very dark time for those on earth. It begins with the opening of the first of seven seals by the Lamb of God, with subsequent seals being opened: a white horse comes with a "conqueror bent on conquest", a red horse with with a rider that takes peace from the earth and makes people kill each other, a black horse bringing famine, and a pale horse as described above.
We are also provided with a scene where the souls of those who had been killed for their faithfulness in serving the Lord call out for vengeance and were told to wait a bit longer until others shared their fate. In verses 12-14 we read of cataclysmic events taking place on earth.
The chapter ends with the most powerful among mankind, as well as everyone else, calling on the mountains and rocks to fall on them to hide them from God the Father, and Jesus Christ, "For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?"
From the believer's point of view, the coming of the Lord will be a bright and wondrous day. From the perspective of the world, it will be a day of doom and gloom. As is said in Joel 2:11, "The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?"
While the world frets over the climate, that the average temperature is going to rise a degree or two in the next half century or so, look at this!
Death and Hades! Death by sword, famine and plague and wild beasts! A dark day is coming. This chapter in Revelation chronicles a very dark time for those on earth. It begins with the opening of the first of seven seals by the Lamb of God, with subsequent seals being opened: a white horse comes with a "conqueror bent on conquest", a red horse with with a rider that takes peace from the earth and makes people kill each other, a black horse bringing famine, and a pale horse as described above.
We are also provided with a scene where the souls of those who had been killed for their faithfulness in serving the Lord call out for vengeance and were told to wait a bit longer until others shared their fate. In verses 12-14 we read of cataclysmic events taking place on earth.
The chapter ends with the most powerful among mankind, as well as everyone else, calling on the mountains and rocks to fall on them to hide them from God the Father, and Jesus Christ, "For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?"
From the believer's point of view, the coming of the Lord will be a bright and wondrous day. From the perspective of the world, it will be a day of doom and gloom. As is said in Joel 2:11, "The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?"
While the world frets over the climate, that the average temperature is going to rise a degree or two in the next half century or so, look at this!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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