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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
THE GREAT DAY OP Goo's WRATH "And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains" (verse 15). Tottering kingdoms and falling thrones, the collapse of civilization, will fill with terror those who live upon the earth. The mighty men, the great men, the rich, the bond, the free. will see the approaching of the day of wrath, and they will shrink in terror from the impending doom. Men whose lips never opened to pray will cry out in their fear. They will plead for the rocks and mountains to fall upon them and hide them "from the face of him that sitteth on the throne. and from the wrath of the Lamb." To the ungodly will come an awful realization of the fact that because the nations have rejected His Christ, God is dealing with them. The strange thing is that they will not pray to Him. They will pray to the rocks and the mountains to hide them from the face of a holy and just God. There may be in this audience tonight men and women who have never prayed. If you do not turn to God, and if you live to see the end of the age, my friend, you will pray! You will realize what a terrible thing it is to fall into the hands of an angry God. The wrath of the Lamb-what an awe-inspiring spectacle! The Lamb of God, who walked the earth with humble mien; the Lamb of God, who looked over Jerusalem and wept as He saw Israel's sin; the Lamb of God. who was nailed to the cruel cross to redeem a sin-cursed earth and a sin-cursed humanity; that Lamb will one day come in wrath! "And who shall be able to stand?" We look out over a world that is filled with turmoil. The nations are seething and boiling, as it were; the people are restless and dissatisfied. Coming events are casting their shadows. It will not be long. surely, until the last member shall be added to the body of Christ. And when that happens, there will be a great stir because of the missing ones. But it will be only a "nine days' wonder." Soon afterwards the world will begin to listen to a man talk, a man who will talk as no man has ever talked before. Into his hands he will gather the reins of government; but soon his power will be
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