The Great Ribulation

?8 THE -T TRIBULATION
the curses recorded here are seen as somehow beneath
His character. But it is Jesus, the Lamb, who
breaks the seals of judgment, and it is Jesus, the
King of kings, who rides out in conquest, leading the
angelic armies against the nations, to destroy those
who rebel against His universal rule.
It was crucial for the early Christians to understand
this, for these judgments were even then
breaking loose upon their world. In every age,
Christians must face the world with confidence, with
the unshakable conviction that all events in history
are predestined, originating from the Throne of
God. When we see the world convulsed with wars,
famines, plagues, and natural disasters, we must
say, with the Psalmist, “Come, behold the works of
the LoRD, who has wrought desolations in the earth”
(Psalm 46:8). Ultimately, the Christian’s attitude toward
God’s judgments upon a wicked world is the
same as that of the four living creatures around the
Throne, who joyfidly cdl out to God’s messengers of
judgment: ‘Come!” We too, in our prayers, are to
plead with God to bring down His wrath on the ungodly,
to manifest His righteousness in the earth.
Faced with these awesome revelations of judgment,
what is our proper response? We are told, in Revelation
22:20: the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Contd”