Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

hearts have not been cleansed, and who have not
recognized the Lord in His dealings with them,
who shall be afraid: "pangs and sorrows shall take
hold of them." The experience of such in that great
day is described in the following scripture: "And
the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the
rich men, and the mighty men, and every bondman,
and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and
the rocks of the mountains; and said to the
mountains and the rocks, Fall on us and hide us
from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and
from the wrath of the Lamb." Not having become
acquainted with, and accustomed to, "the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ," He is to them a consuming fire.
More desirable is it to them to be covered with the
mountains than that the undimmed gaze of those
eyes, which are "as a name of fire," should be
directed toward them. Now is the time to heed the
word, "Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth."
"Then were the disciples glad, when they saw
the Lord." Do we long for the time when He will
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