“Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest” (Revelation 15:4).
TEXT — Revelation 15:1-8
Message
It was the height of summer in the United Kingdom and then the sky darkened. On the evening of July 21, 2021, hailstones the size of golf balls fell from the sky, smashing windows and battering cars. While the hailstorm was unusual in its severity, it was mild compared to a hailstorm that struck Calgary in Canada in June 2020. Hailstones the size of tennis balls caused damage to at least 70,000 homes and vehicles, destroyed crops and left the area facing a $940 million repair bill.
It is thus instructive to pitch those fearful incidents against the more terrible ones awaiting the sinful world at the end of this age as captured in some sections of the book of Revelation. Our passage reveals some fearful and eschatological happenings after the rapture of the saints. Apostle John was shown two distinct groups of people: one was of victorious believers standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God (verse 2). After that came the picture of seven angels with seven plagues and four beasts handling vials full of the wrath of God to them. These continued to afflict the people who rejected God’s call for salvation.
Very few people like to talk or think about judgment day. Some believe life ends at death. Others posit that a good God will not judge His people in the manner that Christians proclaim. They proffer that earth is merely a rehearsal for eternal life, and none would be exempted. All these are opposed to what the Bible says.
The day of judgment is fast approaching. You can be ready for judgment day today by repenting of your sins and accepting Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
