He Faced The Wrath

Scripture:
Revelation: 6:12-17 (ESV)

When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, andthe sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

Devotional:

Are there days when it seems that the earth just shakes against you?  If feels as if someone’s wrath is being poured out against you.  You think that God himself must hate you.  Everything out there is against you.  I am fairly certain we have all felt that way at some point in our lives.  There are times when nothing seems to go right.  You’ve heard the saying “kick a dog when he’s down.”  You know that it is you society keeps kicking.

The truth is that when the 6^th seal is broken there will be a great earthquake.  The sun will become dark and the moon will look like blood.  When that day comes nobody will be exempt from God’s wrath.  Well to be honest we deserve God’s wrath.  After all we are all sinners.  Romans 3:23 (ESV) “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” that means each and every one of us.

However, there is good news.  Romans 3:24 (ESV) “and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”  Through Grace freely given to those who accept is given a free get out of hell card.  Christ paid the price.  He bought and redeemed us.  He faced God’s wrath for us. 

So the next time there is an earthquake or an eclipse just remember that Jesus paid your price and He faced the wrath for you…