The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
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So it is that sixth seal that launches the great day of wrath, the day of the Lord as we call it, the time that our Lord referred to as the Great Tribulation. So by the time we come to chapter 8, all of those things have already happened, those first six seals. In addition to that, there has been salvation brought to the people of Israel. We saw that in chapter 7. There has been salvation brought to the world, so there is an innumerable number of people from every tongue and tribe and nation who have come to know Christ through the gospel. So the greatest outpouring of salvation in human history will be taking place. So again, by the time we come to chapter 8, the church has been taken up to be with the Lord. God has begun to let loose wrath all over the earth, collapsing finally the heavens and beginning the destruction of the earth in that sixth seal. And again, all of this is really called the Great Tribulation. …
terrifying reality. John is given a vision of the final destruction of this earth, at least the beginning of that final destruction. You can see just by the phenomenon that is indicated here that the earth will undergo a massive change, and so will the sky. And it will all be judgment from God. Now, when we got into chapter 6 at the beginning of the chapter, we stepped into judgment. From chapter 6 all the way to chapter 19, you have laid out the future judgment of God upon this world in detail. It began, you will remember, with four horsemen in a vision that John had. The first indicated the coming of temporary global peace. We talked about that, and led by the man of lawlessness or the Antichrist. But it doesn't last very long because the second horse and the second seal brings war. Peace is taken from the earth. And then follows the third horse, the black horse, and famine. And then the fourth horse, death. …
That is the high, the low, the high muckety mucks, the big shots, the little shots. Everyone. Look at it. Every free man. 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. Now here's one of the most pregnant statements in all of the Bible, and from the wrath of the Lamb. Friend, don't miss that. The wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come. And who is able to stand? Now He is the Lamb of God full of mercy, but He's also the God of wrath and judgment and justice. And there seems to be a battle between God's mercy and God's wrath. And the raging waters of God's wrath are furiously pounding against the dam of His mercy. One of these days that dam will burst. And the great day of His wrath will come. Who shall be able to stand? …