Everyday Life in Revelation Part 9: Delivered JusticeSample

While reading, we must remember we are not watching a documentary or a movie. The vision given to John is filled with symbolic language. But there are some clear things happening that we can firmly take hold of: all those who are outside Christ are willing to unite to oppose His people; God’s judgment will fit the crimes of humanity; the justice of the Lord on the last day will inspire worship; and those who suffer the wrath of our Creator at the end will not “repent of their deeds”.

The final judgment will transform the natural order. John sees a terrible earthquake, unlike any earthquake that has ever occurred. Overall, the picture is of a shaking so great that it causes Babylon—a figure of the leading power opposed to God and His people—to fall and to take the nations with it. The unified opposition to the Lord and His plan that makes the unconverted nations look like such a great threat at Armageddon also serves as the opposition’s weakness. These wicked nations are so intertwined that to destroy their head is to destroy them all.

Hebrews 12:25-27 shows us that there will be a great shaking that will change the earth. It will leave what cannot be shaken to stand. Even through these terrible events, the wicked refuse to repent and they refuse to give due glory to the Creator.