December 8, 2010
Revelation 6
Pastor Luke Lang
Take a couple of minutes and a deep breath, then read Revelation 6.
WOW! Did you sense the terrifying greatness? Did you feel the desperate fear of the people seeking refuge from the wrath of the Lamb? This is hide-your-eyes kind of stuff. Talk about drama! Seals are broken…multicolored, angry horses are on the loose and people are running for their lives. It just seems a little surreal (we treat it like a low-budget movie starring Kirk Cameron.)
Somehow it seems that we have “watered down” wrath. Isn’t judgment an Old Testament concept? God has mellowed out a bit as He has gotten older …right? Yet that same judgment and wrath played out in the Old Testament is still a part of the nature of God…which is evidence of His holiness and perfection.
That same judgment and wrath will fall one day on those who refuse to repent of their sin and confess Jesus as Lord. THAT really ought to break our hearts. The world desperately needs Jesus (literally an issue of life and death) and it is OUR JOB as HIS CHURCH to do all that we can to take HIM to the world.
Sadly, some of us might read Revelation 6 and think…FINALLY, it’s about time THEY get what THEY deserve. We are somehow weirdly comforted that judgment is coming for THEM (treating it like a low-budget revenge movie starring Steven Seagal). We easily forget that we DESERVE the same wrath and judgment. It is ONLY because of the amazing grace of God that we DON’T get what we deserve.
Read Revelation 6 and let it move from the surreal to the very real…then let it move you to take the grace of the Lamb to the world.
When asked to describe his favorite meal, Pastor Luke identified “ribeye steak, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, apple pie and Mountain Dew!”
