Originally published Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Scripture reference is Revelation 6
From a Lamb that was slaughtered, and lives again, clothed in light and majesty, we turn now to a comical notion: a Lamb that conquers and strikes fear into the hearts of His enemies!
And the kings of the earth and the biggest names, and the military brass and the wealthy and the strong, and everyone, slave or free, all hid in caves and inside the crevices of mountains, and they say to the peaks and crags, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the occupant of the throne and from the fury of the Lamb!"
Add to the ludicrous scene, the even more ridiculous plea of the powerful leaders of earth, to hide from this being that came out of nowhere, and seems to be everywhere! The earth is shaking, dead are rising, cataclysm is everywhere, and our "leaders" (go ahead, picture some of them in your mind, as you read this!) think they can get away!
It reminds me the typical movie plot, where the evil guy is full of bravado, until his own life is in danger, at which point he turns into a simpering fool, begging for mercy. They could say "You win, Lord - please take me with you." But instead, on cue, they display their cowardice and prove themselves unworthy ("worthy" is a good Revelation word).
How about we take this one idea from this passage:
Why would we want to seek for worldly power and prestige in this life? In Revelation, the book that wraps it all up, we find the lowest of humanity being the ones that win. We know this. We talk about it. We teach our young about it.
But we don't do it.
And the kings of the earth and the biggest names, and the military brass and the wealthy and the strong, and everyone, slave or free, all hid in caves and inside the crevices of mountains, and they say to the peaks and crags, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the occupant of the throne and from the fury of the Lamb!"
Add to the ludicrous scene, the even more ridiculous plea of the powerful leaders of earth, to hide from this being that came out of nowhere, and seems to be everywhere! The earth is shaking, dead are rising, cataclysm is everywhere, and our "leaders" (go ahead, picture some of them in your mind, as you read this!) think they can get away!
It reminds me the typical movie plot, where the evil guy is full of bravado, until his own life is in danger, at which point he turns into a simpering fool, begging for mercy. They could say "You win, Lord - please take me with you." But instead, on cue, they display their cowardice and prove themselves unworthy ("worthy" is a good Revelation word).
How about we take this one idea from this passage:
Why would we want to seek for worldly power and prestige in this life? In Revelation, the book that wraps it all up, we find the lowest of humanity being the ones that win. We know this. We talk about it. We teach our young about it.
But we don't do it.
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