Hiding From God (Rev. 6:14-15)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR

05/14/2005

 

My Worship Time                  Focus:  Hiding from God

 

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Revelations 6:14, 15

 

            Message of the verse:  “14  And the sky was rolled up like a scroll and taken away. And all of the mountains and all of the islands disappeared.  15  Then the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy people, the people with great power, and every slave and every free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.”  (NLT)

            As I look at verse 14 it makes me go back to the very early times of my Christian life when most all the time I would be reading Hal Lindsey’s books on prophecy, because that is what the Lord used to draw me to Himself.  In his books and tapes he often said that this verse was a good description from the 1^st century of a modern day atomic bomb, and as you read this verse and then think of pictures of an atomic bomb with the large mushroom cloud it does makes you think that this could be true.  At any rate this future earthquake will cause a lot of damage on this world as it will level the mountains and it will cause islands to disappear. 

            In verse 15 it can be seen that all of the so called important people of the world will along with the slaves and free people will go and hide themselves in the caves and in the mountains.  The question is why did they not want to confess Christ as Savior and Lord?  The answer is that probably some of them will, but most of them will have such hard hearts that they will not. 

            I want to talk about the word “all,”  for in verse 14 it said that all of the mountains disappeared, and in verse 15 is says that the people hid themselves in the mountains.  I wish to copy a quote from the Online Bible, which is quoted from Charles H. Spurgeon that may help bring light to this word:  “ the whole world has gone after him" Did all the world go after Christ?  "then went all Judea, and were baptized of him in Jordan." Was all Judea, or all Jerusalem, baptized in Jordan? "Ye are of God, little children," and the whole world lieth in the wicked one". Does the whole world there mean everybody? The words "world" and "all" are used in some seven or eight senses in Scripture, and it is very rarely the "all" means all persons, taken individually. The words are generally used to signify that Christ has redeemed some of all sorts —some Jews, some Gentiles, some rich, some poor, and has not restricted His redemption to either Jew or Gentile ... (C.H. Spurgeon from a sermon on Particular Redemption)”   

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  Because of the confusion that I had in my mind about the word “all” it seems that one of the most important things that I can take from this verse is that I need to study more, for after looking up the meaning of this word and how it is used in the Scriptures it made things much clearer to me.  I can think of what Paul wrote to Timothy where he said “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of God.”

 

The Word of God was a challenge and a conviction to my heart as I read it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  Continue to study the Word of God so It, through the Holy Spirit will continue to conform me to the image of Jesus Christ.

 

Memory verses for the week:  Ephesians 6:10-12

 

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.