Our God is coming to pour out righteous judgment on the earth. He will surely judge those who have sinned against him in thought, word and deed. He is preparing that judgment. We can see in Revelation the "behind the scenes" look at the coming judgment - a great and terrible judgment as our Lord prepares to pour it out on the world. Some have resisted sin and are standing before God, bearing witness to his greatness. We see in Jeremiah that in God's wrath he will spare his true people, gathering them to himself. And we see in Matthew the means by which he gathers his people to himself. He is gathering them to himself in these last days through the humility of Christ the Lord, our Savior, who has refused to give a defense, knowing that his children by the adoption of faith are unable to give a defense. Our Lord likewise stands before human judgment without defending himself, subjecting himself to the tyrrany of sinful man, becoming subject to sin for us, on our account. Though we deny him as Peter, he will not deny us. He will make no defense. His claims are true, his evidence sure, and his divine right rejected by sinful man.
What a savior, who bears our sin, who dies on our behalf, who is himself the resurrection and the life, and will protect his people against every evil of man and even against the terrible wrath of God against that evil.
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