A Place to Hide

Revelation 6:15-17; Colossians 3:1-4

During the great day of God’s wrath, it will be a time of accountability. When the realization of the judgement comes, it is then that mankind will realize that he or she is accountable for their sins. According to John in Revelation they will try to hide under the mountains in caves, praying that the rocks will conceal them from the flaming eyes and fiery wrath of Christ.

The Bible tell us in many places that it is impossible to hide from God. Man, like Adam, has tried to hide from God when it came time to own up for their disobedience, but have failed in their attempts. The Psalmist in Psalms 139:7 says “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from your presence?” God is an all knowing God and a ever present God and there is no one or nothing that is hidden from him.

Judgement is inevitable because Hebrews 9:27 says “It is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgement.” There is simply no way around our appointment with God and as we stand before him there will be nothing covered or hid from him. There appears to be no where to hide. Or is there?

There is one place that God has made available to hide in his time of wrath and judgement. That place is found in Jesus! Paul said in Colossians 3:3 that we are “Hid in Christ.” God’s judgement for sin came upon Jesus at the cross and all who come to the cross are under the covering of his blood by which “We have redemption, even the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:14) Because of Jesus we pass from judgement unto justification as God declares us righteous. It is a divine declaration and one that cannot not be overruled by a higher court, for there is no greater judge than the Lord our God!

Just as Noah and his family escaped the flood of God’s judgement by entering into the ark, we too by entering into our ark, Jesus Christ, will pass through judgement unto eternal life. God set the rainbow in the sky as a covenant reminder to Noah that he would not flood the earth again. We too have the covenant reminder of the cross and the seal of the Holy Spirit assuring us that “Whosoever believes upon Christ, will not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

Pastor Robby