THE WRATH OF THE LAMB (5 OF 9)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17
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The Wrath of the Lamb (5 of 9)
Series: God Goes to War
Jeff Strite
Revelation 6:1-17OPEN: O, Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run To? (sung by Leon Bibb - https://youtu.be/uTuy101LcPs)
How many of you have ever heard this song?
What you just heard was an old Negro Spiritual and I heard it way back when I was a teenager.
It has been so popular over the years that it’s been sung by dozens of groups (I found pages of versions on YouTube).
It has been sung by groups such as:
* Peter, Paul & Mary
* Three Dog Night
* And a whole raft of Folk Singers and Concert Choirs
When I first heard the song I remember being struck by the haunting power of the question:
“Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run To?”
He runs to the rock, to the sea, to the Lord and ultimately to Satan… because he has come face to face with the wrath of God and he’s so frightened he’s looking for ANY way to avoid the God’s anger. But there’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide because he had rejected God for so long that there was no longer any hope.
Do you know where the writer of that spiritual got his idea?
That’s right – right here in Revelation 6.
“Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” Revelation 6:15-17
That’s pretty scary stuff!
These sinners are RUNNING from God.
They’re RUNNING from the wrath of the Lamb.
(PAUSE)
Bu as I was preparing for this message it occurred to me that there was something here that just doesn’t seem quite right.
John 3:16 tells us that “God so loved the world that He g ...
Series: God Goes to War
Jeff Strite
Revelation 6:1-17OPEN: O, Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run To? (sung by Leon Bibb - https://youtu.be/uTuy101LcPs)
How many of you have ever heard this song?
What you just heard was an old Negro Spiritual and I heard it way back when I was a teenager.
It has been so popular over the years that it’s been sung by dozens of groups (I found pages of versions on YouTube).
It has been sung by groups such as:
* Peter, Paul & Mary
* Three Dog Night
* And a whole raft of Folk Singers and Concert Choirs
When I first heard the song I remember being struck by the haunting power of the question:
“Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run To?”
He runs to the rock, to the sea, to the Lord and ultimately to Satan… because he has come face to face with the wrath of God and he’s so frightened he’s looking for ANY way to avoid the God’s anger. But there’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide because he had rejected God for so long that there was no longer any hope.
Do you know where the writer of that spiritual got his idea?
That’s right – right here in Revelation 6.
“Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” Revelation 6:15-17
That’s pretty scary stuff!
These sinners are RUNNING from God.
They’re RUNNING from the wrath of the Lamb.
(PAUSE)
Bu as I was preparing for this message it occurred to me that there was something here that just doesn’t seem quite right.
John 3:16 tells us that “God so loved the world that He g ...
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