Revelation 11:19
Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen within His temple; and there were flashes of lightening, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
There is some controversy amongst bible studiers about this verse. It is smack dab in the middle of the book of Revelations. Some say it is in the first half, some say it should be in the second half.
The verse represents the culmination of the anticipation of God’s wrath, but also shows God’s evidence of keeping His covenant with His people by opening the temple and the ark being seen within the temple.
During this vision is also mass chaos with the lightening, rumblings, peals, quakes and hail!
Anticipation. Which will it be? Fear, or joyous wonder? Those who do not believe in Our Lord, will feel the fear only. They will tremble and hide.
Those who are believers will be saved from this chaos.
My hope is that as believers, we will not have to experience verse 19, but be able to envision, in the words of a Mercy Me song:
“Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel? Will I dance for you Jesus, or in awe of you be still? Will I stand in your presence, or to my knees will I fall? Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all? I can only imagine.”
Fear not believers, and only imagine the temple opening ….
Linda Kinsella
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