First rain in a while, smells good as it hits the ground.

The garden is going to feel a bit better – although there isn’t much, it is enough to perk up the leaves, somewhat.

Making some ketchup tomorrow, not sure how much yet.  We don’t use a lot of it, a good piece of meat doesn’t need it.  But it does taste good on a hamburger or hotdog sandwich.

Revelations 6:15-20 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

¹⁶ And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

¹⁷ For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

I remember being a kid and thinking I was sneaking and getting away with something.  Engrossed I was pleased with myself and focused on the action.

When I turned and there stood Mom.

There was no denying what I had done, there was no excuse for not obeying.  She saw it all.

Now, how I felt is pretty well portrayed in these verses.  I wanted to run and hide from the penalties I was about to receive.

But it was too late, all I could do was take the punishment.

So many are going to find it is too late for them, that God’s wrath and judgement is going to crash down upon them like a hurricane and there will be nowhere to hide.

They will be like the child that has been told over and over again that they must not do something – and they must act in an appropriate manner.

There will be no excuses, there will be no blame laid upon others that God will accept. 

These people will be like those that felt they were above the law.  But when the judge strikes his hammer on the desk and tells them his verdict, the full consequences of their crime will shake them up and they finally realize they are being held accountable for their actions.

While there are appeals from some court systems (depending on the country) there are none from God.  He is the final authority and either we have accepted His Son, or we have not.

We hear how there is no black and white in the world today; everything is a shade of grey - it is just a matter of perspective or situational. 

Because the world feels that way they can justify anything they do.

But God is quite clear, there are no grey areas.  Without Jesus sitting there as our advocate we have no choices, we have nothing and no way to defend ourselves.

There is absolutely no way to try and weasel out of the verdict.

God is very clear:

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But the beauty and relief is that we do have an advocate with the Father; we do have someone we ‘know’ that can get us past God’s Judgement and into heaven.

In this case, it IS who you know that will get you past being judged.

All we have to do is accept Him.

Later, Art :-)