Revelation 6:16

and said should be and they say.

to the mountains, &c. Hosea 10:8: adopted by our Lord, Luke 23:30. In that passage, it is entirely natural to understand Him to refer to the destruction of Jerusalem only:and therefore it does not seem necessary to understand this vision as implying that the LastJudgement is immediately to come. Ajudgement of the Lord has now been prepared for, by all the signs that He foretold of it: His Disciples, no doubt, will "look up and lift up their heads," while the world which does not "love His appearing" is terrified. And we see in the next chapter that the faith of those is not unrewarded: but the dread of these is not immediately realised. In fact, the last "Day of the Lord" will come "when they shall say, -Peace and safety" " (1 Thessalonians 5:3) not therefore, apparently, preceded by terrors like those among the ungodly, but rather by an unbelief (not so uncommon now) that has outlived such alarms, and asks, "Where is the promise of His Coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."

from the face of him that sitteth, &c. In spite of John 5:22, it seems plain that the Father as well as the Son will be specially present and specially revealed in the judgement. See Matthew 16:27 and parallels: which are to be taken into account in the interpretation of Titus 2:13, and of ch. Revelation 20:11 in the book.

from the wrath of the Lamb It is scarcely necessary to point out the paradoxical character of the words, and its deep significance.