,, And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.”
Rev. 11: 18-19
"And the heathen are wroth, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to pay thy servants the prophets and the saints, and them that fear thy name, both small and great; and to destroy them that destroyed the earth. "We have seen that there is a celebration in heaven because there is no more delay of judgment and during that time on earth," And the Gentiles are angry, "and slowly Satan prepares the nations for the Armageddon war. This was prophesied many years earlier.
,, Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,”
Ps.2: 1-2
The wrath of Satan and the Gentiles is slowly reaching its climax because he writes:
,, And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.”
Rev. 19:19
Satan can be angry with the pagans "as much as he wants", but that is only a proof of their sin, and when God "initiates judgment", His anger will be holy and just, and all the fight against God will fail because it is based on greed and sin.
The earth and all that was created was created by God, but "temporarily" the power over the earth was given to Satan to a certain extent, and Satan and the pagans will not voluntarily hand over absolute power to God, but God will have to "snatch" it from their hands because he won on the cross and the deed above the earth belongs to Jesus Christ as we have seen before and it will be necessary for God to do what is written in the second psalm:
,, Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
Ps.2: 9
"and Your wrath comes" we read further. In this time in which we live, God is very "slow to anger and very gentle"
,, The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.”
Ps.103: 8
and so it has been for the past thousands of years as he waited for people to repent but they did not want to.
,, He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.”
Ps 2: 4-5
And today we can say that there is still a little time and then, "Thy wrath also cometh", and the Apostle Paul wrote about it:
,, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;”
Romans 1:18
God has always been angry at the ungodliness of men but has given them and gives "another" chance to repent
,, For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye.”
Ezek.18: 32
,, But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”
Rom.2: 5
People thought and today they especially think that this will never come because today we have such technology that we don't need anything anymore because we have everything but they are deceived and wrong because "Your wrath comes" and we continue to read that the Church in heaven says "and time for the dead to be judged "
We have a clear warning in the Bible that says:
,, And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
Hebrews 9:27
These dead are unbelievers from the beginning of the world who are now in Hell and they are waiting to appear in this judgment which is only for unbelievers. Revelation says:
,, And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Rev. 20: 11-15
All unbelievers will be in this court and then they will receive punishments that will be graded and thrown into the "lake of fire" depending on what deeds they did.
,, Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.”
Mt.11: 20-24
But it goes on to say:
"And that thy servants, the prophets and the saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, shall be recompensed."
This refers to the believers in the Old Testament and the believers in the Great Tribulation because the Church is already in Heaven and she is rewarded and "sits on her thrones with crowns on their heads in white robes," as it is written in Rev. 4: 4. To God, everyone will receive rewards for their faithfulness.
"And those who destroyed the earth shall be put to death."
,, And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
Rev. 20:10
"And the church of God was opened in heaven, and the life of his covenant was revealed in his church; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and a great city. "
At the beginning of the eleventh chapter, we saw a temple on earth that was "defiled", and here it is a temple in heaven that is holy, and on the basis of this temple, Moses was instructed to make a tent.
,, And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.”
Exodus 25:40
,, Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.”
Hebrews 8: 5
"and the life of His covenant was shown in His church" we said earlier that here the translation is "temple" instead of "church" so that this temple refers to the Jews, so it can be seen that the great troubles are especially "Jewish character". "God revealed himself to them as a covenant God and forgave the sins they committed by breaking the law," which was in the ark "on the basis of blood. This ark is called God's because it is the visible throne of God.
When God gave instructions for the tent and the furniture in it, it started from the ark and ended with the door
(Exodus 25: 10-26: 37) which means that God began from himself to man and that means that salvation is from the Lord. Salvation is by faith.
,, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Eph.2: 8-9
and not by works of law.
,, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
Tit.3: 5
The ark is sacred because it was the "throne of God" where he came between two cherubim and where Moses met God.
,, And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel"
Exodus 25:22
So God will judge the world according to the righteousness of the law to all those who have not received the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ.
By opening the temple in heaven and showing the ark of the covenant, God announces that He is faithful to His vows, and nature gives the answer because He writes, "There would be lightning, and voices, and thunder, and the earthquake, and the great city," and every deed man did. in sin it will be destroyed, and that will happen when cataclysmic forces begin to act on the earth, as it is written here.
The earth must be cleansed and ready for the kingdom of Christ.
And as for men, God calls:
,,Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24