“I heard the altar say, Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and just are your judgments.” (v. 7)

Revelation 16 is hard reading.

It’s not complicated: The Word gives us a picture of God’s final judgment, which is prepared for the end. And, tragically, those who remain subject to it persist—in their sin, in the rebellion, and in their blasphemy. It’s not a complicated passage.

But it is hard.

It’s OK for your heart to break over this. In fact, that’s the right response! And it ought to compel us to press on in evangelism, so that our families and our neighbors and the nations might yet repent, by grace.

However this strikes you, or however it challenges you, be comforted by the testimony from heaven here:

When we think on Holy God, remember that His judgments are true, faithful, and consistent. They are the very definition of just.

And, if He is as faithful and true in judgment, how much more faithful and true will He be to His Son—and to this Gospel!

— Tyler