"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places."
Here we have the determined Will of the Father so as indicative of the wrath of the Lamb we have the heaven and the earth compared to a scroll which is rolled and put away into the library. Not so with the same event described here. It is judgment time. "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."(Rev.20.11) The Spirit presents the utter fright of the worlds, -the collusion of the rulers of the darkness of this world with spiritual wickedness in high places as chaff blown away in the gust of wind. (Eph.6.12)
In order to show the worlds framed by the word as eternal as the Law of the Spirit that secures those who trusted in its shadow we have mountains as a symbol scattered throughout. The natural world has its uses as indeed mount Sinai or mount Horeb has in the history of nations. "They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever." (Ps.125.1-2) The Spirit gives us the expression 'forever' which is a tag to indicate Jesus Christ who in earthly ministry was the rock of offence to the nation. "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."(Ps.118.22; Mt.21.42). The mountains are natural barriers and the safety of Jerusalem could only be assured where the Lord God has blessed them in his Son. " As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."
The Spirit gives us the time God descended upon mount Sinai and the mountain quaked greatly. What does it tell you? And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly."(Exod.19.18)
"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places."
Here we have the determined Will of the Father so as indicative of the wrath of the Lamb we have the heaven and the earth compared to a scroll which is rolled and put away into the library. Not so with the same event described here. It is judgment time. "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."(Rev.20.11) The Spirit presents the utter fright of the worlds, -the collusion of the rulers of the darkness of this world with spiritual wickedness in high places as chaff blown away in the gust of wind. (Eph.6.12)
In order to show the worlds framed by the word as eternal as the Law of the Spirit that secures those who trusted in its shadow we have mountains as a symbol scattered throughout. The natural world has its uses as indeed mount Sinai or mount Horeb has in the history of nations. "They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever." (Ps.125.1-2) The Spirit gives us the expression 'forever' which is a tag to indicate Jesus Christ who in earthly ministry was the rock of offence to the nation. "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."(Ps.118.22; Mt.21.42). The mountains are natural barriers and the safety of Jerusalem could only be assured where the Lord God has blessed them in his Son. " As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."
The Spirit gives us the time God descended upon mount Sinai and the mountain quaked greatly. What does it tell you? And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly."(Exod.19.18)
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