the time of tribulation. The time when God unleashes his vengeance, when God unleashes his judgment

and his wrath on the earth like never before. This is the seven-year period when Jesus Christ

not only judges the ungodly, but takes back the earth and the universe for his own possession.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Why would you pray for the destruction of another person?

When, if ever, is it okay to rejoice in vengeance? Consider those questions with John MacArthur today as he looks at coming events that lead to history's climax, events that

signal the beginning of the end. That's the title of John's current study here on Grace to You.

Now, John's already shown you some of the

judgments that God will one day pour out on earth, including war and famine and disease. And today,

you'll see the reason for those judgments and what the terrible events of tomorrow mean for your

life and witness today.

And so with today's lesson, here's John MacArthur.

Turn to the sixth chapter of the last book in the Bible, the book of Revelation.

The sixth chapter.

We're going to look at verses 9, 10, and 11 in our ongoing study of this great chapter. Let me read these three verses, Revelation chapter 6, beginning at verse 9.

And when he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain

because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had maintained. And they

cried out with a loud voice saying, how long, O Lord, holy and true, wilt thou refrain from

judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth. And there was

given to each of them a white robe, and they were told that they should rest for a little while

longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brother and who were to be killed even as

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