God's justice holds all of us accountable. If there's one truth that scripture reveals repeatedly it is our accountability to our

maker. He didn't simply make us and fling us on the earth and carelessly

walk away without concern for where we go with our lives.

We will give account and his justice holds us accountable. these familiar lyrics. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.

Remember that song?

It continues, he hath loose the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword.

Well today on Insight for Living Chuck Swindall cites the parallel between this classic anthem and the 14th chapter of revelation. In this passage we see a vivid

picture of God's coming judgment and in contrast his amazing grace. Chuck titled his

message God's Terrible Swift Sword.

John Looks,

John Looks, and as he has before on so many occasions he beholds some phenomenon in the

heavenlies. He sees a great white cloud.

The cloud seems to represent the shakina, the light of God,

which visited the earth in the Tabernacle, visited the earth in the temple,

and on occasion would be a blazing light that would come such as at the transfiguration

when Christ was on the mount with his three closest friends,

his disciples, Peter, James, and John.

Here he is described as a son of man. We understand this to be a messianic title of Jesus Christ.

He is called that not infrequently in the scriptures and you will notice that he has a golden crown on his head.

It is the word Stephanos which represents the victor's crown, and he has in his hand a sharp sickle.

We read that he has the sickle in his hand, but he does nothing with it until an angel,

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