CONSIDER THE FIFTIETH PSALM IN THE LIGHT OF OUR SUBJECT. He is coming but not in silence. Ps.50:3 There are tremendous sounds that will be heard when He returns. A SHOUT, the VOICE OF THE ARCH ANGEL and the TRUMP OF GOD {the last trumpet or the seventh}. There will be such a magnitude of sound that the dead in Christ will be raised. His coming is not something that is done in a corner. This world will hear a sound such as they have never heard before. 1 Thes.4:16
THE DEVOURING FIRE. All consuming, pleasant or dreadful. If it is the fire of the Spirit it is most wonderful. If it is the fire of judgment it is most horrendous. Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron and therefore priests offered STRANGE FIRE, fire that did not originate from the alter, contrary to the law. Fire from the LORD or from his presence flamed out and destroyed them. Lev. 10:1-2 From a child my mother told me not to play with fire. What fitting instructions when dealing with the fire of the Holy Ghost. No man made fire, no imitations are permissible. If the Lord was so particular with what went on in the Tabernacle, how much more today in the true Tabernacle or the Church. Insurrection in the Camp of Israel. Criticism against God appointed leadership, brought about the fiery judgment of the Lord against the rebels. Num. 16:1-35 If this judgment was pronounced on those of His own people, how much more will it be executed against the ungodly, in the end of the age. He is coming in flaming fire.
EVENTS THAT ACCOMPANY THE DAY OF THE LORD. It is a day that is scheduled by the Lord. There is no way that it can be avoided. It will take place. It is one horrific day. A day when the unsaved must deal with an angry, wrathful God. The land will be completely emptied. Sinners will be DESTROYED from off the earth. Isa. 13:9 The wicked and treacherous individual will be cut off from the land of the living and rooted up from the earth. Prov. 2:22 The sinners will vanish from off the earth and the wicked will be found no more. Ps. 104:35 It must be remembered that these events will come upon the nations who have heard the Gospel. This Gospel shall be preached in all the world, then the end shall come. There is yet more evidence of the total cleansing of sin and sinners from the earth. The transgressor and the sinner as well as those who forsake the Lord are to be eliminated together. Isa. 1:28 Those of strength will be made like straw, the one making the tow will be as a spark and they shall be consumed by fire. Isa. 1:31