In Revelation 6 v 15 -17, we read of Kings,and the great ones,the captains,the rich and the strong,and every slave and every free person,hiding in fear,and crying out for the rocks and the mountains,to fall and hide them from the one seated on His Throne and the wrath of the Lamb!For the great day of their wrath has come ,and who can stand?.' William Barclay writes,'No one is exempt from the judgement of God,'no one whoever they are ,will be exempt ,for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3 v23)There will be no hiding place,no great escape, there will be no mercy shown, none ,the day of grace will have have passed,it will be a time of wrath,consider those words concerning the one who sits on the throne,'the wrath of the Lamb'.Yes He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,yes He who said, come and be forgiven, come and receive mercy, now He is going to pass judgement on those who rejected his offer of forgiveness,mercy and love.Alas people like William Barclay says that this wrath is a wrath of love,which is reaching out to show His mercy .It is clearly called a day of wrath,compare Rev 21 v 5 -8.were all those who know not Christ as Saviour, will be consigned to the lake of Fire and Brimstone'.As Christians we have been rescued from the coming wrath (1Thess 1 v10) ,but for the unsaved they will not escape God's wrath. Bert Shadduck wrote a hymn called 'The great judgment morning', here is the chorus.
' And O,what a weeping and wailing,
As the lost were told of their fate;
They cried to the rocks ,and the mountains,
They prayed but their prayer was to late'.
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