When God is dealing with His enemies He does not employ the soft, gentle voice of reason and entreaty. God "roars" against his enemies.

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16)

God has enemies and He deals harshly with them. God speaks quietly and lovingly to His own children, to those whom He is guiding and teaching. But when the Lord goes forth to war He does so in burning anger. The demons are afraid of God, of the Spirit of God, of the Lord Jesus Christ. We Christians do not as yet understand the terror of the Lord; but God will begin to reveal this aspect of His Personality as the Day of the Lord approaches.

Contrast the roaring and thundering of God with the traditional quiet church atmosphere, the organ playing softly in the background. In the not too distant future there will come a Day in which the sinners in Zion will be terrified. Fearfulness will surprise the hypocrites. The Lord of the Christian Church will appear as He Is. Most of the professors of faith in Christ will be stunned at what they behold in that dreadful hour.

Because of our ignorance concerning God's Person we Christians have been bearing a false witness of God to the world. In our attempt to "win people to Christ" we have not taught the whole counsel of God. We are trying to make the Scriptures palatable to people so they will join our churches.

Because the world has not been taught by the Christian churches the fear of the Lord, God, in His great love, has prepared a tremendous revival for the last days. This is the latter-rain revival and it is portrayed in symbolic form by the "two witnesses" of Revelation, Chapter Eleven. In addition to testifying of the soon coming to the earth of God's Kingdom of righteousness, the two witnesses (the anointed saints) will bring down calamities on the nations (as did Moses and Elijah). By their prayers and testimony the saints will torment the peoples of the earth.

It is through such calamities and torments that the nations will begin to understand the true nature of God and of His Kingdom that soon is to fall with violence upon the earth.

The voice of God is hailstones and coals of fire.

There is much talk today about justice and peace. An endless amount of words pours forth into the air over radio and television and in printed materials.

But people are not moved. Every individual attempts to turn each situation to his own advantage, meanwhile explaining by his words that what he is doing is in the best interests of everyone. Men are liars, connivers. All seek their own, not the things that belong to Christ.

God knows that exhortations to truth and righteousness are often a waste of time. When God desires that something take place He speaks in hailstones and coals of fire. When hailstones beat on the head of an individual and he begins to burn with fire, then he may consider changing his behavior (some will not change even under these conditions). Then he may give serious consideration to the words of the Lord.

God understands well the deceitfulness of the hearts of humans. He knows that people will not change until they are being beaten, are in pain, and are frightened. The Lord does have some obedient sons who will obey the Lord promptly and diligently. But it may be true that they have learned such promptness and diligence through the language of hailstones and coals of fire.

God pours out hailstones and coals of fire on His enemies. Then they scatter before His Presence.

To be continued.