after it burns

The nations raged,

but your wrath came,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,

and those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.

Revelation 11:18

Wicked humanity will be called into account for all the evil done by the people of the earth to one another. They will be destroyed for being destroyers of the earth. The whole planet is headed for a fiery finale - a meltdown fueled by hatred against God that will end in the cosmic justice of the wrath of God. But the people of God will be spared.

Millennia of faithfulness will ensure that Christ’s servants, prophets, and saints as well as all those who fear His name regardless of station or fame will be rewarded — spared from God’s hand of destruction while witness to this future day of wrath.

It doesn’t surprise me to see evil people thrive in evil times. It no longer surprises me to see so much confusion caused by sin… such evil confusion that a worldwide pandemic just ratchets up chaos and does not bring humans together. People distrust each other, their own institutions, their own science, and all human attempts at achievement have actually created these conditions. All our wisdom cannot save us— it is seen as the meager help it has always been. And as the world turns and burns, through the smoke and tears, Christians look solidly to our Savior! Destroyers may be destroying this world, but there is a Lord Who saves us, as we faithfully serve Him now. And He will, through His justice, bring an end to all this evil.

In a new heavens and a new earth we will know the home of all righteousness. Our future perspective will be much different. The nations once raged, but His wrath came. His judgment was final. His saints were rewarded. The destroyers were destroyed. And all will be made right again in the blessed hope and power of Jesus!