Which Old Testament prophecies align with the events in Revelation 6:17? Revelation 6:17 in Focus “For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” (Revelation 6:17) Old Testament Echoes of the “Great Day” • Isaiah 2:19, 21 – “Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground from the terror of the LORD… when He rises to shake the earth.” • Isaiah 13:9-13 – “Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger… the rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light… I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts.” • Isaiah 34:4 – “All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and their starry host will fall.” • Joel 2:10-11, 30-31 – “The earth trembles, the heavens shake. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness… The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and awesome Day of the LORD comes.” • Joel 3:15-16 – “The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. The LORD will roar from Zion… the heavens and the earth will tremble.” • Amos 5:18-20 – “The Day of the LORD will be darkness and not light… pitch-dark without a ray of brightness.” • Zephaniah 1:14-15, 18 – “The great Day of the LORD is near… a day of wrath… neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath.” • Haggai 2:6-7, 21 – “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land… I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.” • Malachi 3:2 – “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?” • Malachi 4:1 – “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.” • Nahum 1:5-6 – “The mountains quake before Him and the hills melt away… Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure the heat of His anger?” • Ezekiel 38:19-20 – “There will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel… the mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.” • Hosea 10:8 – “They will say to the mountains, ‘Cover us!’ and to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’” (Quoted directly in Revelation 6:16) Common Threads Linking the Texts • Cosmic Disturbance – Sun darkened, moon turned to blood, stars falling (Isaiah 13; Joel 2; Isaiah 34). – Sky rolled up “like a scroll” (Isaiah 34:4), mirrored in Revelation 6:14. • Global Shaking – Earthquakes and the physical moving of mountains and islands (Haggai 2; Ezekiel 38; Isaiah 2; Nahum 1). • Fear and Flight – People hiding in caves and crying for the rocks to fall on them (Isaiah 2; Hosea 10; Revelation 6:15-16). • The Wrath Question – “Who can withstand/stand?” asked by Malachi 3:2, Nahum 1:6, and echoed in Revelation 6:17. Why These Parallels Matter The Old Testament repeatedly foretells a literal, future “Day of the LORD” marked by cosmic upheaval, divine wrath, and human dread. Revelation 6 gathers those threads and announces that day’s arrival. By placing the sixth-seal events alongside Isaiah, Joel, Haggai, and the rest, we see Scripture’s single, unified storyline: the Sovereign God will shake creation, judge rebellion, and exalt His Son. |
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