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Benjamin Ng

Who Shall be Able to Stand?

Father in heaven, thank you Lord for this time.

And Lord, as we are on holy ground, and we are in holy time, we pray that you would send your Holy Spirit to sanctify our hearts and our minds, that truly we might understand these words that we're about to listen to, that you'd guide us and lead us into all truth we pray in Jesus name.

Let's turn our Bibles to Revelation chapter 6.

And we are asked a question at the conclusion of this chapter.

It is pretty much the end of the sixth seal, although it does stretch into this chapter 7.

But I want you to turn with me in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 6 and verse 17.

The Bible says, for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand?

The Bible is asking us this question, who shall be able to stand in the day of God's wrath?

Let's turn in our Bibles to Revelation chapter 15 and verse 1.

Because he is asking, who shall be able to stand in the day of God's wrath?

The Bible says, and I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, 7 angels having the 7 last plagues, for in them is filled up the wrath of God." Friends, who shall be able to stand in the day of God's wrath?

Who shall be able to stand when God pours out his 7 plagues upon the earth?

There will be a group that will be able to stand.

There will be a group that will be standing through these plagues, just as God had a people that went through the 10 plagues that were poured upon Egypt.

But friends, when you look at the 7 last plagues, if you take time to read through Revelation 15 and especially chapter 16, which is where the 7 plagues are found, these plagues are like none other that have ever been poured upon the earth.

There is nothing that we have ever seen or experienced to this time, since the beginning of the earth, that God has done that would be comparable to what we're going to see at the end of time.

But friends, let's go back to Revelation 7 now because chapter 6 and verse 17 is the very last verse of that chapter.

And after these things I saw 4 angels standing on the 4 corners of the earth, holding the 4 winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." We see 4 angels standing at the 4 corners of the earth and they're holding what?

Let's turn the Bibles to Proverbs chapter 1.

It takes angels, not only, it takes angels to hold these winds.

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

It represents worldwide desolation, worldwide destruction, worldwide distress and anguish.

Friends, there's coming a day when these angels are gonna let go of these 4 winds and they're gonna blow on the earth.

And then these plagues are gonna be poured out.

But let's turn our Bibles to Zephaniah chapter 1.

What is this destruction and desolation referring to?

Even the voice of the day of the Lord, the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness.

Friends, this is none other than the 7 last plagues.

But now let's turn in our Bibles to Daniel chapter 12 and verse 1.

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people.

And there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, even to that same time, and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every 1 that shall be found written where?

There will be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation.

These 7 last plagues are like none other that we have ever seen in the history of the earth.

That is that time when Michael shall stand up.

But that is a time when everybody who shall have their names written in the book of life shall be delivered.

And we could probably wrap it up here and say, look, who shall be able to stand?

Jude 1, verse 9, 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 16, John 5, verse 25.

With these 3 texts, we can see that Michael here is represented as Jesus Christ, and he will stand up 1 day.

And when he stands, then the time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, shall come upon the earth.

If He is to stand up, what is He doing right now as He is sitting down?

He is sitting down right now because the 7 last plagues have not been poured upon us yet.

Jesus is sitting down and when he stands up he's done with something, he's finished with something.

Let's turn in our Bibles to Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 1.

When Jesus went up to heaven, what did He sit down as?

Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum.

We have such a high priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens.

Friends, when Jesus went up to heaven, he sat down as what?

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