Isa 26:20-21 | KingComments | STEP | Until the indignation is over ( ), the LORD offers His people – the faithful remnant, the one hundred and forty-four thousand ( ) – shelter. That shelter is for protection against His indignation which must rage for a little while, at the end of the three and a half years of great tribulation ( ; ). Evil on earth, “the iniquity”, especially of His apostate people directed against the faithful of His people, compels Him “to come out from His place” ( ). Heaven will open and He will appear on earth to judge ( ). All sins will be brought to light. This judgment is a foreshadowing of the last judgment, when also the dead will be judged ( ). Then all unsolved murders will be solved. What to think of the millions killed by Stalin and Hitler, for example. Also all other forms of injustice that have never been punished will be brought to light. Criminals who committed suicide after committing their crimes will no longer be covered by the earth. All will be summoned to the great white throne and will be judged in accordance with their iniquity. Righteousness will come and prevail. Christ, the Righteous, has the last word.

‏ Isaiah 26:20-21

A Little While of Indignation

Until the indignation is over (Zep 3:8), the LORD offers His people – the faithful remnant, the one hundred and forty-four thousand (Rev 7:1-8) – shelter. That shelter is for protection against His indignation which must rage for a little while, at the end of the three and a half years of great tribulation (Isa 26:20; Dan 12:12). Evil on earth, “the iniquity”, especially of His apostate people directed against the faithful of His people, compels Him “to come out from His place” (Isa 26:21). Heaven will open and He will appear on earth to judge (Rev 19:11-16). All sins will be brought to light.

This judgment is a foreshadowing of the last judgment, when also the dead will be judged (Rev 20:11-15). Then all unsolved murders will be solved. What to think of the millions killed by Stalin and Hitler, for example. Also all other forms of injustice that have never been punished will be brought to light. Criminals who committed suicide after committing their crimes will no longer be covered by the earth. All will be summoned to the great white throne and will be judged in accordance with their iniquity. Righteousness will come and prevail. Christ, the Righteous, has the last word.