Revelation 6:16-17
Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
One might imagine the wrath of a lamb to be quite laughable. Rest assured, the laugh track won't play on the day of His visitation. On that day, grown men will retreat to the hills and hummocks in the hopes that they can either hide them or fall on them, whichever comes first. Being crushed by a landslide would be preferred to being crushed by the Lamb. Men will desire eternal darkness in a cave outside of God's presence to the unbearable wrath of the light of the Lamb of God. His vengeance will not be cut-rate. Vigilantes are a rip-off. They are pale in comparison to the genuine article. Petty revenge does not steal anything from God per se, but it steals from us a picture of true vengeance. It substitutes a manufactured satisfaction for a manifested revelation. True vengeance isn't a catch phrase carrying a loaded gun; it is the Lamb of God in holy glory thrice entitled visiting His people.
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