The REALITY of Terror
UNCONTROLABLE Circumstances: UPHEAVAL in Nature(v1-3)
The SCENE: Devastation of nature spoken in terms of hyperbole
The SPECIFICS: Though the earth should change; Though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its water roar and foam; Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride
INSURMOUNTABLE Circumstances: UNRULINESS of Mankind(v4-7)
The SCENE: Jerusalem under attack
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God
“City of God” is a reference to Jerusalem
The SPECIFICS: The nations made an uproar; The kingdoms tottered
UNPREDICTABLE Circumstances: UNCERTAINTY in the Future(v8-11)
The SCENE: Battlefield after war (specifically after the final war when Jesus returns)
The SPECIFICS: The Lord has wrought desolations in the earth; He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow; He cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot with fire