When the Trumpet Sounds

Today (December 18) I read Hosea 8:6-Joel 2:14 and Revelation 5:8-8:1. My favorite verses are:

Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Revelation 6:16-17 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

God is a loving, merciful God; but He is also a righteous judge. He will not wait forever for us to accept the gift of salvation bought by the blood of His Son. The day will come when He commands the trumpet to sound and says, “It is enough!” Then the lost will experience the wrath of a Holy God and will be condemned forever. His children will be received into heaven to live with Him forever. If you don’t make the choice before then, you won’t have a choice when the trumpet sounds!