Suddenly All Night

Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal. Joshua 10:9

Suddenly for one side meant an all night march for Joshua's soldiers. Often it is the case that a sudden happening for someone is a long march of labor for another. Other times it is that there is plenty of notice for a thing, but it still seems sudden because of the long wait. The events foretold in the Revelation come suddenly, but the prophecy was written about 95AD, giving even the sleepiest of us plenty of warning. We can see how this happens as centuries have gone by with people much like us living, learning of the Revelation, and then going to their rest in Christ without seeing the foretold judgments come to pass. However, as we well know from the scriptures, while we are getting sleepy waiting, the Lord is busy preparing His great and awful day when those judgments will come on the Earth. A bit of warning for our fellow humans who do not yet believe in Jesus or His Revelation is not out of place lest they suffer the 'suddenly' side of the dire events to come.

It is interesting that while looking for references to the sudden events of the Revelation, God gave me a verse from Joshua, a book way back in time. In this story, the coming of a terrible hailstorm - yes, a plague of hail - kills more enemy soldiers than the Israelites do with their swords. And what comes in the last plague poured out in Revelation 16:21? Yes, big hailstones - another plague of hail.

God is in control,

Bucky