Introduction
Shabbat shalom kol beit Yisra’el and Mishpachah, welcome back to the 32nd part our study of the Book of Revelation as we commence the second cycle of judgments, the Seven Shofar or Trumpet Judgments. As we complete our examination of each of the three cycles I think, that like me, you will detect (in spite of the horrors of the unleashing of these judgments entails, of which humans are utterly deserving) that Yahweh repeatedly shows remarkable restraint, at the end of the first, and then the second, cycle giving human beings one last change to repent. Given He has waited for so many millennia to give His rebellious creatures a chance to collectively do what is right and change direction, which has in turn led both malakim (angels) and men – both the good and the evil – to conclude that He is either forgetful or indifferent, neither of which are of course true. He misses no detail and cares about all.
Interpreting the Reprieves of Silence
Last week we saw how approximately half-an-hour of silence in heaven was one of those moments for man to deeply reflect as His reality dawns upon them following the first seven catastrophes. So do not interpret the respites He gives as opportunities to carry on merrily sinning because that isn’t what they’re for. It is, rather, both an opportunity for the righteous to consolidate their strength and for the wicked to weigh their options: if He is finally able to unleash seven catastrophies and the wicked are being forced to consider, might He yet do worse if they are unresponsive? That’s a question they need to be seriously asking themselves. We all of us need to bear that constantly in mind, both individually and as societies. Don’t be foolish. Don’t gamble your life in the vain hope that just because Yahweh held back the first time doesn’t mean He will necessary do so the second. Don’t consider reprieves to be opportunities to carry on sinning. Indeed, we are about to consider the implications of either repenting or ignoring His warnings…
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