Insight from Revelation 9:<\/p>\n
The \u201climited\u201d judgment poured out in chapter 9 should have caused the people of the world to repent of their sin and to worship God. However, like pharaoh at the time of the first exodus, the people of the world refuse to repent (see also Revelation 16:9\u201311). The rebellious people in the world continue to harden their hearts and continue in sin. Because of the world\u2019s refusal to repent and worship God, the reader of Revelation should expect the coming chapters to speak of increased judgment. Indeed, as the reader moves through Revelation, the \u201climits\u201d on God\u2019s wrath are removed. In other words, no longer is judgment sent on a third of the people. Because of the world\u2019s refusal to repent, judgment will come on all people. John\u2019s words here are echoes of many Old Testament passages.\u00a0 See Psalm 115:4\u20138, 135:15\u201318, Isaiah 2:6\u201322, 17:7\u20138, Daniel 5:1\u20134, 22\u201323, Micah 5:10\u201315, and Nahum 3:1\u20134. The world acts as if it can behave by its own standards. However, the world is held to the standard outlined in the Ten Commandments. See Exodus 20:13\u201315.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4746","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}