Psalm 96:11-13
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
before the LORD, for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
This is the promise of Your coming, O Lord, and the welcoming of it not just by your people but by the cosmos. Judgement again is not evil or merely destructive and punitive, it is redemptive and restorative, the removal of all that is not holy and all that does not glorify You. A judged/purified people and earth will increase Your glory and our glorifying.
May it be an anathema to me to mar Your glory, in my own desires and behavior and in my stewardship of your beautiful creation . LHM/CHM,
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