Judgment scenes like the one we find in our text today are so important for us to seriously consider and not to pass by quickly (especially in an age that does not want to hear about a God who is a just Judge). A message of judgment is not easy to hear, but it is necessary to hear. God abounds in infinite love and mercy. But God reveals in Scripture that He is also absolutely just.
Interestingly, we want justice when it is we that have been injured in some way (a car stolen or a loved one harmed). We would consider it a travesty for a judge to set free one whom we witnessed brutally kill a loved one. However, most people do not want God to be a just Judge when it comes to their own sins committed against Him. This reveals our hypocrisy. We want justice when others sin against us, but not so much when we sin against God.
God's justice as a righteous Judge must be applied to all sins committed against Him (without exception). Otherwise, He would not be just. Someone must pay for sins committed against the Lord: either Jesus paid for those sins upon the cross or the sinner must pay for those sins for all eternity in hell. God's justice demands it, or He ceases to be God. In the crucifixion of Christ, God revealed both His justice and His mercy. That is the glory of the cross—it is where God's justice and God's mercy kissed. We can only truly adore God's mercy when we adore God's absolute justice. Let us adore God's glorious justice as we behold His judgment upon these bestial kingdoms (Revelation 15:3-4).
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