The Plague of Monstrous Hail

The Plague of Monstrous Hail
Bryan Hupperts

November 25, 1998

There is a great error being propagated in the church concerning the Fatherhood of God. The idea is that because God is so good, that he always will act as a gentle Father to all because, after all, what loving Father wouldn't protect his creation? And these things in themselves are true of the Lord. But like all heresy, it's only half of the story. The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 11:22,

"Note then the kindness and the severity of God." Yes, God is kind but he is also severe.

Jesus is Savior but also Judge. The Lamb of God came first as a sacrifice but shall return with his armies as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah to execute vengeance. According to Revelation 19:15, "From his mouth issues a sharp sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty."

Jesus, meek and mild, is also the same Jesus who will evoke this response in Revelation 6:16 from terrified "Men (who) will call to the mountains and rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.'"

We are entering times of judgment on this planet. Everywhere I go I hear the saints of God telling me the same things: get your house in order, prepare for the coming judgment of God, seek the Lord while he may be found. There is a holy fear rising up in the church as God begins to cull a godly remnant out of His compromised, backslidden people. We are entering the days when the wrath of God shall be revealed against ungodly men.

Isaiah 28:2 "Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he will cast down to the earth with violence." God compares his strength in judgment to a hailstorm that shall fall upon the ungodly. Saints of God, we need fear the Lord only! His wrath is not directed at us. I believe we shall walk in a holy protection in these last days even as the children of Israel were protected in the land of Goshen as God's revealed wrath ravaged Egypt.

There are three troubling verses about hail in Revelation that the Spirit of God has unlocked for me. They are:

Revelation 8:7 "The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up."

Revelation 11:19 "Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail."

Revelation 16:21 "Great hailstones, heavy as a hundred-weight, dropped on men from heaven, till men cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague."

I have read these accounts of future history where God will drop great hailstones on the earth smashing crops, houses, livestock, and men all while revealing His Glory! And I see men shall curse God because of the plague of heavy hail. While meditation on these verses. The Lord began to show why this would be so.

By his own executive order, He will execute capital punishment and stone to death the sinners of the earth!

Remember the story of the woman caught in adultery? The Law demanded that she be stoned to death. When the crowd drug her before Jesus in John 8:7. "He stood up and said to them, 'Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.'" The crowd finally dissipated because they all had harbored sin in their hearts.

When the Lord, the righteous judge, begins to rain hail upon the earth, the One who is WITHOUT sin shall indeed cast the first stone. Under Levitical Law, there had to be two corroborating witnesses for a thing to be established. And when someone was sentenced to death, the first witness had to throw the first stone at the accused, and then the crowd finished the stoning when the sinner died.

Remember, according to Proverbs 14:5, "A faithful witness does not lie," and Revelation 1:5 states that, "Jesus Christ (is) the faithful witness." He alone can execute judgment in righteousness, and he alone can pronounce a death sentence and hurl the first stone. And that is why he will use a plague of monstrous hailstones, to literally stone to death the hardened sinners of the earth who refuse to repent.

Stoning is not a New Testament practice for the church because in His unfolding revelation, God reveals that he alone is capable of judging to death. He didn't quit being a holy and righteous God when He revealed His love to us. Indeed, His kindness is meant to lead us to repentance. These passages in Revelation have to do with the final days of wrath of both God and Satan. God is going to take the gloves off, and deal ruthlessly with sin and those who love it's darkness. He is going to use this terrifying plague of hail to stone sinners to death. Will they repent? Like Pharaoh, when the plague of hail bombed Egypt into ruins, they will harden their hearts all the more, "Men cursed God for the plague of the hail."

God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. When there is willful sin, and men reject the abounding tender mercies of God, and finally say "no" to His grace, there remains only certain judgment.

Romans 1: 18 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men." There are numerous passages that call for capital punishment by stoning. Among the sins that call for capital punishment, there is adultery, touching what is holy without being holy, breaking the Sabbath, being covetous, blaspheme, and committing abortion. In the United States alone, we have murdered over 40 million unborn babies! How long can the wrath of God be restrained against us?

I find it interesting the Law of God was written on two tablets of stone. Jesus is called the Chief Cornerstone. The theme of stone and God's revealed moral law run throughout scripture. He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.

God's wrath was once poured at Calvary where he judged His innocent Son for the sins of the world. All who believe on Him are then pardoned and wrath is taken away.

1 Thessalonians 5:9, "For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." God has done all he can ever do to save men. If the blood sacrifice of His Son is rejected, then the Lord shall again pour out His wrath upon the earth because there is no other sacrifice for sin - and the plague of hailstones is just one instance of it!

God is patiently calling men to himself. Many will repent and be saved while others go on in their sin storing up wrath for themselves both in this life and the next. God counsels us in Zephaniah 3:8,

"Therefore wait for me," says the LORD, "for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger; for in the fire of my jealous wrath all the earth shall be consumed." Until that day, live a holy life and wait patiently knowing that God's mercies are new every morning - for those who embrace them. Know also that his wrath is certain for those who reject his mercy.

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