The Sanctuary in heaven was opened, where the Ark of the
Covenant is kept, which means that some serious things are about to go down,
and it is not going to be good. The Ark served two primary purposes: 1) The Ark
was the symbol of God’s presence and power on the earth, and 2) the Ark was an
image of life and death. In effect, the Ark was a reminder of the law of God,
the covenant He made with His people, and the life that came from following the
law, and death which came forth from violating the law.
The time for mercy, for grace, however, has passed. Now
it is the time for wrath, hence the flashes of lightning and sounds and peals
of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm. The Ark is announcing
the coming doom!
The Ark held the sacred tablets of the Law of God.
Therefore, the standard of judgment will be the perfect, right, true, pure Law
of God. Those who have violated the law will suffer as they are children of
wrath.
And to top it all off, the devil will be cast down to the
earth and he will be furious, for he knows he has little time—woe to the
inhabitants of the earth.
