9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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The time will come, and all nations will stand before judgment. This judgment will not be biased like human tribunals; it will be carried out according to the single and fullest truth known to the Lord. The time of judgment too is in the Lord's hands; He Himself will choose it, and this is another reason why no one is given to know the day or the hour of judgment.
What then will the nations have to drink from the cup that the Lord holds? Elsewhere Scripture also speaks of the cups of the Lord's wrath poured out on a world sunk in sins. It will be hard not only to drink from such cups, but even simply to fall under the streams poured from them.
But the hour will come when the Son of Man offers His disciples another cup: the Cup of the New Covenant. Now we can choose which cup to drink from. And the One who gave us the possibility of choosing between these cups also gave hope for the justice of His judgment.
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For Psa 74:9-10
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
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God is stronger than all, His judgment is awesome, He is fearsome to kings. But His judgment is in defense of the...
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God is stronger than all, His judgment is awesome, He is fearsome to kings. But His judgment is in defense of the oppressed; it is not an earthly tribunal that acts arbitrarily. His judgment cannot be bribed; it is guided by truth and mercy.
Severity breathes from the image of the Almighty as the psalmist portrays Him. Yes, the Lord more than once gave people the opportunity to be filled with trembling before His might; people are ready to perceive His fearsome manifestations. But suddenly quite different outlines begin to show through the verbal portrait. We begin to see the One who eradicates every violence, who forces deadly weapons to become motionless and subdues human anger. And once more we understand: His wrath is not our wrath, destructive and unable to create justice. In His wrath the Lord sweeps away evil and wickedness so that peace may triumph both in our hearts and in the world around us.