And His rebuke with flames of fire,
For by fire, and by His sword, will the Lord plead with all flesh.”
With this agree the New Testament scriptures, which speak of “the Day of the Lord,” “when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thess. i. 7, 8).
This is the true Eridanus. It is no mere “picture.” It is a dread reality! It is written in stars of fire, and words of truth, that men may heed the solemn warning and “flee from the wrath to come”!
But we ask, “Who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth” (Mal. iii. 2)? “Who can stand before His indignation,” when “His fury is poured out like fire” (Nah. i. 6)?
The answer is given in the next picture!
3. AURIGA (The Shepherd).
Safety for the Redeemed in the Day of Wrath.
Here is presented to us the answer to the question, “Who may abide the day of His coming?”