Revelation 14

Here we are back to 144,000.  Pure people who seem to be without sin and they sing a song that only they can learn.  What would an unlearnable song sound like?  REM's "Its the end of the world as we know it" is both appropriate and hard to REMember, right?  Right.

Well it certainly is the end of the world if you find yourself tossed in a giant wine press.  The surealism of this chapter makes me think that Salvador Dali had his hand in this vision.  What can one make of these ripe grapes?  God doesn't gleefully stomp us to juice, just as a parent does not get joy from punishing a kid.  You don't see angels leaping out of their chair to bring justice, they are commanded.

What I take to heart here is that God calls us to get off our vine before we sour.  God's time is infinite and relative, our time is now.