THE street here pictured was the principal street in Pompeii during the period previous to its being overwhelmed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. What a scene it presents to us now, ruin everywhere. The great and grand buildings have been thrown down, and although the rubbish has all been cleaned up a sad feeling comes over one as he looks at it, and thinks of the once beautiful place so suddenly being destroyed, many men slain, and all their labors and wealth gone in a few minutes.
All this gives us a picture of what the glory of this world is worth. It is all to be brought to nothing.
The whole world was overflown with water and all perished but eight people—Noah and his wife, and his three sons and their wives.
What a solemn thing that is, and the great thing is, Are you prepared? Will that judgment over take you?
There is but one way to escape the judgment of God and that is through the Lord Jesus Christ. He said,
“VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD, AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT ME, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION; (OR JUDGMENT) BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.” JOHN 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24).
This therefore is the only way to escape the eternal judgment that awaits everyone who does not have the Lord Jesus as his or her Saviour.