Hiding from God

“They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?’” Revelation 6:16-17
In Revelation 6 the judgement of God in the Tribulation begins, with the opening of the seals of the sealed scroll presented in ch. 5. The opening of the sixth seal results in a great earthquake, the sun turning black, the moon turning to blood, stars falling to earth, the sky rolling up, and the mountains and islands being shaken. This is a worldwide catastrophe that all the special effects teams of Hollywood could not anticipate.
And in the face of all this, what do people do? They hide in caves and bunkers and wish for death, so they could be hidden from God and escape any further judgement. But death is no escape from trouble, for those who are not saved. You can't hide from God!
It’s interesting to note that these people know that God is in control of these events. They know that this is the judgement of God, the day of His wrath. Yet as we see throughout the rest of the book of Revelation, they still choose to resist Him. But God will have the final word.
They also ask the question, ‘Who can stand?’ There is only one kind of person who can stand – those who are on God’s side.