{"id":290,"date":"2011-10-27T18:39:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=290"},"modified":"2011-10-27T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:39:55","slug":"winepress-of-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/10\/winepress-of-wrath.html","title":{"rendered":"Winepress of Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the book of Revelation, Jesus Christ is poised to &#8220;tread the winepress&#8221; of His wrath, in defeating His enemies.<\/p>\n<p>As He stepped out of the tomb on Resurrection morning, I wonder what He was thinking. Oddly enough, a few years ago, archaeologists uncovered an ancient winepress only meters from the tomb (at &#8220;Gordon&#8217;s Calvary). Jesus would have walked over it on His way out of the tomb.<\/p>\n<p>The book of Revelation has always been a bugaboo for many; liberal scholars in the Church mock those of us who believe it is future history.<\/p>\n<p>For a whole host of reasons, I certainly believe it is future history\u2014rapidly approaching.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-291\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2011\/10\/Garden-Tomb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2011\/10\/Garden-Tomb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-291\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the doorway of Jerusalem&#039;s Garden Tomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the book of Revelation, Jesus Christ is poised to &#8220;tread the winepress&#8221; of His wrath, in defeating His enemies. 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