God is a God of Love, right?  How can a God of Love judge the world as harshly as Revelation depicts God's judgment?  The same New Testament author that said that "God is Love"(1 John 4:8) is the same writer that in Rev. 6 and 18 writes about awe-full judgment of God.  We know that indeed God is love, but what does the reality of God's judgment tell us about God.  John wants to communicate an important reality to the believers in Asia Minor, and to us today.  What is that message?  John reminds those early Christians that because God judges the rebellious world, we can have hope.  Not a hope that celebrates the catastrophic punishment of the world, but a hope that one day all things will be set right, one day God will get what God wants. Thanks be to God!