" To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth."
This is a continuing description of what will happen at the end of time. It is much parralled with verse 19, that we had.
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks - word study, go; WE see the wicked are fleeing as best they can. They are running and hiding for their lives. Destruction is coming, and the natural pursuit is self-deliverance and protection. It seems characteristically the same for us to be in self-preservation. The place of running to was up, out of the valleys and cities and into the hills and mountains. There in those mountain ranges is the rocks rising up out of the earth. And in that rock formation is caves, is rock formations jutting out of the earth.
The prophecy of end times, when things really start to go horrible, will be that the wicked shall cry for the rocks and the mountains to fall on them. It will be to hide them from the face of the Lord as He is coming back. His destruction shall go before Him, to afflicted and punish the wicked. The church shall know what is happening, and His grace and mercy is suffecient for us.
For fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty - word study, 'fear of the Lord'; God's manifest Divine glory shall be seen and it will produce great fear; WE see a similar descrtiption in the book of Exodus. Moses goes up on the mount to talk with God. God declares that His glory and voice shall be heard by the people of Israel. And when they hear His voice and see His glory manifested, they are scared to death. They retreat backwards away from it, and declare to Moses that he can go talk to God, but they will die if they hear and see Him again.
