Still won't repent ... even in light of this? Revelation 6-11

The wrath of God poured out on the earth will be so severe people will run and ask the rocks to fall on them to kill them, just so they don't have to endure such pain (see 9:6).    We can't imagine the torment that is actually described in these chapter of Christ's Revelation to and through John.   You would think that when people are met with such devastation they would turn to God in droves.   They would fall to their knees and, like Isaiah of old, say, "Behold I am undone" (Isaiah 6).   Yet, this is not the case.  Note what John records in regard to those who are not killed by the wrath of God:

Revelation 9:20-21

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.

Despite all this devastation they refuse to repent.   We hear so many people say that if they could only see the miracles of Moses, Daniel, David, or Jesus they would gladly worship God.   However, in the light of the worst punishment ever inflicted on the earth and man we see the result: Pride.   Man is so full of himself he refuses to repent and worship God despite the worst punishment any man has ever faced.  When Sin grips the life it truly prevents repentance.   When we elevate ourselves above God we will never find a way to put ourselves under God's rule.   We will not repent unless we have God do a great work in our lives.   We need God's grace to repent.   Absent God's grace we have rebellion and hard hearts.   If you have repented from your sins give praise to God for His grace.   For without it, you would be as though in 9:20-21.