“And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:”
Calling to the mountains and rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!' — the desperate prayer to mountains to hide them from God's face (prosopon) and the Lamb's wrath (thymos) frames judgment as inescapable. Ironically, those who refuse to hide in God seek hiding from him; they recognize the Lamb's judicial authority.
Church Fathers on Revelation 6:16
“And the heaven withdrew as a scroll that is rolled up.” For the heaven to be rolled away, that is, that the Church shall be taken away. “And every mountain and the islands were moved from their places.” Mountains and islands removed from their places intimate that in the last persecution all men departed from their places; that is, that the good will be removed, seeking to avoid the persecution.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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