This leads me to what I believe is the most decisive Old Testament text in our discussion, Isaiah 26:20–21 (NIV): Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer. At a time in the future, when God’s anger will be poured out on the earth, we are not promised escape. We are told to take refuge. The text is straightforward and clear.
