Zechariah 6:7

"And the strong went forth, and sought that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth."

"Sought that they might walk ..." The eagerness of the angelic host to execute the judgments of God upon powers hostile to his will appears here, indicating that God restrains the powers ever poised to pour out his wrath upon the ungodly. At the proper moment, God will give orders to "Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates" (Revelation 9:14). That same principle of God's restraining powers that would destroy men is apparent here.

In this connection, it should be remembered that the human race was sentenced to death in Eden, that the sentence was never repealed; and that, in time, it will be summarily executed. God, however, will not suffer the frustration of his purpose of redeeming the full harvest of the saved from this earth; and, therefore, the great destructive forces that are always ready to execute men are by the Father's gracious love and longsuffering restrained.