of rebel sinners to throw off His sovereign rule (Psalm 2). His justice would be fully vindicated by His divine judgment on the Last Day. To the Pilgrims, hell was not an empty threat and heaven an empty dream. To them there was a hell to shun and a heaven to gain. This was the soul and substance of the Gospel. Salvation made sense only upon the assumption of the fear of God. The Great Awakening It was in this context that the greatest revival in America’s history took place. During the Great Awakening,