The Coming Wrath of God

 

As Christians we emphasize grace and preach, “God so loved the world..” (John 3:16).  We want to point out that the wrath of God does not rest on those who believe, “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1 Thessalonians 5:9), “and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead--Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath,” (1 Thessalonians 1:10), and  “Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!,” (Romans 5:9),l. However, those who refuse to believe and practice wickedness are going to be trod in winepress of God’s wrath, “The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle.” (Revelation 14:20), “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him,” (John 3:36), and “The one believing in Him is not judged, but the one not believing already has been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God,” (John 3:18). They will be judged because the refuse The Son (John 3:18) and subsequently are filled with Satan, “You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.” (Ephesians 2:2 NLT). I find great comfort that the cruel and devilish people who do us harm, who even devour us disciples of Christ shall be torn apart in the winepress, ripped to pieces, “He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,” (Matthew 24:51), “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,” (Matthew 25:51), and caste into the lake of fire!, “And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). 

King Solomon said, “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan..” (Proverbs 29:2). We are groaning as our world is being manipulated ans controlled by the wicked. There is comfort that Jesus when he returns will sweep the nations with the sword pf his mouth (Revelation 1:16) and tare asunder all who serve the evil one and have done us harm. Those who think they can now prey upon us, and enjoy tormenting The Saints have a reckoning coming, when The Lion of Judah arrives they will ask to hide themselves from His wrath, “They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!” (Revelation 6:16), but there attempts will be in vain, for there is no stopping The Wrath of the Lamb that is coming doe them. Only faith in Jesus stays the sickle of judgement (Romans 5:9, 1 Thessalonians 1:10) 

I confess the older I get and the more I experience the sinful behavior of the stubbornly unsaved and wicked, the more I look forward to with anticipation The Return of our Lord Jesus & The Last Judgement, and find myself pleasing as martyrs do, “They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us? ” (Revelation 6:10-11).. For a long time the Last Judgement was a hallmark of Christian art, and even plays, but fearing it obscures The Love of God, it was put aside for Crucifixes. Frankly I think the love of God is in his wrath as well as His grace because I feel loved by Jesus that he is returning to destroy the antichrist and all devilish people who like their father the devil  did us harm. That justice is coming, and He will tear apart all who mistreated us and refused to repent and believe His gospel. Amen.