Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
September 9, 2022: SOAP #4663: Lamentations 3-5; Revelation 15

SCRIPTURE:  Revelation (NIV) 15:1 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed.

OBSERVATION:  With these plagues, God’s wrath is finished.  Here we read of God’s wrath being finished.  But we never read of God’s mercy or grace being finished!   For all eternity we will be able to talk about how terrible God’s wrath was.  And we will always be talking about how great IS his mercy and grace.  We will continue to enjoy the benefits of His mercy and grace. 

In heaven, we will better understand hell and from what God has saved us.  And, of course, we will better understand heaven, the benefits of his mercy and grace.  We will always be discovering something new about our eternal home for which we will be thankful. 

APPLICATION: Even though my present understanding is limited about the greatness of God’s mercy and grace, they should both be constant themes of my praise and worship. 

God’s wrath is an emotional expression of his anger.  He has every right to be angry.  But even in His wrath and anger He remains perfectly holy.  His anger does not drive Him beyond His holiness.  In anger He remains just. 

For God to remain holy and yet be merciful and gracious, the wrath I deserved was poured out on Jesus at the cross!  

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, the more I understand about your wrath, the more I appreciate your mercy and grace, and the more I appreciate what Jesus took for me on the cross. My heart overflows with gratitude!  Amen

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