SCRIPTURE: Revelation 6:14 The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 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!
17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
OBSERVATION: The Bible which reveals so much about God’s great love and amazing grace also has a lot to say about His wrath. The personal characteristics that give rise to love also give rise to anger. A loving mother can get extremely angry when someone or something attacks the child she loves.
God is love. Before God ever created a man to love, there was love in the Trinity. God the Father loves His Son, Jesus. God the Son loves His Father. The Father loved the Son and wanted a whole family of sons like Jesus. God the Son loved the Father and was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to bring the man He had created into a loving relationship. So, when man fully rejects Jesus, God the Father gets mad. And when man fully rejects God the Father, Jesus gets angry!
Hebrews 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
APPLICATION: If I only know God’s love, I can come to use Him for my purposes. When I recognize His anger, I respect Him. He is worthy of my love and my respect because God does not stop being holy to be loving.
PRAYER: Lord, I know your anger is held in by your holiness and righteousness. You will never be angry without proper cause. I want to live to bring you joy. Amen.
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