Spitting Into The Wind

How to Provoke the Wrath of God

Some decisions are just really, really dumb. Take for instance the decision to provoke someone to wrath; someone from whom you cannot escape and who can make you regret it for a long, long time. Jim Croce sang a song about bad choices which warned, "you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, and you don't mess around with Jim." As children we learned that it was a bad choice to provoke the school bully, our older siblings, or even our parents beyond a certain point. Hopefully we learned that attempting to defy the physical laws of the universe could sometimes be unpleasant (spitting into the wind) or even fatal (trying to defy gravity). The only real superheroes are God and Christ and while they have put up with a lot from humans they do have some limits beyond which is a really bad choice.

What makes God mad? Which of our actions merely upset him? Which ones provoke him to gently correcting us? And which ones provoke him to raining fire and brimstone on us?
These questions have been answered by human experience over the past 6,000 years. All we have to do is read the accounts. Since there are so many we shall simplify the task by listing them below.

We have used only those accounts in which the words, "anger, angry, wrath, and wroth" are used to describe God's emotion.

We have listed only those accounts where God spoke or took action or where individuals with whom God was working directly, committed sin. This list does not include all accounts of sin.

Notice in Genesis that although God sometimes took action, the words "anger, wrath, and wroth" are never used to describe God, but they are used to describe men (Cain, Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Potiphar, Pharoah). In Gen. 6, the whole world was described as "evil continually", yet God is described only as being "grieved", not "angry" or "full of wrath". Genesis covers the first 2,500 years of human history. Only beginning with events in Exodus, especially those involving the Israelites, do we see God describing himself as having "wrath", being "wroth" and being provoked to "anger" (Ex. 4:14, Num. 14:22). Nehemiah later described God as "a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, . . ." (Neh. 9:17). David wrote, "For his anger endureth but a moment . . ." (Psa.30:5; Isa. 54:7-8). He is "slow to anger", (Psa. 103:8; 145:8).

It would be presumptuous and unfair to assume that every time God intervened in human affairs or somehow punished men that he was angry or full of wrath. After all, even human parents sometimes punish their own children, without anger. We should also keep in mind that a lot of human suffering is self-inflicted or mutually inflicted and not divine wrath.

In the events described in Genesis, God dealt directly with only a few individuals, (Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob). Otherwise, he dealt with the whole world, (e.g. the flood, the confusion of languages).
Beginning in Exodus, God attempted to deal directly with a whole nation and was often "provoked unto wrath". Israel quickly rejected "hearing" directly from God (Ex. 20:19), and eventually rejected God's rule over them, choosing to imitate the world's system of "politics" (1 Sam. 8;4-5). Is it any wonder that he withdrew from "sight" and has only spoken to or worked with individuals since then? (e.g. the prophets, Christ, and some disciples).

Some conclusions about God's "wrath" are self-evident. We list them at the bottom.

Who:	What:	Results/Actions by God:
Gen. 3, serpent	"beguiled" Eve	serpent was "cursed"
Eve	led husband to sin	will experience "sorrow"
Adam	disobeyed God	God "cursed ground", man will experience sorrow, life will be difficult, ("sweat")
Gen. 4, Cain	killed his brother	was "marked", became fugitive, God cursed ground,
Gen. 6, the "world"	"evil continually"	all killed by flood, (except Noah and his family)
Gen. 11, "whole earth"	unified purpose and activity with a wrong goal	languages changed, people "scattered"
Gen.12, Abraham	lied about his wife	God plagued Pharoah
Gen. 18:10-15 Sarah	laughed at God's promise; disbelief, lack of faith	(no immediate action)
Gen. 18-19, Sodom, Gomorrah	"very grievous sin"	total destruction by "brimstone and fire"
Lot's wife	disobeyed, wanted to "go back"	turned her into salt
Lot's daughters	seduced their father, incest	(no immediate action)
Gen. 20, Abraham	lied about his wife, lack of faith	God threatens Abimelech
Gen. 26, Isaac	lied about his wife, lack of faith	(no immediate action)
Gen. 27, Rebekah, Jacob	conspired to steal "blessing", defrauded Esau	(no immediate action)
Gen. 29, Laban	defrauds Jacob, "changed' (reduced) his wages ten times	God sends Jacob back to Canaan
Gen. 37, Jacob's sons	conspire to kill Joseph, sell Joseph into slavery	(no immediate action)
Gen. 38, Onan	defrauds Tamar	killed by God
Judah	defrauds Tamar, commits adultery with her	(no immediate action)
Tamar	deceives Judah, commits fornication	(no immediate action)
Gen. 39, Potiphar's wife	falsely claims attempted rape by Joseph, who is imprisoned	(no immediate action)

Gen. 42, Joseph	deceives his brothers, conspires to torment them, father is also grieved	(no immediate action)
Ex. 4:14, Moses	reluctance to accept commission, refusing to obey God	partial reduction of duties
Ex. 15:7, Egypt	Pharoah's disobedience	destruction of Egypt
Ex. 22:24, warning to Israel	(warning) don't afflict widows and orphans	death by sword
Ex. 32:10-12, Israel	idolatry	plague, 3,000 killed by sword
Lev. 10:1-6, priests	disobedience in rituals	death of the two priests
Num. 1:51-53, warning to Israel	(warning) only Levites allowed near the tabernacle	"wrath", plague (8:19)
Num. 11:1, Israel	complaining	burned with fire
Num. 11:10, Israel	lust, v.34, complaining, v.10	killed by plague, v. 33-34
Num. 12:1-15, Miriam, Aaron	verbally attacking Moses	leprosy on Miriam, temporary exile
Num. 16:41-50, Israel	murmuring about Korah's death	plague kills 14,700
Num. 18:1-7, warning to Israel	(warning) only Aaronic priests	death
Num. 22:22, Balaam	failure to follow God's instructions	angel of death sent, v. 33
Num. 25:3-4, Israel	idolatry	24,000 killed, v.4-5, 9
Num 32:10, 13-14, Deu. 1:34 Israel	refusal to go into Canaan	genocide of all over age 20
Deu. 1:37, 3:26, Moses, Aaron	"because you believed me not"	banned from Canaan
Deu. 4:25, (warning) Israel	(prophecy) idolatry	"perish, destroyed", v. 26
Deu. 6:15, (warning) Israel	(warning) idolatry	"destroy you"
Deu. 7: 4, (warning) Israel	(warning) idolatry	"destroy you"
Deu. 9:7-22, Israel	(reference to previous sins)	"wrath"
Deu. 9:19, Israel	(ref. to idolatry in Ex. 32)	"wrath", "destroy you"
Deu. 9:20, Aaron	over the golden calf idol	God intended to destroy him (spared by Moses's prayer)
Deu. 11:17, Israel	(warning) idolatry, v. 16	"drought, famine, perish",
Deu. 13:17, Israel	(warning) idolatry, v.13	(to avoid God's anger)
Deu. 29:18-28, Israel	(warning) idolatry	curses, name blotted out land desolate, all the curses
Deu. 29:23, Sodom, Gomorrah	"grievous sin", Gen. 18:20	destroyed by fire
Deu. 31:16-17,29 Israel	(prophecy) idolatry	will forsake them
Deu. 32:16-21, Israel	(song, prophetic) idolatry,	will forsake them
Josh. 7:1, 26, Israel	Achan's lust, greed, disobedience	36 Israelites wounded or killed, Achan's family stoned and burned
Josh. 23:16,18 Israel	(warning) idolatry	perish quickly
Josh. 22:20; 7:11 Achan, Israel	lust, disobedience, theft, lying	36 men wounded or killed, Achan stoned, burned
Judg. 2:12-20, Israel	repeated idolatry	oppression, bondage, Canaanites remained in land
Judg. 3:8, Israel	idolatry	oppression
Judg. 10:7, Israel	idolatry	oppression
2 Sam. 6:7, Uzzah	disobedience in touching ark	death
2 Sam. 22, ungodly men	(David's song)	"wroth", earthquakes
2 Sam. 24, Israel 1 Chr. 21	David's sin of disobedience in taking census	pestilence kills 70,000
1 K. 11:9, Solomon	refusal to hear God, idolatry with pagan wives, failure to keep covenant and statutes	I will take the kingdom away from your family and give it to your servant
1 K. 14:9, Jeroboam, Israel	idolatry, 15:30	his lineage ended, Israel scattered
1 K. 16:34 Baasha	'sin' v. 2, 7, 13	his lineage ended
1 K. 16:26 Omri	"like Jeroboam, Baasha, vanities"	died
1 K. 16:33, Ahab	idolatry, grove	drought, famine, 21:22
1 K. 22:53, Ahaziah	idolatry	anger
2 K.13 Jehoahaz, Israel	idolatry	oppression
2 K. 17:1-18 Israel	idolatry	Assyrian captivity
2 K. 21, Mannaseh 23:26, Judah	idolatry	"such evil," 'unbelievable', v. 12
2 K. 22:13, Judah	forsaking (losing) Bible, idolatry	"great wrath" v. 17
2 K. 23, Israel	"houses of high places" (temples)	captivity
2 K. 24, Zedekiah	did evil in the sight of the Lord	captivity
1 Chr. 13:10, Uzza	touched the ark	immediately died
2 Chr. 12:7 Judah	forsaking the law	oppression
2 Chr. 19 King Jehoshaphat	"helping the ungodly"	"wrath"
2 Chr. 24:18, Judah	idolatry	"wrath"
2 Chr. 25:15, Amaziah	idolatry	Israel attacks Judah
2 Chr. 28:9 Judah	idolatry	120,000 killed 200,000 captive
2 Chr. 28:25, Ahaz	idolatry	provoked God to "anger"
2 Chr. 28:11 Israel 29:8	"sins"	"wrath"
2 Chr. 30:8, Israel, Judah	failing to serve God	'fierceness of his wrath'
2 Chr. 32:25 Hezekiah, Judah	Hezekiah's vanity	"wrath"
2 Chr. 33:6 Mannaseh, Judah	idolatry	Babylonian captivity
2 Chr. 34:21, 25 Israel, Judah	idolatry "not kept the word (Bible)	'great wrath'
2 Chr. 36:14, Judah	transgressions, abominations, abused God's prophets, despised his words, polluted the temple	Jerusalem destroyed, Babylonian captivity
Ezra 5:12, Judah	"provoked God unto wrath"	Babylonian captivity
Ezra 8:22, to all	"those who forsake (God)"	"his wrath is against them"
Ezra 9, Judah	marriage to pagan wives	"angry", total destruction (9:14; 10:14)
Neh. 13:18, Judah	profaning the Sabbath	"wrath"
Job 20, to all	wickedness, hypocrisy, oppression, forsaking the poor	"fury of God's wrath"
Job 21:17, to all	"wickedness"	"death, destruction, sorrows"
Job 42:7 Job's friends	false arguments about God, 13:7, 10	"wrath" (deferred by offerings)
Psa. 2:5, the "world"	world rebellion against God	laughter at conspiracies wrath at rebellion
Psa. 2:12, to all (warning)	failure to accept Christ	"perish" when his wrath is kindled but a little
Psa. 7:11, the wicked	wickedness	God is angry every day (a song by David)
Psa. 78, Israel	disobedience	"anger"
Psa. 106, Israel	lack of faith; lust, envy, idolatry, unbelief, murmuring	"anger", plagues, captivity, oppression
Ecc. 5:5-6, to all	failure to keep promises	"angry", work destroyed
Isa.1:4, Israel	sin, iniquity, evil, corruption	anger
Isa. 5, Israel v.8, v.11, v.12, v.18, v. 20,	oppression, urbanization, over development of land alcoholism, excessive partying, iniquity, vanity, sin, contempt for God, evil, hypocrites, liars, self-righteous, vanity of wisdom, commit injustice, despised God's word	crop failures captivity, famine, drought destruction, "anger kindled" "carcasses in street"
Isa. 9:9-14, Israel v.15-20	pride, hard-heartedness, leaders who "err", lying prophets, hypocrites, "villainy", wickedness	"cut off" (destroyed), wrath, famine, 'burned as firewood"
Isa. 10:1-6, Israel v. 25,	unrighteous decrees, evil laws, injustice for the needy, poor, widows and orphans	wrath, oppression, captivity, death destruction
Isa. 13, Babylon, "the world" v. 12, v. 13,	evil, wicked, iniquity, arrogance of the proud, haughtiness of the terrible	"anger", "indignation", "destruction from the Almighty", fear, "wrath and fierce anger", "land desolate", darkness, genocide, cataclysmic events, death by sword, children killed, property taken, wives raped, "as Sodom and Gomorrah", total desolation of the land
Isa. 30, Assyria	oppression of Israel	lightening, storms, hail, earthquakes
Isa. 42, Israel	sin, disobedient to law	"fury of his anger", captivity
Isa. 57, mankind	covetousness	"wroth", smote him, "no peace to the wicked"
Isa. 63, Israel	rebellion	anger, fury, blood, day of vengeance
Isa. 64, Israel	"sinned"	"wroth"
Isa. 65, Israel v. 4	rebellion, idolatry, eating unclean meats self-righteousness, iniquities blasphemy refusal to hear God,	"provoked me to anger continually to my face" "will not destroy them all" sword, slaughter, famine, drought, sorrow, name cursed, death
Isa. 66, "all flesh"	hatred of the righteous, idolatry, eating unclean meats,	Lord "render his anger with fury", with "flames of fire", by sword, the slain "will be many", death, "an abhorring unto all flesh"
Jer. 3, Israel	"backsliding, iniquity, transgression, idolatry"	"anger"
Jer. 4, Israel	"abominations", evil doings, wickedness, rebellious	"my fury . . . like fire", "evil and destruction", affliction, oppression, whole land is spoiled, war, darkness, earthquakes, cities destroyed
Jer. 7, Israel v. 18, v. 20, v.29-34,	faith in the Temple and the sacrifices; injustice, oppression of strangers, widows, and orphans, trust in lies (false doctrines), theft, murder, adultery, lying, idolatry, worldly (pagan) holidays evil, "abominations" idolatry, human sacrifices,	captivity, my anger shall be poured out, (man, beast, trees, fruit, all totally destroyed), people's carcasses shall be eaten by fowls and beasts
Jer. 8, Israel	"graven images" (idolatry), wickedness, unrepentant, human "wisdom", covetousness of leaders and the people, lying priests and ministers, abominations, false prophets,	famine, "a time of trouble", war, land and cities destroyed, captivity
Jer. 10, Israel	"the way of the heathen": cutting a tree out of the forest, securing it upright, decorating it with gold and silver	"God is the living God", at his wrath the earth shall tremble, (earthquakes)
Jer. 11, Judah, Israel	idolatry	"provoked me to anger"
Jer. 12, Israel, "many pastors"	"destroyed my vineyard", "made it desolate"	"sword of the lord shall devour", "no flesh shall have peace", "they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord"
Jer. 15, Judah	King Manasseh's sins	death, sword, famine, captivity
Jer. 17, Judah	"sin", idolatry	slavery, captivity
Jer. 21, 22 Judah	"according to the fruit of your doings", forsaking the covenant, idolatry	war, famine, pestilence, defeat, captivity
Jer. 23, "pastors"	"that destroy and scatter my sheep", land is full of adulterers, "ministers and priests are profane", "wickedness in the churches", "prophecy by false gods, commit adulteries, make people err, they lie, promote evil works, "they are as Sodom and Gomorrah", speak visions of their own hearts	"I will bring evil upon you", "whirlwind" of God's fury shall fall furiously on the wicked
Jer. 25, Judah "all nations"	idolatry, evil works wickedness, evil	"provoked to wrath", war, captivity utter destruction, land desolate, 70 years captivity "fierce anger", desolation
Jer. 30 Israel	spiritual adultery, sins	fierce anger, pain upon the wicked
Jer. 32, Israel	disobedience, lawbreaking, idolatry, evil of leaders and of people, unrepentant, ignored the prophets, human sacrifices	war, famine, pestilence, captivity
Jer. 33, Judah	"wickedness"	"anger and fury", city filled with dead bodies
Jer. 36, Judah, Israel	"evil way"	"great anger and fury"
Jer. 42, (part of) Judah	failed to "stay in the land", fled to Egypt for safety	war, famine, pestilence and death in Egypt
Jer. 44, Judah	wickedness, idolatry	land desolate, none of those who fled to Egypt shall survive
Jer. 51, Babylon, "all nations with her"	fighting against God "destroying govt. which destroys all the earth"	"the day of trouble" "time of the Lord's vengeance" "suddenly fallen and destroyed" "break in pieces the nations" "destroy nations" "captains, rulers" and civilians, "men, women, old, young", desolate forever
Lam. 1, "Jerusalem" (Israel and Judah) ch. 2, ch. 3, ch. 4, ch. 5,	"grievously sinned"	"anger", desolation, affliction, "took away the tabernacle", "destroyed the places of the assembly", "fear is come upon us, desolation and destruction", "poured out his fierce anger", "you are very wroth against us"
Eze. 2:3, (prophecy to) Israel ch. 5	rebellion against God, transgression of God's law, "stiffhearted" (unrepentant) refused my statutes	1/3 die by pestilence and famine, 1/3 die by war, 1/3 will be scattered, pursued, cannibalism due to famine,
Eze. 6 " " "	idolatry	"sword, famine, pestilence",
Eze. 7 " " "	"your abominations" "land is full of bloody crimes"	"the end is come upon you"
Eze. 8 " " " v. 16	idolatry, abominations, worship of animals, sunrise worship, filled the land with violence,	I will deal in fury and I will not spare them
Eze. 9, Israel, Judah	iniquity exceeding great, land is full of blood, perverseness	death to all that do not have the "mark" of God, v. 4-7
Eze. 13, false prophets	prophecies of their own imaginations, vanities, lies, seduced my people with false prophecies of "peace"	"I am against you", cast out, forgotten, exiled, you shall be consumed, "there is no peace"
Eze. 16, (prophecy to) Israel	spiritual and political fornication	humiliation, destruction, death
Eze. 20, Israel	idolatry, rebellion, despised my statutes, polluted my sabbaths	sentenced to the "wilderness", poured out fury upon them, scattered into all the countries
Eze. 21, Israel, Judah, Babylon, Ammon	wickedness	I have drawn the sword and will not put it away
Eze. 22, Israel	idolatry, bloodshed dishonored parents, oppressed strangers, orphans and widows, lewdness, sexual sins, usury, extortion, greed, conspiracy among the prophets, profaned the holy, abandoned the sabbaths, accepted the unclean things, vanity, lies	consumed them with the fire of my wrath
Eze. 25, Edom	for taking vengeance on Judah	my vengeance, fury, desolation, death
Eze. 35, Mount Seir, Idumea	hatred and envy for Israel, for killing Israelites	desolation, blood, death
Eze. 38-39, Gog and Magog (prophetic)	attacking Israel	armies will divide and fight among themselves, pestilence, hailstones, fire and brimstone, 83% die, seven months to bury the bodies, seven years to dispose of the armaments, "in the fire of my wrath have I spoken"
Eze. 43, Israel	abominations, political whoredoms	I have consumed them in my anger
Dan. 9, Israel, (Daniel's prayer)	sins, iniquity	anger and fury, captivity
Hos. 5, Israel, Ephraim	rebellion, whoredom, iniquity, intermarriage with pagans,	desolation, pour out my wrath like a flood
Hos. 8, Israel, Judah	broken the covenant and the law, looked to political leaders instead of God, idolatry, forgotten God	captivity cities destroyed by fire
Hos. 11, Israel, Ephraim	idolatry, lies, deceit	captivity
Hos. 11, 12, Ephraim	lies, causes desolation, loves trading and business, cheats in business and oppresses by it, boasts of wealth and righteousness	your holy places are like piles of dung, provoked God to anger most bitterly therefore his "blood" (guilt) remains upon him
Hos. 13, Ephraim, Israel	worshiped Baal, now they sin more and more, idols, forgotten God you have destroyed yourself, rebelled against God,	died, I will devour them like a lion, fall by the sword, infants dashed in pieces, pregnant women ripped open
Amos 1, Edom	attacking Israel, perpetually hating Israel	destroyed by fire
Jonah 1, 3, Ninevah	wickedness, evil, violence	fierce anger, perish
Micah 5, Israel (among the Gentiles), Gentiles	witchcrafts, soothsayers, idols, images,	armies destroyed, execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen
Nahum 1-3, Ninevah, Assyria	a wicked counselor comes out of you, one that imagines evil against God, a bloody city, full of lies and robbery, witchcrafts, noisy with trading; no end to your slain victims, a multitude, a great number of corpses; wealthy due to chemical products; your wickedness has affected the whole world continually	I am against you, you shall be laid waste, fatally wounded,
Habakkuk1-3, Judah, Chaldea	violence, iniquity, strife, contention, no law, no judgment, wickedness, wrong judgment, a "bitter and hasty nation"	attack by Chaldea thresh them in anger
Zeph. 1-3, Judah, Israel, "all men", "all the earth"	sinned against God	"the great day of the Lord is near", "a day of wasteness and desolation", "whole land shall be devoured", "blood poured out like dust", "flesh shall be as dung"; "the day of the Lord's anger", nations destroyed as "Sodom and Gomorrah", killed by the sword, nations made desolate, a wilderness, "a place for beasts"
Zech. 7, Judah	fasting and mourning in vain, ignoring the prophets, false judgments, oppression of brethren, widows, orphans, strangers, the poor; refused to hear God,	therefore, a great wrath from God, land made desolate
Zech. 10:3, "shepherds", (false ministers, priests, rabbis, preachers, teachers)	idolatry, false visions, false dreams, give comfort in vain,	"my anger was kindled against them", I punished them
Mark 3:5, Jews	hardness of their hearts, looking to accuse Christ	Christ "looked at them with anger", he healed a man with a withered hand
Mark 3:7, (warning) to Jews	failure to repent	to avoid the wrath to come
Luke 21, (prophecy) to all	"evil"	(times of the "end"), desolation, days of vengeance, wrath upon the people, death, captivity
John 3:36, to all	failure to believe Christ	wrath of God
Romans 2:1-5, to all	condemning others (rather than the sins)	wrath of God
Rom. 2:8, Jews and Gentiles	contention, disobedience	indignation, wrath, tribulation, anguish
Eph. 5;3-6, to all	fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, filthiness, foolish talking, jesting, whoremonger, unclean, idolatry, disobedience	because of these things, the wrath of God comes upon you
Col. 3:5-8, to all	fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is idolatry, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication, lying,	"for which things sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience"
Heb. 3:8-12, Israel (at Exodus)	unbelief, unrepentance, sin	forbidden to enter into "rest", (Promised land, symbolic of the kingdom of God)
Rev. 6:15-17, world	"evil"	"the great day of his wrath"
Rev. 11:18, world	"angry" at the return of Christ and fight against him	God's "wrath is come", to "destroy those who destroy the earth"
Rev. 14:7-10, the world	any who worship the "beast" and his "image" and receive his "mark" in his hand or forehead	wrath of God, torment with fire and brimstone
Rev. 15, 16, the world	those with the "mark of the beast", those who worship his "image"	painful sores, rivers and oceans become blood, the sun scorches men, darkness, demons loosed to work miracles and to gather all nations against God, earthquakes, hailstones,
Rev. 19, the world	killed God's servants, worshiped the "beast" and received his "mark"	"he (Christ) treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God", armies and leaders of the world, killed, their flesh eaten by buzzards

Conclusions:
1. God doesn't always punish every sin immediately. He is patient and waits for men to make the right choice. While he waits, some choose to commit more sin. Ecc.8:11.

2. Sometimes God doesn't have to directly intervene to punish us for a sin. Sometimes our sins yields an automatic "punishment". Such as having more than one wife, Gen. 21; lying, Gen. 13, 20, 26; fraud, Gen. 38; and theft, Gen. 27.

3. What God thinks is important is not always what we think is important. Sometimes God chooses to overlook something which we think is important. Isa. 55:8-9.

4. God sometimes uses one nation or group or individual to punish another nation or group or individual. War is never a "favor" even for the victor. Had Israel paid attention and been obedient and had faith, it would not have been necessary for God to use them to "punish" the Canaanites for their evil ways. Ex. 23:27-30; 33:2; 34:11.

5. Anger and vengeance are in God's domain, not man's. See "Is an angry Christian an Oxymoron?".

6. Excuses won't stop God's punishment. There are no valid excuses. Rom. 1:20.

7. Sometimes what we would consider the "wrath" of God, is actually a blessing in progress.
Gen. 37, 39.

8. Your actions can bring the wrath of God on those around you, Ex. 15:7; Josh. 7:1, 26.

9. There are only two choices which can be expressed several ways: life or death, blessing or cursing (Deu.30:15, 19), salvation or wrath, (1 Ths. 5:9).

10. The only causes for God's wrath are man's wrong choices in words and actions which hurt himself or others. When man learns to be like God, demonstrating love in words and deeds, there will be no wrath.

11. Some of judgments described above are only historical, some are prophetic (not yet fulfilled), and some are both historic and prophetic in that they describe both past events and future events.

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