Dictionary of Bible Themes The punitive and vindicatory reaction, legitimate and controlled, yet awesomely emphatic, of God the righteous judge to unrighteousness in his human creatures. Up to the present, the expression of God's anger and wrath has had the purpose of drawing sinners to repentance and conversion, but this will not be the case at the final judgment. Nahum 1:6The nature of God's anger See also It is fearsome Joshua 7:26Ezekiel 38:18 Exodus 34:6 See also It is reluctant and short-lived Isaiah 54:7-8Nehemiah 9:16-18 Psalms 7:11 See also It is consistant with his righteous and merciful character Habakkuk 3:2Jeremiah 23:20 See also It fulfils God's purposes Jeremiah 30:24Numbers 25:3 The causes of God's anger See also Idolatry and unbelief Exodus 32:8-10Deuteronomy 8:19 Judges 2:10-14 1 Kings 14:9; 16:32-33; 22:53 2 Kings 23:19 2 Chronicles 28:25; 34:25 Jeremiah 8:19; 32:29; 44:3 Josiah removes idolatrous shrines John 3:36Romans 1:18-23; 2:8 the unbelief of rejecting the Son of God Joshua 7:1See also Disobedience and disloyalty Deuteronomy 9:72 Kings 22:13 1 Chronicles 13:10 Psalms 106:29 Jeremiah 32:32 Zechariah 7:13 Ephesians 5:6 2 Timothy 3:1-9 Ungodly living Jude 1:14-16God's judgment against the ungodly is a sign of his anger against actions that contradict his righteous character and purposes: Matthew 23:27-28See also Pride, arrogance and hypocrisy 2 Chronicles 32:25Proverbs 3:34; 8:13 Isaiah 13:11 Hosea 12:14 Malachi 4:1 Numbers 11:1 See also Complaints against, and opposition to, God's purposes Numbers 14:27; 21:5Zechariah 7:9-12 See also Injustice 2 Chronicles 19:7Jeremiah 22:13 Ezekiel 9:9 Malachi 3:5 Matthew 23:23 Hebrews 10:29-31 See also The rejection of God's servants Deuteronomy 32:35-36Psalms 135:14 Nehemiah 9:26 Zechariah 7:12 Matthew 21:33-41 Acts 7:35-37 Romans 1:18 God reveals his anger See also In present times Jeremiah 10:10Romans 2:5 See also On a future "day of wrath" which is anticipated Isaiah 13:9,13Ezekiel 7:19 Zephaniah 1:15,18; 2:2 Romans 1:18-32 The consequences of God's anger See also God allows those who reject righteousness to remain in their sin 1 Kings 14:162 Chronicles 12:5 Nehemiah 9:28 Isaiah 54:7-8 Jeremiah 7:27-29; 12:7-8 Deuteronomy 8:19 See also Punishment will be experienced by rebellious people Isaiah 59:18Jeremiah 21:14 Matthew 18:34-35; 25:28-30 Exodus 12:12 Numbers 32:13 Punishment of death: Joshua 7:25-26Isaiah 13:9-13 Daniel 5:30 Acts 5:5,10 1 Kings 14:15 Jeremiah 15:13-14; 25:7-11 Punishment of exile: Lamentations 2:1-9Ezekiel 38:19-21 Destruction of the whole nation of Israel: Isaiah 59:18-19See also God will be feared as his holiness and greatness are revealed Ezekiel 38:22-23Malachi 3:2-4 See also Ultimately God will purify and restore his people for service Jeremiah 15:19-21See also 1055 God, grace & mercy1075 God, justice of 1125 God, righteousness 1310 God as judge 2009 Christ, anger of 5482 punishment 5790 anger, divine 6712 propitiation 9240 last judgment 9510 hell |
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