What is the biblical understanding of the wrath of God?

Answer: Wrath is defined as “the emotional response to perceived wrong and injustice,” often translated as “anger,” “indignation,” “vexation,” or “irritation.” Both humans and God express wrath. But there is vast difference between the wrath of God and the wrath of man. God’s wrath is holy and always justified; man’s is never holy and rarely justified.

In the Old Testament, the wrath of God is a divine response to human sin and disobedience. Idolatry was most often the occasion for divine wrath. Psalm 78:56-66 describes Israel’s idolatry. The wrath of God is consistently directed towards those who do not follow His will (Deuteronomy 1:26-46; Joshua 7:1; Psalm 2:1-6). The Old Testament prophets often wrote of a day in the future, the "day of wrath" (Zephaniah 1:14-15). God’s wrath against sin and disobedience is perfectly justified because His plan for mankind is holy and perfect, just as God Himself is holy and perfect. God provided a way to gain divine favor—repentance—which turns God’s wrath away from the sinner. To reject that perfect plan is to reject God’s love, mercy, grace and favor and incur His righteous wrath.

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https://www.gotquestions.org/wrath-of-God.html

Thanks so much for your answer, Mohannad!

We have to avoid the wrath of God by respecting our behavior and establishing piece around the world.

Emad

The wrath of God is the exhaustation of God patience by an individual or nation who tends to ignore His warnings. Such persons or nations upset God by their perpetual engrossment in bad things such as Idolatry, fornication and so forth. The only thing left for such ones is to drink from the cup of the wrath of God. Best regards

Dickson Adom

Dear Colleagues, Good Day,

"The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath."

----- Pope Benedict XVI

In my view, the wrath of God can not be understood in any other way than as a psychological anthropomorphic projection of man.

Wrath of god !!!! Well I was told he or she has lots of patience and good wishes for us .

No , we have an accountant who keeps track of this -Chitragupta and we are answerable when the balance sheet is being prepared (seriously)

The "Wrath of God" is a metaphor and projection of the wrath of humans

Hello,

Essentially, we believe in a God of amazing grace, omnipotence, and tender mercy. A God loving all creatures including animals and sinners. Accordingly, we should cultivate a deep understanding of the wrath and judgment of God as a fundamental reality shaping the way we look at the catastrophic events in our lives . Such instances are often regarded as the wrath of God upon those who have sinned. However, attributing human-like tendencies to God would distance us from His true essence which is all love and mercy. Man is inherently fallible and prone to the slips of the flesh. Our belief in God should guide us to overcome the wayward desires of the self by seeking shelter in the sanctuary of His guidance, mercy, and forgiveness.

Best regards,

R. Biria

Dear Colleagues, Good Day,

"Only those who are aware of God's wrath are amazed by God's grace."

----- C J Mahaney.

Wrath is a noun

1.strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.

2.vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.

adjective

3.Archaic. wroth.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wrath

God is patient and give people chances to back to him, insted to give a full wrath give many tests to understand the lesson

(20:81) [Saying], “Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen.”

كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي ۖ وَمَنْ يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ

http://www.alquranenglish.com/quran-surah-taha-81-qs-20-81-in-arabic-and-english-translation

Dear Colleagues, Good Day,

"Rather than forgive, we can wish ill; rather than hope for repentance, we can instead hope that our enemies experience the wrath of God."

----- Meir Soloveichik

"God’s wrath is his love in action against sin"

“God must act justly and judge sin, otherwise God would not be God.”

“In saving us from his own wrath, God has done what we could not do, and he has done what we didn’t deserve.”

Five Truths About the Wrath of God - Article by Joseph Scheumann

The doctrine of the wrath of God has fallen on hard times. In today’s world, any concept of God’s wrath upsets our modern sentiments. It’s too disconcerting, too intolerant.

We live in a day where we have set ourselves as the judge and God’s character is on trial. “How can hell be just?” “Why would God command the Israelites to destroy the Canaanites?” “Why does God always seem so angry?”

The fact that so many people struggle with these questions, and many more like them, means that more than ever right thinking is needed about the doctrine of God’s wrath. It is needed for motivation for Christian living, fuel for proper worship, and as a toolbox to confront objections to Christianity.

Here are five biblical truths about the wrath of God:

1. God’s wrath is just.

It has become common for many to argue that the God of the Old Testament is a moral monster that is by no means worthy of worship.

However, biblical authors have no such problem. In fact, God’s wrath is said to be in perfect accord with God’s justice. Paul writes, “But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed” (Romans 2:5). God’s wrath, then, is in proportion to human sinfulness.

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Similarly, Proverbs 24:12 says, “If you say, ‘Behold, we did not know this,’ does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?”

J.I. Packer summarizes: “God’s wrath in the Bible is never the capricious, self-indulgent, irritable, morally ignoble thing that human anger so often is. It is, instead, a right and necessary reaction to objective moral evil” (Knowing God, 151).

2. God’s wrath is to be feared.

God’s wrath is to be feared because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). God’s wrath is to be feared because we are justly condemned sinners apart from Christ (Romans 5:1). God’s wrath is to be feared because he is powerful enough to do what he promises (Jeremiah 32:17). God’s wrath is to be feared because God promises eternal punishment apart from Christ (Matthew 25:46).

3. God’s wrath is consistent in the Old and New Testaments.

It is common to think of the Old Testament God as mean, harsh, and wrath-filled, and the God of the New Testament as kind, patient, and loving. Neither of these portraits are representative of Scripture’s teaching on the wrath of God.

We find immensely fearful descriptions of the wrath of God in both the Old and the New Testament. Here are just a few examples:

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Behold the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. (Jeremiah 30:23) The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. (Nahum 1:2) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. (Romans 1:18) From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. (Revelation 19:15)

4. God’s wrath is his love in action against sin.

This is counter-intuitive, but hear me out.

God is love, and God does all things for his glory (1 John 4:8; Romans 11:36). He loves his glory above all (and that is a good thing!). Therefore, God rules the world in such a way that brings himself maximum glory. This means that God must act justly and judge sin (i.e. respond with wrath), otherwise God would not be God. God’s love for his glory motivates his wrath against sin.

Admittedly, God’s love for his own glory is a most sobering reality for many and not good news for sinners. It is after all, “a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).

5. God’s wrath is satisfied in Christ.

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Here we have the ultimate good news: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15). Because of Christ, God can rightly call sinners justified (Romans 3:26). God has done what we could not do, and he has done what we didn’t deserve. Charles Wesley rightly exulted in this good news:

And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Saviour’s blood? Died he for me, who caused his pain! For me, who him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be That thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Ref: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/five-truths-about-the-wrath-of-god

God's wrath is to be understood neither as purely impersonal nor in crudely anthropomorphic terms. It is God's personal, vigorous opposition both to evil and to evil people. This is a steady, unrelenting antagonism that arises from God's very nature, his holiness. The wrath of God is a matter about which theologians feel deeply, but little precision of thought and language has been attained. The divine wrath is very different from human wrath. The time has come to turn to our central concern, the relation between the wrath of God and the love of God.