"Wrath Or...

[GRACE ambassador]

...Respite?​

When natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis take their toll
in death and destruction, many preachers insist these calamities are
the result of The Wrath of God on sin, pointing to such verses as
Ephesians 5:6,where speaking of the sins of Verses 3-5, Paul says:

“...for because of these things cometh The Wrath ​

Of God Upon the children of disobedience.”​

While the Greek word for “cometh” here is in the present tense, we
believe Paul is saying that while God’s Wrath is coming, it hasn’t yet
arrived. Consider: after The LORD Announced that His betrayer was
“at hand,” we read that “immediately...cometh Judas” (Mark 14:42,43).

However, we know that Judas had not yet arrived, for Verse 45 tells
us what happened “as soon as he was come.”

You see, the word “cometh” means that something is presently on its way,
but the word must be in the past tense for us to understand that whatever
is coming has arrived.

While many preachers declared that Hurricane Katrina was God’s Wrath
on New Orleans for the debauchery of Mardi Gras, others surmised the
catastrophe was rather an Example of God’s Mercy, for thousands more
would have died had the levies broken during the storm rather than after.

Herein lies the problem in determining what God is doing or not doing
by trying to interpret circumstances, which are always subjective and
open to speculation. The only sure way of knowing what God is doing
is from The Word of God, and God’s Word tells us that the presence of
even ten believers in New Orleans would have prevented God from
destroying it (Gen. 18:23-33).

And so while even insurance companies call tornadoes and earthquakes
“acts of God,” the Bible Asserts that we are living in The Dispensation of
Grace (Eph. 3:2), an age in which God Is Dispensing Grace, not Wrath, an
age in which mankind is experiencing a respite from His Judgment.

But if the reader of this page is not saved, please don’t think you will get
away with sin forever. Romans 2:5 describes you as one who “treasurest
up unto thyself wrath against The Day of Wrath.”

You may not have an account with any bank, but you have a sin account
with God. His Wrath on your sin is not being revealed today, but The Day
of the “Revelation of The Righteous Judgment of God” Is Coming. Why
not

“believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and ​

thou Shalt Be Saved” (Acts 16:31).​

"
(R Kurth)


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[MatthewG]

Hello GA,

What does the word respite mean?

When you talk about God's wrath I do not believe it abides on anyone, due to the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the judgement of God's wrath having destroyed the heaven and earth of the nation of Israel there at Jerusalem by having all things material burn up, losing their genealogies, priesthood, sacrifices, the very temple itself, and destruction had covered the entire land, just as what happened in Egypt because they rejected the Son of God and had him killed.

There will be a judgement day. That day, from my perspective is the day of death when we leave here on our last breath. Transitioning from this realm to the next realm where God resides in the Heavenly Realm. The Hope of the Christian is to be able to go in and be with God, and the family of believers. Also the Hope of a Christian is to be reminded that you also have a Christian family here on earth when you run into those types of individuals out in the world.

But the Wrath of God, was poured out in 70Ad, and I don't think it fills back up again but I could be wrong. Nice topic and read.

 

[Behold]

...Respite?​

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The shaking of the universe as its strains for the return of The God Man to bring peace and deliverance to all His Creation, is getting very strong.
Humanity is very sick and needs a resolution regarding all the evil in this world.
ITs soon to come.

 

[Robert Gwin]

...Respite?​

When natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis take their toll
in death and destruction, many preachers insist these calamities are
the result of The Wrath of God on sin, pointing to such verses as
Ephesians 5:6,where speaking of the sins of Verses 3-5, Paul says:

“...for because of these things cometh The Wrath ​

Of God Upon the children of disobedience.”​

While the Greek word for “cometh” here is in the present tense, we
believe Paul is saying that while God’s Wrath is coming, it hasn’t yet
arrived. Consider: after The LORD Announced that His betrayer was
“at hand,” we read that “immediately...cometh Judas” (Mark 14:42,43).

However, we know that Judas had not yet arrived, for Verse 45 tells
us what happened “as soon as he was come.”

You see, the word “cometh” means that something is presently on its way,
but the word must be in the past tense for us to understand that whatever
is coming has arrived.

While many preachers declared that Hurricane Katrina was God’s Wrath
on New Orleans for the debauchery of Mardi Gras, others surmised the
catastrophe was rather an Example of God’s Mercy, for thousands more
would have died had the levies broken during the storm rather than after.

Herein lies the problem in determining what God is doing or not doing
by trying to interpret circumstances, which are always subjective and
open to speculation. The only sure way of knowing what God is doing
is from The Word of God, and God’s Word tells us that the presence of
even ten believers in New Orleans would have prevented God from
destroying it (Gen. 18:23-33).

And so while even insurance companies call tornadoes and earthquakes
“acts of God,” the Bible Asserts that we are living in The Dispensation of
Grace (Eph. 3:2), an age in which God Is Dispensing Grace, not Wrath, an
age in which mankind is experiencing a respite from His Judgment.

But if the reader of this page is not saved, please don’t think you will get
away with sin forever. Romans 2:5 describes you as one who “treasurest
up unto thyself wrath against The Day of Wrath.”

You may not have an account with any bank, but you have a sin account
with God. His Wrath on your sin is not being revealed today, but The Day
of the “Revelation of The Righteous Judgment of God” Is Coming. Why
not

“believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and ​

thou Shalt Be Saved” (Acts 16:31).​

"
(R Kurth)

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Very Good Post Grace James 1:13-15