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Originally Posted by Matt Anderson
What is (and is not) God's Wrath?
- Wrath is stored up for those who do not repent (Romans 2:5-7)
- Wrath is not the entire Great Tribulation, it is just part of it at the end - this is interpretive on my part based on the text of the Bible (Isaiah 13:10; Joel 2:10,30-31; Matthew 24:29-30; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 11:15-19; Rev 16)
- It appears based on Biblical text that God's wrath happens with the 7 bowls of wrath poured out at the end of the Great Tribulation.
- The saints do not experience God's wrath. God's wrath targets on unbelieving Israel and the rest of the "earth dwellers"
- So far, I have not found any prophetic text that indicates that any aspect of "God's wrath" happens before the 7 bowls of wrath. I understand that "God's wrath" has been stored up to pour out on all unrighteousness at the end of this age as we transition to Jesus' new kingdom (i.e. millenial kingdom).
- God's wrath is definitely the seventh trumpet (i.e. the last trumpet) which I believe is also at the time of the seventh bowl - read Revelation 11:15-18 where the 24 elders proclaim from heaven "your wrath has come" (v18) referring to God's wrath
- God's wrath also appears to include the first six bowls of wrath, but there is a significantly problematic verse (Rev 16:15) between the sixth and seventh bowls of wrath that has to be addressed.
...Matt |
These cited verses are amazing: Isaiah 13:10; Joel 2:10,30-31; Matthew 24:29-30; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 11:15-19; Rev 16
Isaiah 13:9-11 9 See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
11 I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
Joel 2:9-11 9 They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows.
10 Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
11 The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
Joel 2:30-31 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Matthew 24:29-30 29 “Immediately after the distress of those days“ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
Revelation 6:12-13; 12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
Revelation 11:15-19; 15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, ...
18 The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.
And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
Nell