[Alex Murphy]

The Father and the Son get angry (Ps. 7:11–13; Rev. 14:14–20), and since God can do no wrong (James 1:13), we know anger is not evil in itself. But is it ever right for us to be angry? Christ’s anger answers the question in the affirmative. God the Son came in the flesh to be the second Adam and earn righteousness for His people. If Jesus had sinned, He could not have earned this righteousness, nor could He have been the lamb without blemish and turn away the Lord’s wrath toward sinners. The incarnate Christ never sinned (1 Peter 2:22), and so He proved His righteousness. If Jesus never sinned, and if, as a man, He got angry, then we know there are times when men and women can rightly be angered....

....there are two things that make God especially angry. First, the merchants blocked the Gentiles from learning about and worshiping the Lord, and today we can legalistically impose regulations not found in Scripture that can inhibit the spread of the Gospel. Second, God will not countenance any who exploit or overlook the needs of the poor. May we enjoy freedom in Christ, help the poor, and thereby please our Father.

[YHAOS]

Question: Can we (successfully) anthropomorphize the “Wrath of God”? Beep.

[huldah1776]

Thanks for posting this. I’ve been working on a word study of the vengeance of God, knowing that it will be fulfilled by the Son on the throne. It never came to mind that the pro-death abortionists were murdering the worshippers of God, let alone keeping them from the Temple.

[huldah1776]

From a link on the page to “The Wrath of Almighty God”:

http://www.ligonier.org/learn/conferences/santa_ana_2003_conference/the-wrath-of-almighty-god-2760/

“When asked to describe God, what words would you choose? Loving? Wonderful? Perhaps mighty and all knowing? Or how about terrible, awful, and horrible? The wrath of God is one of the most unpopular attributes of God today.”

AND THE MOST NEEDED. Ear tickling makes money.

[metmom]

This is a great question.

I think it’s been a huge disservice to Christianity to act and teach that all anger is wrong.

Scripture teaches us to “Be angry and sin not” and Jesus shows us how to do it.

[jjotto]

Interesting that “wrath of God” is rare in the Old Testament but common in the New Testament. The Old Testament seems to prefer “fear of God”.

[1010RD]

Why did Jesus drive apostate Jews from the temple? Why would the temple be so important to him?

[Gamecock]

[1010RD]

First, the merchants blocked the Gentiles from learning about and worshiping the Lord, and today we can legalistically impose regulations not found in Scripture that can inhibit the spread of the Gospel.

The merchants blocked the Gentiles from learning? With their very big tables and hard sell pitches?