Chapter 64 The Wrath of God I have heard people say, even theologians, that God cannot be wrathful because He is a God of love. The Bible, however, indicates differently. God is jealous for us. He created us, and when we worship other gods, or credit our existence to other gods, He is jealous: Ex 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. He detests it even when we bow down to images and ascribe them to Him. It makes Him jealous and wrathful. There are several occasions in the Old Testament where God was wrathful. I shall not systematically go through all these events but will focus on one in particular. Notice, it was in the context of worshipping the golden calf – Baal – and calling it God, that He became wrathful: Ex 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. Observe God’s conversation with Moses: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Baal is the sun god through all the ages, and worshipping Baal angers God. Constantine in the fourth century united heathen worship with Christianity to unify the Roman Empire. The day of sun worship became the Christian day of worship – Sunday. The three gods of Babylon became the three gods of the Christians – the Trinity. At the end of time God will go to much trouble to rectify this apostacy and make the masses of people on Earth aware of their worship of the sun god under the false pretext of worshipping Him, the Creator God. When people worship the Trinity or any other god out of ignorance, God forgives them, but if they worship false gods when they know better, it evokes the wrath of God. At the end of time, during the 3.5 year-period, the Three Angel’s Messages (chapters 19, 50 and 52) will see to it that no person on Earth will be ignorant about who the real Creator God is. The third Angel’s Message, in particular, warns us about false worship, the wrath of God, and the Seven Last Plagues (chapter 52). God’s wrath is kindled when Probation Closes and every person alive is divided into two camps, those that accept worship of the One True God, and those who refuse obeisance to Him, in spite of all the evidence they have received. His wrath is focused on those that refuse Him out of arrogance or fear for the beast-power. His wrath begins and ends with the Seven Last Plagues. The King James Version of the Bible is not so clear about this, but many other translations such as the Amplified Bible are: Rev 15:1 Then I saw another wonder (sign, token, symbol) in heaven, great and marvelous [warning of events of ominous significance]: There were seven angels bringing seven plagues (afflictions, calamities), which are the last, for with them God’s wrath (indignation) is completely expressed [reaches its climax and is ended]. Also look at the Contemporary English Version: Rev 15:1 After this, I looked at the sky and saw something else that was strange and important. Seven angels were bringing the seven last terrible troubles. When these are ended, God will no longer be angry. God’s wrath is kindled when Probation has closed, and everyone is secured in their decisions on their destiny. His wrath is abated when all the impenitent have died from the scourges of the Seven Last Plagues. The lesson we learn from this is that God loves all of us dearly, and gives all sufficient time to accept His love and succumb to His wooing. If we reject His love, He will destroy us. People may think: “What kind of lover kills the object of his wooing if rejected?” God’s love isn’t the love of a man toward a potential wife, it is the love of the Creator towards the creation in His own image. It is more related to a mother’s love toward her helpless baby. Through all the ages God has been patient toward those that have rejected His love, but when sin has run its full course, God will purify the universe of its blight. Those that choose to live in sin need to be irradicated. God will do His utmost to save every single person, but when all is done, those that reject Him, in spite of all His efforts, will be euthanised. If those that reject Him were to keep living, their lives would be most miserable in the presence of God’s purity and holiness, and that of all the angelic hosts and the saved. Today, when God woos you, contemplate on His goodness and love, and a love for Him will be kindled. He is your heavenly Father.