If we grieved God once who is to say it won’t happen again.
Our Eternal Destiny rides on God's approval.
God's Word.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be
saved from the wrath of God through Him.
1Thes 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who
rescues us from the wrath to come.
1Thes 5:9 For God has
not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Note - even in Genesis, God did not "wipe out" the entire human race.
(Otherwise you and I wouldn't be corresponding here).
One of the greatest passages of scripture is a prophecy from Isaiah.
Isa 53:2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
Isa 53:3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Isa 53:4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5 But He was pierced through for
our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening
for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.
Isa 53:6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused
the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.
Isa 53:8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
Isa 53:9 His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
Isa 53:10 But
the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
The word "pleased" above comes from...
ראה
râ'âh
raw-aw'
A primitive root; to
see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively): - advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see (-r, -m, one another), shew (self),
In this context God looked (gazed, beheld) upon Christs sacrifice, then he (regarded, considered) it as an obligation (provided, met. approved of)
Isa 53:11
As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant,
will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.
The death of Christ satisfied God's wrath against our sin.
Isa 53:12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet
He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.
Mat 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
At that moment, Jesus took on the sin of the world, God turned his back on Jesus, but the price was paid.
This is basically the message of Christianity in a nut-shell. David, Agua and you are all right... we all deserve God's wrath. I am thankful beyond imagining that I don't have to bear it.
Heb 10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
