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Is HE Angry or Loving?Is HE Angry or Loving?
YESYES““God was very angry” God was very angry”
Num 22:22Num 22:22
““I knew that you are a I knew that you are a gracious and gracious and
compassionate God, slow compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding to anger and abounding
in love, a God who in love, a God who relents from sending relents from sending calamity.”calamity.” Jonah 4:2b Jonah 4:2b
Is His Anger Is His Anger JustJust??
““In your anger do not In your anger do not sin.” sin.” Ephesians 4:26Ephesians 4:26
““My dear brothers and My dear brothers and sisters, take note of sisters, take note of
this:Everyone should be this:Everyone should be quick to listen slow to quick to listen slow to
speak and slow to speak and slow to become angry” become angry” James James
1:19-201:19-20
Is His Love Is His Love extendedextended??
““But I tell you, love But I tell you, love your enemies... your enemies... If you If you love those who love love those who love
you, what reward will you, what reward will you get?you get? Are not even Are not even
the tax collectors doing the tax collectors doing that?” that?” Matthew 5:44a, Matthew 5:44a,
4646
Isaiah 34:5-17 Isaiah 34:5-17 around 565-555 BCaround 565-555 BC
5 5 My sword has drunk its My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I on Edom, the people I
have totally have totally destroyed.destroyed.6 6 The sword of The sword of
the LORD is bathed in the LORD is bathed in blood, it is covered with blood, it is covered with fat— the blood of lambs fat— the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the and goats, fat from the
kidneys of rams.kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a For the LORD has a sacrificesacrifice in Bozrahin Bozrah and and a great slaughter in a great slaughter in the land of Edom. the land of Edom.
7 7 And the wild And the wild oxen will fall with oxen will fall with
them, the bull calves them, the bull calves and the great bulls.and the great bulls.
Their land will be Their land will be drenched with drenched with
blood,and the dust blood,and the dust will be soaked with will be soaked with
fat.fat.
8 8 For the LORD has a For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a day of vengeance, a
year of year of retribution, to retribution, to uphold Zion’s uphold Zion’s cause.cause.9 9 Edom’s Edom’s streams will be streams will be
turned into pitch turned into pitch her dust into her dust into
burning sulfur; her burning sulfur; her land will become land will become
blazing pitch!blazing pitch!
10 10 It will not be It will not be quenched night or day; quenched night or day;
its smoke will rise its smoke will rise forever.forever. From From generation to generation to
generation it will lie generation it will lie desolate; no one will desolate; no one will ever pass through it ever pass through it again. again. 11 11 The desert The desert
owl and screech owl and screech owl will possess it; the owl will possess it; the
great owl and the great owl and the raven will nest there. raven will nest there.
God will stretch out God will stretch out over Edom the over Edom the
measuring line of measuring line of chaos and the chaos and the plumb line of plumb line of
desolation.desolation.12 12 Her Her nobles will have nobles will have
nothing there to be nothing there to be called a kingdom, called a kingdom, all her princes will all her princes will
vanish away.vanish away.
13 13 Thorns will Thorns will overrun her citadels, overrun her citadels,
nettles and nettles and brambles her brambles her
strongholds.strongholds. She will She will become a haunt for become a haunt for jackals, a home for jackals, a home for
owls.owls.14 14 Desert Desert
creatures will meet creatures will meet with hyenas, and with hyenas, and
wild goats will bleat wild goats will bleat to each other; to each other;
there the night there the night creatures will also lie creatures will also lie
down and find for down and find for themselves places of themselves places of
rest.rest.15 15 The owl will nest The owl will nest there and lay eggs she there and lay eggs she will hatch them, and will hatch them, and care for her young care for her young
under the shadow of under the shadow of her wings;her wings; there also there also
the falcons will gather, the falcons will gather, each with its mate.each with its mate.
16 16 Look in the Look in the scroll of scroll of
the LORD and read: the LORD and read: None of these will None of these will
be missing, not one be missing, not one will lack her mate. will lack her mate.
For it is his For it is his mouth that has mouth that has
given the order, and given the order, and his Spirit will gather his Spirit will gather
them together.them together.
17 17 He allots their He allots their portions;portions;
his hand his hand distributes them by distributes them by
measure.measure.They will possess it They will possess it forever and dwell forever and dwell
there from there from generation to generation to generation.generation.
Genesis 25 Genesis 25 (1800 BC)(1800 BC)
The Beginning The Beginning of the conflict of the conflict between Jacob between Jacob
(Israel) (Israel) and and Esau Esau (Edom)(Edom)
Deut. 23:7a,8 Deut. 23:7a,8
(Late 1200’s BC)(Late 1200’s BC)““Do not despise an Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomite, for the
Edomites are related Edomites are related to you...to you...88The third The third
generation of children generation of children born to them may born to them may
enter the assembly of enter the assembly of
the Lord.” the Lord.”
Ezekiel 35:5-6, Ezekiel 35:5-6, 11, 1511, 15
(Around 565 BC)(Around 565 BC)5 5 “‘Because you “‘Because you
harbored an ancient harbored an ancient hostility and delivered hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the Israelites over to the sword at the time the sword at the time of their calamity, the of their calamity, the
time their punishment time their punishment reached its climax, reached its climax,
Ezekiel 35:5-6, Ezekiel 35:5-6, 11, 1511, 15
6 6 therefore as surely as I therefore as surely as I live, declares the live, declares the
Sovereign LORD, I will Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to give you over to
bloodshed and it will bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you pursue you. Since you
did not hate bloodshed, did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue bloodshed will pursue
you.you.
Ezekiel 35:5-6, Ezekiel 35:5-6, 11, 1511, 15
11 11 therefore as surely as I therefore as surely as I live, declares the live, declares the
Sovereign LORD, I will Sovereign LORD, I will treat you in accordance treat you in accordance
with the anger and with the anger and jealousy you showed in jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and your hatred of them and I will make myself known I will make myself known
among them when I among them when I judge you. judge you.
Ezekiel 35:5-6, Ezekiel 35:5-6, 11, 1511, 15
15 15 Because you Because you rejoiced when the rejoiced when the
inheritance of Israel inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is became desolate, that is
how I will treat you.how I will treat you.
Is His Anger Is His Anger
Just?Just?
Is His Love Is His Love Extended?Extended?