What must his wrath be?
Edwards, "Wrath Upon the Wicked to the Uttermost"
"The wrath of God has come upon them to the uttermost." 1 Thes. 2:16
How dreadful the wrath of God is, when it is executed to the uttermost. To make you in some measure sensible of that, I desire you to consider whose wrath it is.
The wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion; but this is the wrath of Jehovah, the Lord God Omnipotent!
How dreadful must be the wrath of such a Being, when it comes upon a person to the uttermost, without any pity or moderation!
What must the uttermost of his wrath be, who made heaven and earth by the word of his power; who spoke, and it was done, who commanded, and it stood fast!
What must his wrath be, who commands the sun, and it rises not, and seals up the stars!
What must his wrath be, who shakes the earth out of its place, and causes the pillars of heaven to tremble!
What must his wrath be, who rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, who removes the mountains out of their places, and overturns them in his anger!
What must his wrath be, whose majesty is so awesome, that no man could live in the sight of it!
What must the wrath of such a Being be, when it comes to the uttermost, when he makes his majesty appear and shine bright in the misery of wicked men!
And what is a worm of the dust before the fury and under the weight of this wrath, which the stoutest devils cannot bear, but utterly sink, and are crushed under it!
If a slight apprehension of wrath is so dreadful and intolerable, what must his wrath be, when it comes upon people to the uttermost!
When a few drops or little sprinkling of wrath is so distressing and overbearing to the soul, how must it be when God opens the flood gates, and lets the mighty deluge of his wrath come pouring down upon men's guilty heads, and brings in all his waves and billows upon their souls!
There will be no safety to any but those who are in the ark! Therefore it behooves all to hasten and flee for their lives, to get into a safe condition, to get into Christ! Then they need not fear, though the earth be removed, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters roar and rage; though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof: for God will be their refuge and strength; they need not be afraid of evil tidings; their hearts may be fixed, trusting in the Lord.
"All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath." Ephes. 2:3
"Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!" Romans 5:9
"Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath." 1 Thes. 1:10
"For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thes. 5:9
_________________ CHRISTIAN
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