Tag: Divine Judgment
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 32

Song of Moses TORAH: Deuteronomy 32:1–52PROPHETS: Hosea 14:2–10; Joel 2:15–27GOSPEL: Matthew 18:21–35 At first glance, Deuteronomy 32, Hosea 14, Joel 2, and Matthew 18 may appear to address very different subjects. Moses sings about Israel’s rebellion and Yahweh’s judgment. Hosea pleads with Israel to return to Yahweh. Joel calls a devastated nation to repentance and…
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The Wrath of God

For many believers, the phrase “the wrath of God” evokes images of divine anger, judgment, and everlasting punishment. In much of popular theology, wrath is understood primarily as retributive—God inflicting eternal suffering upon sinners. And little wonder as a dictionary definition of our word wrath is “forceful, often vindictive anger, punishment or vengeance as a…
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Matthew 8:11-12 and Luke 13:24-30

Matthew 8:11-12, “Many coming from east and west, reclining at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, but the sons of the kingdom being cast out into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,” and its parallel but more in depth passage in Luke 13:22-30 present…
