Meaning of WRATH OF GOD

Since God is holy and just, the manifestation of his wrath is also proper and just. However, the Scriptures affirm that God is “slow to anger and abounding in mercy and truth” (Ex. 34:6; cf. Num. 14:18; Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:15; 103 :8; 145:8; Nah. 1:3; cf. Rom. 9:22).

The key to the manifestation of God's wrath is given in Rom. 1:18, "revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness."

Although He is slow to anger, it manifests itself, and has manifested itself governmentally in history, with judgments on the people of Israel, as they provoked them to anger with their multiple infidelities, injustices, plunder, wickedness and rebellions (cf. Ex. 32:10; Lev. 26:14-46; Num. 11:1-34; 12:1-15; Deut. 9:7-29; Judges 2:12; 2:20; 3:8 ; 10:7; 2 Kings 24:20; 2 Chron. 36:16; Ezra 5:12; 9:26, etc.).

The prophets announce the day of wrath, when God will come to establish his kingdom (Is. 13:9 ff.). It will be through overwhelming judgments that the inhabitants of the earth will learn justice (cf. Is. 26:9). Those who have not wanted to receive God's love must be the object of his wrath (Rom. 2: 2-11).

Revelation speaks of "the wrath of the Lamb" (Rev. 6:16), and describes the tremendous judgments of God's wrath when the time comes for God to end his patience with a world that has rejected his Christ and who he mocks their loving calls to repent (Rev. 6:17; 15:1, 7; 16:1 ff.; 19:15, etc.; cf. Ps. 50).

This wrath of God will be revealed “in flaming fire, to give retribution to those who do not know God, nor obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thes. 1:18).

God, who does not want the death of the sinner, but desires salvation for all, calls and warns, through the mouth of Jesus Christ himself, to "flee from the wrath that is to come" (Mt. 3:7; 18:34, 35) , having taken upon Himself, in His wonderful grace, the wrath of God for our sins so that we could be free from wrath and curse (Gal. 3:13, 1 Thes. 1:10)