It is so real and it's so true
God's mercy and God's tolerance exist,
but when He unleashes His wrath,
His holiness and righteousness
also show man the side of God
that brooks no offense.
When man can fully follow and obey
the commands of God
and acts in accordance
to the requirements of God,
God is abundant and plentiful
in His mercy toward man;
when man has been filled with corruption,
filled with hatred and enmity for Him,
God will show profound anger.
And to what extent His anger will be?
His wrath will keep on
till He sees no more,
no more man's evil deeds and resistance,
till they are no longer before His eyes.
And to what extent His anger will be?
His wrath will keep on
till He sees no more,
no more man's evil deeds and resistance,
till they are no longer before His eyes.
Only at that time
will God's anger disappear.
No matter who the person is,
if their heart
has become distant from God,
and has turned away from God,
never to return,
then regardless of how they,
seemingly or how willingly
wish to worship, follow and obey God
in their body or their thoughts,
once their heart turns away from God,
God's wrath will be unleashed
without cease.
When God deeply unleashes His anger,
having given man plenty of chance,
there will be no way of taking it back,
and He will never again,
will never ever again
be merciful and tolerant of such man!
This is one side of God's disposition
that tolerates no offense.
He is tolerant and merciful
toward things kind, beautiful, and good;
He is profoundly wrathful
toward things evil, sinful, and wicked,
such that He is unceasing in His wrath,
such that He is unceasing in His wrath.
These are two main and leading
aspects of God's disposition,
and they have been revealed by God
from beginning to end:
abundant mercy and profound wrath.
This is one side of God's disposition
that tolerates no offense.
He is tolerant and merciful
toward things kind, beautiful, and good;
He is profoundly wrathful
toward things evil, sinful, and wicked,
such that He is unceasing in His wrath,
such that He is unceasing in His wrath.
These are two main and leading
aspects of God's disposition,
and they have been revealed by God
from beginning to end:
abundant mercy and profound wrath.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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