“I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my

fury” (21:5)

Context God meets with people where they are “Truth” is progressively unfolded in

the Bible God has an Enemy The Bible should be read primarily as

a story about GodThe story climax is JesusThe Bible (the story) should be read as a whole

JudahJudah ProphetsProphets IsraelIsrael

931 BC931 BC RehoboamRehoboam JeroboamJeroboam

AbijahAbijah NadabNadab

900 BC900 BC Asa*Asa* BaashaBaasha

850 BC850 BC Jehoshaphat*Jehoshaphat* ElijahElijah Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, JoramAhaziah, Joram

800 BC800 BC Jehoram*, Ahaziah, Jehoram*, Ahaziah, Queen Athaliah, Queen Athaliah, Joash*Joash*

ElishaElisha

JonahJonah

AmosAmos

Johoahaz, Johoahaz, Johoash, Johoash, Jeroboam IIJeroboam II

750 BC750 BC Amaziah, Uzziah, AhazAmaziah, Uzziah, Ahaz HoseaHosea

MicahMicah

IsaiahIsaiah

Zechariah, Zechariah, Shallum, Shallum, Menahem, Menahem, PekahiahPekahiah

722 BC722 BC Hezekiah*Hezekiah* IsaiahIsaiah Pekah, HosheaPekah, Hoshea

KingKing Prophet/eventProphet/event650650 ManassehManasseh

AmonAmon NahumNahum

640-640-609609

JosiahJosiah JeremiahJeremiah, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, , Zephaniah, Habakkuk, EzekielEzekiel

612612 Babylon conquers Assyria at Nineveh

609609 JoahazJoahaz

605605 Babylon conquers Egypt (Carchemish)Babylon conquers Egypt (Carchemish)

600600 JehoiakimJehoiakim 605 – 1605 – 1stst invasion (Daniel) invasion (Daniel)

JehoiachinJehoiachin 597 – 2597 – 2ndnd invasion (Ezekiel) invasion (Ezekiel)

586586 ZedekiahZedekiah 586 – 3586 – 3rdrd invasion ( invasion (JeremiahJeremiah) – 30 ) – 30 month siegemonth siege

“Keep your covenant with me…If you don't, my anger will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. It will burn, and there will be no one to put it out.” (4:4)

“So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from Judah.” (4:8)

“The fertile land had become a desert; its cities were in ruins because of the LORD's fierce anger.” (4:26)

“And so I, the Sovereign LORD, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.” (7:20)

“I will make them serve their enemies in a land they know nothing about, because my anger is like fire, and it will burn forever.” (15:14)

Strong, stern or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire. Vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.

“I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury. I will kill everyone living in this city; people and animals alike will die of a terrible disease…. Anyone who stays in the city will be killed in war or by starvation or disease...

It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the LORD, have spoken.” (Jeremiah 21:5,6,9-10)

“The LORD has abandoned his people like a lion that leaves its cave. The horrors of war and the LORD’s fierce anger have turned the country into a desert.” (Jeremiah 25:38)

“The LORD, the God of Israel, told me to go and say to King Zedekiah of Judah, ‘I, the LORD, will hand this city over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it down. (Jeremiah 34:2)

“You will feel my anger when I turn it loose on you like a blazing fire. And I will hand you over to brutal men, experts at destruction.” (Ezekiel 21:31)

“I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you.” (Ezekiel 25:7)

“The king killed the young men of Judah even in the Temple. He had no mercy on anyone, young or old, man or woman, sick or healthy. God handed them all over to him.” (2 Chronicles 36:17)

“The Lord in his anger has covered Zion with darkness. Its heavenly splendor he has turned into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his temple…” (Lamentations 2:1)

The Lord in his anger has covered Zion with darkness. Its heavenly splendor he has turned into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his temple…Why have you abandoned us so long? Will you ever remember us again? Bring us back to you, LORD! Bring us back! Restore our ancient glory. Or have you rejected us forever? Is there no limit to your anger? (Lam 2:1, 5:20-22 GNB)

“You have brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God when he led you on his way… Your own wickedness will correct you, and your unfaithful ways will punish you. You should know and see how evil and bitter it is for you if you abandon the LORD your God...” (Jeremiah 2:17-19)

“Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart.” (Jeremiah 4:18)

“God’s wrath represents his righteous indignation and imposed punishment for sin.”

“Divine wrath is God’s righteous anger and punishment, provoked by sin.”

Central question: Is God’s wrath externally imposed by God

“The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow? The people of Israel are under the spell of idols.” (Hosea 4:16,17)

“Very well, then, I will give you freedom: the freedom to die by war, disease, and starvation” (Jeremiah 34:17 – GN)

“My anger will flame up like fire and burn everything on earth. It will reach to the world below and consume the roots of the mountains. I will bring on them endless disasters and use all my arrows against them.” (Deuteronomy 32:22,23 )

“They fail to see why they were defeated; they cannot understand what happened. Why were a thousand defeated by one, and ten thousand by only two? The Lord, their God, had abandoned them; their mighty God had given them up” (Deuteronomy 32:29,30)

“They will abandon me and worship the pagan gods of the land they are about to enter. When that happens, I will become angry with them; I will abandon them, and they will be destroyed. Many terrible disasters will come upon them, and then they will realize that these things are happening to them because I, their God, am no longer with them.’” (Deuteronomy 31:16-17)

Philistines

“They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious. God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely. He abandoned his tent in Shiloh, the home where he had lived among us. He allowed our enemies to capture the Covenant Box, the symbol of his power and glory.” (Psalm 78:58-61)

Assyrian captivity

“I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.

I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.” (Hosea 5:14, 15)

“How, oh how, can I give you up, Ephraim! How, oh how, can I hand you over, Israel! How can I turn you into a Sodom! How can I treat you like a Gomorrah! My heart recoils within me, all my compassion is kindled. I will not give vent to my fierce anger -- I will not destroy Ephraim again.” (Hosea 11: 1-9 Phillips)

The Romans destroy Jerusalem

“In this way they have brought to completion all the sins they have always committed. And now God’s anger has at last come down on them!” (1 Thess. 2:14-16)

God’s anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known. God punishes them, because what can be known about God is plain to them, for God himself made it plain.” (Romans 1:18,19)

“They say they are wise, but they are fools; instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles. And so God has given those people over to do the filthy things their hearts desire, and they do shameful things with each other. They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen. Because they do this, God has given them over to shameful passions….Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do.” (Romans 1:22-26,28)

“Because of our sins he was given over to die…” (Romans 4:25)

“The wrath of the Lamb” (Rev 6:16) The last plagues which are “the final

expression of God’s anger” (Rev 15:1)

“For sin pays its wage---death.” (Romans 6:23)

Seizures – MRI, EEG, counseled, referred to ATU

Peripheral Neuropathy – counseled, family meeting, referred to ATU Left ATU after 2 days

Gait ataxia – counseled Dementia – placement in nursing

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