It seems over a dozen times at least, there is a phrase in the Bible.
"The anger of the Lord burned... against... (someone)".
Exod 4:14; Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Numb 11:1; Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
Numb 12:9; So the anger of the LORD burned against them and He departed.
Numb 32:10; "So the LORD'S anger burned in that day, and He swore, saying,
Numb 32:13; "So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the LORD was destroyed.
Deut 29:27; 'Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;
Josh 7:1; But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.
Jdgs 2:14; The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
Jdgs 2:20; So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice,
Jdgs 10:7; The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
Jdgs 14:19; Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father's house.
2 Sam 6:7; And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.
2 Sam 24:1; Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah."
2 Kin 23:26; However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
1 Chron 13:10; The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.
2 Chron 25:15; Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the people who have not delivered their own people from your hand?"
Isa 5:25; On this account the anger of the LORD has burned against His people, And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this His anger is not spent, But His hand is still stretched out.
About 60 times in the Bible.... we hear about something called the "wrath of God".
Deut 9:7; "Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
2 Kin 23:26; However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
Psa 38:1; A Psalm of David, for a memorial. O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
Jer 23:19; "Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
I notice in the majority of these verses... the people God is angry with, are the Jews. His chosen people.
Judges 2 is a good example of this.
Jdgs 2:11; Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals,
Jdgs 2:12; and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger.
Jdgs 2:13; So they forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Jdgs 2:14; The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
Jdgs 2:15; Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.
This is less than 3 verses after Joshua dies. This all happened in one single generation.
The people "forsook God" and went after other Gods. So His anger burned against them.
He gave them over to the hands of their enemies. They could no longer stand against their enemies.
The hand of the Lord was against them.
God didn't simply ignore them. He made sure they couldn't against their enemies. The hand of the Lord
"was against them:.
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Wasn't all of this in the old testament? No, there are few in the New Testament as well.
Do we think that God has changed? That His nature has changed?
On one hand we quote Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17; Mal 3:6; which all say God doesn't vary or change.
But on the other hand we say God is love, not wrath.
But if you really love someone, can you not be angry when they betray you?
Perhaps even worse... can you not be angry if they betray your only Son?
"The anger of the Lord burned... against... (someone)".
Exod 4:14; Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Numb 11:1; Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
Numb 12:9; So the anger of the LORD burned against them and He departed.
Numb 32:10; "So the LORD'S anger burned in that day, and He swore, saying,
Numb 32:13; "So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the LORD was destroyed.
Deut 29:27; 'Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;
Josh 7:1; But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.
Jdgs 2:14; The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
Jdgs 2:20; So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice,
Jdgs 10:7; The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
Jdgs 14:19; Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father's house.
2 Sam 6:7; And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.
2 Sam 24:1; Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah."
2 Kin 23:26; However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
1 Chron 13:10; The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.
2 Chron 25:15; Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the people who have not delivered their own people from your hand?"
Isa 5:25; On this account the anger of the LORD has burned against His people, And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this His anger is not spent, But His hand is still stretched out.
About 60 times in the Bible.... we hear about something called the "wrath of God".
Deut 9:7; "Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
2 Kin 23:26; However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
Psa 38:1; A Psalm of David, for a memorial. O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
Jer 23:19; "Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
I notice in the majority of these verses... the people God is angry with, are the Jews. His chosen people.
Judges 2 is a good example of this.
Jdgs 2:11; Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals,
Jdgs 2:12; and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger.
Jdgs 2:13; So they forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Jdgs 2:14; The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
Jdgs 2:15; Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.
This is less than 3 verses after Joshua dies. This all happened in one single generation.
The people "forsook God" and went after other Gods. So His anger burned against them.
He gave them over to the hands of their enemies. They could no longer stand against their enemies.
The hand of the Lord was against them.
God didn't simply ignore them. He made sure they couldn't against their enemies. The hand of the Lord
"was against them:.
=========================================================================================
Wasn't all of this in the old testament? No, there are few in the New Testament as well.
Do we think that God has changed? That His nature has changed?
On one hand we quote Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17; Mal 3:6; which all say God doesn't vary or change.
But on the other hand we say God is love, not wrath.
But if you really love someone, can you not be angry when they betray you?
Perhaps even worse... can you not be angry if they betray your only Son?