Where Is the Hope

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Where Is the Hope

Darin Travis • Revelation 16:4–16

God’s wrath is warranted and just in its execution. The first angel takes up his bowl, walks over to the earth, and pours it out. The second angel follows, goes over the waters, pours out God’s wrath and the sequence is repeated through the third, fourth…

There is a cadence to the unleashing. God’s wrath is poured out over time, it is not a tyrannical unleashing and explosion of rage. God will not be mocked, he will execute judgment in an appropriate proportion, and he will pour out his wrath as a function of his holiness and love. God alone is fit to determine what sentencing is just and how punishment should be delivered. His wrath is just, and the battle is warranted.

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