Heavy wrath, heavy grace.

If at the heart of the gospel lies the doctrine of propitiation, should not the attribute of God's wrath be addressed, taught, and defined?

I admit it is terrifying to study God's wrath that pervades the entire Bible, but I've found that when life knocks the wind out of you, and you're left brokenly exposed to the reality of who we really are in light of who God is, when the cross is seen as the ultimate response to God's just anger against the offense we are, there is created something that holds tighter, endures with more patience, and praises w/more tears of gratitude. I've found God to be that much more worthy of affection the more I see how God feels towards the reality of sin and, ultimately, the response of love. Jesus Christ overcame. The love of God overcomes. Praise Christ.


The hard thing about seeing these things is that God whispers "You see it now ya? Now go." Crap.