SIGNS GOD IS MAD (PART 2)

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Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.

Isaiah 13:13

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

There are things that make God mad. There is little doubt this is true as we have not only seen in our study of Isaiah 13 but in the study of the scriptures as a whole. God will not stand to be disrespected, disobeyed, or disregarded in any way, shape, or form by and individual or collection of individuals in a community or nation. Choose to turn against God and you will be sure to receive His judgment which comes as a direct result of His wrath. It’s no place anyone should ever want to be.

There are signs that would indicate that God’s anger has been incited. Yesterday, in the first devotion in this series, we saw where God will annihilate people who choose to ignore His will, way, and word. In fact, the punishment that would be levied on the Babylonians, spelled out in verse 12 of Chapter 13, was utter annihilation of the people, so much so that God declared people would be scarce and as rare as finding pure gold. You’ll recall that this happened as it did to the Assyrian empire before. You’ll also recall that these signs serve as a warning to any people or nation today that God will not stand to be overlooked or discounted. We can either give Him our undivided attention or He will take actions that will get our attention.

As we continue studying signs that indicate God is mad, we come to verse 13 of Isaiah, Chapter 13. Look again at the words of the Lord here:

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger. Isaiah 13:13

God’s power is undeniable but it’s also indescribable. No one knows the extent of His power because it’s infinitesimal in its very nature. The very God who formed and shaped the earth and heavens in His hands as well as the people and creatures He fashioned to dwell within them, rules and reigns over His creation with unmatched and unrivaled authority. Only a fool would ever choose to defy such a God and yet it has happened throughout history, from biblical days to the present. And as long as that happens, then God will be angered and His judgment will be levied on people as well as the land they live in.

In regard to the latter, we see in verse 13 that when God is mad, He can and will choose to make the heavens tremble and the earth shake. Think about that a moment and consider how you would respond if you heard an ominous, thundering rumbling coming from the skies unlike anything you have every heard before and then at the same time, the very ground you were upon began to quake in a way that knocked you from your feet. Such was the violence of the shaking that you became afraid the very ground under your feet was going to break open, leaving you free falling into the crevice left behind.

At such a time, you would be sure something completely radical was happening, a phenomenon like none you had ever experienced in the past and, if you survived it, would never want to experience in the future.

This is imagery that can only begin to describe what it might look like when God sends His wrath on the day of His burning anger. One thing is for certain. No one should wish to be in the midst of such a display of God’s power and fury. We won’t have to be as long as we choose to follow Jesus, to model living life as He did and ever seek His will and way. For when we do this, and only when we do this, we will think, speak, and act in the kind of righteousness that brings God’s favor and not His judgment.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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