Originally Posted by
victoryword
One reason I do not like to waste a lot of time debating this is because most people don't really study the whole Bible in relation to what it means for God to have wrath and anger and all they do is what you do TT - you seem to make it appear as if God has to take different "theological attributes" and intermingle them in order to explain your theological concepts.
First and foremost, God is NOT wrath nor is He anger. The defining characteristic of God is LOVE. God does NOT turn off His love in order to exercise wrath/anger. If my children are doing drugs, engaging in sexual immorality or any other dangerous behavior, of course I will become angry, but not because I have been slighted or offended by their behavior as is true with most humans. I will be angry because of what they are doing to hurt themselves and others. My anger is based on my LOVE, not my personally being offended at the violation of my holy standards.
God gets angry and has wrath but not in the way many of you would like to depict Him apart from the revelation of God as seen in Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself became angry but why? Because of what some were doing to others and to themselves. Note that Jesus still loved the sinner and His main purpose was to free them from sin.
The Father and Jesus are exactly alike. Scripture teaches this. The Father's anger is no different than Jesus'. The Father does NOT have a violent temper. In His "wrath" God grieves over the sins of man. Therefore, the redemptive work in Christ was not over God's anger with the human race but His love for it.