Wrestling with the Reality of Wrath

What would God have us do, now, with His wrath? Nahum 1:2–6 prepares us for the morning sermon in the holy assembly on the coming Lord's Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord would have us mindful of the reality and nature of His wrath. God's judgment is not merely retributive but rooted in His holy jealousy and glory. Though slow to anger and patient, God is great in power and will by no means acquit the wicked, His wrath being sudden, incomprehensible, and universally destructive—evidenced in cosmic upheaval and the withering of creation. The world's continued existence is due to divine patience, not absence of judgment. The ultimate answer to the question of who can stand before His wrath is Jesus, Who bore that wrath on the cross, making Him the only refuge for sinners. The devotion issues an urgent call to flee to Christ, to hate sin with holy dread, and to find comfort in God's certain justice.