When God’s Vengeance and Recompense Are Good News | Formerly Reverend

How Jesus transforms the fire and fury of judgment

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I heard a lot about God’s wrath and judgment as a kid growing up in the church. God hated sin and I was a sinner deserving God’s wrath and judgment. That’s why Jesus came — to take the punishment I deserved. The implicit theology I learned was that Jesus, who was…