The Lord is angry at them, and they will feel the wrath of God. This means that they will be punished for going against the Lord. It is written in the Word about this.
The wrath of God is not what most people think it is. You have to remember the Lord is always talking spiritually. When he tells us what he is going to do, he puts it in flesh terms so we can understand it. Let us take a look at the real wrath of God.
Ps 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
When you read verse :6, you picture fire coming down out of heaven and wind and burning the flesh. What a horrible thought isn't it. More than that, it is the Lord that is doing it. Now look at it spiritually, which is what will really be happening.
What this verse is saying spiritually, is that the Lord will be sending something out of heaven, that will burn you spiritually and will blow your spiritual man around in great confusion. That is what Satan and his angels will be doing when they get here. They will be burning up your spiritual man's truth and putting everyone in total confusion, about what the Lord really wants and what Satan is going to say the Lord wants. See how that makes sense, when you look at it spiritually? Thank the Father for his wisdom and understanding.
Isa 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Here is another example of his wrath. He says the people on earth will all be walking around and staggering, like they are drunk. That is the flesh example he gives us. Think about someone you have seen that was plastered. What did they do? First of all as they walked they staggered, they did not walk on a straight path. They were off balance. Then what they do is talk nonsense. They ramble on about things that don't make any sense to the rest of us. They cannot clearly think, and they are very sleepy. After their bodies have had enough, they fall asleep and cannot wake up.
Think about that in spiritual terms, because that is what the wrath of God will do to the people who have not followed him and have followed Satan. The Lord tells us that he has a path for us to follow and that is a narrow path, if we are following him, then we stay on the path. But if we decide to do it our way, we are walking like a drunk. We are on the path and then we are off the path, then we might come back to it, but the flesh gets us back. Can you see the staggering that will be happening.
The reason why they are on the path and off the path is because the Lord has put them asleep spiritually. They do not have the light which is Jesus, the Word of God, to guide us through the darkness of this world. So they not only do not have any light, their eyes have also been closed. So spiritually they are just fumbling around in the dark with their eyes closed.
The Lord will not open anyone's eyes spiritually, if they are not doing what he wants.
I put the next verses in, so you would know that the Lord is going to do this to everyone in the world that is not doing his work. It will also tell you that everyone in the world will not have a choice, they will have to be in the dark and drinking his wrath, no one can hide, that is not doing his work.
Jer 25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
The Lord says all the inhabitants of the earth in verse:29.
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