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The Arrows of God's Wrath
By W. Frank Walton
“I will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them” (Deut. 32:23). This “song of Moses” (Deut. 31:30-32:47) recites the history of Israel and warns of God’s judgment on the nation’s unfaithfulness. God sometimes used suffering as a national punishment on Israel (Deut. 28:49-52), as well as using calamity on wicked nations (Isa. 13:5).
Jeremiah tells the people of Jerusalem that Babylon is preparing an attack against Jerusalem (Jer. 6:4-6). Jeremiah was denounced as a traitor and discourager of the people, but he was simply telling the truth of God’s justice. His warning against their wickedness came true (Lam. 1-5).
The Babylonian attack was awful. Most of the Jews in Jerusalem were slaughtered, if they hadn’t already died of pestilence and famine, in its siege (Ezek. 5:1-17). Archaeologists have recently found bronze arrowheads from excavating the walls of Jerusalem, dating from the time of the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, who besieged the city in 587/586 BC. These arrows were sent from God. “He makes His arrows fiery shafts” (Psa. 7:13).
"I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation” (Jer 21:5). Those arrows of the invading Babylonians were actually God’s arrows of judicial wrath. God providentially raised up the Babylonians, as instruments of His discipline (Jer 25:9). These arrows show that God rules in the affairs of men, as the righteous Sovereign of all. He used their weapons of war as His weapons to physically punish the Jews. God is a holy God of justice. If man resists, he destroys himself.
In the end, judgment will surely come to us all. On that Last Great Day, each of us will be held accountable. Condemnation of the unforgiven will be severe and pitiless. So, this should awaken us the sobering fact of God's judgment, and to “work out your salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil. 2:12).
Yet, this makes the gospel of God's grace so precious. Jesus propitiated our sins, absorbing the fierce, holy wrath of God, as He was punished in our place (Rom. 3:25). Our Lord took the blow of justice by His vicarious suffering. If we are in Him, we are shielded from the spiritual arrows of justice. Praise God!
Other Articles by Frank Walton
The Christian Is a Spiritual Optimist
The Yearning for Immortality
Getting Older
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