The Wrath of God

Isaiah 53:10, "Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief;"


An aspect of the death of Christ that I do not consider quite enough is the fact that the wrath of God was displayed throughout the crucifiction. Often when I think of Christ's death I think of the love of God, the mercy of God, and the grace of God. All of these are great and awesome aspects of Christ's death, but that is not the complete picture. God is a holy God and any sin, no matter how small, is an offense to him. As a holy God he must judge sin appropriately. Therefore, when man sinned the wrath of God had to be poured out on sinful beings. His wrath had to be satisfied. That was the purpose of Christ's death. To stand in our place and to take the punishment of our sin while the wrath of God was poured out on Christ. Christ absorbed the wrath of God that was owed to you and to me. Through the death of Christ God's wrath has been justly satisfied. It is because of this truth of God's wrath that causes his love, mercy and grace to be all the more special and meaningful to me. That wrath was to be mine, but it was the will of God the Father to pour out his wrath on his own son, sparing me of that punishment that would have brought me death.