A Picture of Wrath

664- Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 22:8-15, “"Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. 9 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. 11 He rode upon a cherub, and flew; And He was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 13 From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. 14 "The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. 15 He sent out arrows and scattered them; Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them. (2 Sam 22:8-15) Wow! God apparently is ticked! This is a picture of wrath! Quaking earth, smoke from the nostrils, devouring fire, darkness under His feet, lightning bolts, and riding a cherub speaks of the swiftness of the expression of His anger. But what is He so mad about? In context here, He is mad about death. David has just talked about the persistent call of the grave. It is never satisfied, Pr 30:15b,16 says, “There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, "Enough!": 16 The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water-And the fire never says, "Enough!" This was not the way things started out! Adam and Eve lived in a perfect, sinless, non-decaying, death deficient garden of Eden, but then sin entered the world and with it came death. Ro 5:12 says, Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-- The only thing that can take away the penalty of sin is the sacrifice of the perfect Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. No wonder the Father is angry. This death thing can only be taken care of by the death of His only Son! And this poetic portrayal given to us by David is a picture of the complete wrath of God against sin and death being poured out on His Son on Calvary. May we never forget the price of sin, may we never forget the love of Christ, and may we embrace our only hope of salvation. Trust in Jesus.