In the first five chps of Romans the term \u201cwrath\u201d appears; we are in chp 3 today: <\/p>\n
1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, \u201cSo that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging.\u201d 5 But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath<\/strong> on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my falsehood God\u2019s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), \u201cLet us do evil so that good may come\u201d? Their condemnation is deserved! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wrath here is connected (1) to God and (2) to judgment.
\nA big issue in this text is that God\u2019s glory will win out; that human faithlessness establishes the truthfulness of God\u2019s righteousness; that God\u2019s wrath establishes God\u2019s justice.
\nThere is a kind of objectivity about Paul here: whether he does what is right or not doesn\u2019t matter; God\u2019s own righteousness, justice, holiness, and love are established either way. Here is the beginning of an idea that the Puritans often mentioned: that one could delight in the God of glory and holiness and justice and righteousness and love whether or not one was on the right side of God\u2019s judgment.
\nSince judgment is a theme here, I would say this text could be either historical or eternal wrath \u2014 both variants on God\u2019s justice and God\u2019s act of judgment to establish justice.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the first five chps of Romans the term \u201cwrath\u201d appears; we are in chp 3 today:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology"],"yoast_head":"\n
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