The Resting Place of God’s Anger

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place–on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”
(Jeremiah 7:20 NKJV)

Where is the resting place for God’s anger? I would suppose that the resting place would be Hell. Jesus said that Hell was created for Satan and his angels. Jesus also described Hell as a place of eternal pain and torment. What causes the torment?

If God created the world and everything in it, if He keeps us alive by His power, then He also powers Heaven and Hell. Revelation says that Heaven needs no temple because God is there. His light gives Heaven light. If Heaven is a place where there is no pain, no fear, no sickness, then Heaven is the eternal resting place of God’s love.

Therefore, God won’t get angry in Heaven. Why? Because God’s anger resides in Hell. Does the anger of God create and sustain Hell – just as God Himself created and sustains the earth? Hell must be maintained forever or eventually there would be chaos in eternity.

Isaiah 66:24 is referenced by Jesus as a description of Hell in Mark 9:42-48. The fire of Hell is eternal. The fuel for the fire is God’s anger.

“And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
(Isaiah 66:24 NKJV)

Is God’s wrath the same as God’s anger? Jeremiah says here that God’s anger is unquenchable. Revelation states that God’s wrath is completed. Therefore there is a difference between God’s anger and His wrath.

What causes the torment in Hell? It can’t be Satan because He is punished by going to the lake of fire. It can’t be a demon for the same reason. What or who provokes the torment? Obviously, it is the anger of God. He sets His anger in Hell so that we can experience His complete love in Heaven.

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