Understanding of the Wrath of God

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | August 14, 2012 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Delta 21]

As abounding and incomprehensible as his love and grace are, so to is His wrath.

We revel and awe at His great love and grace in our daily lives but seldom realize that WE are falling short of realizing it all....because we just cant until we are in His presence.

Woe to the soul who is on the flip side of the coin !

[YHAOS]

"God only has to let man’s cultures degenerate on their own.."

Yes . . . Sometimes known as entropy?

[Alamo-Girl]

For He is the very Source of our being, the very Source of the Truth that permeates US and all His Creation....

One must be very blind and deaf, indeed, not to notice these facts.

Precisely so, dearest sister in Christ, thank you for your insights and encouragements!

[Alamo-Girl]

God cannot be anthropomorphized. Words (in any language) describing God are no more than an approximation, and a rather distant approximation at that.

Indeed. As I recall, the Hebrew Name for God the Creator, Ayn Sof, literally means "no thing" the point being that any words man could use to describe God would limit him in the speaker's mind to whatever the word meant.

Thank you for sharing your insights, dear YHAOS!

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed, dear hosepipe. And I think YHAOS is onto something using the word "entropy" to describe the phenomena because when men try to ignore God - they have no rock, no source for objective truth. Without that anchor, their existence is meaningless.

[hosepipe]

Whatever God is, he/she/it is...
Whether one, two or three or three thousand its all the same..
I cannot compute why “a God” would have gender.. actually..
Except to metaphorically relate to humans.. who do have gender..

Being able to relate to “God” is primary to having a “base”..
If somebody rejects the God concept, then they make themselves “a God”... by default..
The Hewbrew God has no name, but they do nickname him/it...
Actually Jesus name isn’t Jesus either.. nor does the Holy Spirit have a name..

I gave up trying to name God.. which could very well be “mocking” him/it..
Actually I don’t really know you people here either.. but I accept you..

I give God the freedom to be whoever the heck he wants to be.. God bless him/it..
Same with you posters here... God bless you too..
Heck God bless me as well...

That about covers my homily... - Pope Pipus I...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thankfully, God announced His own Name!

And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them?

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. - Exodus 3:13-14

No matter what question enters my mind, His Name is the answer.

[hosepipe]

[ And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: ]

The way I read that is “its none your business WHO I AM”...
Paraphrasing; “go tell them, he is what/who he is”.. thats who he is..

Pagan religions NEED a God with a name.. they need a name for their IDOL..
A real God don’t seem to need one.. I like that... I don’t have an IDOL..

That is if a human could remotely grasp or understand what God “IS” anyway..
I don’t think they(you, me, anybody) can.. I sure can’t..

I accept God on his own terms.. whatever they are..
Sure.. I have more faith than good sense.. its true..
Its taken a long time for me to get this dumb...

[tpanther]

I would only add that I think there are some people still found in these aforementioned areas, Republican party, military, etc. that indeed still contain God-fearing Christians; far and few between mind you but a remnant. It would take a real short amount of time to create a very short list and indeed in some cases, the hypocrat party for instance, there may literally be NO ONE left...

And that should be a real wake-up call!