Are earthquakes and disasters the wrath of God?
No, earthquakes and disasters are not the wrath of God. For nearly 2,000 years God has not poured out wrath, because this is the age of grace. Such events may occasionally get man's attention, but they are not divine wrath. Even the flood was not wrath but an act of mercy.
Les teaches that for nearly 2,000 years God has not been pouring out wrath. We are living in the age of grace, and even to the ungodly and those steeped in wickedness, God is still dealing in grace, not in judgment or wrath. Les notes that once in a while catastrophes, earthquakes, and disasters may take place to get man's attention, but that is not the wrath of God. He also points out that even the flood, as awful as it was, was not the wrath of God. Instead, God was broken hearted because everything He had begun had fallen apart and turned in rejection. The flood was an act of mercy to unborn generations, a cleansing of the slate and starting over, because the world was filled with violence and people were killing each other. Les adds that the flood was almost instantaneous destruction.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
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Is God's wrath still going to be poured out in the future?
God's wrath is still coming and is getting closer every day; one of these days God will pour out His wrath.