A Clash Of Worlds

Perhaps you've noticed. We live in a very, very angry world. Hatred seethes just below the surface. Look through atheist blogs and you'll detect an anger at Creator God that borders on pathological. As one atheist wrote, “If Jesus came back, I'd kill Him again.”

Take a look at Dr. Luke's second letter to his friend Theopholous, in the Bible's book of Acts of the Holy Spirit. Go to chapter two verses 23, 24 and you'll find a clash of worlds.

What Dr. Luke is writing about is when human rage killed Jesus the first time. Sin, our sin, reacts violently whenever it's exposed. Witness the reaction of Whateverman to a simple post on forgiveness. The resentment that is triggered in secular man at the mere suggestion of needing forgiveness is profound. And so, out of rage at being convicted of sin, we nailed Jesus to the cross. In an attempt to satiate our anger we crucified the only perfect human to ever walk the face of the earth. Anger found it's main focus – God.

Interestingly, God's anger was also present. God's wrath, that is constantly being poured out on that which destroys us, was also poured out that day, on Himself. Knowing that we would be utterly destroyed if He was to fulfil His righteous anger on the sin, sin that we invited into the world, Creator God, in the form of His Son took upon Himself the consequences of our sin.

Jesus took God's anger upon Himself so that we could experience God's unlimited love.

What kind of a person would reject that kind of love?