@gany,you've been saying you're done here for a while now...

Okay, gany, I was going to send a rebuttal, but there were some simply so many logic sequences you made that make absolutely no sense to me, that I don't think I will try.
For example:
Christian don't read Bible therefore quoting Bible is proselytising.(?)
Christianity is not about ticking boxes by following rules, therefore it is a sham.(?)
Hinduism is both a religion with god(s) and atheism. (?) Not sure how you define atheism, but I'm pretty sure it means "no god".

The reason I am not "splitting my frame of reference" and being "more open" to believing more than one religion is that they are all contradictory; you can't possibly believe all (or even two of them) whole-heartedly! To try to do so would be to undermine both of them! For example, if Christianity is true, then Buddhism cannot be true, since Christianity teaches that there is a God while there is no God in Buddhism. You cannot pick more than one; it is one of them or none of them.

Hinduism, by the way (not just talking to gany here), if the Hindu monk that I talked to on a Religion and Society excursion a couple years ago is to be believed, is a form of monotheism; Hindus believe that there is one spirit/god known as the Brahma, and that there has been many manifestions of Brahma on earth (the elephant people among others). Correct me if I am very wrong.

I don't know about hypocrisy, but I'm glad you're done, gany, because now we can get back to what this thread was originally for.

I'm not going to give any more rebuttal this is just a correction.

The thing you are talking about in Hinduism is Brahman (The Cosmic Principle). In Hinduism, Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, immanent, genderless and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools. Some part of it exists in all living beings. (Notice the defence in how Christianity describes god or the creator)
Brahma is different, it is just one of their theorized gods who created the universe. (Notice the difference: Christianity talks about the creation of the earth, skies, sun, moon and stars while Hinduism talks about the creation of the universe)

To give you more dread about Hinduism, Dalai Lama says:
When I say that Buddhism is a part of Hinduism, certain people criticize me. But if I were to say that Hinduism and Buddhism are totally different, it would not be in conformity with truth.

And this from Ram Swarup, a prominent Hindu philosopher:
Buddha was a Hindu. Buddhism is Hindu in its origin and development, in its art and architecture, iconography, language, beliefs, psychology, names, nomenclature, religious vows and spiritual discipline...Hinduism is not all Buddhism, but Buddhism forms part of the ethos which is essentially Hindu.

To give you more dread, Buddhism (atheist), Sikhism (monotheistic) and Jainism (polytheistic) are all part of Hinduism. Even Hinduism has hundreds of sub-religions in it.

1 Corinthians 15:35-38 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
1 Corinthians 15:42-49 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

These verses are talking about the resurrection of the bodies, and the imagery with which we should view burials. The largest difference between our body now and the body to come will be the lack of blood, which the old testamentrefers to as "life." Leviticus 17:14 says "For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off."
When Jesus was resurrected and appeared unto the disciples, he as very careful with what words he chose. In Luke 24:29, Jesus says "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." We know from 1 Corinthians that flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God: 1 Corinthians 15:50 says "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."
As Christians, we know that the soul is willing, but the body is weak. We are made new creatures in Christ, but sin continues to dwell in our corruptible bodies. Paul states it very eloquently and poetically in Romans 7:19-25: "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."
We are all sinners- Paul spells this out in Romans 1-3- but through Christ Jesus we are made a new creature. Knowing God is real isn't enough to get you saved; in Matthew 11:27, Jesus states "All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." The gift of everlasting life is something that you don't have to do great works for, it isn't something awarded to you for keeping the law, nor is it something you can lose or have taken away from you. Romans 10:9-10 spells out the entire plan for salvation in only two sentences: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Well said!! :D

Thanks gany for that correction, I couldn't remember the difference between Brahma and Brahman!

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Luke 6:45 NKJV

This verse is telling us that if we want to be good people doing good works, we need to first have a good heart. What we say and do are mere reflections of what is going on inside us. Make sure you check your heart.

Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great things.
—Joel 2:21

Thoughts on Today's Verse...
This reassurance from God is given to a people facing desperate times, which were brought on by God to lead them to repent. Their land lies desolate and decimated from drought, plagues, and poor harvests. God, however, is now promising to bless them if they will return to him with all their hearts. The LORD, the covenant God of Israel, will do great things to bring his people to deliverance through their repentance and his gracious power. The land can rejoice and be glad. So should his people! So should we! Because of Jesus, we know that "the LORD has done great things" for us!

Galatians 4:1-10 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

Here, Paul is speaking to the churches of Galatia, who were tempted by the Pharisees into following the old testament law, such as keeping the sabbath, keeping the feast days, getting circumcised, performing animal sacrifices, etc., after Paul had gotten the Galatians saved. As new testament believers, we are no longer under the law- the Holy Spirit guides us daily. We should have no more desire to commit sins, unless by the sin that dwelleth in us (see yesterday's verses). Even today, we still need to be watchful of anyone who tries or is trying to lump Christianity together with the Pharisee's religion.

Hebrews 12:16-17 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

These verses are referring to the story of Jacob and Esau, twins born to Isaac and Rebekah, as found in Genesis 25:29-34: "And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright."
Earlier in the chapter we are told that an angel of the Lord appeared unto Isaac and Rebekah, prior to their sons being born, that the elder shall serve the younger. What Jacob did in this story and afterwards, when he deceived his father Isaac, were not the right things to do, or what God had intended. Jealousy oftentimes overtakes us, and causes us to make rash decisions. God understood this sinful nature, and for that reason revealed the sin unto us in one of the ten commandments: Exodus 20:17 says "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."
The verses in Hebrews pertaining to the story of Jacob and Esau point us towards a life of chastity before marriage, and not giving into temptations for what is the equivalent of "a morsel of meat." Just as Esau was obviously not starving to death after just a few days of not eating, we also shouldn't desire to fulfill carnal lusts now, which leads us to spoiling or even forsaking God's ideals for marriage.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

We are commanded here to use our time wisely. There are many verses about wasting time- every verse with the word "vain" or "vanity" in it deal with this issue. Titus 3:9 is one of the best verses about what God considers vain: "But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain." Remember Hebrews 9:27: "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" We only have one chance to win souls to Christ, and that is while they are still alive, here on this earth.

Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

Psalms 100:2 NKJV

Commentary: We serve a good God who died for us; who would not serve such a God with gladness and singing?

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

Colossians 3:1‭-‬2 NKJV

Commentary: As Christians, we have died to our old, sinful selves and have been reborn in Christ; therefore, we should not focus on the temporal things that our sinful nature would have us focus on, but rather set our minds on the things of our new life in Christ.

Hebrews 12:4-12 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

When we become Christians, it isn't a free pass to do whatsoever we please. (However, we do know from the very definition of eternal security that no matter what we do in this life, we cannot lose our salvation.) God visits our sins, and uses them as a way of tempering believers. God is a loving God, and true love involves correction and chastisement.

Revelations 13:1-2

"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."

UmU beware heretics!

1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Matthew 6:19-21 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The bible repeats continually the dangers of seeking wealth and advises against living our lives for the sake of money. Jesus himself declared this in Mark 10:25: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Many Christians, especially Catholics, fall into the same trap that Jesus is expounding on in this passage: they rely on how good they are in the sight of the world to get them into heaven. We must remember Ephesians 2:8-9, which states "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
This does not mean that all people who are wealthy are not saved or are even being inadequate Christians. 1 Samuel 2:7 says "The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up." We also know that Abraham, Jacob, Solomon, and other notable figures were very rich. The rich are therefore commanded to use their wealth for the benefit of others and the church. Jesus in Luke 18:22 said to a certain rich man, "Sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me."
The first mention of the tithe was mentioned all the way back in Genesis, when God revealed himself unto Jacob. In Genesis 28:22 Jacob made a promise to God: "And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." God takes the tithe very seriously. In Malachi 3:8, God expresses this in no questionable terms: "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." The tithe belongs to God; it is not our gift to him.
We live in one of the most prosperous times the world has seen, where food and basic sustenance is no longer the primary expense. We should use this rare opportunity in time to build up and strengthen the church for a lasting impression on the generations to follow, instead of storing up our treasures in worldly possessions, which wither and fall away.

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
—James 2:26



Thoughts on Today's Verse...
By this definition, a whole lot of people claiming to be believers are really spiritual corpses. For faith to be real, it must express itself in service. Faith not only moves mountains; it moves believers to act in ways that honor God and bless others, demonstrating their thankfulness for God's incredible grace.

Pasta, pasta, pasta
is better than Rasta

(by an unknown but devoted pastafarian, oral tradition)

Thoughts on today's verse:
Sometimes, the food for one's soul is more important that a food for one's stomach. This verse reminds us, that there are also other times.

(Disclaimer: Verse is not only a Bible thing... OT just for fun)
(Ok, I know Viking already presented today's one.. let's excause it by a fact that in a different timezone there's already a new day)
(I won't interfere again, thread was referred in Community dashboard, came here expecting some funny short poems....)

Deuteronomy 34:1-6 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

These verses, from the last chapter of the last book of the Mosaic law, show God not allowing Moses to enter into the promised land because he did not give God the glory for bringing forth water from the rock at Meribah in Numbers 20. In Numbers 20:12, God reveals his punishment upon Moses and Aaron: "And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them."
What we can learn from these verses is that our sins aren't a zero-sum game. God will punish us for our sin; our good works and our ability to follow the law won't negate the sins we committed. Galatians 6:7 reiterates this attribute of God: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." We need to be mindful that this chastening is not out of hate, but out of fatherly love. Hebrews 12:6 says "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." When God punishes us for our sins, it is out of love.
We shouldn't use our newfound freedoms as new testament believers to get as close to sinning and being abhorrent to God as possible. If we do, we will get punished. Romans 5:20-21 and Romans 6:1-6 explains this attitude of abusing our freedom in Christ: "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."
The God of the old testament is the God of the new testament, and he still hates sin, and so much the more when his children commit it. In Leviticus 22:31, God stated it thus: "Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD." In John 14:15, Jesus stated it thus: "If ye love me, keep my commandments." God is consistent, as are the things that he abhors, and the things which he joys in.

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Matthew 6:23
"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”

Nahum 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

This verse has a lot going on in it, and it is helpful to break down what the bible's definition for the words are to find out the weight of it.

First we will look at 'jealous.' Jealousy in the bible is always portrayed as a good, righteous attribute. Exodus 20:5 is the first time 'jealous' is used: "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;" Exodus 34:14 is the most memorable verse that uses the term: "For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:" We can learn immediately from this that jealousy is not a sin- covetousness and envy are, as it is written in the ten commandments.
Numbers 5:11-31 is a section where 'jealous' is used in abundance. Verses 11-15 use it the most heavily: "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance."
Why is the husband jealous of his wife for committing fornication? Because she is his wife, and her body belongs to him, and his body to her. 1 Corinthians 7:4 expounds on this law: "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife." Jealousy is therefore not wanting to give over, or be robbed of, what is rightfully yours to people (or false gods, as we see in the verses from Exodus) that are undeserving of it, especially when they are taken in sin, or even have a greater opportunity to commit sins.
This is another area where modern translations of the bible fall short: as an example, when Joseph reveals his dreams unto his brothers and father in Genesis 37, their reaction is described as jealousy in verse 11 in the New International Version: "His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind." Genesis 37:11 in the King James version reads "And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying." The King James version correctly translates this as envy, keeping the reader from being confused unnecessarily by inconsistent, incorrect translations.

'Revenge' will be the next word we look at. The first instance and most heavy usage of 'revenge' is again, as like the word 'jealousy,' found in the Mosaic law, in Numbers 35:9-34. These verses deal with what to do when one person kills another unawares or unintentionally, what we would call involuntary manslaughter. There were appointed cities of refuge for those who committed involuntary manslaughter to flee to. The definition for murder is also outlined in this passage.
We will read verses 19-25, which deal with murderers, slayers, and revengers of blood: "The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil."
A companion word, vengeance, is used more sporadically throughout the bible, and is always used when describing God's direct action, or his commanding of his people to execute his judgements in just one verse in the Psalms, upon the wicked. Deuteronomy 32:51 is the first descriptive use of this term, with God speaking it: "To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste."
From these and other verses, we can see that 'revenge' and 'vengeance' are defined as retribution, and is often localized to individuals or groups of individuals with a common misdeed among them. We will use the bible's definitions of 'revenge' and 'vengeance' to contrast with 'wrath' after we define it next.



'Wrath,' when used in the term 'the wrath of God' or 'God's wrath,' is undoubtably the highest form of anger God displays throughout the bible. Exodus 15 begins with the song with the song the children of Israel sang after passing through the Red Sea onto dry land, immediately after which the Egyptians who were pursuing them were swallowed up by the deep. Verse 7 of this song reads thus: "And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble." When starting a fire in a field of stubble, you can't decide which piece of stubble burns and which doesn't on an individual basis; the most you can do is making broad firebreaks between sections that you wish to burn and those sections which you don't wish to burn: there is no gray zone of partial burning.

'Wrath' is used often throughout the bible, but the first thing that comes mind when considering God's wrath is the book of Revelation. I won't go into much detail for now on this, but in Revelation 6-8 the seven seals are opened by the Lamb, and after the sixth seal is opened those who believe on Jesus Christ will be caught up with him in the clouds. In Revelation 6:16-17, the people who are suffering the tribulations of the seven seals cry out: "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
The wrath of God takes place after the seven seals, after all believers are in Heaven with God. The wrath of God is the seven trumpets and the seven vials, which shall be sounded and poured out upon the earth, causing the vast majority of the unsaved to be utterly destroyed and tormented for their sins.

We can see that 'wrath' is God's judgement upon wide swaths of people, not taking into account their works: only their faith in him is considered. God's wrath is justified, it's perfect, and he is worthy to pour out wrath upon those who he chooses. 



With these definitions in mind, and a clear understanding of the bible in both vocabulary, history, chronological order, and prophecy, we can now reread Nahum 1:2 with clarity: "God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies."

We see that this seemingly simple verse is filled with prophecy and truth, and reveals qualities of God: how he hates sin, how he takes vengeance on sinners today, and how he will pour out wrath on those who hate him in the end times.