The Lord is slow to anger and great in mercy. Because of this, He has been very patient with sinful man during this Age of Grace. As this age draws to a close, however, God's anger is being aroused; and it will continue to be aroused until He pours down His judgments upon the earth in the fierceness of His great wrath.

In these end days four things will cause the wrath of God to rise until it becomes a consuming fire.

First: As evil men and seducers grow worse and worse and increase in number, God's anger will arise against the wickedness of man in the earth. Even before the seven-year Tribulation begins, He will express His anger against the wickedness of man through extraordinary catastrophes, such as earthquakes, storms, signs in the solar system, tidal waves, etc., which will increase in frequency and intensity as the end of the age draws nearer.

Jesus warned His born-again ones that unusual catastrophes will increase noticeably before He takes them out of the world to deliver them from the Tribulation judgments. Associating this violence with the wrath of God that will be poured out during the Tribulation days, He said:

25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress among the nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken ... 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption [the rapture] draweth nigh (Luke 21:25-28).

Second: When the Jews sign the contract with Antichrist, God's fury will increase in intensity. He will begin to pour down His Tribulation judgments immediately after this event takes place.

Third: In the middle of the Tribulation, when Antichrist cancels his contract with the Jews, sets himself forth as God, and sets up his image in the Temple in Jerusalem, the fierceness of God's wrath will increase yet more. From that time on, His judgments will be far more severe than they were during the first half of the Tribulation. And they will increase in severity as the Tribulation progresses. Antichrist's image becomes the idol that makes desolation.

Fourth: When the kings of the earth "set themselves" to rid the world of the testimony of God and His Messiah, God's wrath will become a consuming fire. He will then begin to maneuver affairs to bring those wicked kings into the final conflict of the age—the War of the Great Day of God the Almighty—in order to destroy them, together with all the wicked ones of the earth.

Satan has tried for centuries to get rid of the Jews. He knows that could he do so he would be able to thwart God's program and at least postpone his doom. As the Tribulation progresses and the day of his doom draws closer, Satan will work harder than ever to destroy the Jewish race. In the person of antichrist, he will assemble the kings and rulers of the earth to devise a plan to rid the world of everything and everyone connected with God. Antichrist and the other wicked rulers will purpose to annihilate every follower of Christ and every Jew.

Their evil plan will draw down upon them the scorching heat of God's wrath. So terrible will be the judgments God will send down upon them that Antichrist and his godless forces will gnaw their tongues for pain and will blaspheme the Holy One.

The Apostle John saw a vision of that time and recorded it in these words:

16 and I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth. 2 and the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image. 3 and the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea. 4 and the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood. 5 and I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge: 6 for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy. 7 And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 8 And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory. 10 And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works (Revelation 16:1-11).

Antichrist Will Assemble His Troops Together to Destroy the Jews

Under the inspiration of the spirit of God, Isaiah set forth their national confession:

53 Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of the Jehovah been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form or comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth (Isaiah 53:1-9).

In connection with the Jews' confession of their national sin, their political and spiritual leaders will trumpet the following invitation to their fellow Jews around the world:

6 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 after two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth (Hosea 6:1-3).

Then together, the penitent remnant of Jews will beseech Messiah's grace and mercy, praying:

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved (Psalm 80:1-3).

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation. 8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake (Psalm 79:6-9).

God will respond to this great conversion, and His Holy spirit will do His great work in the Jews' hearts. They will be "born anew". Then will have been fulfilled that which was spoken by the mouth of the prophet Ezekiel: "and I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah" (Ezekiel 37:14).

Messiah Will Return and Deliver the Jews