How can we make sense of passages in the Bible talking about mercy and others where the writers are crying out for judgement on their enemies? Today, Emma Dotter dives into Psalm 83, an imprecatory psalm, to answer this question. The God of the Old Testament truly is the God of the New Testament. All of us in our sin were enemies of God before Christ's sacrifice for us and our salvation. On the cross Jesus incurred the wrath of God, and in so doing he provided mercy and forgiveness for those who would believe. On the cross, judgement and salvation happen at the same time. God is glorified both when he defeats those who oppose him and when he saves those who oppose him.
Additional Scriptures Referenced:
Examples of Imprecatory psalms – Psalm 5, 10, 17, 35, 58
Judges 7-8 – God destroys the Midianites with Gideon's small band of soldiers
Judges 4 – God defeats the Canaanites through Deborah and Barak
Genesis 12:15-17 – Abrahamic covenant
Romans 3:25; Exodus 25:17; Exodus 36 – propitiation
1 John 2:2; 1 John
4:10 – Jesus as our propitiation
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