mad, provoked, and irritated. The Greek word, haron is uses 41 times, all describing burning anger. God’s Anger is a characteristic of all humans, but especially those with large amounts of testosterone. Men appear much angrier than women. We rarely hear of women starting wars. There are three prisons for females in California; there are 30 for men. Men get angry and do stupid, dangerous, and evil things that land them in prison. For a short time I was a volunteer chaplain at a local Juvenile center near my home. I worked with 72 teenage boys on Friday evening. Each one that talked to me, talked about his anger and the things he did while he was “stupid” angry. I did a study from the Bible over several months on anger during chapel and the room was so crowded they limited the number of boys that could be in the room. Anger is not sin. Ephesians 4:26 states, AND YET DO “BE ANGRY, NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your Anger and sin are related, anger.” but are not equivalent. God can be angry and be holy. Both men and God get angry. Depending on what you get angry about and what you do about that anger, is what can make it sin. the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, “…like which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.” (Deuteronomy 29:23) they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods “Because that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be (II Kings 22:17) quenched.”
mad, provoked, and irritated. The Greek word, haron is uses 41 times, all describing God’s burning anger. Anger is a characteristic of all humans, but especially those with large amounts of testosterone. Men appear much angrier than women. We rarely hear of women starting wars. There are three prisons for females in California; there are 30 for men. Men get angry and do stupid, dangerous, and evil things that land them in prison. For a short time I was a volunteer chaplain at a local Juvenile center near my home. I worked with 72 teenage boys on Friday evening. Each one that talked to me, talked about his anger and the “stupid” things he did while he was angry. I did a study from the Bible over several months on anger during chapel and the room was so crowded they limited the number of boys that could be in the room. Anger is not sin. Ephesians 4:26 states, “BE ANGRY, AND YET DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” Anger and sin are related, but are not equivalent. God can be angry and be holy. Both men and God get angry. Depending on what you get angry about and what you do about that anger, is what can make it sin. “…like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.” (Deuteronomy 29:23) “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.” (II Kings 22:17)
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