from Jesus’s parable of the prodigal son. After the younger son left his father’s house, the consequences of his sin eventually caught up with him in the far country, and the boy ended up living with the pigs. Call this the wrath of God if you like. But never think that the father was mad at his son. He was not. Never think that the father looked upon his son as a loathsome spider. He did not. The father had nothing but love in his heart for his profligate son. As long as the son remained in the far country, the “wrath of God” abided upon him. But when he turned toward home and sought mercy,
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