That’s why Yahweh’s love is an attribute, but his wrath isn’t. The Scriptures teach that “God is love,”31 but we never read “God is wrath.” Wrath, or anger, is Yahweh’s response to evil in the world. The story about Jesus in the temple, clearing out the corrupt bureaucrats with a homemade whip, is a preview of what’s to come, a glimpse over the horizon. There is coming a day when Jesus puts evil six feet under the ground. When the world is finally free. And it’s because of Jesus’ love, and because of his wrath, his passionate antagonism against evil in all its forms, that we can look forward
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