32:19-21
The people rejected God, so God rejected the people. This is the antithesis of the Biblical hope “they will be my people and I will be their God”. The people would then see what life was like without the Lord. But this was not a plan for eternal rejection, for in 32:21 it says “I will make them envious by a nation that has no understanding”. In Rom 10:19 Paul sees this as being fulfilled in God taking the gospel to the Gentiles.
32:22
The wrath of God will be great. A common objection is “how can a God of love send people to hell”, or something along these lines. And a common response to this is to dispel the idea of hell. We should note that the Bible gives us no grounds whatsoever for this. We have to take the wrath of God seriously, otherwise we are not taking God seriously. We need to consider both the sternness and kindness of God (Rom 11:22).
The people rejected God, so God rejected the people. This is the antithesis of the Biblical hope “they will be my people and I will be their God”. The people would then see what life was like without the Lord. But this was not a plan for eternal rejection, for in 32:21 it says “I will make them envious by a nation that has no understanding”. In Rom 10:19 Paul sees this as being fulfilled in God taking the gospel to the Gentiles.
32:22
The wrath of God will be great. A common objection is “how can a God of love send people to hell”, or something along these lines. And a common response to this is to dispel the idea of hell. We should note that the Bible gives us no grounds whatsoever for this. We have to take the wrath of God seriously, otherwise we are not taking God seriously. We need to consider both the sternness and kindness of God (Rom 11:22).
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