The Symbol of God’s Wrath

I
God’s disposition
is His own inherent essence,
which is not changed at all
by the passage of time,
and nor is it altered by changes
of geographical location.
His inherent disposition
is His intrinsic essence.
Regardless of whom
He carries out His work upon,
His essence remains unchanged,
and so does His righteous disposition.
When one angers God,
that which God sends forth
is His inherent disposition;
at this time the principle behind His anger
does not change,
nor do His unique identity and status.
He does not grow angry
because of a change in His essence
or because different elements
arise from His disposition,
but because man’s opposition against Him
offends His disposition.
II
Man’s flagrant provocation of God
is a severe challenge
to God’s own identity and status.
In God’s view, when man challenges Him,
man is contesting Him
and tempting His anger.
When man opposes God,
when man contests God,
when man continuously tempts God’s anger,
that is precisely when sin runs rampant—
at such times,
God’s wrath will naturally reveal
and present itself.
Therefore, God’s expression of His wrath
is a symbol that all wicked forces
will cease to exist,
and it is a symbol that all hostile forces
will be destroyed.
This is the uniqueness
of God’s righteous disposition,
and of God’s wrath.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique II