The Demonstration of Judgment — Aaron Dunlop

The Day and Decree of Judgment

Isaiah chapter 51 and then over to Obadiah verse 16. Isaiah chapter 51, I want to read a few verses from this chapter and then we are going to turn over to Obadiah 16 the end of the section in Obadiah dealing with the judgment prescribed for the ungodly we have seen in verse 15 that the judgment prescribed was prescribed for a particular day, it was a day of the Lord and the Lord was going to come in and he was going to come out of his place as one of the prophets puts it, he was going to enter into time and he was going to manifest his power and his glory in that great day of the Lord.

We saw last week then the decree by which that judgment was prescribed it was the law of retribution or the eye for the eye and we saw that the Lord works by laws, he is predictable as far as this is concerned and he works by laws and that law then, the lex talionis is the law by which he deals with us and by which he deals with the world.

We come tonight to see then the demonstration of judgment. Judgment was given for a particular day, it was given by a particular decree and it will be demonstrated with particular demonstration and the demonstration that the Lord uses and the analogy that the Lord uses to demonstrate his judgment is very significant as we see it throughout in particular the prophets and into the New Testament.

Let's read from Isaiah chapter 51 verse 17. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling and wrung them out, there is none to guide her among all her sons whom she hath brought forth, neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

These two things are come unto thee who shall be sorry for thee, desolation and destruction and the famine and the sword, by whom shall I comfort thee. Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord and the rebuke of thy God.

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken but not with wine thus saith the Lord the Lord, thy Lord the Lord or thus saith thy Lord Jehovah and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people. Behold I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling even the dregs of the cup of my fury.

Thou shalt no more drink it again but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee which have said to thy soul bow down that we may go over and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

Amen, we trust the Lord will bless the reading of his word. Let me just give you a brief overview of what this passage is saying. The picture that is being used here, Jerusalem is pictured as a drunken woman lying in the street.

She has no children to help her, none of her children can lift her up or guide her or strengthen her as verse 18 tells us there is none to guide her among all her sons. She is lying there in a drunken stupor because Jerusalem has drunk from the cup of God's wrath.

God has afflicted his people with a great affliction. He has taken them and he will take them into captivity and afflict them. And they will drink from the cup of God's wrath because of their disobedience to God and because of their rebellion against God they will drink, verse 17 the dregs of the cup of trembling or the word could be translated the cup of the cup or the bowl of the cup.

You get the idea that the cup right down at the bottom of the cup. The bowl or the rounded bottom of the cup is dry. They have drunk the cup of affliction that he has given them this cup. Verse 22 we come to a very interesting turn a twist in the story regarding Israel.

Thus saith the Lord, thus saith thy Lord Jehovah and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people. God is pleading Israel's cause. God took Israel into captivity for a reason. They were his people, he loved them.

They were his particular, peculiar and loved people. He gave them the cup of affliction in order to restore them, in order to bring them and to purify them. Because as we come into the New Testament we have not yet reached the fullness of time when Israel has brought forth the Messiah and they have been brought into captivity and the drinking of the cup of affliction was in order that the Lord might preserve Israel.

But that cup has been drunk dry for Israel, for God's people, affliction is temporary. And here in verse 22 thus saith thy Lord Jehovah and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people behold I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling.

Even the dregs of the cup of my fury. Thou shalt no more drink it again. I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee which have said to thy soul bow down that we may go over. And thou hast laid thy body as a ground and has this street to them that went over.

The Lord took the cup of affliction from Israel and he gave it into the hands of the enemies of God and the enemies of Israel. This is what we find in Obadiah chapter or Obadiah verse 16. Let's read Obadiah verse 15 and 16 the section that deals with the judgment prescribed on the ungodly.

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen. As thou hast done it shall be done unto thee. Thy reward shall return upon thine own head. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually.

Yea they shall drink and they shall swallow down and they shall be as though they had not been. We have read these two passages for a purpose, for a reason. And the passage in Obadiah or in Isaiah chapter 51 verses 17 to 23 the spirit of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah summons Jerusalem out of the chastisement that he has brought upon her.

He calls Jerusalem to rise up from under the judgment of God. He calls Jerusalem to come out from under the cup from drinking the cup of the wrath. Verse 18 as we saw he is going to put it into the hand of her oppressors.

What we read of in Isaiah 51 verses 17 and following is what Obadiah is speaking of in verse 16 of Obadiah's prophecy. There is a debate as to whether this verse is the last verse of judgment and applied to the Edomites or is it the first verse of the consolation and applied to Judah.

We see from the authorized version that the translators of the authorized version have made the paragraph division at verse 17. But there is debate as to whether verse 16 is actually part of the consolation.

As ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually. Yea they shall drink and they shall swallow down. They shall be as though they had not been. I believe with the authorized version the translators of the authorized version that this verse 16 is the last verse that deals with the judgment upon Edom.

I believe also that since it is the last verse that deals with the judgment and it is the first verse 17 is the first verse that transitions us into the blessing of God for Judah. I believe verse 16 is both a curse upon Edom and the heathen and it is a blessing and it is consolation for the people of God.

Because if we read it in the light of what God says to Israel in Isaiah chapter 51 He is now giving the cut of the enemies of God. He is now giving the cut of wrath to Edom and all the heathen. Why? Because He has taken it from.

And so this verse 16 is both consoling to Israel in that the cup of wrath has been taken away from them and it is judgment for the Edomites. The cup of wrath is given to the heathen because of what they did also to the Israelites.

This is what we have seen throughout the prophecy of Obadiah. He is looking out for Israel. The Lord is defending Israel. Obadiah has drunk the cup of God's wrath. Why? Because they have treated Israel in such a manner.

You should not have done this. From verse 10 down to verse 14 the Lord says you should not have done this. You should not have done this. And they are drinking the cup of wrath because they treated Israel so so it is both judgment upon the heathen and it is consolation to the Israelites.

In verse 16 Obadiah continues not only to prescribe judgment on Edom but he also describes he is prescribing this judgment upon Edom in verses 15 and 16. But in verse 16 he is describing why he is giving them this judgment.

And he says in the first verse. For as ye have done this because ye have drunk upon my holy mountain. That carries us back then into what we have already looked at in verses 10 to 14 there is another reason why Edom is being judged because they have drunk upon God's holy mountain.

We are going to get to that a little later on. This verse not only prescribes the judgment but it describes why God is judging Edom. The invasion of Jerusalem had facilitated the drunken bouts that the conquering armies had in the city of Jerusalem.

They have reveled. They have gloated at Jerusalem in the face of God. They have drunk to intoxication drinking in celebration and drinking in the holy city desecrating God's holy city. God is going to judge them for that.

Judgment Demonstrated by the Ungodly

Now it is not what they have done to Israel. It is now what they have done to God's possession. They have drunk in His holy mountain desecrated God's holy mountain. First thing I want us to notice tonight there are two things judgment demonstrated by the ungodly and judgment demonstrated in the ungodly.

There are two main headings that I want us to look at tonight. This judgment is demonstrated by the ungodly and it is demonstrated in them. We saw in verse 3 when we looked at it a few weeks ago the irony of pride.

The Cup of Wrath as Retributive Punishment

The irony of pride. Well here we see the irony of punishment. The Lord says for as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually. There is an irony there. There is a twist.

Come in to Jerusalem. They drank in triumph and defiance against Israel and against the God of Israel. Now Edom and all the heathen are going to drink. It is going to be not the wine of celebration but they are going to drink the cup of God's wrath.

And God says as ye have drunk in my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually. And God is going to make them drink the cup of His wrath. They had then demonstrated in Jerusalem. The irony of it is that they had demonstrated in Jerusalem what God was going to do against them.

They drank in defiance. God is going to make them drink His wrath. The figure of drinking the cup of wrath is used throughout scripture. The clearest expression is found in Psalm 75 verse 8. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup.

The wine is red it is full of mixture and he pours out the same. But the dregs are off. All the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them. Psalm 75 verse 8. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full of mixture and he pours out of the same but the dregs are off.

All the wicked of the earth shall drink shall wring them out and drink them. We come into the New Testament and we see again in Revelation chapter 18 verse 3. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Now you can either take this prophecy in Revelation 17 chapter 17 and chapter 18. You can either take this prophecy to mean the wicked ungodly system the great beast the whore of Revelation or you can take it to be Roman Catholic Church and the Antichrist.

If you read chapter 17 for my opinion I take it to be the Antichrist the Roman Catholic system. It is an ungodly system and the system Roman Catholic Church chapter 17 tells us is drunk with the blood of the saints drunk with the blood of the saints.

You read down through church history and see that played out in history. The saints that the Roman Catholic Church murdered, put to death with cruel hatred. But chapter 18 verse 3 says. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication and all the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich.

What this is saying, what this verse is saying concerning the fornication and the cup of the wrath of her fornication is the fornication and the judgment that will be brought about by and because of that fornication that spiritual fornication the wrath that will be brought about by the sin and the punishment of the system of ungodliness.

They have drunk it and they have made the nations to drink of it. And if you read the chapter 17 and 18 you will see that for yourselves in Revelation, but this idea of drinking the cup of the wrath of God is found throughout for the most part the prophetic scriptures, drunkenness is one of the most horrid sights that one can ever look on sights.

It turns the drunkard into a mental stupor and a physical inability individual. James Henley Thornwell great preacher from 1800's describes the drunkard as worse than a beast in the act. It is momentary derangement in the habit it is general incapacity worse than a beast he said.

And when you have ever had any dealings with drunkards and drunkenness you can understand that description. A few years ago a lady I used to do some work for in her garden and her son teenager at the time I come home late one night from a meeting and he was lying at the end of our street in a pool of vomit young fellow teenager and I got him into the car and took him home and got him up the stairs into bed and he knew nothing of it so drunk, so out of his mind I was talking to a doctor recently who worked in the emergency New Years Eve a young 16 year old came in to the emergency in her own urine was nearly unconscious because of drunkenness it is one of the most horrid sights that you can ever look on.

You can get this picture of the Edomites and this description and this analogy that the Lord uses of drunkenness as the Edomites come up to Jerusalem with the armies and the enemies of Israel and as Psalm 137 records the Edomites, not the other nations the Edomites cried raise it raise it even to the foundation thereof.

And as the Edomites have destroyed the city of Jerusalem and they go into the temple and they take the vessels of gold the vessels of silver, the sacred vessels of the temple and they begin this drunken orgy in the city of God and there they lie in their own vomit and urine there in the wake of a temporary victory they lie inebriated and incapacitated celebrating and desecrating the Lord's city reeling under the potent influence of intoxicating liquor they have captured the city and there in their drunken orgy and reveling they lie in a stupor.

And God says in Obadiah 16 as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually. And if you can visualize that drunken reverie of Edom if you can visualize that drunken orgy in the city of Jerusalem as Edom raises it to the ground then you are looking at a demonstration of what the Lord is going to do to the heathen last day, 16 verse 3 gives us a picture of drunkenness in the judgment of God, thou hast showed thy people hard things, thou hast made them to drink the wine of astonishment and we are going to see the use of the genitive construction there, you have made them to drink the wine that causes them to stagger the word that is used, astonishment they have made them to drink the wine that causes them to reel.

This my friend is what the Lord says and describes in verse 15. For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen a day that they are going to be staggering and reeling, a day when God is going to demonstrate his power.

And as Amos chapter 2 verses 14 to 16 tells us therefore shall the flight shall perish from the swift and strong shall not strengthen his force. Neither shall the mighty deliver himself neither shall he stand that handleth the bow, and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself neither shall he that rideth his horse deliver himself, and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day saith the Lord, the Lord is going to come in and he is going to wipe them out, he is going to put a stupor and an astonishment of judgment upon them.

They are going to be staggering and reeling in judgment. This my friend what they demonstrated in Jerusalem in celebration they are going to experience in reality in God's judgment. As ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink, it was demonstrated by them, there is the irony in it, it was not only demonstrated by them it was demonstrated in them.

As ye have drunk on my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually, and the last verse says the last line of the verse says and they shall be as though they had not been. They shall be as though they had not been what the Edomites have demonstrated in their drunkenness God is going to bring to pass in judgment.

Here we see the effects of God's wrath, sad reality. It is not pleasant talk, it is not pleasant speech. They are not pleasant words. But the effect of God's wrath is going to be a reeling and a staggering under the wrath of God.

What they had done in Jerusalem was demonstrative of what God was going to bring upon them in judgment, the victim of divine wrath then would be sent reeling as helpless and intoxicated by the potency of God's wrath.

They had staggered. They had reeled by the potency of intoxicating wine. Now they are going to stagger and reel by the potency of God's wrath. What we have here is a demonstration of judgment against sin not merely in time not merely in time but in eternity in eternity because the word that is used we are going to see a little later on, the word that is used for the social all the heathen drink continually.

It signifies that once Edom is dealt with, the heathen continually are going to drink. And this judgment of God is not going to cease when Edom is exterminated. It is a continual judgment of God. And this is what the book of Obediah is dealing with.

The book is dealing with the retribution against sin punishment for sin. We have heard of the day of the Lord in verse 15. We have heard of the decree of the Lord in verse 15 also and verse 16 then tells us how God intends to demonstrate this judgment.

The Cup of Wrath Contains Divine Fury

There are certain characteristics. There are certain characteristics about this figure, this cup of wrath that I want us to get to tonight. And we glean from scripture, in particular from the prophets.

We glean from scripture the characteristics of what this day of wrath, this cup of wrath is going to be and there are uses of the term that are nuanced to give us different aspects of the day of the cup of wrath.

The first thing I want us to notice is that it is a cup that contains wrath. It is a cup that contains wrath, we are not going to go into detail on these, but I want us to see certain scriptures. Psalm 11 verse 6, upon the wicked shall he reign snares, fire and brimstone and a horrible tempest.

This shall be the portion of their cup. This shall be the portion of their cup. This shall be, in other words this shall be the content of their cup. It is a cup that contains wrath in Isaiah 51 verse 17, we have already seen awake, awake, stand up.

O Jerusalem which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury. It is the cup that contains the fury of God. It is the cup that pours out fury, it is an instrument that pours out the wrath of God upon sin and ungodliness.

This my friend, under the cup of God's wrath is a cup that is filled with the fury of God that's the content and there is a potency about that, there is a strength about the wrath of God. It is not diluted it is not diluted.

The Cup of Wrath Causes Reeling

It is the potent wrath of God in this cup, that is the content of the cup. Not only is it a cup that contains wrath but it is a cup that causes reeling, it is a cup that causes reeling, Isaiah 51 verse 17 again, and we see the parallelism of this verse, awake awake, stand up.

O Jerusalem which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury, the cup that contains his fury. Thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling and wrung them out and here we see the effects of the cup.

It is a cup that causes reeling, it is a cup that causes trembling. We see this again in Psalm 60 verse 3 thou hast shown thy people hard things, thou hast made us to drink of the wine of astonishment.

There is the effects of the drink. This is what it affects, this is what it does. It causes astonishment, it causes staggering, it causes reeling it will cause trembling, the wrath of God is one thing.

The wrath of God is one thing my friend but the effects of that wrath will be seen at the last day when men cry to the mountains and to the rocks and the hills to fall on them. There is the effects. There is the cause of the cup of God's wrath.

The Cup of Wrath Continues Without End

There is what it is going to affect. Not only is it the cup that contains wrath and a cup that causes reeling. It is a cup that continues giving, it is a cup that continues giving. We've heard of the barrel of meal that the widow had and it never ran out.

She was living in a famine and the Lord provided for her and every time she put her scoop into the barrel of meal it was always there it continued giving, it was an unending fountain for her. Here we see in this cup of the wrath of God a continuous giving for Israel.

The wrath of God was temporary. Israel the wrath of God was tempered with mercy, we've seen this in Isaiah chapter 51. God was chastening his people. According to Isaiah chapter 51 verse 22 the Lord took the cup from Israel and he gave it to the heathen.

Now I want you to see what's happening here. When the Lord took the cup from Israel after they had drunk the dregs of the cup the Lord gave it to the heathen. Thus saith the Lord thy God. Isaiah 51 22.

And thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people. Behold I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling. Even the dregs of the cup of my fury thou shalt no more drink it. You are not going to drink it again Israel.

But when we come to Obadiah 16 we see here in Obadiah 16. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually. Continually is God's continued wrath upon sin. God give the cup to the Gentiles.

God give the cup more specifically to the heathens and the ungodly and the rebellious with whom he would show no mercy. The Edomites along with the heathen were to drink of that cup of God's wrath continually.

Here is a cup that will never ever ever run dry. Never. It's never going to run dry. The word that is used here as we have seen is translated continually implies that this judgment will not end with the extermination of the Edomites.

It will continue who rebel against God it will continue for the haters of God and his people. We have already seen that Edom personifies a hatred for God and Israel. Edom represents the Gentile nations who are in opposition to God and Edom is used here as a representative.

And God says when Edom is exterminated as a nation the cup of my wrath will continue to pour out upon all the heathen continually continually. Now in keeping with this idea and the continued wrath of God against ungodliness we see in Zechariah 12 verse 2 that no matter how many no matter how many people defy God no matter how many nations defy God no matter how many wills defy God God still has a cup of wrath for every one who defies.

Verse 2 behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling upon all the people round about when they shall be when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. He is going to make Jerusalem a cup of trembling upon all the people.

We are going to come to this aspect of Jerusalem as a cup of trembling. But I pick up on this verse because this verse in particular the other verses that we have looked at the word that is translated cup is the word coke but the word in Zechariah chapter 12 verse 2 where God is speaking of all the heathen drinking is a different word that speaks of a bowl.

It's a bowl and the word uses a different word for a purpose. This bowl is so large that all the nations will drink together. It's not the cup of God's wrath. It is the bowl of God's wrath. And if we were to translate it literally in Zechariah 12 verse 2 we would not use the word cup there.

However it's the bowl of God's wrath for all the heathen and they are going to drink together. There is going to be enough wrath in this cup against all the heathen that they are all going to drink of it and they are all going to drink of it continually.

They are going to drink of it continually. Zechariah chapter 2 that Jerusalem is put notice that I have made Jerusalem a cup of trembling. I want us to notice that in particular in relation to what we are looking at in Obadiah and that is interesting it signifies that any attack on Jerusalem will ultimately be hurtful and destructive, any attack on Jerusalem will ultimately be hurtful and destructive by those who make it we have seen in this passage in this chapter of Obadiah we have seen that God is looking out for his people, now think of it and apply it to yourself.

God's Protection of His People

God is looking out for his people. He is defending his people in Obadiah. He is defending his people against Obadiah against Edom and God is going to destroy Edom, why? Because they have been so treacherous and so cruel against Israel and God says in Zechariah 12 2 that God is going to make Jerusalem a cup of trembling, that is that anyone who destroys Jerusalem or anyone who defies Jerusalem or anyone who is a hypocrite for Jerusalem i .e. the people of God God is going to deal with them.

God is going to deal with them. Now you carry that back into what we looked at last week the law of retribution the eye for the eye. We are not to seek revenge. We are not to seek retribution. We are to leave it in God's hands.

Why? Because God will deal with sin on our behalf. Vengeance is mine. God says I will repay and for my part I am prepared to leave it to the Lord to seek revenge upon any who would want to do me ill. God will repay my friend if we only had the faith to understand that if we only had the grace to understand that and to practice it we would understand that the payment that God gives to Jerusalem is far greater than any payment we could make out for them has made us his people a cup of trembling for the ungodly.

Anyone who touches God's people touch not mine anointed. The Lord said anyone who touches God's people will be dealt with. We may not see it in our day. We may not see it in time. But God will deal with it.

There is consolation in that. There is comfort in that. And God is looking out for his people this cup of trembling. We see it in the context of Isaiah 63 verses 1 to 3. Very famous words of Isaiah chapter 63 verses 1 to 3 where we find a very vivid description of the Lord's victory over the ungodly.

The Lord's Victory Over the Ungodly

The ungodly this cup of wrath is continually given to him on the ungodly. Isaiah 63 a passage that is not speaking. Let me say this particularly that this passage is not speaking about Christ primarily and in context.

It is not speaking about Christ. It can be applied to Christ but it is not speaking about Christ. Who is this. That cometh from Edom with thy garments from Bozrah. This is that is glorious in his apparel travelling in the greatness of his strength.

I will speak in righteousness mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winepot. I have trodden the winepress alone and of the people there was none with me.

For I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my fury and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments and I will stain all my raiment. That passage my friend is describing God's victory over the ungodly and his defense of his people Israel.

And he comes from Edom. We have already seen that Edom personifies the ungodly and Edom represents ungodliness. And he describes here the Lord coming from ungodliness. Coming from the world. He is coming from the world.

And the Lord says. And Paul says in Romans sin shall no longer have dominion over you. Why? Because Christ has destroyed sin on our behalf and God has dealt with the world on our behalf. And he is protecting us in this world and consoling us.

And he comes from the world with his garments dyed red. Why are they dyed red? Because he is victorious over them and the blood of the enemy is sprinkled on his garments. He has treaded the winepress alone on our behalf.

And he has poured out the cup of wrath on the nations. Continually he is defending us. And this cup of wrath is continually poured out. It is a cup that contains wrath. Secondly it causes reeling. Thirdly it continues giving.

The Cup of Wrath Compels Drinking

Fourthly it is a cup that compels drinking. The wrath of God against sin must be satisfied. It must be satisfied. Not one sin. Not one sin in this world can go unpunished. Sin against God in this world can go unpunished.

It cannot be ignored. Not a sin as they call it. Not a single little white sin can go unpunished. Must be satisfied. They have to be accounted for. This is what Jeremiah said in Jeremiah 25 verse 15. God saith the Lord God of Israel unto me take the wine cup of this fury at my hand and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.

The Lord says to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 25 verse 15 take the cup of wrath and give it to the nations and cause them to drink it. And it goes on in verse 28 and it says. And it shall be if they refuse to take the cup.

If they fight the cup if they refuse to take it at thine hand to drink then shall thou say unto them thus saith the Lord of hosts ye shall certainly drink. Has given the cup of wrath to the ungodly. And he says to Jeremiah if they refuse it if they resist tell them you shall certainly drink.

This is a cup my friend that compels drinking. Because judgment must be satisfied sin must be dealt with and God is going to deal with sin, God is going to punish sin and God will compel us to drink it.

He will cause us to drink it. It is the Lord who gives this cup, verse 122 the Lord, it is the Lord who takes it from the mouth of Jerusalem Israel and he gives it to the heathen. And my friend it is interesting and it is important for you to know that the cup of wrath and the punishment and the judgment that you will endure if you are out of Christ and the judgment that you will endure in hell for all eternity is a judgment that comes to you from the hand of God and he will cause you to drink it.

He will compel you to drink it and you will certainly drink it that you must drink. And the fact that this cup is compulsory, that is the fact that you must drink it in order to satisfy the wrath of God leaves you with a great problem unbeliever, leaves you with a great problem.

You sin and rebel against God. You must drink the wrath, the cup of God's wrath. You must drink it. What are you going to do? How are you going to drink it? This cup that gives continually, this cup that is eternal, this cup that you must drink spoken of the contents of the cup this cup of wrath we have spoken of the effects of the cup.

It is a cup that causes this reeling and agony and pain and astonishment, we have spoken that it is a continual eternal cup all of which ought to strike fear into the hardest of hearts the fear of the destruction of this judgment and a reverence for the God who will mete this judgment out that leaves you without hope, unbeliever that leaves you without hope not drunk the cup on your behalf not drunk the cup, drunk the cup of wrath, believer tonight in the cup, drank the cup of trembling on our behalf.