Wrath is a form of indignation against evil. It doesn't need to be caused by God because it is the natural effect of evil upon righteousness.

We cooperate with what He is doing within us by yielding to prompts and urges that whisper things like…

We do not work to get this power. We merely allow it to flow by flipping the switch as it were from off (living in fleshly ways that quench His guidance) to on (living in dependence on Him by faith).

This isn’t anger directed particularly at people. Rather it is indignation at that which seeks to harm His children. The wrath of judgment is the necessary first step in the eradication of wickedness and evil in all its forms.

Religious zealots would like us to elevate pastors and teachers. They love to call themselves “apostle”, “prophet”, “bishop”, and so on. Then they berate the flock into submission, often demanding that people treat them with deference and respect due only to God.

Moses was a mediator between God and the people of Israel (see Galatians 3:19-20). Then under the New Covenant we are told that there is one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus (see 1 Timothy 2:5).

The passage also indicates that God recognizes that carrying all this stuff a great distance will be problematic so He tells them that if it’s too far, they should “exchange it for money, and bind the money in [their] hand and go to the place which the LORD [their] God chooses.”

Then He says a very surprising thing.

What if God actually wants you to enjoy yourself?

A good friend recently asked, “Can we completely subvert the working of the Spirit in our lives totally?” I think this is an insightful question and one that many believers find themselves asking at one time or another.

Then Father says something very interesting. “The LORD is his inheritance.” This tribe of priests have as their inheritance the Lord God Himself.

This is a shadow. The reality is found in Christ Jesus.

As we travel through enemy territory here in the valley of the shadow of death, we can remember that the Lord Jesus has subdued our enemy so that we can drive him out quickly.

Perhaps this is what James had in mind in James 4:7 when he wrote, “resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (NASB 2020)

Way back in the olden days, God told the Hebrew nation, “you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”

The Greek word translated “hidden” is krypto. You might recognize the sound of that. We have crypto-currency, cryptography, encryption, etc.

It was the Law of God. But its purpose was not to produce righteous people. It was to make it clear that no amount of effort could possibly make them righteous and acceptable to God.

To them it appeared they were simply living life and doing what they wanted to do. They didn’t think of their conduct as something meriting favor from God.

Jesus is awesome, and that is the biggest understatement in the history of the world.

Life can be bios, our physical temporal mortal life, or zoe', immortal, eternal, spiritual Life, God's Life in us.

2 Peter 3:18 (NASB 2020) urges us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” This “knowledge of our Lord” is another pertinent use of close.

I think all fleshliness grieves and quenches Holy spirit.

To speak of grieving Him is to speak of the effect fleshliness has on the Spirit of God in us. He wants better for us, and it breaks His heart, so to speak, when we live as though we were still in the flesh.