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Wrath Cup
Wrath Cup it be full up
it be held over us
we wait for it to fall
it be right to be so
Wrath Cup it be poured out
it be our cup
it soon drown us
it be right to do so
Wrath Cup – it miss us
it pass us
it still pour out
it fall to another
be it right to be so?
Wrath Cup – why, how, who?
Wrath Cup – justice pour it
Wrath Cup – mercy cause it to miss us
Wrath Cup – grace instead cause us peace
be it right to do so?
Wrath Cup – justice poured
Mercy Cup – wrath cup averted
Grace Cup – grace cup drunk
Original poem by Humble Donkey.
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This poem was inspired by this piece of writing by Jeremy R. Treat which I am reading at the moment. Out of my depth but getting blessed.
“To be handed over to the Gentiles is to be handed over to the wrath of God (Lev 26 :32– 33, 38; Hos 8: 10 LXX; cf. Ps 106: 41; Ezra 9: 7). 57 Even more explicit is Jesus’ reference to his death as drinking “a cup,” a common Old Testament symbol of God’s wrath (Ps 11: 6; 75: 8; Hab 2: 16; Ezek 23: 31– 34), especially for the Isaianic new exodus (Isa 51: 17). Based on this context, Bolt is right to conclude that “the servant’s death . . . has exhausted the cup of God’s wrath on behalf of Israel. Jesus now predicts that, as the servant of the Lord, he will drink the cup of God’s wrath.”
The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology by Jeremy R. Treat Kindle page 101
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