140 No Wrath for Believers

God begins here using an illustration of the process of pruning grapes vines. He says that "When even a single cluster of grapes is seen on a vine-stem, the vine-pruners say one to another, don't destroy that stem, but spare it." Perhaps it is the one that supervises the pruners, perhaps the owner of the vine, when seeing it, says to his servant, spare the vine, don't cut it down; or don't cut off the branch on which the cluster is, for there is life and sap in it, and it may grow, and bring forth much fruit. Likewise, God says He will do the same thing when He is engaged in large scale pruning of people if He sees even a small promise of some of them bearing good fruit. This is comforting to the truly godly and gracious people that might be distressed seeing God's impending judgments of wrath and destruction. We can be comforted that we will be saved from the general ruin.