Vengeance and Victory

God is My Salvation - Message 87 - Vengeance and Victory - Isaiah 63:1-14. In Isaiah 59-63 we are presented with the Coming Conqueror, Christ the Anointed One who sets Himself to the task of the salvation of His people and vengeance upon their enemies. In chapter 63 we see that day of vengeance and victory and realize that there cannot be salvation without judgment, nor mercy without wrath. We recoil from wrath, yet our reaction cannot be trusted – "We know nothing of the emotions proper to absolute holiness – the just, merited, and inevitable final settlement between God and all that defiles and opposes." – Motyer. God's mercy and God's wrath stand not in contradiction, but in union – upholding His holiness.