Vengeance Is Mine!

What is vengeance?
H5359 – revenge. This is not the same Hebrew word used for the man #1 who
renders a payback to the man #2 who accidentally killed a relative of man #1.
The above then is relative to Divine settlement for injustice. Deut. 32:41, “If I
whet my glistening sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render
vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.”
To Whom does vengeance belong?
Psa. 94:1- O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom
vengeance belongs, show thyself.” See also Psa. 58:10,11; Rom. 12:19; Nah.
1:2,3.
When will vengeance be carried out? (Basic overview)
(Upon literal Babylon in Jeremiah’s day)
Jer. 51:6- “Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be
not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will
render unto her a recompense.”
(Upon natural Israel after our Lord’s First Advent, 69,70 A.D.)
Luke 21:22- “For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are
written may be fulfilled.”
Joel 2:1- “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain:
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it
is nigh at hand.” Zep 1:14-”The great day of the Lord is near, near, and hasteth
the voice (trumpet) of the day of the LORD” the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.”
(Upon symbolic Babylon, Papacy, at the time of the end of the Gospel Age)
Jer. 51:6- “Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be
not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will
render unto her a recompense.”
Isa. 34:8- “For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of
recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
2 Cor. 10:6- “And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your
obedience is fulfilled.” This fulfilling of the experiences of the Body members of
The Christ (Anointed) occurs as the last Body member enters into death on the
day of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Rev 11:15.
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Psa. 149:5-7- Let the saints be joyful in glory (their exaltation): let them sing
aloud upon their beds (of of repose). Let the high praises of God be in their
mouth, and a two-edged sword (Word of God) in their hand; To execute
vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;”
2 Thes. 1:8,10- “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ...When he shall come to be
glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe...in that day.”
Upon whom is vengeance rendered?
Deu. 32:41- “I will render vengeance to mine enemies...”
Psa. 149:7,8- “To execute vengeance upon the heathen...kings,...nobles”
Jer. 50:15; Rev. 18:2,6 “...take vengeance upon her (literal and spiritual
Babylon); as she hath done, do unto her.”
Nah. 1:2- “...the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries...”
Isa 13:11- “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and I willlay low
the haughtiness of the terrible.”
Jer 25:15,16, 25- “For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the
winecup of this fury at my hand and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee,
to drink it. And they shall drink… and all the kings of the north, far and near, one
with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the
earth: and the king of Sheshach (Satan) shall drink after them.”
Why is vengeance meted out?
Isa. 34:8- “For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of
recompenses for the controversy of Zion.”
Isa 59:12-15- “For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins
testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we
know them; In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away
from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the
heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice
stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea,
truth fails, and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD
saw, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.”
Deu. 32:43- “Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood
of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful
unto his land, and to his people.”
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Who will mete out vengeance?
Isa. 59:16-18- “And he (God) saw that there was no man, and wondered that
there was no intercessor: therefore his arm (the Logos) brought salvation unto
him (God); and his (our Lord Jesus as a man) righteousness, it sustained him
(Jesus). For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation
upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was
clad with zeal as a cloak (in preparation for rendering judgment to the nations).
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries,
recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.”
Day of vengeance:
Isa. 61:2- “To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.”
Isa. 63:4- “For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my
redeemed is come.”
(There are other instances in Scripture where vengeance is spoken about, and
they are listed as follows: Gen. 4:15; Deu. 32:35; Judg. 11:36; Psa. 99:8; Pro.
6:34; Isa. 35:4; 47:3; Jer. 11:20; 20:12; 46:10; 50:28; 51:11,36; Lam. 3:60;
Eze. 24:8; 25:12,14,15,17; Mic. 5:15; Acts 28:4; Rom. 3:5; Heb. 10:30; Jude
1:7)
Copyright © G. Kuehmichel, March 12, April 1, 2018. Revised, with inclusion May 13, 21, 2020. All rights
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