While retribution may be used in the sense of a reward for doing good, it usually refers to punishment for doing evil and an act of receiving what one deserves. The anger of God is being revealed from heaven against all the impiety and depravity of men who keep truth imprisoned in their wickedness. For what can be known about God is perfectly plain to them since God himself has made it plain.

The principle of retribution is found often in the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible; it is indicated by words such as wrath, vengeance, punishment, judgment and hell. Retribution is the judgment of a holy God upon sin. Eventually it becomes the eternal punishment of the wicked, evil doer and ungodly - unless the sinner turns in love and faith to God and sincerely repented all sins through the Sacrament of Penances and Reconciliation; in which all Sacraments are instituted by Christ Jesus, who took the punishment the sinner deserves upon Himself.

What follows? It was not Israel as a whole that found what it was seeking but only the chosen few. The rest were not allowed to see the truth; as scripture says: God has given them a sluggish spirit, unseeing eyes and inattentive ears and they still like that today. And David says: May their own table prove a trap for them, a snare and a pitfall - let that be their punishment; may their eyes be struck incurably blind, their backs bend forever. - Rom. 11:7-10 -

We ought then, to turn our minds more attentively than before to what we have been taught so that we do not drift away. If a promise that was made through angels proved to be so true that every infringement and disobedience brought its own proper punishment then, we shall certainly not go unpunished if we neglect this salvation that is promised to us. The promise was first announced by the Lord himself and is guaranteed to us by those who heard him: God himself confirmed their witness with signs and marvels and miracles of all kinds and by freely giving the gifts of the Holy Spirit. - Heb. 2:1-4 -

God will very rightly repay with injury those who are injuring you and reward you who are suffering now, with the same peace as he will give us, when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven with the angels of his power. He will come in flaming fire to impose the penalty on all who do not acknowledge God and refuse to accept the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ. It will be their punishment to be lost eternally, excluded from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength on that day when he comes to be glorified among his saints and seen in his glory by all who believe in him; and you are believers through our witness.

Knowing this, we pray continually that our God will make you worthy of his call and by his power fulfill all your desires for goodness and complete all that you have been doing through faith; because in this way the name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified in you and you in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - 2Thess. 1:7-12 -

We give thanks to you, Almighty Lord God, He-Is-and-He-Was, for using your great power and beginning your reign. The nations were seething with rage and now the time has come for your own anger and for the dead to be judged, and for your servants the prophets, for the saints and for all who worship you, small or great, to be rewarded. The time has come to destroy those who are destroying the earth. Then the sanctuary of God in heaven opened and the ark of the covenant could be seen inside it. Then came flashes of lightning, peals of thunder and an earthquake, and violent hail. - Rev. 11:17-19 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -