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Psalm chapter 75, verse 8, for in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine well

mixed and he pours out from it and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

That's a sobering verse.

And it really goes in line with what we've prayed through in the Psalms.

In Psalms chapter 73 and 74 before before this seeing the prosperity of the wicked in

Psalm 73 of those who opposed God in his word in 74 even those who mock God and the psalm

praying that God would rise up and show his justice,

and he would silence those who mock his name.

And in Psalm 75, verse 8, we read that God will indeed show his justice,

that God will pour out his wrath on sinners who deserve his judgment.

In the hand of the Lord, there is a cup with foaming wine.

So this imagery of a cup filled with the wine of God's wrath that he will pour out and the wicked of the earth

shall drain it down to the drags.

It's a picture we see at different points throughout Scripture, even when you think about

revelation.

And you think about the coming ultimate judgment of God.

It's described as a day when the wine press of God's wrath, of God's holy fury towards sin will be poured out.

And it's verses like this that help us understand what Jesus did on the cross all the more. Think about it. Do you remember

when Jesus prepared to go to the cross and he was in the Garden of Gassimony and he was praying,

he was sweating blood agonizing before the Father. What words was he praying? He was saying to the Father,

if it is possible, let this what pass from me? Let this cup pass from me. Jesus knew that he was

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