Isaiah 57: 16 says God will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. The word contend here means that He will not hold a controversy forever and then He says He will not always be angry (wroth) This scripture holds prophecy that is very important in the realm of redemption for all mankind. Isaiah is saying that God will not always be in a hard controversy with you and I will not always be angry with you.

Why was he saying this? When you look at the rest of the verse it says that if God continued His anger and wrath upon mankind spirits and the souls He has made would fail. God knew that if His anger and wrath continued it would end up destroying mankind. God saw what was going to happen to the human race and He said unless I deliver them from out of this judgment and wrath the spirit and souls of man will completely fail.

Because He knew that it would fail, He also knew He had to make a way out of this dilemma mankind was in. When did God’s anger and wrath stop? It stopped at the cross of Jesus Christ. If you look at Isaiah 25:8 it says He will swallow up death in victory, and will wipe away all tears from off all faces. Most of us have been told this is a verse about Heaven and this will happen when we reach there, or for those that make it there, like the evangelical church says. However, it does say all faces so that cannot be for just a few. It is also not talking about Heaven but it is talking about the cross.

Look at the last part of that verse and it says..and the rebuke of his people shall He take away from off all the earth. This verse is not talking about heaven either because he is saying that rebuke will be taken off all the earth, not heaven. Was he taking away all tears from any heartache we may suffer? No, he was saying that He was going to remove all His anger and wrath from off everybody and making His relationship with mankind new and complete.

And also that you will never have to spend any time in mourning and crying about your relationship with God. Religion will cause you to constantly mourn and cry about your relationship with God. You may cry about things that may happen in your life but you never need to cry or worry about anything in relation to your standing before God. God has removed His anger and wrath from off the earth and has wiped away all tears.