1 - Only God is allowed to take revenge: “Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: “it is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.” (Romans 12:19).

2 - The desire for revenge is not wrong in itself. Even some people in heaven want revenge: “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy & true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth & avenge our blood? (Revelation 6:10).

3 - God has some human agents for taking revenge such as “governing authorities….He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.” (Romans 13:1-4).

4 - God also uses angels to take revenge eg, Sodom & Gomorrah: (Genesis 19:12-13).

5 - Some people seem to escape justice on earth: “They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy & strong. They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.” (Psalm 73:4-5). One result of this apparent injustice is envy & bitterness in the hearts of those who are obeying God: “... I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked... When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me…” (Psalm 73:3 & 16). What then is the solution to this problem of apparent injustice? Understanding! And this only came to the Psalmist when he “entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.” (v17). When it comes to God's judgement, it is the “final destiny” of men that should concern us not their present situation. The Bible says: “Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame & everlasting contempt.” (Daniel 12:2).

6 - We all deserve to be punished by God because we are all sinners: (Romans 3:23). Some of us have repented of our sins & some others are not guilty of grievous sins like murder or rape but every human being by nature is guilty of sin: “There is no one righteous, not even one;” (Romans 3:10); “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.” (Psalm 51:5). God's solution to the problem of sin in human beings is Jesus Christ: He is “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to avoid the judgement of God: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12).

7 - Faith is the beginning of a journey not the end. Jesus said: “To him who overcomes & DOES MY WILL TO THE END, I will give authority over the nations.” (Revelation 2:26). Jesus also told the parable of the foolish virgins, (Matthew 25). 5 out of the 10 virgins were locked out of the wedding feast; these represent foolish Christians that will be denied access to paradise in the end. The Christian life is a battle not a party. The party is going to happen at the end when the devil has been defeated. For now we need to “work out (our) salvation with fear & trembling” (Philippians 2:12).

The wicked is there for the day of doom.