How much God was angry ...

How great was the anger of God

that He commanded Moses to take the leaders of the Israelites,

and impale them before the Lord, facing the sun? (Num. 25:4)

How great was the anger of God

that 24,000 of the Israelites died from the plague?

The wrath of God was quenched

when Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest,

zealously defended the honor of God and stopped the plague by killing Zimri,

son of Salu, a leader of a Simeonite family, and Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a Midianite clan leader,

while they were sinning at the entrance of the tent of meeting (vv. 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15).

How great must our sins be that God allowed His only begotten Son,

Jesus Christ, to be crucified on the cursed tree of the cross?

How numerous must our sins be that God poured out all His wrath

upon His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, on the cross?

The wrath of God was quenched

when Jesus Christ was pierced in the side by a soldier's spear (Jn. 19:34).

Therefore, we have received forgiveness of sins and salvation (eternal life).