Vengeance belongs to the Lord
The mission of our Lord Jesus Christ is detailed throughout the scriptures. From Genesis through Revelation, the writers outline the purpose of God with man. Man’s fall in the book of Genesis was not going to go without any retribution from God. Satan was and has been and still is being taught a lesson of God’s wrath for doing what he did in the garden. He is not going to get away with what he did. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, is what the bible tells us, and not to us (Ro 12:9). Let us define what vengeance is; it is punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense. It is the infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person. Vengeance is an action against someone to punish that person for having hurt you. It is also known as retribution. God is the only one who carefully implements vengeance. The scriptures tell us God reserves vengeance for his enemies (Na 1:2).
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
There are many forms by which God avenges his enemies. He sent fire from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge 19:23-24), makes the enemy’s foot slip (Deut 32:35), and allows pestilence and the sword to destroy. God avenges the work of those who practice iniquities and sets them free (Ps 99:8). God humiliates our enemies when He comforts us; he binds up the brokenhearted, sets the captives free, and opens our prison doors. God’s display of power in our lives is his display of vengeance on his enemies and ours. What the enemy sets out to destroy us, God turns it into a good for us (Ro 8:28). He sets what the enemy proposes for mourning for beauty. The oil of joy; Sason, for mourning, is poured in our lives (Heb. 1:9) . A garment of praise in exchange for a spirit of heaviness is given on the day of God’s retribution. The planting of the Lord is a symbol of God’s day of vengeance and of his working.
Romans 12:9
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Nahum 1:2
2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Genesis 19:23-24
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Deuteronomy 32:35
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Psalms 99:8
Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Hebrews 1:9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.