A bit of a long post, but trust you readers will find it edifying.
Two basic areas or problems have been disclosed in this thread in considering God and "wrath" when expressing it as God becoming angry or furious when individuals or nations sin.
First has already been pointed out. It is the matter of the sin question being resolved at the shed blood of Christ.
Paul states that he preached the message of reconciliation (2Cor.).
It follows that the path of reconciliation was already established and that the wrath concerning sin was resolved.
This in no way gives excuse or a pass for sin. For the worldly the results of sin is death. For the believers the results may certainly also be physical death or at least cleansing when confessed. These are well established principles in the Scripture, and little need arises to discuss this area, except to acknowledge there are certain who would disagree that the blood supplied by Christ was either sufficient or efficient for the whole world.
Second, is that God has total understanding, knows all considerations, and plans made of every detail that was to take place, the attitudes, and the exact people involved. All before the first sentences of Genesis. God already knew all that, in our time line of twenty-four hour news cycles, would ever take place throughout every part of the universe.
The logical question would follow, taken that God already knows the whole matter, for what reason then would He become furious, alarmed, or have cause so as to have wrath as some would characterize?
The answer can only be, He doesn't.
What then is the "wrath" and why is it manifested.
First, as already shared, the basic word(s) have the idea of rising up in opposition and settling with indignation.
Consider, what happens when God withdraws and removes His hand of protection, blessing, sustaining, and so on, from a person or nation? Humankind regard this as the wrath of God, however, God is not fighting against, but allowing sin to bear its fruit. "Whatever a man sows, that he will reap" is not a cute saying of reap what you sow. Any farmer knows that the seed produces far greater than another single seed.
From the human perspective, God is offended, God is angry, God is vengeful, God is paying back what is overdue.
However, what has God already shown in the Scriptures?
First, that there are two places prepared, one for the Godly and one for the ungodly.
Second, that God provided the Lamb and the way of reconciliation.
Third, few are those God chooses for most turn away from the light. Those who choose darkness do so because they hate the light. They purposefully turn away from the light.
Fourth, it is dreadful to find God has risen in opposition and settled in indignation against a man or nation. The outcome is never without great sorrow. As seen by humankind attributes and through fallen fleshly need to appease, because from a child, that is how the parenting example has been expressed, it is viewed as the Wrath of God.
Fifth, that God never moves away from humankind, rather they move away from Him. God doesn't move, humankind does.
This is a very important concept perhaps better understood by a short anecdote.
Back in the day, long before many readers were born, cars had seats. They weren't buckets, but benches. Girl friends or wives (before children) would sit close to the man, snuggled more often under his arm draped across the back of the seat. Affection was a shared experience, that is fondly remembered by some of us now old.
An elderly couple stopped at a light, and the wife sat looking out the widow heaving great sighs. After hearing this a few times, the elderly man looked over and said,"You want to tell me what your sighing about?"
"Oh, I was just thinking, of when when we were young and at a stop sign, you would kiss kiss me on the cheek, and driving down the road you'd have your arm across my shoulders or hold my hand. At a stop light you might even kiss me on the lips. We don't do that anymore, and I was wondering what happened? When did we get so far apart?"
The husband replied as only husbands do, "Woman, I wasn't the one that moved!"
