There are only two times in the Bible when God gives men permission to avenge in His name. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath against his enemies” (Nahum 1:2). “The LORD is a jealous and avenging God the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. Even when the innocent suffer and the wicked appear to prosper, it is for God alone to punish. In Psalm 94:1, the psalmist prays for God to avenge the righteous, not out of a sense of uncontrolled vindictiveness, but out of just retribution from the eternal Judge whose judgments are perfect. We can, however, pray for God to avenge Himself in perfection and holiness against His enemies and to avenge those who are oppressed by evil.
His vengeance is for the purpose of punishing those who have offended and rejected Him. Unlike us, God never takes vengeance from impure motives. Rather, we are to allow Him to judge rightly and pour out His divine retribution against His enemies as He sees fit. The two New Testament passages concern the behavior of the Christian, who is not to usurp God’s authority.
He promised to avenge Himself upon them in His own timing and according to His own perfect and pure motives. In Deuteronomy, God is speaking of the stiff-necked, rebellious, idolatrous Israelites who rejected Him and incurred His wrath with their wickedness. In due time their foot will slip their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them” (Deuteronomy 32:35 Romans 12:19 Hebrews 10:30). God said, “It is mine to avenge I will repay. The key verse regarding this truth is found in the Old Testament and quoted twice in the New Testament. This is crucial in understanding why God reserves for Himself the right to avenge. Both the Hebrew and Greek words translated “vengeance,” “revenge,” and “avenge” have as their root meaning the idea of punishment.
The Bible has a great deal to say about revenge.
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