God is wrathful because God is love - Miroslav Volf.

I came across this quote from Miroslav Volf recently. It is never the case that God loves in a sort of way that always finds the good in those who commit the most unspeakable acts of evil according to their depraved impulses. God is wrathful because God is love. Pure divine love keeps God from simply tolerating evil done to the beloved for God. Whether the reckoning is immediate or deferred, those who do evil will have their day of reckoning. Wrath is never a separate rampage mode God enters; rather, evil provokes God to anger. Just as a good father will never stand by to see his daughter raped, but he defends her honor using appropriate action, God’s love never tolerates evil or love perverted.