Been thinking: The Holy Bible is not a broad-minded, tolerant book. In fact, it is, in a sense, a very narrow-minded, intolerant book. God is a God of righteousness who is patient but NOT INFINITELY PATIENT. God is a God who will not tolerate mass disobedience. If you could, just ask the people during Noah’s day. Or just ask the people who were defiling the temple when Jesus passed by and they would (if they could) tell you that He could be very severe with the unrepentant and those who do not love, honor and serve Him. When reproaching certain first-century Jewish cities, Jesus made reference to grossly wicked Sodom and Gomorrah. He directed such an expression of reproach to unrepentant Capernaum, where he personally had performed many of his powerful works. And regarding any city that would reject his disciples, failing to exercise faith in spite of the powerful works that they performed as evidence of divine backing, Jesus said: “It will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than for that city.” (Mt 10:5-15; 11:23, 24) Since Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them had been punished with “everlasting fire,” representing eternal annihilation, Jesus was evidently using a hyperbole in order to emphasize how unlikely it was that such faithless Jews would reform even if they were present on Judgment Day.—Jude 7. Going back, in the 18th chapter of Genesis, the Lord informed Abraham that the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous. And Abraham responded by pleading with the Lord to have mercy on Sodom and Gomorrah because Abraham’s nephew, Lot, and his family lived in Sodom. (Genesis 18: 16-33) I can imagine, without Abrahams intercession, his nephew & the entire family could possibly be wipe-out from the face of this earth too.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:50:58 +0000
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