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God's Judgment
By Mark S Watson
Reposted on this site March 27 2005
http://www.markswatson.com/WebSite/judgement.htm
Because
sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore
the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. -
Ecclesiastes 8:11
So many
people, when they think of God, think of him as a merciful, kind and
loving father. The idea of God as a fierce judge and angry avenger
is alien to many. The God of the Bible (not the God of the
Apostate American Churches) has
both of these attributes. Frankly, the idea of a perfect justice
bothers people, especially hypocrites and religious frauds. But it
also bothers murderers, liars, adulterers, homosexuals, abortion
clinic murderers, idolaters and the like. God's perfect justice will
be meted out to the people of the world. Every last person on earth
will experience a day in God's eternal court. Those who do not avail
themselves of Christ Jesus' saving work on the cross, through faith
and obedience, will be lost eternally in a place of unspeakable
torment and sorrow. Justice is just as much of an attribute of God
as love and mercy. Each attribute of God's Eternal Character will
be fully manifested.
Many people,
including many Christians, do not understand God's true hatred of
sin. And yes, God is capable of true, pure hatred. But that hatred
is not directed at people per se but at the acts that many people
commit, namely sinful acts that destroy peoples lives and God's plan
and have ultimately made a wreck of God's once perfect creation.
This is the primary reason God dealt with sin on the cross, to
provide a way that sins can be paid for without everyone going to
Hell. God is far too merciful to not allow some sort of way out.
Thus, he allowed his son to suffer under tremendous pain during his
sacrifice on the Cross. This is the price of sin, suffering and
death, a death that we all deserve and would have suffered if it
were not for Jesus Christ. This is the essence of the Gospel Message
to the world. Jesus died for our sins. The offer of salvation is
freely made to all men and women.
However the
part of God's character that is often omitted is his wrath. God is
going to deal with sin. He is going to make a full end of it. He
will cut out sinners from his kingdom eternally and remember the
wickedness evil men have concocted on the Great day of God's
judgment. There will be no reprieve or appeals. The sentence
will be eternal damnation. This is necessary as God must be just. He
is responsible for meting out justice in his creation and will do
so. Do you think that Hitler should get off scot-free? Do you think
that Joe Stalin, who murdered millions, should escape punishment? Do
you feel that these and many other criminals should escape just
retribution for their crimes? Let me assure you that they won't
unless they have repented of their sins and fell under the Lordship
of Jesus Christ. Unless they met these two prerequisites for God's
eternal amnesty plan, eternal
damnation is the lot of these men and others like them. This is
justice and God will have Justice in his creation weather the
criminals (that's us humans) like it or not.
Many ask why
does God waits so long to deal with evil? Why does he not simply
punish sin right away? Why wait until the 'end' to deal with it? How
come God allowed so many to die in the holocaust and throughout
history? The answer is not so difficult to understand. If God
did deal with sin immediately, no one would be left. Punishment must
be delayed in order to allow people the opportunity to repent from
their sins. The simplicity of this answer is lost on so many people
in the world today because of the new morality that tells people
that they are not responsible for their actions, that they can blame
their evil on some other factor in their lives rather than the fact
that evil and selfishness are the reasons for peoples wicked
behavior.
This evasion
of responsibility is becoming epidemic in American society, and
threatens our very freedoms and prosperity. Elected officials blame
'the system' on why they must take legal
bribes from campaign donors. Pregnant
mothers blame a lack of money for murdering their babies. National
leaders blame a 'vast rightwing conspiracy' for the reason they
can't keep their genitals in their pants. Everyone wants to blame
someone or something else rather than their own evil and sinful
natures. Yet, admitting this part of our nature is the very first
part in the road to salvation, admitting that you are a sinner and
repenting (turning from) of ones sins.
The real crux
of the matter of judgment is that people do not want to take
responsibility for their acts and resent being told that sleeping
around on ones spouse is wrong, evil and selfish, that lying to make
money is wrong, evil and selfish. Lying to your countrymen and the
nation on TV is wrong, evil and selfish, murdering another human
being, even one still in the womb, is wrong, evil and selfish.
People don't want to hear this and they certainly don't want to hear
that it is their own wicked actions and not God's
inaction that has screwed up the planet and that people are part and
parcel of the problem. Yet God loves them anyway, and provides a way
to get 'legal help' in God's Divine Court. His name is Jesus.
That does not
mean that God is not going to deal with sin. He will. He will deal
with some things before the Final Day of Judgment. Just like he
poured out this wrath on Sodom and Gomorrah, he will deal with
nations that deal in evil. And God has a special hatred for nations
that shed innocent blood. (see Deut 19:10, Deut 19:13; 2Kings 21:6;
2Kings 24:4; Proverbs 16:16-17; Jeremiah 22:3) This is a great sin
(abortion) in God's eyes that America has committed with an 'in your
face' impunity that God will not forget.
America will
pay dearly for this grievous crime against the innocent and more
importantly against GOD the Almighty. God also hates homosexuality
(I did not say he hates homosexuals). He will bring tribulation and
distress to every soul that practices this vile sin, if they do not
repent. The lie that people are born homosexual is making its way
into the mainstream and people are beginning to buy it. Yet, people
are no more 'born' homosexual than they are 'born' child molesters
or rapists, (though sooner or later some 'scientist' will certainly
come along and tell that it's true, there really is a 'rapist gene'
or a 'child molester gene'). These are once again, excuses to evade
the responsibility of their own sinful acts, excuses that society
accepts because it has lost touch with God and righteousness.
Today, Gods
standards are not relevant to America, but whatever 'feels good' or
is 'profitable', these are of paramount importance to the American
people. These are the new moral standards that people are measuring
their behavior and lives against. God is out the window, he is
obsolete, says the 'new morality' (in reality it is a very, very old
morality). Every fallen society in the past derided God and his word
as well. The salt heaps of Sodom and Gomorrah can be still be seen
on the Dead Sea, even today. One day soon, God's Grace will run out
for America and despite the twisted, forked tongued falsehoods of
many of our religious and political leaders that America's best days
are ahead of her, the simple fact is that America, if she does not
change her course and soon, does not have many days in front of her
at all… good or bad.
Repent!
Believe the Gospel and be saved.
Behold, the
day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to
lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out
of it. - Isaiah 13:9
I tell you,
Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish - Jesus
Christ (Luke 13:15).
Mark S Watson
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