Today's Thought "Retributional Anarchy" G. Ward


"They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might." 2 Thessalonians 1:9

In Old Testament times there were many instances of great pestilence initiated by Holy God. We're now part of a dispensational era where locusts and earthquakes have been disquieted. Has Holy God changed? Certainly not! Jesus our Lord has and will always be the absolution for man's sin. Moreover our same God who is now loving the world, also loved what HE created from the beginning. So what then is HE doing (or allowing) now? Surely there is greater moral decay today than what we've studied in the days of the prophets? Furthermore, eternal separation from God was available for man from the beginning; so man is without a purgatory in the aftermath of life or while here in the earth.
Punishment, plagues and pestilences are in varied form now. Almost everyone incurs bouts with cancer ( cf. Mt.5:45). Economic depression is now seeking to obliterate the middle class by exorbitant food and gas prices. Technology is the procurator for demands of expediency in everything we endeavor. We are even dissatisfied on how slow our garage door opens via remote control. The quintessential embarrassment has become mankind's blatant violation of inconsistent worship of Holy God (i.e. only on his terms). When will we reconcile ourselves unto righteousness?

Happy Tuesday!