THE
TERRIBLE STORM!
SECTION FOUR
ADDITIONAL PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE
Here are 147 passages of Scripture which should clear
away from your mind any lingering questions as to the truth of the matter.
They not only vindicate the character of God, but they solidly defend His
justice in all His decisions.
JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO DEEDS
"According to their deeds, accordingly He will
repay, fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies."
Isaiah
59:18.
"Thou renderest to every man according to His
work." Psalm 62:12.
"For the work of a man shall He render unto him,
and cause every man to find according to his ways."
Job 34:11.
"If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not He that
pondereth the heart consider it? And He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He
know it? And shall not He render to every man according to his
works?"Proverbs 24:12.
"I the Lord search the heart. I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit
of his doings."Jeremiah 17:10.
"Now is the end come upon thee. And I will send
Mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and
will recompense upon thee all thine abominations . . I will do unto them
after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them, and
they shall know that I am the Lord."Ezekiel 7:3, 27.
"For thus saith the Lord God: I will even deal
with thee as thou hast done, which hath despised the oath in breaking
the covenant."Ezekiel 16:59.
"According to their uncleanness and according to
their transgressions have I done unto them."Ezekiel 39:24.
"Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto
us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath He dealt
with us."Zechariah 1:6.
"But I say unto you: That whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And
whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the
council. But whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell
fire."Matthew 5:22.
"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of
His Father with His angels. And then He shall reward every man according
to his works."Matthew 16:27.
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For ye devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long
prayer. Therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation."Matthew
23:14.
"And that servant which knew his lords will,
and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be
beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not and did commit things
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required. And to whom men have
committed much, of him they will ask the more."Luke 12:47-48.
"Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the
sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to
the fruit of his doings."Jeremiah 32:19.
"Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send
Mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and
will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. And Mine eye shall not
spare thee neither will I have pity. But I will recompense thy ways upon
thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And ye shall
know that I am the Lord . . I will do unto them after their way, and
according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I
am the Lord."Ezekiel 7:3-4, 27.
"And the Lord said unto him [the angel]: Go
through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem and set a
mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others He
said in mine hearing: Go ye after him through the city and smite. Let
not your eye spare, neither have ye pity. Slay utterly old and young,
both maids and little children, and women. But come not near any man
upon whom is the mark, and begin at My sanctuary."Ezekiel
9:4-6.
"The Lord hath a controversy with Judah, and
will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He
recompense him."Hosea 12:2.
"He spake also this parable: A certain man had a
fig tree planted in his vineyard. And he came and sought fruit thereon,
and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard: Behold,
these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut
it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?"Luke 13:6-7.
"He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into
a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he
called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds and said unto
them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him and sent a message
after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it
came to pass that when he was returned, having received the kingdom,
then he commanded . . Those mine enemies, which would not that I should
reign over them, bring hither and slay them before Me."Luke
19:12-15, 27.
"He that rejecteth Me and receiveth not My words
hath One that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
judge him in the last day." John 12:48.
"If I had not come and spoken unto them, they
had not had sin. But now they have no cloak for their sin . . If I had
not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had
sin. But now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father."John
15:22, 24.
"But after thy hardness and impenitent heart,
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation
of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according
to his deeds . . unto them that are contentious and do not obey the
truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and
anguish."Romans 2:5-6, 8-9.
"He that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong
which he hath done. And there is no respect of persons."Colossians
3:25.
"If the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and
every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of
reward: How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation."Hebrews
2:2-3.
"He that despised Moses law died without mercy [by the
direction of God] under two or three witnesses. Of how much sorer
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under
foot the Son of God and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith
he was sanctified, an unholy thing and hath done despite unto the Spirit
of grace? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me; I
will recompense, saith the Lord."Hebrews 10:28-30.
"If they escaped not who refused Him that spake
on earth, much more shall not we escape if we turn away from Him that
speaketh from heaven."Hebrews 12:25.
"So speak ye and so do, as they that shall be
judged by the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy,
that hath shewed no mercy." James 2:12-13.
"And if ye call on the Father, who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every mans work pass the time
of your sojourning here in fear." 1 Peter 1:17.
"All the churches shall know that I am He which
searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give unto every one of you
according to your works."Revelation 2:23.
"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God. And the books were opened. And another book was opened,
which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea
gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the
dead which were in them. And they were judged every man according to
their works."Revelation 20:12-13.
JUDGMENT SHALL COME
TO THE WICKED
"Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it. For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou
shalt surely die."Genesis 2:17.
"God shall hear and afflict them, even He that
abideth of old. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not
God."Psalm 55:19.
"But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not
do all these commandments; and if ye shall despise My statutes, or if your
soul abhor My judgments, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but
that ye break My covenant: I also will do this unto you: I will even
appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall
consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in
vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set My face against you,
and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign
over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet
for all this hearken unto Me, then I will punish you seven times more for
your sins. And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your
heaven as iron and your earth as brass . . And if ye walk contrary unto
Me, and will not hearken unto Me; I will bring seven times more plagues
upon you according to your sins . . And if ye will not for all this
hearken unto Me, but walk contrary unto Me; then I will walk contrary unto
you also in fury . . And I will destroy your high places and cut down your
images and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols and My soul
shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste and bring your
sanctuaries unto desolation."Leviticus 26:21, 27-28, 30-31.
Although God may use various agencies to punish sin,
yet He Himself takes direct responsibility for the punishment.
WHY JUDGMENTS COME
"And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die,
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. And all
Israel shall hear and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as
this is among you."Deuteronomy 13:10.
Here is clear guidance from the Bible about capital
punishment.
"And all the men of his city shall stone him
with stones, that he die. So shalt thou put evil away from among you.
And all Israel shall hear and fear."Deuteronomy 21:21 (cf.
17:13 and 19:20).
"When the scorner is punished, the simple is
made wise."Proverbs 21:11.
"So that the generation to come of your children
that rise up after you and the stranger that shall come from a far land,
shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses
which the Lord hath laid upon it . . Even all nations shall say,
Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? What meaneth the heat
of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the
covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when
He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt. For they went and served
other gods and worshipped them; gods whom they knew not, and whom He had
not given unto them. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this
land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book. And
the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in
great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this
day."Deuteronomy 29:22, 24-28.
"The Lord is known by [because of] the judgment
which He executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but
men."Psalm 9:16, 20.
"Consume them [the wicked] in wrath; consume them, that they may
not be. And let them know
that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the
earth."Psalm 59:13.
"With my soul have I desired Thee in the night;
yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early. For when Thy
judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness."Isaiah 26:9.
"For every one of the house of Israel or of the
stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from Me,
and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of
his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him
concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself. And I will set My
face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb and I will
cut him off from the midst of My people. And ye shall know that I am the
Lord."Ezekiel 14:7-8 (cf. 21:3, 25:6-7; 38:19-23).
Read Daniel 4the story of a man who had left God and
how the Lord of heaven brought him back to an understanding and
acknowledgment of His Creator.
"Now these things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted . . Now
all these things happened unto them for ensamples, and they are written
for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come."1
Corinthians 10:6-11.
THE JUDGMENT ON THE WICKED
IS INEVITABLE
"Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be
unpunished."Proverbs 11:21.
"But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they
shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the
ghost."Job 11:20.
Judgment and death is all that the wicked can look
forward to with certainty.
"Every one that is proud in heart is an
abomination to the Lord. Though hand join in hand, he shall not be
unpunished."Proverbs 16:5.
"Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape."Jeremiah
11:11.
"Then said the Lord unto me: Though Moses and
Samuel stood before Me, yet My mind could not be toward this people.
Cast them out of My sight and let them go forth."Jeremiah
15:1.
"And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup
at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith the
Lord of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil
on the city which is called by My name, and should ye be utterly
unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword upon
all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts."Jeremiah
25:28-29.
"Neither their silver nor their gold shall be
able to deliver them in the day of the Lords wrath. But the whole
land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make
even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land."Zephaniah
1:18.
"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers: How can
ye escape the damnation of hell?"Matthew 23:33.
"Thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them
which do such things, and doest [thou] the same, that thou shalt escape
the judgments of God?"Romans 2:3.
"And I will kill her children with death, and
all the churches shall know that I am He which searcheth the reins and
hearts. And I will give unto every one of you according to your
works."Revelation 2:23.
JUDGMENTS
THREATENED AND ENACTED
"And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always
strive with man, for that he also is flesh . . And the Lord said, I will
destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and
beast and the creeping thing and the fowls of the air. For it repenteth Me
that I have made them . . And God looked upon the earth and, behold, it
was corrupt. For all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God
said unto Noah: The end of all flesh is come before Me, for the earth is
filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with
the earth."Genesis 6:3, 7, 12-13.
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath
sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book . . In the day when I
visit I will visit their sin upon them. And the Lord plagued the people
because they made the calf."Exodus 32:33-35.
"Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and
a curse: A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God,
which I command you this day. And a curse, if ye will not obey the
commandments of the Lord your God."Deuteronomy 11:26-28.
"The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation,
and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou
be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of
thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me."Deuteronomy 28:20
(cf. verses 15-68).
"See, I have set before thee this day life and
good, and death and evil . . I call heaven and earth to record this day
against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and
cursing; therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may
live."Deuteronomy 30:15, 19.
"For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt
yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And
evil will befall you in the latter days because ye will do evil in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your
hands."Deuteronomy 31:29.
SOME OF THE MOST SOLEMN PASSAGES IN ALL THE BIBLE
"If ye shall do wickedly, ye shall be
consumed."1 Samuel 12:25.
"The Lord shall reward the doer of evil according
to his wickedness."2 Samuel 3:39.
"With the pure Thou wilt shew Thyself pure, and
with the froward Thou wilt shew Thyself unsavoury. And the afflicted
people Thou wilt save, but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou
mayest bring them down."2 Samuel 22:27.
"Behold, I will bring evil upon thee and will take
away thy posterity."1 Kings 21:21.
"If you seek Him, He will be found of you; but if
ye forsake Him, He will forsake you."2 Chronicles 15:2.
"They that plow iniquity and sow wickedness, reap
the same. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of His
nostrils are they consumed."Job 4:8-9.
"Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man;
neither will He help the evildoers . . They that hate Thee shall be
clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to
nought."Job 8:20, 22.
"The triumphing of the wicked is short . . Though
his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head reach unto the clouds,
yet he shall perish . . God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him . .
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed
unto him by God."Job 20:5-7, 23, 29.
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and
the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty . .
For God shall cast upon him and not spare; he would fain flee out of His
hand."Job 27:13, 22.
"But if they obey not, they shall perish by the
sword, and they shall die without knowledge . . Thou hast fulfilled the
judgment of the wicked."Job 36:12, 17.
"The ungodly are not so but are like the chaff
which the wind driveth away."Psalm 1:4.
"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou
shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessel."Psalm 2:9.
"Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly."
Psalm 3:7.
"The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight. Thou
hatest all workers of iniquity."Psalm 5:5.
"God is angry with the wicked . . He hath also
prepared for him the instruments of death; He ordaineth His arrows against
the persecutors."Psalm 7:11, 13.
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God."Psalm 9:17.
"Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and
brimstone, and an horrible tempest. This shall be the portion of their
cup."Psalm 11:6 (cf. 18:4).
"Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time
of Thine anger; the Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire
shall devour them. Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from the earth, and
their seed from among the children of men."Psalm 21:9-10.
"Because they regard not the works of the Lord,
nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them, and not build them
up."Psalm 28:5.
"The face of the Lord is against them that do
evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth."Psalm
34:16.
"Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be
thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut
down like the grass, and wither as the green herb . . For evildoers shall
be cut off, but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the
earth . . Wait on the Lord and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to
inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."Psalm
37:1-2, 9, 34.
"Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I
tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver."Psalm 50:22.
"God shall likewise destroy thee forever. He shall
take thee away and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place and root thee out
of the land of the living."Psalm 52:5.
"Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit
of destruction."Psalm 55:23.
"Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered. Let
them also that hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so drive
them away. As wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the
presence of God."Psalm 68:1-2.
"But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps
had well-nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the
prosperity of the wicked . . When I thought to know this, it was too
painful for me. Until I went into the Sanctuary of God, then understood I
their end. Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places: Thou castest
them down into destruction . . For, lo, they that are far from Thee shall
perish; Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from Thee."Psalm
73:2-3, 16-18, 27.
"In the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the
wine is red. It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same. But
the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and
drink them . . All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off."Psalm
75:8, 10.
"The Lord is righteous: He hath cut asunder the
cords of the wicked."Psalm 129:4.
"Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked, O God. Depart
from me therefore, ye bloody men."Psalm 139:19.
"The Lord preserveth all them that love Him. But
all the wicked will He destroy."Psalm 145:20.
"The wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and
the transgressors shall be rooted out of it."Proverbs 2:22.
"The curse of the Lord is in the house of the
wicked."Proverbs 3:33.
"The mouth of the foolish is near destruction .
. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the
righteous shall be granted."Proverbs 10:14, 24.
"Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in
the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner."Proverbs
11:31.
"Every one that is proud in heart is an
abomination to the Lord. Though hand join in hand, he shall not be
unpunished."Proverbs 16:5.
"He that keepeth the commandments keepeth his
own soul; but he that despiseth His ways shall die."Proverbs
19:16.
"God overthroweth the wicked for their
wickedness . . It is joy to the just to do judgment; but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity."Proverbs 21:12, 15.
"He shall smite the earth with the rod of His
mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked."Isaiah
11:4.
"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.
"For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth
also shall disclose her blood and shall no more cover her slain."Isaiah
26:21.
"And your covenant with death shall be
disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the
overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by
it . . For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim; He shall be wroth
as in the valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work;
and bring to pass His act, His strange act."Isaiah 28:18, 21.
"Therefore will I number you to the sword, and
ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did
not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear, but did evil before Mine
eyes."Isaiah 65:12.
"Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed . . Therefore . . in the
time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. I will
surely consume them, saith the Lord."Jeremiah 8:12-13.
"And I will dash them one against another, even
the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord. I will not pity, nor
spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them . . Give glory to the Lord your
God, before He cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the
dark mountains, and while ye look for light, He turn it into the shadow
of death, and make it gross darkness."Jeremiah 13:14, 16.
"Thus saith the Lord unto this people: Thus have
they loved to wander. They have not refrained their feet, therefore the
Lord doth not accept them. He will now remember their iniquity and visit
their sins . . I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and
by the pestilence."Jeremiah 14:10, 12.
"I will punish you according to the fruit of
your doings, saith the Lord. And I will kindle a fire in the forest
thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it."Jeremiah
21:14.
"A noise shall come even to the ends of the
earth: For the Lord hath a controversy with the nations; He will plead
with all flesh. He will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith
the Lord."Jeremiah 25:31 (cf. 36:31; 49:12).
"I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole
remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. Wherefore, as I live,
saith the Lord God: Surely, because thou hast defiled My Sanctuary with
all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore
will I also diminish thee; neither shall Mine eye spare, neither will I
have any pity . . Thus shall Mine anger be accomplished, and I will
cause My fury to rest upon them . . Moreover I will make thee waste . .
when I shall execute judgments in thee . . I the Lord have spoken
it."Ezekiel 5:10-11, 13-15.
"I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine
abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And ye shall know that I am
the Lord."Ezekiel 7:4.
"Can thine heart endure or can thine hands be
strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? . . As they gather
silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the
furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it. So will I gather you in
Mine anger and in My fury. And I will leave you there and melt you. Yea,
I will gather you and blow upon you in the fire of My wrath. And ye
shall be melted in the midst thereof . .
"Therefore have I poured out Mine indignation
upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath. Their own way
have I recompensed upon their head, saith the Lord God."Ezekiel
22:14, 20-21, 31 (cf. 24:13).
"I will cut thee off from the people and I will
cause thee to perish out of the countries. I will destroy thee."Ezekiel
25:7.
"Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O
house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways."Ezekiel
33:20.
"Woe unto them! . . because they have
transgressed against Me. Though I have redeemed them, yet they have
spoken lies against Me."Hosea 7:13.
"They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in
the days of Gibeah. Therefore He will remember their iniquity; He will
visit their sins . . For the wickedness of their doings I will drive
them out of Mine house."Hosea 9:9, 15.
"They shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and
to the hills, Fall on us."Hosea 10:8.
"Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: For the day of the
Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand. A day of darkness and of gloominess,
a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the
mountains; a great people and a strong. There hath
not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the
years of many generations."Joel 2:1-2.
"Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their
wickedness is great."Joel 3:13.
"I will punish you for all your
iniquities."Amos 3:2.
"I will slay the last of them with the sword: He
that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them
shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall Mine
hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them
down. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will
search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from My sight in
the bottom of the sea, thence, will I command the serpent and he shall
bite them. And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them. And I will set
Mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good. And the Lord God of hosts
is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell
therein shall mourn. And it shall rise up wholly like a flood and shall
be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt . . All the sinners of My people
shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor
prevent us."Amos 9:1-5, 10.
"Who can tell if [because we decide to repent]
God will turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we
perish not?"Jonah 3:9.
"Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting
thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins."Micah 6:13
(see verses 2-3).
"The Lord will take vengeance on His
adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies. But with an
overrunning flood He will make an utter end of the place thereof, and
darkness shall pursue His enemies . . He will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time . . They shall be devoured
as stubble fully dry."Nahum 1:2, 8-10.
"At that time I will . . punish all those . .
that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good neither will He do
evil. Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a
desolation . . The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and
hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord; the mighty man
shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble
and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation . . And I will bring
distress upon men . . because they have sinned against the Lord, and
their blood shall be poured out as dust . . Neither their silver nor
their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lords
wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire."Zephaniah
1:9, 12-15, 17-18.
"Then they that feared the Lord spake often one
to another. And the Lord hearkened and heard it and a book of
remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord and
that thought upon His name. And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of
hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels. And I will spare them, as a
man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return and
discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth
God and him that serveth Him not. For, behold, the day cometh that shall
burn as an oven. And all the proud; yea, and all that do wickedly, shall
be stubble. And the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord
of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you
that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in
His wings. And ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
And ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of
hosts."Malachi 3:16-4:3.
"He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable
fire."Matthew 3:12 (Luke 3:17).
"In the time of harvest I will say to the
reapers, Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to
burn them; but gather the wheat into My barn . . The harvest is the end
of the world, and the reapers are the angels . . The Son of man shall
send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all
things that offend and them which do iniquity, and shall cast them into
a furnace of fire."Matthew 13:30, 39, 41-42.
"Every plant which My heavenly Father hath not
planted shall be rooted up."Matthew 15:13 (cf. Matt 5:13).
"He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and
will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen . . And whosoever shall
fall on this Stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it
will grind him to powder."Matthew 21:41, 44.
"Then said the king to the servants: Bind him
hand and foot and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness."Matthew
22:13 (note 23:33; 24:50-51; 25:30-33, 41, 46).
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish."Luke 13:3.
"But those Mine enemies, which would not that I
should reign over them, bring hither and slay them before Me."Luke
19:27.
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth
in unrighteousness."Romans 1:18 (just as strong: Rom 2:5).
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall
God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."1
Corinthians 3:17.
"Wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised
from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to
come."1 Thessalonians 1:10.
"It is a righteous thing with God to recompense
tribulation to them that trouble you . . Rest with us, when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels; in flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."2 Thessalonians 1:6-8.
"And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of His coming."2 Thessalonians 2:8.
"God spared not the angels that sinned . . and
spared not the old world, but saved Noah . . and turning the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow . . The
Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve
the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished."2 Peter
2:4-6, 9.
"The Lord, having saved the people out of the
land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not."Jude
5.
"Enoch . . prophesied of these, saying, Behold,
the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His saints, to execute
judgment."Jude 14-15.
"I will kill her children with death."Revelation
2:23.
"Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him
that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the
great day of His wrath is come."Revelation 6:16-17.
"Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy
servants . . and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."Revelation
11:18.
"And the third angel followed them, saying with
a loud voice: If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive
his mark in his forehead, or in his hand; the same shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the
cup of His indignation. And He shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone."Revelation 14:9-10.
The seven last plagues are poured out by the angels of
God upon the wicked (Rev 16).
"And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that
with it He should smite the nations . . and He treadeth the winepress of
the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."Revelation 19:15.
"And I saw an angel standing in the sun . . saying
to all the fowls . . Come and gather yourselves together . . that ye may
eat the flesh of kings . . These both were cast alive into a lake of fire
burning with brimstone."Revelation 19:17-18, 20.
"And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat
on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was
found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God. And the books were opened and, another book was opened, which is the
book of life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were
in them. And they were judged every man according to their works. And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire."Revelation 20:11-15.
"The abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the
lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death."Revelation 21:8.
The truth that God punishes the wicked is no small
matter in Scripture. We have had the opportunity to observe, to some
extent, how much attention the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy give to this
subject. We have repeatedly seen the following theme: God often uses
instrumentalities to punish the wicked; but He always takes full
responsibility for His decision and, very often, the act of punishment
itself. But the blame for committing the sin which requires the punishment
lies at the door of the wicked. Repeatedly we have seen that it is not
wrong for God to punish hardened criminals. He who can give existence can
remove it. He is the Creator; and every action of His stands above
criticism. The Bible teaches Gods mercy and Gods justice. To reject
either will cloud your understanding of Scripture and bring Satans
enchantments.
For every generation there is a special trutha
"present truth" that it must accept and proclaim. God has
entrusted Seventh-day Adventists with the Three Angels Messages. Those
messages are given in expanded form in the book, Great Controversy.
It is the work of our people to tell all men everywhere
that they must come to Jesus, turn in His strength from their sins, and
obey His Ten Commandment law. And, with this, the warning is given to flee
the churches fallen in disobedience, lest the faithful be engulfed in the
final outpouring of Gods wrath on the wicked. Gods last warning is a
message prompted by deep love for the stubborn and rebellious, before
human probation forever closes. vf
"God will soon vindicate His justice before the universe. His
justice requires that sin shall be punished; His mercy grants that sin
shall be pardoned through repentance and confession."Upward
Look, 49.
GOD DOES NOT
KILL the innocent and His faithful ones who love, trust, and obey Him.
But, in the final judgment, God will have to blot out of existence those
who refused to return to Him before probation closes. The Third Angels
Message is GODS LAST CALL for mankind to return to Him before the
terrible storm begins !
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