In this part of our Bible stories we look at many educational events in which God punishes sinners, and why he does this.
As we will see, God sanctions are always fair and reasonable.
So that was it then ...
NO COUNTRY FOR BALD MEN
Elisa was a noble prophet and a favorite of God. In the 2nd Book of Kings describes some of his miracles.
let you now take you to another episode in the life of this wise and wonderful servant of God ...
One day the great prophet in the idyllic town of Gilgal, but had a little problems: The land was barren and the water undrinkable.
"19 And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, it is good to live in this city, as my Lord sees, but the water is bad and the land barren."
(2 Kings 2:19)
bad water! One might wonder why people stay living there if they can plant anything and therefore have nothing to eat, and why they mean yet, be good to live in their city. But fortunately, yes Elisa is there, an impressive Solution to the dilemma.
"20 He said to me, Bring forth a new dish and put salt in it and they brought him
21 As he went out to the water source and cast the salt!. and said, Thus saith the Lord. I have healed these waters, there shall henceforth no death or infertility therefore
22 So the water grew well until this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke .
(2 Kings 2:20-22)
Man but would think that such a brilliant man by all and every loved. But man is evil in his heart ... And so does the evil take its course. .
"23 And he went up to Bethel, and as he was going up on the way, came forth little children out to the city and mocked him and said to him: bald head, Go up baldhead, come! up! "
(2 Kings 2:23)
These little monsters! Do with their despicable cruelty to our beloved Prophet suffering mental!
A just God must react to something like natural and so the little bastards get what they deserve.
"24 And he turned around, and as he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord . Then two bears came from the woods and tore the children forty-two. "
(2 Kings 2:23-24)
A QUESTION OF HONOR
. Of course, God protect not always the time and money, all his faithful servants from every little thing in the Gospel of Matthew kills Herod the Great all Israeli infants, without God's intervention
Herod's son makes John the Baptist beheaded -. tell it the Gospels according to Mark and Matthew. God comes again a finger.
and his grandson - Herod Agrippa - killed the apostle St. James, the Lord will do nothing.
"1 About this time Herod the king laid hands on some of the community, to torment them.
2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And then he saw it pleased the Jews, he went on, Peter also began. "
(Acts 12:1-3)
This is really not the fine English style, but not the reason why God will punish him soon. It gets worse ...
"21 but did on a certain day of Herod the royal dress, sat on the tribunal and a speech to them
22 did But the people cried. The has been the voice of God and not of a man!
(Acts 12:21-22)
A quite passable speaker, he seems to be yes, this Herod. But that he is entitled to presumption of the people, he is not God; immediately makes clear - This is not so! murder
apostle is already rude, but this time he has gone too far. Now God sees itself forced to do something.
"23 Immediately hit him the angel of the Lord because he gave not God the glory ;. And was eaten by worms and gave up the ghost"
(Acts 12:23)
JOY
Another example of bad sinners who are spoiled in her black soul deeply, we find in Numbers, 4 Book of Moses, 11 in Chapter It is about the Crime of the Israelites on their way to Holy Land.
Do not forget, dear children: Because after all God is just, must punish he following behavior. Not that he would make that fun.
Well, actually it:
"63 And how about you before the Lord was pleased that he would do you good, and multiply, is so happy he is over you, that he may kill and destroy them; "
(Deuteronomy 28:63)
The story begins with the mortal sin of Ungeduldigseins. Since it is only right that the good Lord in heaven with fire raises his chosen people. .
"1 And since the people rose impatiently liked it evil in the ears of the Lord And when she knew the Lord was kindled his anger, and lit the fire of the LORD among them; which consumed the most extreme storage
2 the people cried unto Moses, Moses asked the Lord,.. disappeared since the fire
3 And it was the place Thabeera, so that among them the Lord had kindled fire. "
(Numbers 11:1-3)
Apparently, you can stop the unvermeindliche punishment that sin brings with it, but the fact that one part of God's best friends know that this will appease. Amazingly, this has
not fire action of God popularity among the Israelites did well.
"4 The rabble among them but had become greedy, and they sat and wept with the children of Israel, saying: Who will give us meat to eat"
(Numbers 11:4)
this bad, corrupt people think of luxury decanter like food! Well, in Egypt there was great food en masse, but here in the desert there is finally delicious ash cake, which tastes like oil. These greedy people always want more and have more.
"5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, and the pumpkins, the melons, the leeks, the onions and garlic.
6 But now matt soul, for our eyes see nothing but the Man
7 But it was the Man like coriander seed and watch as Bedellion
8 . The people went back and forth and collected and crushed it with mills and thrust it in mortars, and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it to ashes, and it had a taste like an oil cake.
9 And when the night dew fell on the camp, it was the one with it. "
(Numbers 11:5-9)
The One may taste awful, but you so do not starve. And to kick another day hike through the desert, everything It seems disgusting essen.Das really taste so bad that lists all the children are desperate to weep bitterly. Ungrateful Pack!
God is angry and rightly so.
"10 Now Moses heard the people crying to their families, every man in his tent door, and there was kindled the wrath of the Lord very much, and Moses was also afraid."
(Numbers 11:10)
Moses decides to talk once a serious word with God.
"11 And Moses said unto the Lord: Why bekümmerst your servant, and why I do not find favor in your eyes that you put the burden of all this people upon me
12?? I have now received all the people born in or that you might say to me: Carry them in your arms, like a nurse with a child in the land which you swore to their fathers?
13 Where should I have flesh that I give all this people? They cry unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we eat "
(Numbers 11:11-13)
God says. Do you want meat well, then you shall get meat until it you from the nose ! comes
"16 And the Lord said to Moses: [...]
19 not a day, not two, not five, not ten, nor twenty days,
20 but a month until that you go out to the nose and you would loathe it, so that you have rejected the LORD who is among you, and before him crying and saying, "Why we went out of Egypt?
(Numbers 11:16-20)
Moses is skeptical: How are you going to do that, God? So much meat, you're crazy good!
"21 And Moses said: Six hundred thousand foot soldiers is among them I am, and you I say will give you meat that their one months eat long
22 set! they kill sheep and cattle that they had enough, or will all the fish of the sea, gather near, that they had enough? "
(Numbers 11:21-22)
answered God's waiting just off!
"23 the Lord said to Moses?. Because the Lord's hand is shortened, but you shall now see if my words you can apply it or not"
(Numbers 11:23)
And actually seems to make God his promise and makes it rain dead birds.
"31 there went out the wind from the Lord and brought quails from the sea and scattered them about the camp, here is a day's journey long as a day's long around the camp here, two yards high above the earth.
32 made because the people on the same day and all night and all the next day and gathered quail, and which the least collected, who collected ten homers. Us, they hung them on round about the camp. "
(Numbers 11:31-32)
According to Wikipedia, are two yards about 90 cm. So high were the quails! Now the Israelites were actually meat to eat for days.
After they had at the beginning of this beautiful Bible story of the sin of self-committed complaining (and burned it were from God), but now they are committing the sin of satisfaction being.
The Lord will do nothing but to murder them with a plague.
"33 There was the meat still on their teeth, however, and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled among the people, and beat them with a very great plague.
34 why is this place like graves, so that there they buried the lascivious people. "
(Numbers 11:33-34)
Harhar! Serves them right!
YOU KNOW, I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY
What will teach us the love God through these events?
is evil, if God is responsible for his misfortune makes (even if it is he) and complains to him - or to God for positive characteristics (such as good public speaking skills) is not responsible and makes does not give him the honor. Also be concerned about the Kahlkopfigkeit a prophet funny, worth a horrible, painful death.
So the way things are. This may sound a little harsh, but the Bible also has humor:
"6 And the LORD passed by before him and cried," Lord, Lord God, merciful and gracious and and plenteous in mercy and truth! "
(Exodus 34:6)
a joker, this God.
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