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 4, the 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 ! |