God protects the obedient. God sometimes destroys the disobedient. The Old Testament is replete with examples of overt destruction of unrepentant sinners. New Testament prophecy has quite a bit as well.
The tack that some participating in this discussion are taking would have those who smeared lamb’s blood on their door posts responsible for forcing the firstborn of those who didn’t obey to die. It’s verging upon magical thinking, imho.
I don’t know about “protect the obedient”. God pretty watched Satan beat the Hell out of Job, and Job was obedient.
SnakeDoc
But it's God who calls the shots. It is He who gives us our faith and brings us to repentance. He opens our eyes and ears to the truth and gives us the wisdom from above to come to the knowledge of the truth.
There is nothing we have that has not been given to us.