What should God do now? His ways are so much above mine that I do not even want to make a guess.
What should God have done? Just what a judge would do. (God set up the whole system of justice, and he rules just as judges SHOULD rule, objetively), Rule in a manner th a t befits the crimes.
The principle is simple... don’t wanna do the time? Then don’t do the crimes. We reap what we sow. We have noone to blame but ourselves for the consequences of our crimes.
God knew their hearts were hardened and beyond redemption. He did not kill innocent people . He knows the past present and future, and knows if ANYONE would have repented or not. When He is finally forced to act, you can bet that Noone was redeemable of all that were destroyed
“Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.”
That whole thing with the sinner’s prayer is spiritually off.
Look at most christians’ favorite verse in the bible, John 3:16. It says NOTHING about sin.
Now look at the next verse. John 3:17 says that Jesus did not come to judge.
So who are we to be bringing up sin, righteousness and judgement. That is NOT our job! Our job is to deliver ONLY good news, not bad news.
The holy Spirit has the unenviable job of convincing people of their sin, what righteousness looks like, and the judgement awaiting those who discard the message. It is the Holy Spirit’s job, not ours.
Preach the good news, not the bad news.
Like Abraham said, the Judge of the whole earth will do right.
This is a nice post; good food for thought.
God does not ask my advice.
I ask His.
And if I am operating in smart mode do exactly what He says without trying to stick my own ruffles and flourishes into it.
It never works out well if I do not.