Biblical Concept: God of the Bible, Spiritual Radical
Summary: Realize, through the following Bible verses, that
your job is to orient to God’s radical spiritual agenda. God’s radical spiritual agenda will happen
with or without you. God is so not like
other volitional creatures. Anthropopathism
of the God of the Bible will ultimately fail. Note: Humanity is made in God’s Image, God is
not made in man’s image. God is about
the business of self-vindication in His conflict with Cherubs. As Creator, the eventual physical death of the
vast majority of humans, and filling the lake of fire with 1/3 of the angels,
and the vast majority of humans, is part of the plan for dealing with evil-
volitional-creatures. The brutality of
the following Bible verses is no problem to the God of the Bible. And yet, truly, God is also love. God is a Spiritual Radical—fear Him.
Compare: Jesus Christ, Spiritual Radical
“For God so loved the world,” but, to the Lake of Fire for those who refuse His Love in Jesus Christ. John 3:16-20 16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. 18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 "And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil. 20 "For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. (Love or Lake of Fire. Perish or eternal life.) (Multitudes of unbelievers lower God in refusal to believe according to God’s standards.) (93 Bible verses describing only one way of salvation.)
Matthew 10:28 28
"And do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul;
but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (1/3 of angels, 7/8?, 9/10? of humanity = half of all
volitional creatures to the Lake of Fire?)
The sixth trumpet
judgment of the Great Tribulation will kill one third of humanity. (Revelation
9:18-21) (But remember God is love and desires the death of no man.)
2 Kings 19:35 35
Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out, and struck
185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning,
behold, all of them were dead. (God
practices Divine Democide.)
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for its
own purpose, even the wicked for the day of evil. (Meaning: God created free will creatures and
some of them became wicked.)
Nahum 1:2 A jealous and avenging God is the
LORD; The LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His
adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies. (See vv. 1-3.
God judged the Gentile nation Nineveh for forgetting Him. Recall that they had previously converted to
the God of the Bible after Jonah’s preaching.)
Exodus 22:20-24 20 "He who sacrifices to any
god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed. 21 "And you shall not wrong a
stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 "You shall not afflict any
widow or orphan. 23 "If
you afflict him at all, and if he
does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;
24 and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the
sword; and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Exodus 32:25-35 25 Now when Moses saw that the
people were out of control-- for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a
derision among their enemies-- 26
then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is for the
LORD, come to me!" And all the
sons of Levi gathered together to him. 27
And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and
go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother,
and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.'" 28 So the sons of Levi did as
Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that
day. 29 Then Moses said,
"Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD-- for every man has been against
his son and against his brother-- in order that He may bestow a blessing upon
you today." 30 And it
came about on the next day that Moses said to the people, "You yourselves
have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can
make atonement for your sin." 31
Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Alas, this people has
committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves. 32 "But now, if Thou wilt,
forgive their sin-- and if not, please blot me out from Thy book which Thou
hast written!" 33 And
the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him
out of My book. 34 "But
go now, lead the people where I told you. Behold, My angel shall go before you;
nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their
sin." 35 Then the LORD
smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
Exodus 34:14 -- for
you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a
jealous God-- (See the context of vv.
11-17. Principle: Do not be influenced
by any other religion than Biblical Christianity. The God does not like it--understated. Compare: NAS Psalm 33:12 Blessed
is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own
inheritance. NAS Psalm 9:17 The wicked will return to Sheol,
Even all the nations who forget
God. Note to America: In our Constitution, Article VI section three
says. . .”but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to
any Office or public Trust under the United States.” The national blessings of Psalm 33:12 are dependent
on having the right God in view. The God
of the Bible is not impressed by Article VI section three of the US
Constitution—He is a jealous God. The
constitution does not prevent a citizen from voting against a candidate with
abhorrent religious views.)
Deuteronomy 20:16-18 16 "Only in the cities of
these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall
not leave alive anything that breathes. 17
"But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the
Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite
and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you, 18 in order that they may not
teach you to do according to all their detestable things which they have done
for their gods, so that you would sin against the LORD your God. (See: Manifest
Destiny.)
Joshua 10:11 11 And it came about as they fled
from before Israel, while they were
at the descent of Beth-horon, that the LORD threw
large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah,
and they died; there were more who
died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the
sword.
Ezekiel 9:3-11 3 Then the glory of the God of
Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the
temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing
case. 4 And the LORD said to
him, "Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the
foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are
being committed in its midst." 5
But to the others He said in my hearing, "Go through the city after him
and strike; do not let your eye have pity, and do not spare. 6 "Utterly slay old men,
young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on
whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary." So they started
with the elders who were before the
temple. 7 And He said to
them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!"
Thus they went out and struck down the
people in the city. 8
Then it came about as they were striking and I alone was left, that I fell on my face and cried out saying,
"Alas, Lord God! Art Thou destroying the whole remnant of Israel by
pouring out Thy wrath on Jerusalem?"
9 Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of
Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood, and
the city is full of perversion; for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land,
and the LORD does not see!' 10
"But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor shall I spare, but I shall
bring their conduct upon their heads."
11 Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was
the writing case reported, saying, "I have done just as Thou hast
commanded me."
Compare: Ezekiel
23:49 49 'And your lewdness will be
requited upon you, and you will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols; thus you will know that I am the Lord
God.'" (The phrase: “know that I am the LORD” is found over 60 times in
Ezekiel.)
Ezekiel 25-32 records Divine regime change for Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, Sidon, and Egypt. Notice the repetition of the phrase “then they will know that I am the Lord.” Human history is a revolving door of regime change.
Revelation 19 records the planetary Divine regime change brought about at the Second Advent of Jesus Christ. Note the rulers of the new regime in Revelation 20:4.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that
everything God does will remain
forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it,
for God has so worked
that men should fear Him.
(command)
Grace
is: God's beneficial opportunity for mankind to approach Him for eternal
salvation and spiritual growth based on the Person and work of Jesus Christ -
Romans 5:1-2 and Acts 20:32.
Luke
14:26 "If anyone
comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children
and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My
disciple. (God hates the spiritually
lukewarm. See the context of vv. 25-35. Compare also the
Isaiah 63:1-19 1 Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah, This One
who is majestic in His apparel, Marching in the greatness of His strength?
"It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." 2 Why is Your apparel red, And
Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press? 3 "I have trodden the wine
trough alone, And from the peoples there was no man with Me. I also trod them
in My anger, And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on
My garments, And I stained all My raiment.
4 "For the day of vengeance was in My heart, And My year
of redemption has come. 5
"And I looked, and there was no one to help, And I was astonished and
there was no one to uphold; So My own arm brought salvation to Me; And My wrath
upheld Me. 6 "And I trod
down the peoples in My anger, And made them drunk in My wrath, And I poured out
their lifeblood on the earth." 7
I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the
LORD, the praises of the LORD, According to all that the LORD has granted us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has granted them
according to His compassion, And according to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses. 8
For He said, "Surely, they are My people, Sons who will not deal
falsely." So He became their Savior.
9 In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel of
His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them; And He
lifted them and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled And grieved
His Holy Spirit; Therefore, He turned Himself to become their enemy, He fought
against them. 11 Then His
people remembered the days of old, of Moses. Where is He who brought them up
out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy
Spirit in the midst of them, 12
Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, Who divided the
waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name, 13 Who led them through the
depths? Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble; 14 As the cattle which go down
into the valley, The Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. So didst Thou lead Thy
people, To make for Thyself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven, and see from Thy holy and glorious
habitation; Where are Thy zeal and Thy mighty deeds? The stirrings of Thy heart
and Thy compassion are restrained toward me.
16 For Thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us,
And Israel does not recognize us. Thou, O LORD, art our Father, Our Redeemer
from of old is Thy name. 17
Why, O LORD, dost Thou cause us to stray from Thy ways, And harden our heart
from fearing Thee? Return for the sake of Thy servants, the tribes of Thy
heritage. 18 Thy holy people
possessed Thy sanctuary for a little while, Our adversaries have trodden it down.
19 We have become like those
over whom Thou hast never ruled, Like those
who were not called by Thy name.
Deuteronomy
32:39 'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides
Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded, and it is I who
heal; And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. (God is Sovereign)
1 Peter 1:10-12 10 As to this salvation, the
prophets who prophesied of the grace that would
come to you made careful search and inquiry, 11 seeking to know what person or
time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the
sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving
themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you
through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from
heaven-- things into which angels long to look.
Revelation 1:12-18 12 And I turned to see the voice
that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; 13
and in the middle of the lampstands one like a son of
man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His breast with
a golden girdle. 14 And His
head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like
a flame of fire; 15 and His
feet were like burnished bronze, when
it has been caused to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.
16 And in His right hand He held seven stars; and out of
His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun
shining in its strength. 17
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as a dead man. And He laid His right
hand upon me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18 and the living One; and I was
dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and
of Hades.
Revelation 6:8 8 And I looked, and behold, an
ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following
with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill
with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the
earth.
Isaiah 66:14-16 14 Then you shall see this, and your heart shall be glad, And
your bones shall flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD shall be
made known to His servants, But He shall be indignant toward His enemies. 15 For behold, the LORD will come
in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And
His rebuke with flames of fire. 16
For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those
slain by the LORD will be many.
Isaiah 34:5-6 5 For My sword is satiated in
heaven, Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom, And upon the people
whom I have devoted to destruction. 6
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is sated with fat, with the
blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has
a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the
land of Edom.
Isaiah 65:12 12 I will destine you for the
sword, And all of you shall bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but
you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My
sight, And chose that in which I did not delight."