Illustrative Mention
Principle
This is where God shows His anger at
certain kind of sins by judgment. By doing this God highlights His
displeasure of those sins, but sin in general.
Disobedience: Genesis 3:14-19: Adam and Eve disobeyed the Word of God
and so God had to judge them to show His displeasure and for an example to the
future generations. The judgment was
separation from God and the loss of security of the Garden.
Corruption and violence: Genesis 6-8: The whole world was corrupt and violent,
6:11-13. This highlighted sin was judged
in Genesis 7-8. The judgment was a
world- wide flood that wiped out the earth so that God could start over.
Pride: Genesis 11:
Man had built a tower to walk into heaven, without an invite. Man desired to “make a name” for himself,
Genesis 11:4. God judged man with their
greatest fear at the time. To be
“scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Genesis 11:4.
Homosexuality: Genesis 18:16- 19:29: This was by far the overwhelming sin of
Sodom and Gomorrah. We can see this in
Genesis 19: 4-5. The judgment for this
sin was death and hell fire in the form of molten sulfur. This area today has the second largest
deposits of sulfur in the world!
Lack of Faith: Genesis 22:
Because of Abraham's lack of faith in Chapter twenty with Abimelech,
God decides to judge Abraham and to prove his faith and obedience with the
sacrifice of his only son. The judgment
was a severe test for Abraham to prove his faith.
Blasphemy: Leviticus 10:
Nadab and Abihu, the son's of Aaron offered strange fire before the
Lord. The Lord immediately judged them
by a righteous fire, killing both of them!
This was done as an example to illustrate the importance of service
before the alter. Here, also, God shows
that he will punish blasphemy most severely!
William J. Roop, M.A.B.S.
