I am trying to imagine a situation. According to Deuteronomy 13, I suppose it could have happened.
[SCENE OPENS ON AN ARID HILL. A CLUSTER OF HOUSES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER. SHEEP, GOATS AND A COUPLE OF COWS GRAZE WITH A SMALL BOY WATCHING CLOSE BY. IT'S A WEDNESDAY. A MAN WANDERS UP TO THE FIRST HOUSE. HE PAUSES, ADJUSTS HIS ROBE, AND KNOCKS. THE DOOR IS BLUE. IT OPENS.]
Sam: Hey.
Amos: Hey.
Sam. You doing anything?
Amos: I live on a hill with sheep, goats and a couple of cows. I got like ten kids. What do you think. Of course, I'm not doing anything. TV won't be invented for like 6000 years.
Sam: It was a rhetorical question jerk-face.
Amos: You walked 7 miles to make fun of me.
Sam: Wow.
Amos: What do you want? I have to get back to...stuff.
Sam: Right. So me and the boys, we're going over to Shamir to kill everybody, throw all the stuff into the center of town and burn the whole thing up. You interested.
Amos: Shamir? Is that over by Tula?
Sam: No it's over by Gad. Two hamlets past Tula. Look, you in or not I gotta walk 12 mile to Dathan's house.
Amos: Well, if Dathan's coming...
Sam: Look forget it.
Amos: OK, OK, you can count me in.
Sam: See you next Tuesday. Bring some kabobs too. But don't take anything. Remember what happened to Micah?
Amos: Dude. This isn't my first razing.
So this story seems crazy. And it is. Not to mention that it's completely made up. Because I'm sure you were wondering. But seriously, look at Deuteronomy 13: 12-17. This is exactly what God commanded the Israelites to do. If they heard that one of the cities had turned to serve other gods, they were supposed to utterly destroy it. I get that we have grace. But how, HOW do you deal with this in the Bible? God never changes. He's loving. But He's also intensly jealous. How do explain our God to people?
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God is Love thats why He is also justice.True Love can not tolerate sin, it has to be destroied. In the O.T. who lived repentent and obiedent lives experienced Grace, there had to be justice for sin. At the cross however the pentalty was paid once and for all by Christ Jesus so now all Judgement Falls upon Him and we recieve grace instead of judgement. This does not eleviate our responsibilty to live holy lives, failure to do so can and will have devistating consequences in our lives also. Transformation as spoken of in Rom 12:2 is the remedyfor our condition, Praise God. U.D.
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