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I must rebuttal as humbly as I could possibly be, in the grace of God, so that His word can be spoken through me. In the story of Sodom, Genesis 19, it tells us that there was a forewarning by angels. That those who wished to leave, had the opportunity to do so, for the city was corrupt with evil and would be destroyed.
“12 The two angels said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.” 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.”
In fact, earlier on in Chapter 18, Abraham begged God to Not destroy Sodom, this was the conversation that proves that aside from Lot and his family, there were no followers of God there.
“22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?”
“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”
He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”
He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”
He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
33 When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.”
Even then, Lot brought someone with him that was not a follower of God, Lot’s wife, whom was told to Not look back, and did. “26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.” This was to her own curiosity, the same curiosity that Adam and Eve were punished for. One may say, how great is God if we get punished by death for one mistake? But you see, that’s an appeal to closure, a fallacy which begs the argument when there isn’t one. If God tells her to not look back, or she will die, and she looks back, how is it God’s answerability for her death? I’ll rephrase the question; If a police officer tells you to not reach down to your glove compartment, or you will get shot, and you reach into your glove compartment, how is it the officer’s fault that you got shot? This is lack of understanding authority is simply one of blatant disrespect because the individual in question does not comprehend the consequences of their actions. It’s easy to point the finger.
The next question that would stem from this as a follow up would best be, why does God send the wicked to hell? I would love to tackle this on my own, but I recently watched a video that captures exactly what I wanted to comment as well as with extremely reliable sources. I encourage you to watch it so that way the rest of the text after will make sense.
https://youtu.be/tiYf6ITgWbk
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As you can see based off of Inspiring Philosophy’s video, God does not send people to Hell, but we choose our own destination in the end. So then to bluntly answer the question, “No”. God does not punish nonbelievers, nor even punish evildoers, but instead blesses us to make our own choices and be anything and anyone we want to become. In that process, however, God hopes that we all put Him first. In the story of Job, God boasts to the devil that Job is someone that could not be broken and proved that no matter what evil came to Job by the devil, Job still had faith in God, and God rewarded him for it.
“10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver[a] and a gold ring.
12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.”
Never did Job think that he would be blessed with what came after, but God blessed him Only because of his faith and love for God. These lessons in the Bible teach us not about little details but big lessons in what morals we should have and how we should live our lives, and it would behoove you to second think your choice. I would never shove something down your throat, but I would love to see God, and I can only hope that you come to love Him too.
If you have any other questions over what I covered, including the Morality argument and if God is all good or not, I would recommend you watching these two videos, and perhaps also ask yourself to look at things from other perspectives to perhaps get a sense of different possibilities.
https://youtu.be/Cp9Nl6OUEJ0
https://youtu.be/eFMZF0ygvH8
Thank you for reading and watching. Respond when you can. Sleep well.
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