GOD's early ANGER

 

Ezekiel 25:17

King James Version

17 And I will execute 

great vengeance upon them 

with furious rebukes; 

and they shall know that I am the Lord, 

when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

What makes GOD angry?

What incurs His wrath?

What actions of man elicit such?

Early on in Genesis, we know of two instances.

These changed man's life forever.

GOD commands Adam:

Genesis 2:15-17

King James Version

15 And the Lord God took the man, 

and put him into the garden of Eden 

to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 

thou shalt not eat of it: 

for in the day that thou eatest thereof 

thou shalt surely die.

Adam and Eve's disobedience:

Genesis 3:11-12

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11 And he said, 

Who told thee that thou wast naked? 

Hast thou eaten of the tree, 

whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, 

The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, 

she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

GOD's reaction:

Genesis 3:22

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22 And the Lord God said, 

Behold, the man is become as one of us, 

to know good and evil: 

and now, lest he put forth his hand, 

and take also of the tree of life, 

and eat, and live for ever:

GOD's response:

Genesis 3:14-15

King James Version

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 

Because thou hast done this, 

thou art cursed above all cattle, 

and above every beast of the field; 

upon thy belly shalt thou go, 

and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, 

and between thy seed and her seed; 

it shall bruise thy head, 

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 3:16

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16 Unto the woman he said, 

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; 

in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; 

and thy desire shall be to thy husband, 

and he shall rule over thee.

Genesis 3:17-19

King James Version

17 And unto Adam he said, 

Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, 

and hast eaten of the tree, 

of which I commanded thee, saying, 

Thou shalt not eat of it: 

cursed is the ground for thy sake; 

in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; 

and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 

till thou return unto the ground; 

for out of it wast thou taken: 

for dust thou art, 

and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:23-24

King James Version

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 

from the garden of Eden, 

to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; 

and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden 

Cherubims, 

and a flaming sword which turned every way, 

to keep the way of the tree of life.

Families of Noah's sons disobedience:

Genesis 11:1-4

King James Version

11 And the whole earth was of one language, 

and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, 

that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; 

and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, 

Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. 

And they had brick for stone, 

and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, 

Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, 

whose top may reach unto heaven; 

and let us make us a name, 

lest we be scattered abroad 

upon the face of the whole earth.

GOD's reaction:

Genesis 11:5-6

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5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, 

which the children of men builded.

6 And the Lord said, 

Behold, the people is one, 

and they have all one language; 

and this they begin to do: 

and now nothing will be restrained from them, 

which they have imagined to do.

GOD's response:

Genesis 11:7-9

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7 Go to, 

let us go down, 

and there confound their language, 

that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad 

from thence upon the face of all the earth: 

and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 

because the Lord did there 

confound the language of all the earth: 

and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad 

upon the face of all the earth.

GOD is fair.

GOD is just.

GOD is loving.

GOD is generous.

GOD is merciful.

But man is disobedient.

We have been given everything.

But we want more.

We are ruled by our pride, greed, and lusts.

We have this great desire for power, glory, and might.

Elements that rightfully belong only to GOD alone.

Thus, all the trouble we've all been going through.

Accounting for divison among nations.

All the violence, all the wars, all the injustice.

All the unnecessary suffering.

Precisely why GOD sent JESUS.

That the Messiah may save us from the spirit of Satan in us.

Will anything every change?

It will, if we follow GOD's will.

It will, if we believe in JESUS.

It will, if we love GOD, and others.

We have SPIRIT and Scripture to guide us.

Scripture laid all the commands that please the LORD.

JESUS lived all those commands.

And taught us to do the same.

All we have to do is follow, and know the fruits of the SPIRIT.

GOD also appointed one man for all nations.

We shall see his roots on the next page.

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