Post by Lee on Jan 9, 2015 4:05:48 GMT
"Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and they shall afflict them 400 years. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge. . . "In the 4th generation they shall come hither again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full" (Gen. 15:13,16).
That is, the generation of Egypt contemporary with Moses, and the generation of the Amorites contemporary with Joshua, were judged and punished for national sins which had been filling up over several centuries. Judgment in this life does not on the one hand preclude the final, general, individual judgment; neither does it on the other hand necessitate it.
Some men are subject to BOTH judgment in this life AND at the judgment-seat; some to NEITHER; some to just the one, some to just the other.
Present judgment and future judgment are two entirely separate and mainly unrelated things.
- 1986 Berean p 241
Makes me think how rapidly the "iniquity of the Amorites" is filling now, and soon we will see the ultimate Israelitish leader, march his people into the promise land destroying the wicked nations.
That is, the generation of Egypt contemporary with Moses, and the generation of the Amorites contemporary with Joshua, were judged and punished for national sins which had been filling up over several centuries. Judgment in this life does not on the one hand preclude the final, general, individual judgment; neither does it on the other hand necessitate it.
Some men are subject to BOTH judgment in this life AND at the judgment-seat; some to NEITHER; some to just the one, some to just the other.
Present judgment and future judgment are two entirely separate and mainly unrelated things.
- 1986 Berean p 241
Makes me think how rapidly the "iniquity of the Amorites" is filling now, and soon we will see the ultimate Israelitish leader, march his people into the promise land destroying the wicked nations.