The Angel In The Sky. Part [16] 06/28/2025 (Evening thought)

Romans 5:13  (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Some individuals struggle with the issue of collateral damage, for it seems to their minds that only those who were directly responsible should suffer for their choices or decisions. Therefore, there is something that we must be reconciled to, that the very nature of sin is to cause collateral damage. Sometimes collateral damage occurs with the aiders and abettors, but sometimes it could also happen to persons who may have had nothing to do with the decisions made by others.

This is just a fact of life in our fallen world, that we will have to be reconciled to, tough as it may be. Joshua and Caleb were faithful, as they stood firm for the right when the other spies buckled and fell, but Joshua and Caleb had to wander in the deserts for forty years, the same as those who were guilty of rebellion. One of the reasons God strongly cautions us not to sin is because sin has a ripple effect on others, some more, some less.

These ripple effects often reach to the third and fourth generation, if indulged by those who come after in the line of succession. Although many persons in David’s day did not like the idea of taking the census, yet some of them had cherished the same pride which often tends to steal God’s glory. Thus, by partaking of the same spirit as did David, they became guilty by association.

Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

The Angel In The Sky. Part [15] 06/27/2025 (Morning thought)

Proverbs 5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Having great regrets for making any well-informed decision does not negate the fact that you made it, and therefore, whatsoever the fallout might be, we would have to face the music, as it were. Adam was upset at Eve for eating of the fruit. But when he himself ate of it knowing full well what he was doing, his deep remorse did not change the facts on the ground and thus, the fallout of that one fatal decision he would now have to face, grim and  deadly, though it would be.

1st Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression…. [Patriarchs & Prophets pp 56>57] Adam understood that his companion had transgressed the command of God. There was a terrible struggle in his mind. He mourned that he had permitted Eve to wander from his side. He resolved to share her fate; if she must die, he would die with her…. Genesis 3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

This leads us to our second lesson: [2] Very often, there will be collateral damage to persons and nations, who may not have had anything to do with a particular decision made by others. … 1st Chronicles 21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

Proverbs 5:13 And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!