Psalm 21:9
9 Thou shalt make [shiyth] them as a fiery ['esh] oven
[tannuwr] in the time [`eth] of thine anger: [paniym]
the LORD [Yahovah] shall swallow them up [bala`] in his wrath, ['aph] and
the fire ['esh] shall devour ['akal] them. KJV-Interlinear
9 You
will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The Lord will swallow
them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them. NASB
The oven is similar to a
furnace, that is used to burn something to super-heated temperatures.
Wrath is a description of
Gods policy in the administration of justice.
And fire is used
throughout the Bible to symbolize judgment.
All three here, paint a
picture of total destruction. Not that
God is going to light bad people on fire and watch them burn. Here the idea is
that anyone who opposes God, and thus opposes truth, will be utterly destroyed.
When a pot or furnace is
super-heated, then anything placed within it, such as wood, will eventually
burn up leaving the dust of ashes behind.
This is blown out and carried off into the wind or dumped onto the
ground and there mixed such that it will never be identifiable or discovered
again. No one even looks for ash
dust. It is simply lost and forgotten
because it is worthless.
And so the Bible again
paints a picture of what you will become, if you reject Christ. Your destiny will be as though you were nothing. And when you end your life with nothing to
show for it, then you have indeed wasted your life.
Unbelievers go to the
Lake of Fire, and are forgotten.
Believers who ignore
their spiritual opportunities, go to heaven certainly, but they have no reward,
no blessings to bring with them into eternity.
And having nothing forever, is likewise a wasted life, especially when
all of the opportunities of eternity are right there in front of you for the taking. All you have to do is listen and learn and grow
up in your spiritual life by means of a daily study.
How hard can that be?
