Psalm 34:16
16 The face [paniym] of the LORD
[Yahovah] is against them that do [`asah] evil [ra`], to cut off [karath] the remembrance [zeker] of
them from the earth ['erets]. KJV-Interlinear
16
The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of
them from the earth. ESV
Two important principles
come out of these last two verses.
First, God not only brings help to those who are saved and/or advancing
in their spiritual life, and remembers them.
And second, God wipes out the memory of those who do not.
These things are not
always done immediately, but when history finally comes to a close, then the
believers in Christ will be remembered and blessed, and the unbelievers will be
forever forgotten.
And just as important,
all evils engaged in by even believers, will be forgotten and wiped from the
memories of creation.
Nothing evil will migrate
from this universe to the next. Nothing evil
will continue out of this universe and life and history, into eternity.
And that is exactly what,
to cut off from the earth, means.
All of creation has
things that probably need to be forgotten.
Why would God allow sadness or failure into an otherwise perfect new
creation?
Better to part ways from
the old and begin everything anew, especially ones bad memories.
