Psalm 34:21
21 Evil [ra`] shall slay [muwth] the wicked [rasha`]: and
they that hate [sane'] the righteous [tsaddiyq] shall be desolate ['asham]. KJV-Interlinear
21
Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be
condemned. ESV
Evil brings about the
downfall of evil. Wickedness brings
about the downfall of wickedness. And
the last phrase here introduces the overall principle of Gods judgment, which
is that the haters of the righteousness condemn themselves, and are guilty by
means of their own thoughts, intents and actions, and are empty of all that
matters.
So many whine about God
judging and bringing harm to people, totally overlooking the evil actions that
they cause and bring upon others. But in
fact, their own evil is the cause of their own demise.
God is truth and God is
gracious and God is infinitely forgiving.
But those who hate truth and therefore hate God, are themselves to blame
for their own destruction.
Entry into Gods family
and into heaven is easy. One merely has
to believe in Christ. That is a thought
process that takes but a fraction of a second, and yet people will live their
entire lives, having billions and trillions of thoughts over the course of
decades, and they will vehemently reject Christ at every turn, at every
thought.
That is dramatic, and in
itself requires a huge effort toward refusing truth.
One would think that most
could not hold out over so long a time and with so much repetition of exposure
to the gospel. And yet…
Therefore, if one is to
look to placing blame on those who suffer from evil or from judgment, then you
only have to look as far as the evil person who is getting the evil that they
themselves caused, and therefore the judgment they deserve.
