Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 37:38
38 But the transgressors [pasha`] shall be destroyed [shamad] together [yachad]: the end ['achariyth] of the wicked [rasha`] shall be cut off [karath]. KJV-Interlinear
38 But transgressors shall be altogether
destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. ESV
The word for
transgressors, pasha, refers to sinners, violators, rebels, quarrelers, those
who revolt. They are also referred to here as the wicked using the word, rasha,
meaning condemned, guilty, ungodly. And, this is a reference to all
unbelievers, or all people who have rejected Christ and are therefore unsaved.
The word for
together, yachad, refers to the union of them, in one place, at one time, all as
one, and it also means mutually with one another.
Throughout history
people are born into this world and they live their lives, and having rejected
Christ, when they die, they leave this world as unsaved people. This happens to
each individual unbeliever, and it happens repeatedly throughout history,
throughout every generation.
At the moment of
their physical death, they are not completely destroyed or cut off, as it were.
Completely
destroyed and cut off, are terms that refer to a permanent destruction and
removal from existence.
There will come a
time when all unbelievers will be brought together, and they will stand as one
before the ultimate judge, Jesus Christ.
That will occur at
the end of all history, at the end of the millennium, when Christ brings all
unbelievers before Him, at the Great White Throne. It will be there that they
will receive their final judgment, altogether, all as one, and sent to the Lake
of Fire, and there to live in oblivion and terror and perpetual destruction
forever.
Unbelievers, have
one prayer request in common, which is to live their lives without God.
And Jesus Christ
grants them their single request, by sending them to a godless place.
Realize, that where
there is no God, there is no life and there is no order and there is no
stability. There is only chaos and insecurity and terror, and no relationship
with anything or anyone.
Committing oneself
to such an existence that is so horrible, is the quintessence of stupidity.
And yet in the
arrogance of their ignorance, all unbelievers presume that they can have a life
of their own choosing, without God. All the while looking around and seeing
that no individual can have a life of their own choosing, without anyone else.
We live in a world
that is run by Satan, and yet history is run by Jesus Christ. No human being
has any control over the angelic conflict. And yet to ignore the existence of
that conflict, ignores the existence of half of reality.
It takes quite an
effort to live an entire life, when a person is thinking constantly moment by
moment throughout each day over the course of ones entire life, and refuse,
defiantly, to believe in Jesus Christ.
That is the
quintessence of stubbornness, and the ultimate arrogance, that is the common
thread that runs throughout the thinking of all unbelievers.
And so we have
disclosed here in the Old Testament, the great gathering that will occur at the
end of history, where unbelievers will stand before the Lord, face to face, and
see directly the person that they claim does not exist.
One would think,
that, that ultimate realization would wake them up to the truth. But
unfortunately, even in the face of the ultimate truth, they will still reject
truth defiantly.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily
study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big
time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
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