{"id":8046,"date":"2024-09-05T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2024-08-31T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T14:42:28","slug":"the-exploding-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=8046","title":{"rendered":"The Exploding God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Continuing our theme from yesterday<\/a> that God is not to be trifled with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12.28, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is noteworthy that God “exploded” in both chapters 13 (during the first attempt at retuning the Ark) and chapter 14 in a battle. Here again is the incident with the Ark:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOD erupted in anger against Uzzah and killed him because he grabbed the Chest. He died on the spot\u2014in the presence of God. David lost his temper, angry because GOD exploded against Uzzah; the place is still called Perez Uzzah (Exploded Uzzah) (1 Chronicles 13.10, 11, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then in chapter 14, the Philistines threaten, and the same word is used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David prayed to God: \u201cIs this the right time to attack the Philistines? Will you give me the victory?\u201d GOD answered, \u201cAttack; I\u2019ll give you the victory.\u201d David attacked at Baal Perazim and slaughtered them. David said, \u201cGod exploded my enemies, as water explodes from a burst pipe.\u201d That\u2019s how the place got its name, Baal Perazim (Baal-Explosion). The Philistines left their gods behind and David ordered that they be burned up. (1 Chronicles 14.10 – 12, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d rather be on the chapter 14 side of God’s explosions, wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter said, \u201cAnanias, how did Satan get you to lie to the Holy Spirit and secretly keep back part of the price of the field? Before you sold it, it was all yours, and after you sold it, the money was yours to do with as you wished. So what got into you to pull a trick like this? You didn\u2019t lie to men but to God.\u201d Ananias, when he heard those words, fell down dead. That put the fear of God into everyone who heard of it. (Acts 5.3 – 5, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He set off. When he got to the outskirts of Damascus, he was suddenly dazed by a blinding flash of light. As he fell to the ground, he heard a voice: \u201cSaul, Saul, why are you out to get me?\u201d He said, \u201cWho are you, Master?\u201d \u201cI am Jesus, the One you\u2019re hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you\u2019ll be told what to do next.\u201d (Acts 9.3 – 6, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing our theme from yesterday that God is not to be trifled with: Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12.28, ESV) It is noteworthy that God “exploded” … Continue reading The Exploding God<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-25M","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}