Numbers 16:46 "...Wrath has come out from the Lord; the plague has started."
These words sound like something out of an epic scene in a blockbuster Hollywood film! I can see Gerard Butler shouting these words in a movie like 300. In reality, Korah, some of his friends, and a bunch of the Israelites have seriously ticked off God. He responds by swallowing many of them into the earth and later sending a plague that finishes off 14,700 of them. Lesson of the day; don't grumble against Moses, Aaron or the Lord or the earth will open up and swallow you Temple of Doom style.
What is is this? Honestly. I struggle at times matching the God of Numbers who sends plagues to his own people with the Jesus from Nazareth who forgives, heals, and cries. A dude named Maricon once thought the same thing and decided the God of the Old Testament can't be the God of the New. I don't agree with that at all but he does make an interesting observation. At the end of the day I believe in a God who is just and merciful. I believe in a God who hates sin and loves sinners.
Dear Jesus, help me trust in you and in your justice and mercy. Amen.
