According to this image
God killed 2,038,344 people in the bible.
Satan was recorded only to have killed 10 (and some say less than that).
Why did God have over 2 million people die during Old Testament times, in addition to those who died in Sodom and Gomorrah nor the flood? More so, why did they deserve to die?
Why does anyone deserve to die?
Well, let's take a quick second to understand who gives us life to begin with.
God.
God gives us our bodies, our hearts, our minds, our souls. God gives us our lives. Not only that,
God
gives
us
LIFE.
God has made opportunity after opportunity
for us to have the most
amazing
life
ever.
He's not only has us on earth for a short or long time,
however the duration may carry through.
God gives us the chance,
no,
the OPPORTUNITY
to break away from the slavery of sin have LIFE forever through Christ!
So, if God has given us so much life,
why was He has allowed, even commanded so much death to happen in so many destructive ways?
Quick answer:
God didn't want death - separation from Himself - to be in the world in the first place.
Satan did.
It's been Satan's goal
since he fell from Heaven to Hell and took a third of God's angel's with him
to usurp God in any way possible,
especially through an eternal death.
God's original intention was for us to live with Him and each other forever.
God's original intention was for every creation on this earth to work in perfect harmony.
and
God's original intention was for Satan (Lucifer) himself to be a part of that harmony as well.
Yet instead of saying "YES!!" to an incredible life with God through simple worship and obedience to Him,
Satan said a flat out "NO" to God,
and so
do
we.
We say "NO" when we sin.
We say "NO" when we disbelieve.
We say "NO" when we run away from Him.
So when God commanded all those people to die,
basically all of whom blatantly said a big "NO" to Him through their words, actions, and beliefs,
it wasn't because they were completely innocent and unaware of their wrongdoing.
We all know that there is a right and wrong in this world, a good and a evil. Sometimes we do make the lines between those things gray through idolatry. Sometimes they're a little gray to begin with. That being said, we know when we do something wrong and evil.
Now, I'm no bible scholar. I'm just a believer.
I know this is no air-tight statement. I'm just doing this because I feel like God would rather have me put something out there that glorifies Him rather than sit in my comfort zone, which I'm great at.
And I don't think I'm all great because I have faith in Him;
I only have this faith because of the amazing God he is and the sacrifice of LIFE that his Son gave.
What I want to say at last is this:
God is righteous, and so is his judgment.
We choose to live for him or die from him.
We choose this as individuals, and we choose this as families, communities, tribes, and nations.
I choose to follow God through his son Jesus,
and thereby choose life over death.
So, back to that image.
If God were the one who came up with death as a good idea for the fate of mankind,
then the motive behind the photo's creation would make complete sense.
But since it's truly us who choose to disobey God and not cling to his Son,
wouldn't the true blame of the deaths of our souls lie elsewhere?
That's laying it out there sis. Here is some more food for thought: Those 2 million+ were almost totally before Christ's assention. Since sending the Holy Spirit to indwell the repentant, the Jewish nation has been dispersed, until recently (1948). If the rapture of the church equals the lifting of the Holy Spirit from earth then once again will God begin judging man as He did before the coming of the christ child? The last book of the Bible, Revelation, speaks of harsh judgement, so harsh it becomes difficult to understand such action coming from a loving God. Billy Graham's daughter Ann Graham Lotz in her study about this very book repeatedly shows how a loving God will repeatedly send these hardships that man might repent and turn to the only one who can help. It is a fearful thing to stand judged by a holy god who must be just. But by the neccessary work of His son, Jesus, no one could survive.
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