Does God use natural disasters to punish sin?
God is capable of destroying every living thing as He did
when the wickedness, corruption and violence of humans was too great and His
heart was troubled. So He wiped the earth clean except for eight people, Noah
and his family and the living creatures that came with him on the Ark (Genesis
6 – 9). God said He would not destroy the world like that again.
Now it is the time of grace from the New Testament. Jesus Christ
died on the cross and paid for all sin, for all time and God’s wrath was poured
on Jesus Christ (Romans 3:25) so that if we accept His sacrifice on our behalf
then we will have the right to be His children (Galatians 3:26-29). God is love
and wants to give us good things so if we look to Him he will provide for us (1
Corinthians 2:9). Be holy for He is holy (1 Peter 1:16). And we have not been
left orphans, God provides the Spirit of truth to help His children (John 14:15-21). If Jesus has already absorbed God's wrath on the Cross then why would He continue to punish sin with calamity?
God wants to protect us and our nation (Psalm 91; 2
Chronicles 7:14). He provides a wall of protection against calamity for His
people (Ezra 9:9). But if nations choose to do actions and promote laws that are
not holy according to Scripture then he has no choice but to move away and take
His protection with Him (Deuteronomy 23:14).
We don’t talk
about the adversary to God and our souls much but it doesn’t mean that there
isn’t one. This being and his followers take advantage of EVERY time humans go
against God because when we use our free will to disobey, that gives him the
legal right to move in because he is the prince of this world (John 12:31). Got Questions writes, “Ultimately, these false teachers/thieves are carrying out
Satan’s intentions. Rather than bring life, they bring death. Rather than give,
they steal. Rather than build up, they destroy” (John 10:10; John 8:44).
God provides protection and prosperity for nations (how this looks in the natural for individuals is another topic). He is holy and cannot bless the nations
that practice evil. He withdraws Himself from evil and takes the prosperity and
protection with Him. How else will we know that He is the giver of this
goodness, if we claim we are brilliant on our own, and continue to do things
that He says are evil? We make the choices that allow God to bless us or not.
We as a nation make the choices to allow Him to prosper and protect us. If
calamity and destruction come upon us, it is because we pushed God away with
our choices and tied his hands so that He cannot protect us.
Natural disasters will happen, but if we invite God to be in our lives then we are in His care and protection. If you are a Christian pray that God will protect and heal
our land. If you are not a believer then I pray that you will see that allowing
God to be a presence in our nation is to your advantage overall as you will also benefit from the
prosperity. Traditional values and morals have their roots in the Bible and
should be encouraged to have influence over our country once again.
