The Death of a False God Who Needs to Die

The Dark Angels of God

This article was first published in Basket of Figs

[This article is adapted from Pastor Powell’s blog at basketoffigs.blogspot.com. It was written in reply to an
article by ____________ in which he stated that the Indian Ocean tsunami “brought another geological
challenge to the biblical notion of an intervening, caring God." Pastor Powell does not apologize for the tone
of his response.]

I'm sorry, Mr. _______, but you know nothing of what you speak. December 26 did nothing of the sort.
What is challenged is the humanist notion [not Biblical] that God must act according to our sentimental
affectations. The modern sentimental idea of God, the result of two or three centuries of unbelief and
humanistic attacks on the Bible, has nothing to do with the Bible.

Isaiah gives another perspective of God: And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness
of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly
abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD,
and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall cast his
idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the
bats; To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for
the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Cease ye from man, whose breath is in
his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?"   [Is. 2:17-22]

The fact that men do not know the God of the Bible, does not mean that the God of the Bible does not know
them. What December 26 did was show the world that our sentimental and shallow view that God is in
error. He is not a benevolent grandpa who will rush to serve up whatever we want, in spite of our denial of
His Word and appointed Savior. Such a view is sadly out of tune with reality. It never was true and it isn't
true now. It is humanism and humanistic sentimentality that is exposed.

How dare you, Mr.______, attribute man's fancies to the Bible and then condemn them as though they were
God's word! Do you think that the heavens are blind and deaf?

Isa 24:18 "And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he
that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open,
and the foundations of the earth do shake."

This is the God of the Bible, the God Who cannot deny Himself. He is the Creator of all things and the
source of all things. Do you think you can tweak His beard and He will not pay attention? Do you think that
you can turn your back on His love that gave us His Son and not experience His wrath? His wrath does not
vanish like Alice’s cat when confronted with our unbelief.

What 9/11 and 12/26 really shows us is that God has His dark angels that know nothing of grace and mercy
[Ex. 12:23 and 1 Cor. 10:10]. God's love is wrapped up in Jesus Christ [Roman 5:8], and those who reject
God's Beloved Son, will someday meet these other angels. Unbelievers will not like these holy angels.

Amos 9:1-4: I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts
may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth
of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell,
thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though
they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid
from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though
they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will
set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Hebrews 10:28-31: He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how
much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of
God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath
done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will
recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God.

The souls of the beloved of God, who believe in Christ and trust Him, did not perish in the waves, but were
transported by angels into the bosom of Christ. What was a terrible calamity to others was a home going to
the people of God.

But if you do not repent, you will likewise perish.