Comments on: It is a fearful thing to provoke the hand of the living God. [II Kings 12] https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2015/09/7555/ Bleak Theology: Hopeful Science Thu, 08 Sep 2016 03:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: Looking Glass https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2015/09/7555/comment-page-1/#comment-6242 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 05:08:23 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=7555#comment-6242 The interesting thing about the Founding Fathers is that, while most weren’t terribly faithful Christians, they understood that self-rule only would work with proper structure and a Christian population. And that’s because it requires one to take responsibility for themselves. And we see where the evil in the Human Heart exists when it works so hard against it.

As for ancient Israel, their kings were never willing to listen to God. They didn’t want the memo God sent to Josiah, for instance, about what was to be done.

]]> By: Brown https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/2015/09/7555/comment-page-1/#comment-6241 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:40:57 +0000 https://pukeko.net.nz/blog/?p=7555#comment-6241 In this vein its interesting to read Daniel. In the face of danger he and his 3 colleagues did not abandon their culture and the relationship with God – they clung to God while fitting in with the local culture and rising to the top of it. They could have both a relationship with God and succeed in a hostile world but the latter depended on the former being respected rather than the other way around.

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