Since the beginning of Human history, dictators, oppressors, the angry, the jealous, the self-absorbed, self-interested, and high-minded people have all sought ways to re-invent and elevate themselves artificially above the rest of humanity, especially in relation to those of whom they are jealous, or by whom they perceive themselves hurt or slighted. God hates jealousy for jealousy is not rooted in godly love nor in concern for our fellow humans. God despises our hatred of those around us. God despises rebelliousness.
God struck Moses sister with leprosy because his sister was griping about Moses marrying an Ethiopian woman. God struck rebels, whiners, and complainers with fire, illness, earthquakes, and serpent bites, and that was among His chosen people, Israel. He is no less concerned with the way the rest of us conduct ourselves toward Him and toward each other. If we learn nothing else from God's Word, we must learn that God affords us only one entitlement in life, the gift of being able to choose whether we will ourselves to accept and follow God and His ways, or to reject them. There is no greater decision that we shall ever face in life, and God lets us choose that. The consequences are eternally emancipating or eternally damning, for in our choice we determine our own eternal destiny.
Most people do not want to admit or look at the sin nature of their own flesh nor of their fellow Man, in order to judge righteous judgment. As many times as I have read God's Word, there are still times that I do not want to deal with my sin or my sin nature. THAT is why I must accept and trust God's only Savior. Most people try to avoid admitting or dealing with their sin and their sin nature. But, God does not overlook our sinful ways, as we strive to hatefully claw our way over each other. Those who despise God's self-sacrificing ways force themselves to look for superficial ways by which to try to distance their own personal sin from the sin of others against whom they rant or from whom they are segregating themselves morally, socially, politically, and spiritually. God's Word points out that all too often we say we love God, whom we have not seen, when we really hate our fellow humans whom we have seen. We make ourselves into liars when we make claims like that. God does not tolerate self-justification, for we are all without excuse when we sin.
All human beings are made in God's image and therefore no different from one another in most aspects of our lives. Yes, God gives each of us genetic differences and allows us to be born into different cultures and life conditions, within the framework of Humanity, but none of us are any better than any other person, to God. To God, none of us are racially inferior or superior to any other person. We can all interbreed and are answerable to God for whether we live up to or reject His Word and His standards of living. He says, "there is none righteous, no not one." And, He calls all of us to repentance and faith in Him and His plan of salvation. Racial superiority and inferiority are nonsense for God, alone, is our Creator, Master, Father, Judge, and Redeemer. The One whom He has appointed shall judge us by His Word, whether that judgment comes sooner or later. It shall be accomplished. God's promises cannot be broken, though Humanity desperately tries to find ways around what God says.
Who do we dare to think that we are, elevating ourselves above others? We are NOT God. Who do we think we are, as we denigrate others? We are NOT God. To God, our attempts to manipulate our perceived relative position in relation to other people is selfish and hateful, because we attempt to distance ourselves from the rest of humanity, whether or not they have wronged us. Why are we NOT as tolerant with others in the same way that we want God to be tolerant of us? Do we think God is blowing hot air when He commands us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves? If we eagerly want and seek "entitlements" should we not be equally eager to see all the rest of Humanity receiving "entitlements"?
God's Word says, we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. Yet, in His great love for us, He sent His only begotten Son to live the only sinless life, to then suffer, bleed to death, die, and rise from the dead to set us free, if we will simply choose to believe in and on His Savior. By those merciful things, God demonstrates His godly love, and for that purpose God created and calls all of humanity, NOT to the hatred and self-absorption in which most people wallow as they try to make sense of events and feelings in life. The only Gift from God to which all Humanity is entitled, if we shall will ourselves to accept and receive it, is God's Savior and the salvation that is in Him alone.
This is NOT a polemic against any particular group, but a call to all humanity to repent of our personal and collective sin before it is too late to repent. God only gives us this one life in which to choose or reject His Word, His ways, His Savior, and His salvation. He has offered us Himself and a home with Him. It is now up to each of us to decide what we want our lives to be based on and where we want to spend eternity. Our acceptance or rejection of God's promises determines our destiny. Those who feel powerful should be greatly humbled by God's offer. Those who feel powerless should be greatly emboldened by God's offer.
Below are links with more biblical information about how you can move from a life of antipathy toward our fellow humans to a life of selfless service to God, our Creator and eternal King. God bless you to choose Him, His Word, and His ways.
Who is the one true God?
What is God's one plan of salvation?
Where can I find God's reliable eternal Word and promises?
