God is a God of Justice. He is infinitely Holy and therefore must judge sin and the wicked. He is infinitely mighty and therefore can judge sin and the wicked. He is infinitely faithful to Himself and to those who maintain their faithfulness to Him and therefore shall judge sin and the wicked.
The folly of the wicked is their shortsightedness. They say to themselves “there is no God…God has forgotten, He has hidden His face; He will never see it.” There are those who completely reject the notion of God and there are those who reject the notion of the God who has revealed Himself in Scripture.
The former say that He does not exist. They reject the very notion of His being. This is of itself an abomination for how can anything come into being without an initial cause. His pride becomes his downfall, supposing that he knows enough about the best of man’s “theories” to adequately explain away God. And to what end? To what end does the atheist or agnostic explain away the existence of God? To claim some false sense of pride in not being able to know? The agnostic claims that you can’t really know for sure that God exists. Furthermore, some would say that you can’t really know anything. Well, how do you know that? The agnostic, of all people, should know that you cannot claim absolutely that you can’t know the truth of God’s existence. And if it follows that you can’t know the truth of God’s existence, then you can’t not know the truth of God’s existence. The very premise of their claim refutes itself. And of course they claim this so that they don’t have to believe in anything that they do not want to. Certainly they believe in some things. (Bear with me as I speak to their folly). If you can’t really know anything then how can they know for example, that the feelings which they have are hunger, thirst, or exhaustion? And if they can’t really know these things, then why would you follow through to eat, drink or rest? It would make no sense. Surely then they must admit that there are things that we can know. But what they will not admit is that the things which they instinctively choose to act upon (such as eating – which is an admission that they are hungry – a fact that can be known) are those things which only suit them. In other words, the agnostic only seeks to acknowledge the things that do not lead to him being accountable to anyone but his own desires. And his own desires will be his downfall.
What would be the end in claiming that God does not exist? Perhaps some false sense of pride in being the end of one’s own existence? The atheist claims that there is no God and therefore that he is the ruler of his own life, the captain of his own ship. No one can direct him, no one can lay claim over him. No one can thwart him. He is his own god. So says the wicked fool in the Psalm, “I will not be moved, throughout all generations, I will not be in adversity.” Pridefully he goes about his life, laying claim to the lives of others, living in accord with his own wishes and desires, without the fear or threat of reprisal. But God is not unjust that He would allow the atheist or the agnostic to continue for long. He will not allow them to continue to “boast in [their] hearts desire” nor to make a mockery of His name and justice, for He “has seen it, for [He has] beheld mischief and vexation to take it into [His] hands”
The latter say that He does not exist as He has said that He is. He is something else altogether. He is not just nor is He capable subduing injustice. The wicked assume that they are able to continue in their reign of terror without end and that the afflicted/oppressed/innocent/unfortunate are without help in this life. They refuse to believe God’s word that His love, toward the brokenhearted and afflicted, reaches to the heavens and that His faithfulness stretches to the skies. They refuse to believe that He is “a helper of the orphan [and One who] vindicate(s) the orphan and the oppressed.” They refuse to believe and understand that He is truly “The Lord [and] King forever and ever.”
Though the afflicted may cry out “how long O Lord” and “why do you stand afar off, O Lord, why do you hide yourself in times of trouble,” ultimately they will not be ashamed. They will not be moved forever. God will avenge His justice. He will uphold and affirm His holiness. He will bring judgment upon the wicked, though He may tarry, “so that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.” And He will bring rest to those who are afflicted.
Jude 1:14-15
14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Matthew 5:3-12
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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