The Wicked and God's Mercies

Why doesn't God punish the wicked people of the World, while they are alive?

Praise for the Lord’s Mercies

Psalm 103
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

There has been many instances in Scriptures, when God executed immediate or delayed punishement for the Wicked.
The Flood was one of those punishements. A cleansing because "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.", and a reset was done. In addition, God decreed “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”.

"You will not surely die", said the Satan to Eve. Well that was a lie. Adam, Eve and their descendants were to have eternal life, but behold, they did die.
The Tower of Babel: “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Sodom and Gomorrah, were destroyed for their wickedness. But God sent two angels, to save Lot (cousin of Abraham) and his family, prior to the destruction. The daughters of Lot thought they were the only survivors in the World.

The Israelites were given Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy 28. Blessings if they obeyed God's Laws. Curses if they disobeyed. And what happened?
The Kingdom was split. Then the Assyrians (From Ashur, son of Shem, originated the Assyrians) invaded the Northern Kingdom. God initiated punishement to the Northern Kingdom, because they became wicked and disobedient, worshipped strange gods. But the Kingdom of Judah was untouched, the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem ended in disaster for the Assyrians. One Angel of God killed the 185,000 Assyrian soldiers camped about the city, overnight.
But then, a few centuries later, the Kingdom of Judah also became wicked. This time God chose Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon rampaged through the Kingdom of Judah, killed, pillaged, captured Israelites of Judah, and Levi.
The Persian Empire succeded the Assyrians and the Babylonians, and the Israelite captives, saw it's rise and with it, Kings Cyrus and Darius. He will later do God's redeeming for the people of Judah. Forgiveness was near for the Israelites in captivity. Although, those who were sold and traded by ships, who never repented, the curses remained for centuries.
God is merciful towards those who fear him. The people survivors of Judah did return to God. Among them, the famous sons of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

Ezra 1

7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the temple of his gods;
8 and Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

Where there instances when God punished a single person for their actions? Indeed and it happened suddenly. Did Job offend God? The Bible doesn't mention it, yet...
Fact is that Israelites were held to a higher standard. They were tasked to be Holy People for the glory of God.

Leviticus 10

1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.
2 So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:
‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.’ ”

Genesis 38

6 Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.

God is ready to forgive his children. Until they die, he waits for their repentance. That's God's Mercy. He sent his only begotten Son, to die for us, as sacrifice for our sins. No longer are animal sacrifices necessary, he was the ultimate sacrifice. And we are instructed to stop sinning and repent of our inequities. Jesus Christ, is ready to intercede in front of the Father, and forgive any sin (Blasphemy?) should we call on him, and ask for his forgiveness.
Christ, the Son of Man, who was, is, and will be for ever, will someday, soon, come, not to preach, but execute judgement on humanity: The Day of The Lord is at hand.

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Scriptures:
2 Kings 19:22 ‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Deuteronomy 6:24 And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day.
25 Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’
Deuteronomy 7:9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
10 and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them.
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”
Exodus 20:2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
Ezra 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,
11 which You commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land, with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to another with their impurity.
Proverbs 3:10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Joel 2:18 Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, And pity His people.
Mark 1:14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
1 Corinthians 14:38 But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Revelation 4:8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
11 “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”

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Scriptures Isaiah 64:8 But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
Jeremiah 33:8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.
9 Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart
2 Chronicles 1:11 Then God said to Solomon: “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life—but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king—
12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like.”
Deuteronomy 8:11 “Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today,
12 lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them;
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
14 when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills;
8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

2 And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

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The Prophets of the Old testament

Most prophets of the Old testament, told of the future of the people of Israel prior to 0 BC. , or the Hebrew year 4004.  They foretold and warned of fall of the Great Kingdom of Israel, if the people did not follow God's Laws (The Ten Commandments, and the Seven Holy Feasts).  The people and the Kings of Israel, (and later Judah where Jerusalem was located) did not heed their warnings.
It started with the weakness of the Great King Solomon, who let his wife Naamah worship her god Moloch. It further drove their downfall after Jezebel, wife of King Ahab, erected temples and incited the worship of Baal and Asherah.  Israel the, then mightiest Kingdom, was then obliterated. Further in time, the remaining Kingdom of Judah (a separation of the kingdom of Israel), was also utterly destroyed (including the Temple), and the people either taken captive, hid in the land or fled away from their once God given land.

A few of the prophets of the Old testament did however Prophecy for times long after the Kingdom of Israel:

• Isaiah announced the arrival of Jesus Christ. (7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.); (9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.) and (chapter 53)
• Daniel warns us of the 4 Great Beasts of the Sea, an End Times Prophecy.
• Micah speaks of a time when all nations will come to Jerusalem to worship. (see Micah 4)
• Zechariah after lamenting for Israel, an Angel tells him of future Jerusalem. (see Zechariah 2)

Prophets of Old:

• Enoch (3100 BC.) See: Enoch, the oldest manuscript said to be. and The Life of Enoch (1st Man to learn Writing). Enoch predicted The Flood; The Great Tribulations and End Times. Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
• Abraham (Hebrew, 1900 BC.)
• Moses (Israelite of Levi, 1500 BC.) Christ's Transfiguration.
• Joshua (Israelite of Ephraim, 1450 BC.)
• Eli (Israelite, Levite priest, 1200 BC.)
• Samuel (Israelite of Levi, 1100 BC.)
• Elijah (Northern Kingdom Israelite, of Levi, 850 BC) 2 Kings 2:1 "And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind" John the Baptist. Christ's Transfiguration.
• Elisha (Northern Kingdom Israelite, of Issachar, 825 BC.)

• Isaiah (Kingdom of Judah, tribe of Judah, 800 BC.)
• Hosea (Israelite tribe of Issachar, 800 BC.)
• Micah (Israelite tribe of Benjamin, 800 BC.)
• Jonah (Israelite tribe of Zebulum 750 BC.)
• Amos (Israelite, Kingdom of Judah, 800-750 BC.)
• Nahum (740 BC.)
• Habakkuk (700 BC.)
• Huldah (650 BC.)
• Zephaniah (650 BC.)
• Jeremiah (600 BC.)
• Ezra (600 BC.)
• Joel (Israelite tribe of Judah, 900-400 BC. ?)
• Ezekiel (580 BC.)
• Zechariah (550 BC.)
• Obadiah (550 BC.)
• Daniel (Tribe of Judah, Jewish royalty? 520 BC.) See: Daniel 7 End Times Prophecy
• Haggai (520 BC.)
• Ezra (460 BC.)
• Nehemia (460 BC.)
• Malachi(450 BC.)

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