latterrain
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There are places where Christians must face atheists...actually that is what we are to do...however, one of their favorite darts to throw is "if God is so loving...why did He kill innocents?" My question is....is that what God was saying in the following passage?
Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
137:4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
137:8-9 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
The rivers of Babylon...are the waters of confusion, deception, lies, deceit. Do we drink of that water or do we remember Zion and the pure river of water...truth, life, the words of the Lord?
137:4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
How can we teach of God, of the Lord's song, in a land where few believe in Him? Where they disdain His Word, where they deny Father and Son are One, where they profess to be of God but....deny Him? How shall we sing when so few have ears to hear His sweet, sweet music?
137:8-9 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Those that remain of Babylon shall be destroyed! So they might not be destroyed, might hear Him, He "taketh and dasheth thy little ones against stones."
Does that mean God is happy to bash the heads of infants and children against the rocks?
No. He takes the children of Babylon out of confusion by scattering their confusion, dispersing it with stones/rocks. The key is to understand the meaning of stones/rocks.
Jesus Christ is THE ROCK and His elect are the rocks He sends to scatter confusion. Those are the stones/rocks that teach truth so the "little ones of Babylon" can be children of God.
Does that mean God is happy to bash the heads of infants and children against the rocks?
Jesus Christ is THE ROCK and His elect are the rocks He sends to scatter confusion. Those are the stones/rocks that teach truth so the "little ones of Babylon" can be children of God.