Many people believe God is too nice to send people to hell. Some people say they refuse to believe in a God who is mean enough to send people to hell. These people are trying to make God conform to what they want God to be, as opposed to dealing with the reality of who God really is. In this video we look at an example of God’s wrath which demonstrates that God is capable of sending people to hell.
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Ex. 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.
Ex. 12:22 “You[Israelites] shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
Ex. 12:23 “For the LORD[Yahweh] will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your[Israelites] houses to smite you.
Ex. 12:24 “And you[Israelites] shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.
Ex. 12:25 “When you[Israelites] enter the land which the LORD[Yahweh] will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite.
Ex. 12:26 “And when your[Israelites] children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’
Ex. 12:27 you[Israelites] shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD[Yahweh] who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.
Ex. 12:28 Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD[Yahweh] had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
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Ex. 12:29 Now it came about at midnight that the LORD[Yahweh] struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.
Ex. 12:30 Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.
Ex. 12:31 Then he[Pharaoh] called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the LORD[Yahweh], as you have said.
Ex. 12:32 “Take both your[Israelites] flocks and your herds, as you[Moses and Aaron] have said, and go, and bless me[Pharaoh] also.”
Ex. 12:33 The Egyptians urged the people[Israelites], to send them out of the land in haste, for they[Egyptians] said, “We will all be dead.”
Ex. 12:34 So the people[Israelites] took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.
Ex. 12:35 Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;
Ex. 12:36 and the LORD[Yahweh] had given the people[Israelites] favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they[Egyptians] let them[Israelites] have their request. Thus they[Israelites] plundered the Egyptians.
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Ex. 12:37 Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.
Ex. 12:38 A mixed multitude also went up with them[Israelites], along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.
Ex. 12:39 They[Israelites] baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.
Ex. 12:40 Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
Ex. 12:41 And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the LORD[Yahweh] went out from the land of Egypt.
Ex. 12:42 It is a night to be observed for the LORD[Yahweh] for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.
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“Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.”