(August 27, 2018 at 5:11 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(August 27, 2018 at 1:36 pm)Vicki Q Wrote: (2) God expects us to carry out the task of establishing His Kingdom, and Bad Things happen if that's not the case.
So, you're saying bad Christians are the reason bad things happen?
I can see why you might have gone there with the question, but it's not the idea. It happens that one of the implications of the story is a constant theme throughout the OT and NT. It is that disobeying God, in general, ends in tears, one way or the other.