God’s justice is not often talked about in our churches. We would much rather talk about His love and mercy and grace. The story of Korah, Dathan and Abiram is a vivid reminder that our God is a just God who cannot let sin go unpunished. These men were challenging the leadership of Moses and Aaron, and worse, they were in rebellion to the Lord.
For me, the difficult part of this passage is that the families were punished as well. This is an illustration of God’s very own description of himself in Exodus 34:7, “I will show unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations.”
As unfair as it may seem we see the impact parental sin has on children lived out every day. Some will walk away from the Lord because of the sins of their parents. To those who are living with the impact of a parent’s sin, know that there is grace available in Jesus to break that bondage of sin.
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- Pastor David Curtis
- I am the Lead Pastor at Peninsula Baptist Church in Ocean Park, WA. My lovely wife Kristi and I live here with our three beautiful children. Ocean Park is on the Long Beach Peninsula which is a beautiful place, rich in history.
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You are not interpreting correctly with other scripture. Deut. 24:16 makes clear sons are not put to death for the sins of their fathers - unless they choose that sin for themselves. The fact that a father's sins will follow his children may mean they are more easily tempted to partake of those sins, but they still have free will to choose sin or righteousness. Just as Adam and Eve's choice means that we live in a fallen world full of sorrows, there are consequences in the earth as a result of our forefather's sins, but they are not our personal consequences for personal sins.
Dear anonymous,
You have rightly understood Deuteronomy 24:16, but I don't think that you are understanding my point in the original post. I am not saying that people are punished down the road for their parents sin or vice versa. Rather what I am attempting to point out is that the consequence or punishment of the particular sin that Korah and his associates did had a direct impact on their families, because the text said that the earth swallowed up them and their families.
It would be the same type of situation if a parent was driving while drunk and killed themselves along with their family in an accident. The family is experiencing the same punishment or consequence as the guilty party even though the family is guilty of the same sin.
Does that make sense?
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