Musing: Famous Protests in the Bible
I will ascend; I will raise my throne; I will be like the Most High! Behold a great red dragon and his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Nevertheless, you will be thrown down to hell, to the sides of the pit – Isaiah 14 – Revelation 12.
Your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods. She took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. In the day that you eat of it, you will surely die. Dust you are and to dust you shall return – Genesis 2 & 3.
The men of the city of Sodom surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every end. Bring out the men who came to you tonight that we might have sex with them. Then the Lord rained on Sodom brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven – Genesis 19.
250 leaders, men of renown, rose up against Moses and said, “Why do you exalt yourselves; would you lord it over us?” The ground that was under them split open so that they went down alive to hell – Numbers 16.
All the men along with all the women, a large assembly, and all the people said, “As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you! Bur rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths! Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I am watching over them for harm and not for good; all will be finished by sword and by famine till they come to an end –Jeremiah 44.
Soon the whole city was in an uproar and they rushed together, dragging off Paul’s companions. So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together – Acts 19.
When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations, to gather them together for the war. And they came up and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever – Revelation 20.
Behold, the dwelling of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people; and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And He who sits on the throne said: ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ And He said: “Write, for these Words are faithful and true!’ – Revelation 21.