Genesis 38:7-10
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death. Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.
Tag: God punishes Evil
We live in a world where people believe God is either impotent (unable to correct sin in the world) or oblivious (uncaring about sin in the world). The above passage shows God's outrage for sin. Most people would classify the above passage as a classic "Old Testament" story. This is what the "angry God" of the OT does. Yet, we see God, in Acts 5, strike down two people for lying about the gift they gave tot he church. Ananias and Sapphira told the church and Peter that they sold some land for "x" amount of money, but it was a lie. God struck them dead, during a church service. God punishes Evil. We might not always see the punishment (like in the above passage), but God does punish evil. Judah's two sons did something, so evil, that God intervened and killed them. God and evil cannot co-exist. This story may be in the God's Word simply to contrast the story of Joseph that surrounds this chapter. Joseph was in dire straights and God blessed him. Judah was responsible for selling Joseph to the Midianite traders and God caused this hardship to come upon him. He gave his father grief by selling Joseph into slaver. God gave him grief by killing two of his sons. God hates evil and WILL punish it. Old or New Testament.
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