He Was Warned

However, he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the blunt end of the spear, so that the spear came out of his back; and he fell down there and died on the spot. So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still. 2 Samuel 2:23

Try not to think too much about visualizing this one; it is biblical-ly graphic. The 'however' at the start of this verse does tell us that something went before, and indeed it did. Abner advised the man to turn aside, then Abner warned the man to turn aside and stop following him, or be struck down. I don't know if we can say that young Asahel got what he deserved, but he was warned.

In a similar way many people have been warned many a time to reject the way of this world and follow our Lord Jesus. They follow the way to destruction and one day will get what they have been warned to turn aside from. Ezekiel was responsible for those he did not warn as God's watchman, but those who refused to believe his message were not counted against him. We too have an important message for the world, but one day the time for warning will be finished and the danger shall arrive.

Why should that danger ever arrive? We have such good news for all those born into a world of sin! We should look down from Heaven and see the Beast, the Antichrist and the False Prophet looking around at an empty, well-shaken and burned up world asking, "Where did they all go?" Sigh, it surely would be, but that isn't what the Bible says, and as I believe the Word of God so I also know that many will refuse to believe in Jesus to their destruction. But that's no excuse to pass by even one lost sheep and give up him or her to the fate of this world. The Good News is good news!

Have a great and wonderful Lord in this day!

Bucky