The Bible reveals many plagues from those suffered by Egypt because of their religions of rebellion and paganism's and those inflicted on man for much the same reasons of false works of belief and unbelief. Why? Because of a false since of security. Which ultimately appears once man knows the Truth that sets them free. Forgetting that it is the oil of anointing that they share as Christ ones now having all things in common being of one heart, one mind, one spirit and one in the Lord, of the LORD God. Okay, Now for the plagues beginning with some general references to them, these include cancers, droughts, pestilences, and famine, to name but a few.
Plagues, general references,
Leviticus 26:21 of 21-22 "Then if you walk contrary to Me and will not listen to Me, I will continue striking you, seven-fold for your sins. And I will let loose the wild beasts (diseases of blights such as cancers and the like) against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that your roads shall be deserted."
Numbers 14:37 of 36-38 "And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land— the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the LORD. Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive."
Numbers 16:46 of 41-50 "On the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the LORD." And when the congregation (church, body, family) had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 'Get away (2Corinthians 6:11-7:1, Revelation 18:4-8) from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell on their faces. And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense (the prayers of the righteous,that is the righteousness of GOD) on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun." So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah. And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped."
Numbers 25:9 of 6-9 "Behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting. When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand."
Deuteronomy 28:59 of 58-68 "If you are not careful to do all the words of this Law (H8451, the other side of this coin that brings condemnation,the left or tails, the other being the right or heads (of G2222), the path way of true life, not the throwing of an arrow or dart) that are written in this (Revelation 20) book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God, then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting. And HE will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this Law, the LORD will bring upon you, until you are destroyed. Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God. And as the LORD took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the LORD will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it. And the LORD, 'will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, for the LORD will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul. Your life shall hang in doubt before you. Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life. In the morning you shall say, "If only it were evening!" and at evening you shall say, "If only it were morning!" because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and the sights that your eyes shall see. And the LORD will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.'"
Judgment according to mans works,
Psalm 62:12 of 11-12; Proverbs 24:12 of 11-12 "Once GOD has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to GOD, and that to You, O LORD, belongs steadfast love. For You will render to a man according to his work."
Proverbs 24:12 of 11-12 "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not HE Who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not HE Who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will HE not repay man according to his work?"
Jeremiah 17:10 of 9-11; 32:19 of 16-25, Ezekiel 18:30 of 30-32 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? 'I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.' Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool."
Jeremiah 32:19 of 16-25; Ezekiel 18:30 of 30-32 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying: "Ah, LORD God! It is You who have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for You. You show steadfast love to thousands, for You repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty GOD, whose name is the LORD of hosts, great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. You have shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and have made a name for Yourself, as at this day. You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, and with great terror. And You gave them this land, which You swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. And they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law (H8451, the true path of life, they did contrary to). They did nothing of all You commanded them to do. Therefore You have made all this disaster come upon them. Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has come to pass, and behold, You see it. Yet You, O LORD God, have said to me, 'Buy the field for money and get witnesses'—though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans."
Ezekiel 18:30 of 30-32, 24-29 "'Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,' declares the Lord GOD. 'Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone,' declares the Lord GOD; 'so turn, and live.'"
This is the "therefore" of verse 30,
Ezekiel 18:24-29 "For when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die. Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not just." Hear now, 'O house of Israel: Is My way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the LORD is not just." 'O house of Israel, are My ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?'"
Matthew 16:27 of 24-27; Romans 2:6 of 1-11 "Then Jesus told His disciples, 'If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow (come into agreement) Me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then HE will repay each person according to what he has done.'"
Romans 2:6 of 1-11, 1:18-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-32 "Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of GOD rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of GOD? Or do you presume on the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that GOD's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? For because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for [within] yourself on the day of wrath when GOD's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, HE will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For GOD shows no partiality."
Here is what the "therefore" of verse 1 is in reference to; beginning at verse 18-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-32 of Romans 1. Which speaks of how GOD sees Immoral and Amoral man.
2Corinthians 5:10 of 6-10 "So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the LORD, for we walk by (His) faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the LORD. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil."
1Peter 1:17 of 17-21 "If you call on Him as Father Who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through Him are believers in GOD, Who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in GOD.
Revelation 20:12 of 11-15 "Then I saw a great white throne and Him Who was seated on it. From His presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. There I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life (H8451 of the old witness of the tails side of this coin, that opposes the true course of life, of the new witness, in those the right or heads side, G2222, of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic “logos” and to Christ in whom the “logos” put on human nature, life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever). And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. For if any one's name was not found written in the book of life, he is thrown into the lake of fire."
Revelation 22:12 of 10-11, 12-13 "He (the Lamb) said to me, 'Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy. Behold, I am coming soon, bringing My recompense with Me, to repay each one for what he has done. For I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.'"
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