A Glorious Appraisal

If God is absolutely sovereign (which He is), then everything that occurs in this life (including the destruction of the wicked) ultimately is according to God's sovereign will! The Bible is filled with examples of this…

1. Joseph declared that the wicked treatment which he had received at the hands of his brothers was accordingly to God's sovereign plan, "…you meant it for evil, but God meant it for good…" (Gen. 45:7-8; 50:20).
2. God informed Moses prior to Moses' return to Egypt that the Lord would "harden Pharaoh's heart" in order demonstrate His omnipotence and glory (Ex. 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:1, 20; 11:10; 14:4, 8, 17).
3. During the era of the Judges we are told that Samson's lustful infatuation with the Philistine woman of Timnah "was from the Lord," Judges 14:4.
4. Eli's wicked sons did not listen to their father's advice which would have saved them, "for the Lord desired to put them to death," 1 Sam. 2:25.