Verse 1

Why does the Almighty not reserve times of judgment, and why do those who know Him not see His days of justice?

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  • Acts 1:7 : 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority."
  • Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in my heart, 'God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.'
  • Eccl 8:6-7 : 6 For every purpose there is a proper time and procedure, though the misery of mankind weighs heavily upon them. 7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?
  • 2 Pet 3:7-8 : 7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people. 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
  • Eccl 9:11-12 : 11 Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to the knowledgeable; but time and chance happen to them all. 12 For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.
  • Isa 60:22 : 22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are near to their lips but far from their hearts. 3 But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.
  • Jer 46:10 : 10 For that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord of Hosts— a day of vengeance to avenge his foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, till it is drunk with their blood. For the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
  • Dan 2:21 : 21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
  • Matt 24:38 : 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
  • Luke 21:22-24 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled. 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  • John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 From one man, he made every nation of mankind to live on the entire face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  • 1 Thess 5:1 : 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you.
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.
  • 1 Tim 6:15 : 15 He will bring this about in His own timing—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • Gen 7:4 : 4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.
  • Gen 18:17 : 17 Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave. 21 'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.'
  • Ps 9:10 : 10 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • Ps 31:15 : 15 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, 'You are my God.'
  • Ps 36:10 : 10 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light, we see light.
  • Ps 73:16-19 : 16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply. 17 Until I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!