1 Corinthians 10:10 And do not complain, as some of them did — and were killed by the destroyer.
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
In a previous reading we read that some were burnt to death by God for complaining. Is this what Paul was referring to here? If so, is he referring to God as “the destroyer?”
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Very awesome passage. In reading it over and over again, I remembered when God sent the destroyer out to kill the Egyptians in the book of Exodus 12:23. The destroyer here is most likely referred to as Angel of the Lord (see also 2 Samuel 24:16). Now, if you look at Exodus 3:2, you notice, “And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush…” We know that this Angle of the Lord was God himself because as you read on, Moses is about to get closer to the bush to figure out how it is burning yet it is not being consumed. Then in verse 4 it says, “So when the Lord saw that he(Moses)turned aside to look, GOD called him…” So, in answering your question, The Angel of the Lord which is God himself is the destroyer.
Very good blog. God Bless you!
God is a deliverer and a destroyer. He teaches us to transform all negative or mother energies back to the positive energies of the father. There must be a polarity of Father/ Mother energies (Alpha/Omega) for life to continue in this earth plain.
Exodus 12:23 “For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you.”
2 Samuel 4:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles 21:15 “And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw and was sorry over the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now relax your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.”
Hebrews 11:28 “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.”
The destroyer seems to me to be an angel of the Lord that has a specific duty of Destrying those that God dipatches him to. I’d say yes The destroyer is ultimately God.
Whatever Doris is trying to say, forget it: Galatians 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!
Yikes! I’m still not sure what she thinks is going on. No where is that in scripture.
God Bless,
Sam
Doris needs to stop watching Oprah.
I agree with Sam as to the identity of the Destroyer.