GOD WILL NOT PARDON

Greetings,

"Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And Also for the innocent blood that he shed:  for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon."   
II Kings 24:3 - 4

There are a total of 19 references in the Bible that uses the word 'pardon'.  There is three classes of the use of this word:
1.   God pardons;
2.  Men asking God to pardon their sin;
3.   Men being pardoned;

Now the point of this writing is only upon the first two of these.   This is especially relevant to the Scripture in II Kings 24, where because man has shed so much blood, that God says, He will not pardon their sin for this.   And if there is no pardon, then the sin still remains.   The consequences or results of sin, we know from Romans 6:23, 'the wages of sin is death'.   thus when God refuses to pardon a nation, a people, or an individual then death will be the result. 

GOD PARDONS
Let us see that it is God's willingness and desire to pardon sin.  For He is the great God of grace and mercy.   If this were not so, He would never have spared Noah, called Abraham, made the line of Christ, sent Christ or allowed for Him to die.   Yet, because He will pardon, He has made a way.   This is the will and nature of God.   Yet, there is a point, a moment that God says, "I will not pardon." 
Here are the verses that reveal and declare that God pardons/does not pardon:

--Exodus 23:21, "Beware of Him, and obey His voice, provoke Him not; for He will not pardon your transgressions: for My Name is in  Him."   -- This was the Holy Ghost residing as a cloudy and fiery pillar upon the ark to lead them in the wilderness.   It is a mirror warning as Jesus gave not to blaspheme the Holy Ghost, for He will not forgive such folly.   But the very descent of the Holy Spirit is before them and they were warned not to provoke Him for He would not pardon their transgression.
--Numbers 14;20, ":and the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word."   -- Now the people had sinned greatly against the Lord, and His anger was gone out.   Yet, Moses, as an intercessor, stood before the Lord beseeching Him to pardon their great sin.   Man calls, and God answers, "I have heard you and seen you, and will pardon."   God is willing to pardon, yet,  it seems He would not have pardoned had their not been a man to seek the pardon.   Does God's pardon hinge on a right response from man?
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Until,
Dan

Started:  February 16, 2019

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