2nd Chronicles 33: 10 And the Lord spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not listen. 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Question: What about all of those innocent people who were slaughtered by Manasseh? What about the family members, the single parent families that were the result of him taking the life of fathers and mothers prematurely? How is God going to justify mercy towards such a soul as Manasseh?
And we can go on and on, because the question can also be asked of David. How could God legally show mercy to David when all of Uriah’s family have been bereft of their brother, uncle, or nephew? There has to be some way that such mercy towards us can be justified.
Very often, when we read in the scripture that God cursed this one or that one, we might erroneously conclude that the mercy seat was not present in the circumstance. The curses written in the Bible are in most cases, not something that God will do unto an individual or nation.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!