God's Patience Wears Out examples

People can be passed the time where God's patience runs out. It runs out before they even die. 

Here are some stories that show this.

The Flood. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord sent the flood to destroy them. 

Sodom and Gomorah, God destroyed them and surrounding areas because of their wickedness. 

When the nations around Israel were destroyed and all the people there were wiped out by God's decree when sending the people the army of God to wipe them out and take their land:

*The Canaanites: The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which was promised to the Israelites by God. They were a wicked and idolatrous people who practiced child sacrifice and other heinous sins. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely.

*The Amorites: The Amorites were a powerful and warlike people who lived in the mountains of Transjordan. They were also wicked and idolatrous. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely. 

*The Hittites: The Hittites were a powerful empire that ruled over much of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in the Bronze Age. They were also wicked and idolatrous. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to drive them out of their land. 

*The Perizzites: The Perizzites were a Canaanite tribe that lived in the hills of Judea. They were a relatively small and insignificant people, but they were still wicked and idolatrous. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely.

*The Hivites: The Hivites were a Canaanite tribe that lived in the mountains of northern Israel. They were a relatively small and insignificant people, but they were still wicked and idolatrous. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely.

*The Jebusites: The Jebusites were a Canaanite tribe that lived in the city of Jerusalem. They were wicked. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely.

*The Midianites: The Midianites were a nomadic tribe that lived in the wilderness of Sinai. They were a wicked and idolatrous people who worshipped the god Baal. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely.

*The Amalekites: The Amalekites were a nomadic tribe that lived in the southern part of the Negev desert. They were a wicked, warlike and predatory people who attacked the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them completely.

* The Philistines: The Philistines were a Sea People who invaded Canaan in the 12th century BC. They were a powerful and warlike people who ruled over much of the coastal plain of Israel for centuries. As a result, God commanded the Israelites to drive them out of their land.

When speaking of those God gave (individual people) over to their sexual depravity, je wiped his hands of them and gave them over to their sins. 

Matthew 23:37-39: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing! 👉Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

 

Also, we see Jesus teaching this in Mark 4:21-34, Matt 10:26. And his patience wore out with the Jews. 

"There was a time when Jesus was proclaiming the truth, and they had heard and believed the truth. But there’s been a very interesting turn in the tide of things. If you've been with us through the recent sections of Mark, you know that that’s no longer Jesus’ plan. In fact, if you go back to verse 11, Jesus says to the disciples and the apostles, “It has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive; while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven.” 👉They're past grace; they're past forgiveness; they're past believing.

What has happened is in all these months of ministry in Galilee day after day after day after day, the final verdict of many of the people and the leaders in Galilee is they reject Jesus Christ.

And that's when Scripture says He began speaking to them in parables.

They made their final verdict, and they rejected Jesus. 👉And now in an act of divine judgment, he cuts them off from any further truth. And so, in regard to the disciples, he speaks to them explaining the parables.

When the crowd gathers, He speaks to the crowd in parables without explanation. From now on, in His ministry in Galilee, He doesn't explain anything because they have made their final decision. 👉Our Lord’s judgment then is to withhold the light from that generation of Jews in Galilee who had finally rejected Him and were beyond hope." - quote

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