1 Kings 20:13 And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says the Lord, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will give it into your hand this day, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
Exodus 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God.’”
Isaiah 37:20 So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”
Ezekiel 6:7 And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Joel 3:17 “So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations,
Psalms 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
God has done many wonders and signs and miracles to show those doubting that He is LORD. He does this to remove doubt and give the people hope in who God is. He does this to strengthen those He is helping and to weaken those He is not. He is God, creator of all we see and much more we can not. Out of all of His creation, He has chosen mankind. He has chosen to redeem them through His Son Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He paid on the cross for the sins of all who would believe.
When God says He will be exalted for some it will be a very blessed, holy, joyous event of coming into eternity with God. For others, it will not be so. God will be exalted but in their case He will be the judge and knowing their heart and intents throughout their lifetime, and how they rejected Jesus Christ by not believing there was a need for forgiveness or His sacrifice, they will come into eternity being cast into outer darkness, the lake of fire, hell where they will be in torment forever and ever. Every person’s heart will at some point in their life be softened by God to the point they will see the need for forgiveness and that it can be realized through Jesus Christ, but they reject it time after time and choose to live as though it doesn’t matter, or that they can wait until another time, or that they were in a weakened mental state and now that they have their senses all of this talk of “Sin” and “Need of Forgiveness” and “Jesus” was because of that weakened state of mind and now that they are stronger they can see the foolishness of it. At the end of the day they reject it flat out or continue to postpone the choice to confess, repent, and be regenerated (born again).
When you read of those who died unexpectedly from wrecks to sickness their ages would indicate that time shorted them in an untimely death. I always wonder what it must be like for those to have heard the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ and now see the ramification of their choice. Are they in torment or in paradise? I am sure if we could ask those in torment why didn’t you choose to believe they would either say I thought it foolishness or that they thought they had more time. That is why scripture says the day of salvation is NOW, not tomorrow, not when life slows down, not when I have more time, ……..
God demonstrated “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Death waits for no man. The day of salvation is now and if you would turn your heart to Jesus, confess with your mouth and believe with your heart and repent from your past ways of living you will be saved. You will begin a new life with Jesus Christ that will last forever and though death may come at what seems an untimely time the outcome for eternity is secure.