Acts of God
For a light-hearted traipse through this topic feel free to watch on YouTube:
FrankVs. God (FULL MOVIE)-cjGU-9EhcyQ
Now, the more serious facts:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/act-god.asp
What Is an Act of God?
An act of God describes an event outside of human control or activity. It's usually a natural disaster, such as a flood or an earthquake. Insurance policies usually specify which particular acts of God they cover.
In business, the phrase “act of God” is not associated with any particular religion or belief system. Contractual language referring to acts of God are known as force majeure clauses, which are often used by insurance companies. These clauses typically limit or remove liability for injuries, damages, and losses caused by acts of God.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
An act of God is an uncontrollable event, such as tornadoes, floods, or tsunamis, not caused nor controlled by humans.
Insurance companies often limit or exclude coverage for acts of God.
Acts of God do not absolve people from a duty to exercise reasonable care.
Policyholders should review their policy for coverages and exclusions pertaining to acts of God.
In the US, flood insurance is offered by the National Flood Insurance Program, managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
First question – why God?
Let’s see what scripture says about YHUH’s involvement in calamities:
Yahushua sees it like this:
Luke 13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
13:2 And Yahushua answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luk 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Solomon puts it this way:
Ecc 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Why is the time evil?
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Who enjoys chaos the most on this planet? Here’s an example of Satan’s involvement in men’s lives:
Job 1:9 Then Satan answered YHUH, and said, Doth Job fear YHUH for nought?
Job 1:12 And YHUH said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of YHUH.
Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed YHUH in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
His children appear to have opened themselves up to sin by celebrating birthdays of the sons. Anyway, it continues:
1:14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, the Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: YHUH gave, and YHUH hath taken away; blessed be the name of YHUH.
1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged YHUH foolishly.
Interesting – do you notice the misconception in Job 1:16 where the servant says the fire of God struck? Yet it was Satan that was actively causing the chaos – YHUH had only agreed to stand back as long as Satan did not kill Job. This brings us to the fact that many people misconceive who Yahuah really is and rather just refer to God, a generic title, for anything supernatural or of huge proportion. This is totally dangerous as here the person is referring to Satan as God, as I believe many people do today. The title God has filtered down through time from pagan roots of mythical gods in various cultures and it has not been sufficiently set apart to mean the one and only Elohim (God) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, YHUH (Yahuah). To some people Satan is their God, so many misconceptions and misunderstandings can occur when people use the term “acts of God.” Keep in mind:
2Cor 4:4 In whom the god (eloha / mighty one-Satan) of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the splendid (glorious) good message (gospel ) of Mashiak (Christ), who is the image of God (Elohim / Almighty-YAHUAHיהוה), should shine unto them.
Anyway, we all know Job did not sin throughout his testing and YHUH doubles all in his life as reward for his steadfastness. YHUH had genuine trust in Job, which is why another tribute to him is the fact that Job appears in our scriptures to this day when ironically Job had said:
Job 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Okay – so from all the above we can get a glimpse of how things work down here on earth with Satan in the mix. If we are not repentant in full covenant with YHUH He has no obligation to protect us from Satan’s chaos.
Don’t think Satan isn’t trying to get everyone he can:
Luke 22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
Luke 22:31 And Yahushua said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Ruach Ha Kodesh (Holy Spirit), and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Here’s another parable by Yahushua:
Luke 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Yahuah is not saying He will come and knock your house down but rather that you must have wisdom and spiritual maturity to make the right choices according to His will as to what you choose in this world. Once you are in the Father’s will you are much safer from the chaos loosed when Adam & Eve fell.
Next question – why doesn’t YHUH stop the bad?
First fact check – was the person to whom the bad happened repentant and in contract with YHUH and doing His will at the time of the event?
Second fact check – evil people will be driven by Satan to kill less evil people, that’s just the way the world works. YHUH gave people free will and He cannot force them to do the right thing, so Satan knows he can manipulate weak people to do his bidding to kill and cause chaos as he wishes. Nobody is good, however, as follows:
Mat 19:17 And Yahushua said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, Yahuah: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Even Yahushua wouldn’t call himself good since Yahuah is the source of our goodness through his teaching (Torah) that we can follow. We on our own are not the source of that goodness.
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, Elohim (God): but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments [TORAH].
Yet we people like to say, why do bad things happen to good people?
Don’t get me wrong, there are times that Yahuah does act as it is His tapestry woven all around us and only He knows the pattern needed.
The 10 plagues of Egypt culminated in His own presence killing the first-born of the Egyptians as follows:
Exo 11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith YHUH, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
Exo 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight YHUH smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Joshua prayed to YHUH for guidance:
Joshua 10:8 And YHUH said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
10:10 And YHUH discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that YHUH cast down great stones from shamayim (heaven) upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
10:12 Then spake Joshua to YHUH in the day when YHUH delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of shamayim (heaven), and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that YHUH hearkened unto the voice of a man: for YHUH fought for Israel.
Yes, when it is the will of YHUH He can intervene, but we must not imagine in our hearts to understand the full tapestry, as follows:
Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth (trangresses Torah), it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith YHUH: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
18:25 Yet ye say, The way of YHUH is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Rom 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of YHUH! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto YHUH, and he will have chesed (mercy) upon him; for he will abundantly pardon.
55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith YHUH.
55:9 For as the shamayim (heavens) are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Justice – not like it used to be.
There is a key scene in Frank vs God where the Jewish lady lawyer, Ms Levin, has an emotional outburst where she admits to having gotten a serial child killer off scott-free whilst knowing he was guilty of the crimes. This resulted in her giving up lawyering and having a debt she needed to pay to Yahuah. Hence she ends up representing “God” to defend him against the lawsuit Frank files. Why did she feel such remorse if she was just doing her job, as Frank tells her? Well, because being Jewish she knows American law is not the law of Yahuah instituted through Moses. In Moses’ day it would have played out more justly, as follows:
Num 35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
35:18 Or if he smite him with a hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses:
35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Man’s Hand
People are so quick to point a finger, not realising there are three pointing right back at them. Endless news stories are aired daily about how man himself has caused climate change, thus natural disasters and the like. Why should Yahuah take the blame for man’s own stupidity? Man-made pollution resulting in disease is killing infants and children, if not wicked people doing wicked things. Yahuah is not the one doing it, it is just a consequence of man’s own sins.
Yahuah made all things good and he made man very good, in the beginning. And then? The fall with Adam & Eve and Satan came to be in the world and man started tearing up his own planet from that day onward.
Anyway, right at the beginning I highlighted the sentence portion, “outside of human control or activity” and “not caused nor controlled by humans”. So, my question is – why is this clause still in any insurance policy? Everything bad these days can be traced back to human control or activity if you try. Flooding can be caused in a suburb simply with people leaving litter in the drainage plugging up the drainage systems with their litter. Tornadoes and freak storms are linked to man-made climate change. Earthquakes can be triggered with deep underground mining projects, fracking, etc. You name it, man has a hand in it, not Yahuah. Just remember, Yahuah has no pleasure in people destroying His creation, as follows:
Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
What about what’s happening now with COVID? Well, if you have seen visual footage of the Chinese wet markets where practically everything on this planet is killed and eaten as food, it reads like a witch’s shopping list – eye of Newt, snake’s blood, etc., then you will know man is the creator of his own doom. Ebola is from eating bats and the whole world knows it by now – but people still want to eat bats! Our Creator, Yahuah, has told us what is safe to eat – refer here:
https://realitytoday26.blogspot.com/2019/01/so-what-is-unclean.html
Okay, what if it escaped from a lab? Man’s hand again in doing evil! What about the spread of it to become a full-blown pandemic? Man’s hand! People did not want to choke the economy. Will it ever be eradicated? People do not seem to have the self-control to starve the virus of hosts as they do when they tackle Ebola, so it looks like we’re stuck with it. Vaccine doesn’t kill it and it still is spread by vaccinated people. People just do not want to do what’s right anymore, they want the quick and easy fixes which are not fixes at all.
It is actually terribly sad that many people are programmed through media to think the natural response to calamity in our lives should be to lash out and blame our Creator, when, in actual fact, He is our only help in time of need as follows:
Heb 4:15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Yahushua)
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of chesed (grace), that we may obtain chesed (mercy), and find chesed (grace) to help in time of need.
YHUH is our very life source, why turn your back on Him when you are at your lowest?
