"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete." – Genesis 15:16
No one knows when their day of reckoning will come, but one thing is sure, whether it is four days or four hundred years, the Righteous Judge will judge rightly (Gen. 18:25).
God told Abram that his descendants would be strangers in a country not their own for four hundred years (Gen. 15:13).
True to His word, the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years, at the end of which they headed back home for Cana.
God also said that the Amorite’s would be disciplined for their heinous unrepentant sin and removed from Canaan around the time the Israelite’s returned; and that’s exactly what happened (Gen. 15:16).
Of course we understand that God is patient with people. He doesn’t want anyone to parish but all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Therefore, it is reasonable to think that after 400 years of God reaching out; at least one of those Amorite generations should have chosen to love Him. But, that was not the case.
We may even be tempted in judging the Amorites too harshly, but, perhaps we should first take stock of our own foolish predicament.
Here we are, 2000 years after God's own Son gave His life for our sins and rose again, proving that He has conquered both death and the grave; yet, still we choose to question His grace, goodness, and method toward saving mankind.
Frankly, we humans have not changed much. Like Old Testament pagans we do not honor Him as God or give thanks, but we have become futile in our speculations and in the process, our foolish hearts have been darkened. Professing to be wise, we have become utter morons (Romans 1:21-22).
One thing no one will say when the time of reckoning arrives is, “God, You’re wrong.”
(2 Peter 2:21)
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