Collective Guilt/National Sin
God wanted to punish Judah for Manasseh's sin and the sins that he made the people commit, but how is this fair, since the capture and exile of Judah happened 42 ½ years after Manasseh died? So God would be punishing the wrong people. (II Kgs 24:3)
Punishing Judah for the sin of Hezekiah, but at the same time, punishing the wrong generation: (II Chr 32:25-26)
Why did God want Saul to kill the Amalekites because of something they did hundreds of years ago to the Israelites as they were coming out of Egypt? Why did he want to punish the wrong people? (I Sm 15:2-3)
Why did God wait 400 years for the Canaanites to punish them for their accumulated sin, if no one could live 400 years? (Gn 15:13, 16)
Punishing Judah for the sin of Hezekiah, but at the same time, punishing the wrong generation: (II Chr 32:25-26)
Why did God want Saul to kill the Amalekites because of something they did hundreds of years ago to the Israelites as they were coming out of Egypt? Why did he want to punish the wrong people? (I Sm 15:2-3)
Why did God wait 400 years for the Canaanites to punish them for their accumulated sin, if no one could live 400 years? (Gn 15:13, 16)
