The laughter of the almighty, and guns
Response to comment [from an
atheist]: [OCTOBER23
Pr 1:26 I also will laugh at your
calamity; I will mock when your fear
cometh] "What a loving God. The
scripture you find of him laughing
is at one of his children's
expense."
Why would you say that? We aren't all God's children (Jn 8:44).
Response to comment [from a Satanist]: "In fact, the Bible is remarkably short of laughter, or humor. Even Sarah's laughter can only be construed as the justified snickering of an old woman. Jesus never did, either. Though he wept."
I don't know
what Bible you're reading Satanist.
Yes, Jesus joked and insulted guys
in a group like men do--How many
fish have you caught, there?
Jn 21:5
He's not just the Son of God (Matt.
28:19). He's also the Son of Man (Ez
2:1, RSV). He liked that name for
himself (Mt 8:20).
You think you know how to parTey
and he doesn't? He invented wine
(Isa 55:1-3, Song 5:1; Joel 3:18),
Graniteheart.
See:
Names of Jesus
Why are you
always missing our Lord's humour?
Oh, that's right. You're a Satanist
(2 Pe 2:1).
See:
The Eye of the Needle
by Michael
Youssef
"God never laughs in the Bible..."
He's not
laughing with you. He's laughing at
you.
He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision [Ps. 2:4].
"What kind of laughter is this? Let
me say at the outset that it is not
the laughter of humor. He is not
being funny.
Do not misunderstand me—there is
humor in the Bible. The devil has
really hit a home run by making
people think that going to church is
quite an ordeal. We are living in a
day when folk think you can’t have
fun in church. I think the Bible is
full of humor. Those of you who
study with us through the Bible know
we find a lot of it. There used to
be a dear maiden lady at a church I
served who never found any humor in
the Bible. When I gave a message
which cited some humorous incident,
she used to come down, shake a bony
finger under my nose and say, “Dr.
McGee, you are being irreverent to
find humor in the Bible.” I said to
her, “Don’t you wish you could?”
She’s gone now to be with the Lord,
and I certainly hope she’s had a
good laugh since she has been there
because she has gone to the place
where she can have a good time. She
needs to have a good time—she never
had one down here. There are too
many Christians like that today. My
friend, it is going to be thrilling
to be with Him some day. We’re going
to have a wonderful time with Him.
It’s going to be fun, and I’m
looking forward to that. God has a
sense of humor, and there is humor
in His Word.
“He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh …” Since this is not the
laughter of humor, what is it? Well,
look at it from God’s
viewpoint—little man down there
parading up and down, shaking his
midget fist in Heaven’s face and
saying, “Come on out and fight me!
I’m against you.” God looks down at
the puny little creature. It’s
utterly preposterous. It is so
ridiculous! He looks down and
laughs. “He that sitteth in the
heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall
have them in derision.” It is so
utterly ridiculous, my friend.
Little men putting themselves in
opposition to God won’t be around
very long. Mussolini did a lot of
talking, and we haven’t heard from
him lately. Stalin did the same
thing, and he is gone. Little man
plays his brief role here on the
stage of life, then his part is
over. How ridiculous and
preposterous for him to oppose God!"
McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible
commentary: Poetry (Psalms 1-41)
(electronic ed., Vol. 17, pp.
28–29). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
