Sinners in thee Hands of an Angry

Sinners in the hands of an Angry God
In this confluence Jonathan Edwards did either one of two things;scared you to death, or opened your eyes to the world of sins and God.He began strong and kept it that way the whole time. The reason behind it was to keep you awake,alert,and afraid.He started his ceremony off as any pastor or preacher would with a scripture"their foot shall slide in do time"(Deuteronomy 32:35). What was he implying when he read that aloud at this particular time and place(the awakening age)? Was he warning them that their downfall could happen at any time?That they couldn't be saved because they were damned from the start? I have a theory to answer these questions.First, Jonathan Edwards is not God so he could only speak of words that were true,but he reversed them to make them seem harsh and misleading as if God himself was saying everyone was doomed.Did he mean for it to come off that way,yes.Why because the awakening age was when people really needed to see what was real, they were letting other insights stray them from what was original.They began questioning of God and his power some even went as far as praising inanimate objects.Yes,everyone has a right to their own religion but how do you think you got the right to that it surely wasn't the first amendment for it wasn't even thought of yet.It was God.He gave you the free will to do whatever you wanted and all he asked for in return was for you to acknowledge him as Alpha Omega.To me that's what Jonathan Edwards was trying to do .But in the text it seemed like he strayed himself.He started to point out the flaws in one religion and another.Judaism when he recited the scripture he was talking about them .He said that they would fall but he was wrong. They are on top they are one of the greatest civilizations in the world. But Edwards wasn't totally wrong there was a time when the Jewish civilization fell but it wasn't due to them it was due to one.A half Jewish man named Adolf Hitler. But through the humiliation and torture the Jewish community rose against it.To me Edwards already knew of greatness and chose to use them as an example.He goes on to talk about the wicked hand of God and what would happen if the floodgates were opened but in a way the flood gates were already opened when Edwards began his ceremony . He talks about great fire but his words were just that, great fire that couldn't be stopped he was God's wrath. He was the wicked hand that God cast onto the people to show his disapproval of man.He was the damnation to hell that the living experienced.