Originally Posted by
Daekar
I don't see any reason to believe that the New Testament God would punish individuals on the basis of the behavior of their countrymen, especially those that were long dead before the individual was born. You could, if you wanted, argue that we are complicit in the present moral degeneracy of our neighbors because we haven't done everything in our power to stop it, but I think the Lord understands that everyone has limitations on what they are able to affect. There is an opportunity cost to all-consuming activism which often takes away from other things which we are commanded to look after, like hard work in an honest profession, generosity to the poor, or being good husbands and fathers to our wives and children.
If we're talking Old Testament God, He had very different expectations and standards. If we were still dealing with a world where Christ hadn't changed the game for us, we'd be screwed.