In the book of Leviticus, God spent plenty of time instructing the Priests on how to properly give a burnt offering. For some reason, Nadab and Abihu ignored those instructions and offered a strange incense fire to God. He didn’t approve (of the disobedience), and allowed that fire to devour the bodies of those two.
I know I’ve been disobedient. I have not always obeyed the commandments of God. I fancy myself a good Christian, but I’m probably fooling myself more often than not. Any day now, God could take his hand and just erase me. He could, but I trust that because of my salvation and repentance, he forgave me, even before the sin was committed.
He still has the ability to just wipe mankind from existence, though.
Arrogant New Englander 