Correct correlation in Scripture

[SoldierOfGod]

I’m beginning to put together a medieval fantasy novel I want to publish. It has a heavy Catholic tone to it, and I’m planning on including a section of a homily given by my story’s priest. The town in which the story takes place is attacked every 11 years (eleven is associated with punishment in the Bible) by a demon which manifests as a giant, grey serpent.* The third time of the attack is coming (which would be 22 years after the initial event), and I want to give the correct comparison between what the town faces and what God has permitted or caused to happen due to profanation of a holy site.

I’ve thought about Job’s plight, and how he was permitted to be attacked by Satan, despite doing no wrong to God at all, as well as the Hellenic occupation of the Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean revolt. Any ideas or points I might be missing?

*The attack is punishment for the town’s irreligious leader, who is alone in his sentiment, displays a large, silver Satanic statue within sight of the church’s sanctuary.

 

[Della]

Solomon setting up altars and offering sacrifices to idols to please his pagan wives comes to mind. And the plagues of Egypt that each targeted one of their gods might fit the bill. And the Israelites offering sacrifices to the Golden Calf. Just some ideas from the top of my head.

 

[Mister_P]

Think rehabilitated. Trickery made an innocent pure mind be portrayed as evil. All man kind is worthy of Gods forgiveness, especially the people of God.

O my God,
I am heartily sorry for
having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven,
and the pains of hell;
but most of all because
they offend Thee, my God,
Who are all good and
deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve,
with the help of Thy grace,
to confess my sins,
to do penance,
and to amend my life.
Amen.

Sancte Michael Archangele,
defende nos in proelio;
contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur:
tuque, Princeps militiae Caelestis,
satanam aliosque spiritus malignos,
qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo,
divina virtute in infernum detrude.
Amen.

 

[SoldierOfGod]

Think rehabilitated. Trickery made an innocent pure mind be portrayed as evil. All man kind is worthy of Gods forgiveness, especially the people of God.

O my God,
I am heartily sorry for
having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins,
because I dread the loss of heaven,
and the pains of hell;
but most of all because
they offend Thee, my God,
Who are all good and
deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve,
with the help of Thy grace,
to confess my sins,
to do penance,
and to amend my life.
Amen.

Sancte Michael Archangele,
defende nos in proelio;
contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur:
tuque, Princeps militiae Caelestis,
satanam aliosque spiritus malignos,
qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo,
divina virtute in infernum detrude.
Amen.

The condition of the punishment persists so long as the responsible party remains unrepentant, which he does. This was not a case of simple trickery, but deliberately malicious blasphemy.

I’m writing it that way to convey the reality that innocent people, through no fault of their own, can wind up hurt or worse because of the sins of others.

I don’t want to give too much away, you understand, so I’d like to leave it at that.

 

[Mister_P]

The condition of people sin all on there own. You yourself can’t say you aren’t a sinner, To pass judgements on a person without knowing there truth is unfair to a divine intervention.

 

[SoldierOfGod]

The condition of people sin all on there own. You yourself can’t say you aren’t a sinner, To pass judgements on a person without knowing there truth is unfair to a divine intervention.

I think you might be missing the point of the post, Mister P. I’m not looking to elevate myself, or anyone else, above others in the empty-kind of moral superiority. I’m a writer, and I just wanted a little advice on how the situation in my story might relate to an event in the Old Testament, and how even after an event in the latter, God still desires repentance over punishment.