I've been studying the book of 1 Kings with @thelafamily. Its amazing how Solomon could turn away from God inspite of how awesome God was to him and how He blessed him with wisdom and riches and honour. Even more amazing was God's insistence that Solomon's reign will be blessed and will continue despite Solomon's disobedience. God predicated this decision on the relationship He had with Solomon's father David. Instead the punishment for Solomon's disobedience would be experienced in the reign of Solomon's son Rehoboam.
Because of David's walk with God, it had to be well in Solomon's reign. Because of Solomon's disobedience, it was not well in Rehoboam's reign and some period afterwards. In the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, the Lord said it will no longer be said "The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge". So God may no longer be visiting a father's iniquity on his children and children's children. I still think though that the consequences of a father's choice to walk or not walk with God will reflect more on the lives of his adult children.
One of the resultant effects of our salvation is to raise godly seed. When we walk with God, our seed is blessed. The faith and prayers of a blessed man goes ahead into the coming generations to bless his descendants. Some may walk outside God's word and feel they are doing well in their faithlessness without giving a though to th. It's harsh to say but the truth is that their refusal to walk with God will negatively affect their seed more than it will affect them. The devil may be using kid gloves with them but is reserving the sledgehammer for their seed/children.
