Commentary for Kiddushin 78:10
ודלמא מהרהר בעבודת כוכבים הוה וכתיב (יחזקאל יד, ה) למען תפוש את בית ישראל בלבם איהו נמי הכי קאמר אי סלקא דעתך שכר מצוה בהאי עלמא אמאי לא אגין מצות עליה כי היכי דלא ליתי לידי הרהור
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Talmud tries to find some justice in the world, but is ultimately unsuccessful.
Perhaps such things do not really happen. Nope, this really happened.
Perhaps the person had bad thoughts, and was being punished for them. Nope—God does not punish for bad thoughts.
Perhaps he was thinking about idolatry, and there is a verse in which God seems to say that he will trap (meaning punish) Israel even for thinking about idolatry.
Perhaps such things do not really happen. Nope, this really happened.
Perhaps the person had bad thoughts, and was being punished for them. Nope—God does not punish for bad thoughts.
Perhaps he was thinking about idolatry, and there is a verse in which God seems to say that he will trap (meaning punish) Israel even for thinking about idolatry.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
If there was a reward for observing mitzvoth in this world, than at a minimum they should have protected him from thinking about idolatry. So even if this man was thinking about idolatry, his death is still proof that there is no reward in this world.
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