Originally Posted by Savage_Hunter
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by Savage_Hunter
Do a word study on love in the OT. It will surprise you

Also do a study on Jesus and his judgement and wrath. It will greatly surprise you.


We are told what love is in the new testament. The attributes of Love are listed and described. All of them are contradicted by god in the OT.

God is righteous. He is a perfect balance of justice/judgement and love/grace/mercy in the OT and in the NT.

Just do the word study.......

Go to https://www.biblegateway.com/

1. type in the word "love" in the search and read the passages in the OT that show God's love.... then do the same with "grace" and "mercy".
2. Next, type in the word "wrath" and read the verses in the NT that deal with the wrath of God and the wrath of the Lamb.

I think it will open your eyes to the fact that God has not changed.




That doesnt resolve the problem that is being presented by descriptions of Love, a God of Love on the one hand and a god of war on the other.

The two descriptions are not compatible. You can't be a man of war, a warrior, and a man of peace, refusing to kill or participate in war at the same time without contradiction or hypocrisy.

Self defense is of course a different issue, ie, being compelled against your better nature.

God as an absolute power, omnipotent, is not compelled to act against his own nature.

The contradiction between a God of Love and a god of war is recorded in the bible.