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    How is it Good News ? ? ?

    I see what you are saying, but I think that if God stopped loving me and started hating me; if he stopped blessing me and started cursing me -- I think I would get over it. If his hatred can mean so little to me, then how could his love mean more? Value remains, whether God loves Jacob or...
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    How is it Good News ? ? ?

    This doesn't look right... The good news has something to do with God, and you explained it without mentioning God at all. Your explanation can't be right.
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    How is it Good News ? ? ?

    I am told that the good news is that God loves me and forgives me for the wrongs I have done. :clap: But what difference should it make to me that God has love in his heart? If God has love in his heart, that may be good news for him, but how is it good news for me? I might be...
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    Divine Vengeance -- what is your view?

    Thanks to all the people who have contributed thus far. Does anyone else wish to discuss the nature and the object of God's wrath? Perhaps there is someone who has not yet voted in the poll? :hug: GF :cool:
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    Divine Vengeance -- what is your view?

    I'm sorry that I didn't construct the poll with an answer that would more fit your perspective. What is your perspective, if I might ask? Do you believe in divine retribution? What is its nature? What is God's intention when he issues it? :confused: Thanks all for your perspectives, and...
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    Divine Vengeance -- what is your view?

    Let me know what you think about divine retribution. :cool: Is its operation creative or destructive upon the person who God operates it? Do you believe that God's punishments and curses are always intended to be corrective of their objects, or are they sometimes not? Perhaps you believe that...