Hate & Love

[Morallyangelic]

How does a God who hates ( Deut 9:28 ) turn into a God of such love.
( John 13:34) ?

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

A loving God sounds better, doesn't it?

When people got sick of following all the old laws, they had to rewrite them. There had to be an excuse why suddenly they no longer had to follow them, which was because God loves us.

 

[ChristianCenturion]

How does a God who hates ( Deut 9:28 ) turn into a God of such love.
( John 13:34) ?

"Turn into?"
It is the same God.

There are also better verses to choose from that reflect God's hate of wickedness than one that references what a country of idolaters, not God, says:

Deut 9:28
Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say...

 

[FreezBee]

There are also better verses to choose from that reflect God's hate of wickedness than one that references what a country of idolaters, not God, says:

Deut 9:28
Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say...

Not that simple, ChristianCenturion, I'm afraid

Let's look at the greater context:

Deuteronomy 9
25 I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed to the LORD and said, "O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, 'Because the LORD was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the desert.' 29 But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm."

See, v. 9:28 are not the words of God, neither are they the words of idolators, but the words of Moses, when telling God, what other peoples will say about him, if he destroys his chosen people.

Ok, God is not described as a god of hate here, but certainly a god of zealousness, who is prepared to let his chosen people die in the desert, if they do not obey him - but he can be calmed down with a lot of patience and talking to his selfesteem. Notice that Moses claims that other peoples would say that God had been unable to take his people into the promised land! Wouldn't that be too much of a shame for God?

As for the OP, read the Book of Job.


- FreezBee