God displays anger, pleasure, disappointment, regret and other human emotions. God destroys mankind and beast with the exception of the arks occupants, with the great flood and was driven by anger.
How can an all perfect spiritual being display human characteristics and still be regarded as the enlightened deity it is purported to be?
all perfect spiritual being - remember He is this - He created us in His likeness.
God cares about relationship. He knows ... and we know ... that best relationship is centered in love. God is love.
1 John 4
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Sin is in the world. God hates sin (not the sinner). He hates what sin causes.
Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Because of sin and sin causes death ... He sent His Son Jesus to die in our place so that we may receive eternal life. Not only eternal life, but eternal life with Him and living in perfect harmony with Him in perfect love. Eternal life without sin.
We are born with a sin nature. We can't totally get away from it. And so we have the world we live in now. A lot of bad terrible things .... and some good things.
Sin is destructive ... and that is what God hates ... and yes ... upon the return of Jesus the earth and everything in it will be destroyed, necessary to totally get rid of sin, once and for all. Then He will make everything new and those who chose Jesus will be taken up with Him and changed into immortal sinless beings, for eternity.
The Return of the Lord
13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
God Bless.