Originally posted by CalJust
Let me respond to some posts and then in a separate post give my own solution of this conundrum.
Firstly, [b] Josephw : Who said I was being disingenuous:
Yes, (thanks, KJ) I DO have a life, but I will respond to your points.
You wrote: [i] Every word and phrase and verse must be compared to all the rest of scripture to get a better understanding o ...[text shortened]... did, for whatever reason, then one can safely say it was a mistake to do it in the first place.[/b]
Yes God is angry, and for me it makes sense. If you read John 3: 18-19 you'll see
something about the state we are currently in with God. We stand before God already
condemned for our sins. Our only out is Jesus Christ, to avoid Jesus leaves us where
we are.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
I'd also point you to a another place too in Jeremiah God tells us His wrath could
break out against us. It is there already and He is holding it back. Unlike man God does
not mix His wrath with His grace and mercy, if you receive His grace and mercy that is
all you get there will be no wrath mixed into it. Your sins will be cast as far as the East
is from the West. If you receive God's wrath, there will be no mercy, not a drop, you will
pay to the utmost and cries about it will continually go unheard.
People fail to see we are all receiving God's grace right now, if not it would be justice for
all the deeds we have done, thought, and left things left undone. Judgment day will seal
us in what ever state we are in when we stand before God due to our own righteousness
we have before Him.
Jeremiah 21:12
This is what the Lord says to you, house of David: “‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.