God the killer.
That sounds terrible doesn't it.
Is it blasphemy to say such a thing...that is true?
I am reading the Bible again and I am now in Numbers.
At this point there are several instances where God kills people.
The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, A man is picking up sticks on the Sabbath and God tells Moses that he should be stoned to death, the parting of the Red Sea and then the waters close back up and kills the Egyptians, when Moses and the Jews are in the desert God opens up the earth to a large pit where all of the people and their belongings fall into it and then God closes up the pit.
There are other stories about others being killed.
I can't help but think that there were some good people that got caught up in those mass killings by God.
It's pretty depressing.
So much for "Free Will".
There is quite a contrast to the God in the New Testament vs the Old Testament but "scholars" tell us that "No, God is the same. He is unchanged".
Hmmm,...perhaps, but we do not see that wrathful, jealous God acting out that way in the New Testament and in these modern days.
Obviously God can do whatever He wants to, but what are we supposed to think when we read these things?
He seems to be using fear (in the Old Testament) as a motivator for us to worship Him.
Yet, God is Love and understanding God is beyond our comprehension.
So, for me, I am looking forward to finishing the Old Testament and getting into the New Testament.
Jesus is a more compassionate person and doesn't seem the type that would have someone stoned to death for picking up sticks on the Sabbath.
I'd say there are a few Bible readers here.
Do you get the same impression about God in the Old Testament?
Do you see a contrast in God in Old vs New?
How could you not see that?