God's Anger

[Jokoangel]

I realize that it is not a sin to be angry but we have to be careful about how we sin with that anger. That said, God/Jesus got angry but His anger seemed to be visited on humanity. On top of that, on occasion, His anger was visited upon their children or their children’s children. I just can’t wrap my head around this in respect to a “loving God.”

 

[diggerdomer]

I realize that it is not a sin to be angry but we have to be careful about how we sin with that anger. That said, God/Jesus got angry but His anger seemed to be visited on humanity. On top of that, on occasion, His anger was visited upon their children or their children’s children. I just can’t wrap my head around this in respect to a “loving God.”

Look at it from a human perspective. We sin against God. In our human understanding, we would expect God to be angry.

 

[puppypatrol]

It is no different from when we get angry with our children. When they disobey and have to be punished, does that mean we don’t love them anymore?

 

[ahollars]

It is no different from when we get angry with our children. When they disobey and have to be punished, does that mean we don’t love them anymore?

Also, children who go unpunished are worse off than children who are punished. How loving is a parent who cannot face up to punishing their children, strictly or harshly if necessary? After the punishment, we always remind them that we love them, especially when a child is contrite.

We are God’s children. Our punishments are not simply justice and that’s it. They are the corrective action to our errant ways, and they are the cure for our spiritual illnesses. We need it, because of our fallen nature.