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I think you should read this verse again. If you think a shallow image of God who is mean and selfish and hates His own creation then you may have it. I happen to think that God is wondrous and He gave us all of His creation to love. If we can't love the angels or the saints then properly we can't love our spouses and our children and our relatives and we can't love the glorious creation that God gave us.

I don't think that nor do I see why you think I do. I am merely informing you of God's own words. Maybe you think God is all gooey and warm and will overlook the fact that people just ignore Him

Here's how He describes Himself:

Ex 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Ex 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Deut4 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

De 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

De 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

Jos 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

Na 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious ; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

You know you don’t need to cut and paste all that scripture to make your point. I have a Bible and I read it, a citation will do. Evidentally you have read it and you think that God doesn’t want us to love anyone else. What he said is love Him above all else and have no other gods. It does not say to love only God but to love Him above all. Why pray tell, would Jesus ask us to love one another? You limit God and you limit the Word to your own interpretation. God bless you, bye.