So, God is doing things that displease Him?
But if no one ever died from God, then as I just posted to you, we have to scrap the entire OT
Unless someone can reconcile those verses with God and His message of the Gospels. And I think the Church did that just fine.
The Gospels in fact hardly even mention these events. The Gospels make references to pertinent passages from OT, the ones Christ chose as being in harmony with His teaching. He also re-interpreted some misconceptions received directly from the OT.
So, God is doing things that displease Him?
Come on, Kosta. :) Why else would you be using the word "delight" (in your original comment) but to make the Reformed view appear to support a blood-thirsty God who enjoys the suffering of others? No sale to me, and no sale to lurkers. :) God's justice simply is what it is. If God's justice had mirrored man's justice exactly, then we'd all be dead. Praise God that it doesn't.
FK: "But if no one ever died from God, then as I just posted to you, we have to scrap the entire OT."
Unless someone can reconcile those verses with God and His message of the Gospels. And I think the Church did that just fine.
Well, that's what I've been waiting for. How does the Church reconcile the weight of evidence that I gave recently in that (non-exhaustive) list?
The Gospels in fact hardly even mention these events. [God killing in the OT]
When the Gospels don't mention tons of times the events that support the Reformed position, it means that those events were misinterpreted or never happened. When the Gospels don't mention AT ALL events that support the Apostolic position (such as Mary's sinlessness) it means that it was so well accepted that it wasn't worth mentioning in the Gospels. That's a pretty sweet system. :)