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Well, Jesus will be just as wrathful too with those who don't repent—when the time comes:



If he doesn't like YHWH/Jesus' sense of justice, there's not much we can do. But yes, God is the same in the Old Testament and New Testament. He gives a bunch of chances to repent (ergo, Jesus warning to either "repent or perish" in Luke 13:1-5; he's taking a long time to come back and punish people because he prefers they repent, i.e. 2 Peter 3:9; just like YHWH in the Old Testament giving hundreds of years before wiping out the Amorites, Genesis 15:16) But God, the very one of the Old Testament, also relented of his wrath completely once he saw the nation (or the person) sincerely repenting of their sins:







The Father and the Son have the same level of mercy and wrath.

Also, it's not being wrathful "one minute" and not wrathful the next. That "minute" can take hundreds of years, if not thousands, for his punishment to come upon people. Of the people who were instantly smited, it was usually his own servants (priests and Levites more often than not) who violated one of his commands while serving him... or got prideful (like Korah). "Instant smite down" means you knew better, more than most, and still went ahead and did it (transgressed). Even in times of battle, the enemy nations were fully aware of the God they were messing with, and they still chose to attack. In all cases, anyone who felt YHWH's wrath had received plenty of warning beforehand.

Under Jesus' ministry, it's the same: he's showing us mercy every day (withholding punishment we deserve), giving every one of us plenty of opportunities to repent of our sins and be born-again; he is slow to anger, but if a person remains unrepentant, refusing to admit their sin / their transgression of his law, they will feel his wrath one day. The Book of Revelation, from chapter 6 and on (where Jesus starts opening seals, releasing plagues), is wrath on the world. To quote one example:



Like I said, Jesus started opening them in chapter 6. Just because he doesn't "like" this, doesn't mean he will avoid this. If he doesn't repent, that too will be him. If he does repent and reconcile with his Maker, only then will he be protected from all that.





And beyond any physical torment he endures on earth or not, more important is securing where he'll spend an eternity after judgment day: with God on the new earth? or cast into the lake of fire with the devil, his angels, the beast and the false prophet, where they'll be in torment forever? If you don't want to be with God, that's exactly what you'll get. He's giving people the chance to decide now while they have a chance: "do you want to be with me or not? You clearly hate me, so why would you want to spend eternity with me? It's my heavens, my earth, if you don't want me, nor want to live with me, than you'll have to go into exile, see what it's like to exist without a single bit of me." Right now, the wicked are living alongside God's people sharing the same planet, receiving the same rain and benefits. Once he separates the righteous from the wicked, there will be nothing of comfort left for the wicked.

What is so off-putting about him and any of his commands? He's protecting people with those commands, they help us maintain order, eliminate evil, and avoid all things that are detrimental to relationships/families (i.e. being enslaved to pleasure and to "self" to the point that you neglect the necessary things in life, duties, responsibilities; ergo why cheating on your spouse is a sin/transgression of his law, you're hurting the well-being and order of your family just for a moment of pleasure, that might actually hurt you just as much as your family). If he actually took time to meditate and seek God with his wholeheart, he would see how beneficial these commandments are.







He's the highest Spirit in authority, there's no escaping him. You'll either be on his good side and shown favor—or on his bad side and shown wrath, because you want to stay his enemy and hate on him.



edit: and actually, it is suppose to be a scary thing.







But his judgment is not something we should be worried about. In fear of, in reverence of? sure. But not worried if that's what you mean? If we're repentant and in prayer with him, there's no reason to be worried. We're not getting punished.

Through my experiences out on the streets, people often call God a tyrant. But when I start with the Law, it brings the knowledge of sin (Romans 3:19, 20). The problem is not about a God that is unmerciful in the Old Testament, but about a God that punish sin. Have they ever lied, stolen, blasphemed, lusted (adultery), hated (murder)? And I'll go on from there on how they violated God's law, and how He provided a Savior to save us from the wrath that is to come. God is merciful, loving, and kind, but He is also just and holy, and punish sin where it is found. I heard it was said this way: "People will complain about God, no matter what He is like. If God were to let sin go, people complain that He is not just and punishing murders or rapists. And if God were to judge sin, they will complain because they cannot do what they want to do."

And of course, we cannot save anyone. We must pray that God will open their hearts and that by using the Word of Life, it will be planted in their hearts and pray that it will grow and other people to come into their lives and water the seed that you have planted. (1 Corinthians 3:6, 7)

Tell him that god does indeed still invoke his wrath upon those who sin. He has always loved humanity. He cast Lucifer out of heaven for standing against him when he commanded that he bow to Adam. He cast out Azazel and Samyaza for fornicating with mortal women (Who later gave birth to giants), and increasing their vanity by giving them cosmetics. However, in the new testiment, it does seem as though god has grown much more lenient. This isn't truly the case. But one must remember the chronological differences in time between the events in the old testiment, and those in then new testiment. God gives people chance after chance to repent of their sin and change their ways before smiting them. He did this in the old testiment as well. But the old testiment takes place with vast chronological differences, while the new testiment is rather close together chronoligically, as it details the life of Jesus Christ and that of his deciples.