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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Bible Question:
I am becoming increasingly baffled by God as He is portrayed in the O.T. Why did he condone slavery, polygamy, and war? If He is the God of love, why did He so ruthlessly destroy so many nations? Why did He want His holy temple to be a slaughterhouse? The number of animals sacrificed daily must have been mind-boggling. I love Jesus with deep gratitude and adoration, but I fear this God of the O.T. The more I study the O.T., the more wary I feel about God, and I know it shouldn't be that way. What am I doing wrong? Skip |
Bible Answer: Skip, Scrip (these user screen names are as hard to keep straight as the kings of Israel and Judah!). .... As I was saying Skip, Scrip gave you what I think was a fine answer. I would just like to observe that it is to my mind a cardinal mistake to think of the God of the OT as being in a different category from the God Incarnate of the NT. God reveals Himself progressively to His people througout Scripture, and the fullness of His revelation came when "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." There are not two "Gods" -- one of the Old Covenant and one of the New. Nor did God change His attributes from one to the other. If you will read carefully and contextually and, if you are a regenerate believer, prayerfully, I believe you will in time come to know that God the Father has the same love and compassion for His sheep as does God the Son. It cannot be otherwise, for the two are one. --Hank |