total brutal. [159]

so if you've never read the old testament, you're missing out on a ton of metal songs. families were killed. women. children. everyone was dead.
definitely read Joshua.
seriously brutal battle scenes.
r-rated stuff.
so here's the question.
is God brutal?
i'm going to say yes because He's God and i want to.
but in reality, all of the death in this world was caused by one simple yet extreme event in human history. the fall of man. from birth we are bent towards selfishness and self-absorption. death was created in us. we are flawed and do shameful things. there are not innocent people. there is something wrong with the human condition. we think hideous thoughts. we say hurtful words. we harm others and create injustice.
throughout the old testament, God suppresses evil and upholds His justice through annihilating people who do and pleasure evil. sin deserves justice, it always has and always will, and a loving being always has wrath towards sin. God righteously does this.
the remarkable reality is that God's justice didn't wipe out all people. it is glorious He chose to be merciful.
but now, the people of God are used to show God's grace and love because He's not brutal anymore.
the brutality of God was taken out on Jesus, violence on His Son as to give us peace. God throws His arms around us and He overwhelms out failures with His love.