For God so loved the World...God is angry with the Wicked every day?

So, how do we harmonize the two ideas when they are apparently mutually opposed to one another and both are true at the same time? You see, in the mind of God, He can have perfect compassion for the lost, and perfect anger against the wicked simultaneously. When the Bible discusses the wicked, it is describing people in what they are actively doing versus who we essentially are. You see all men are wicked naturally speaking until that person recognizes they are sinful, lost and in need of a Savior then we become partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).

The overarching attribute of God is love. However, within His love the Lord does become and displeased and angry, It should be no great wonder about God. We do the same thing in our own relationships. When parents get upset with their children and become angry with them for something they have done wrong, it does not negate their love they have for them, they just have to resort to discipline to correct the bad behavior.

I see God's love and His anger as symmetrical. They are both perfect and complete, They do not contradict one another. Rather, they complement each other. They are constants in God. God will always love because He is love (1 John 4:8,16). He also must exhibit His holy righteous anger against evildoers every day so that He can display His wrath and all may fear Him.

The Bible says it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31).

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