No, Munir, it is not hard to comment at all.
There was an apparent “cruelty” in slavery a century ago. Should we continue to wallow in the verses of the Bible that Southerners used to justify it, or should we move on to understand that we live in a different time (unlike the 7th-century islamist mentality) with more graces from God than any other generation has ever received (since you don’t follow spiritual news or obviously know about the Feast of Divine Mercy, it is too long to go into here for you to be given the necessary background to this Truth; I gave you a link and I don’t believe you’ve chosen to read it).
It’s interesting that you can find these quotes from Scripture that offend your sensibilities as to what is and is not cruel, yet when I gave you the verse that indicates why God was ordering the killing of the Amalekites for their evil ways, you had to “assume” it was from the Bible.
Harry Truman said when Hiroshima was destroyed that this was “the greatest event in human history.” Munir, how do you judge that remark? Can you say he was gleeful in the horrific deaths of women and children? Are you familiar enough with the mind of Truman to cast judgment on him?
God has stated that war is a chastisement for mankind’s sins.
In the Old Covenant, wars between Israel and others were a chastisement to both the Jews and those they fought against, specifically for not obeying God’s Laws. It is the same today, as we fight the animals of islam because people like you and Mark want to chastise God and say it is unnecessary to love, honor or worship Him; in your case because He is so “cruel” and in Mark’s case because he’s a frightened little child regarding the Truth of an “invisible” and spiritual world.
Sorry, as hard as you two might try, it will never work that way; just ask Lucifer how far his judgments of God’s decrees got him.
When one reads the Scriptures, Munir, one cannot pick and choose like from a Chinese menu. It all intertwines with one another and when God wishes to move on, He does so. In your picking out the Numbers verse, you once again fail to WANT to comprehend that this is a chastisement for the sins of the Madianites. Again, you may want to scream about the “cruelty” of God all you want, but, in reality, you are not qualified to judge Him or the circumstances, even though, in your pride, you do. Hmm. Pride, does that remind you of the fall of someone? Someone who thought they were “above” God? I suggest you not fall for the same trick.
For when you fall into that deception, you fail to give God what God is due: His Sovereign Rights. What you consider cruel is not what He may as He tells us clearly not to fear he who can destroy the body but He who can destroy body and soul; that is a great faith test and one you are obviously failing. You also wish to take from Him what He decreed as a result of man’s fall: that the sins of the father fall upon the next generation.
A strong warning to us that what we do has not only consequences for ourselves but for our children. Indeed, suffering, as Jesus taught, cleanses many sins, something the world (and guess who else) desperately wants you not to believe. Suffering itself is due to the fall and our sins.
In these facts which you fail to believe, God has moved on, Munir. As I stated to you before and will reiterate one last time for your comprehension, He is now in a New Covenant, where He asks us to unite ourselves to His Son’s Sufferings for our sins.
You need to move on, too, before one day you will hear the words of judgment: “thou fool, tonight thy life is required of thee.” Then, on that fateful day we all face, you can explain to God just how “cruel” He is and why your judgment is above His (although I bet at that moment, you’ll have second thoughts).
So you can continue to want to focus on the Old Covenant and use His specific Commands to a specific group of people He was working with for a specific reason as your rallying cry as to whether God is Good or not. Again, you were not there, nor are you the God of DNA as He is; yet you act as if you possess enough wisdom to comprehend all the particulars and make a valued judgment.
One of the great Saints, people you obviously do not study but should, once humbly asked the Lord in her visions of Him why He was allowing the pope to do something which she knew was not right. Christ’s response to this holy woman was: “What is that to you?”
In other words, you are not God; only He is. He has a very easy way to change things when He so desires. It is called death. We, as living creatures, want to live forever and as such wish to be in charge of that little feature of life. He, as He has demonstrated it to you through His decrees in Scripture and His Resurrection, proves to mankind Who is ultimately in charge of life and death.
Sorry that upsets you, Munir; you’ll have to continue to take it up with Him, but I suggest a more humble, prayerful approach like the Saint. You may then get an answer.
Then, in His Mercy, He might help you to overcome your unworthy judgment of His “egregious” Commands. I pray He will.
