I JUST realised I forgot to mention the most IMPORTANT thing that should come at the end of my last post - God promises restoration!! How silly of me to forget. (And yes I apologise there's even more to my long-winded post)
At ANY point in the Bible where God says he'll bring disaster and destruction, it is always accompanied by the promise of restoration and healing. Continuing with Ezekiel 20:40-44 which basically says: One day, Israel will turn back to God and serve Him; and God will accept them as a lovely aroma and bring them back from where they are scattered (where they don't belong); and they will know that He is the Lord, as He brings them back to the land that He promised to their forefathers. And there they will be sorry for the horrible stuff that they did, and know that He is the true God.
Also in Jeremiah 32:36-41 (which I used a few posts earlier) which basically says: God will gather them back into their land and keep them safe; He will give them one heart and be with them and do them good and put the fear of God in them for their own good so that they won't turn away and do stupid things again. And God will rejoice over them and plant them with all His heart and soul!!
His promises and grace (which we don't deserve) outweigh his wrath and anger (which we do deserve) so much that we really have no reason to argue that God is some kind of a killing machine. Furthermore, Skeptics and atheists always selectively pick out such revelations of justice and retribution in the Bible whilst ignoring the big picture into which it fits and by which it gains its purpose.
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