A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [9] 12/06/2025 (Evening thought)

Genesis 6: 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 91] They delighted in destroying the life of animals. The world was in its infancy; yet iniquity had become so deep and widespread that God could no longer bear with it… That this was indeed the case can clearly be seen by the very few who were saved, out of billions of folks who were alive back then. When God crunched the numbers, He only found eight persons that he could save to repopulate the earth afterwards.

And even as He destroyed the earth, His love drove Him to bury vast amounts of trees, so that America, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Russia could have vast reserves of oil and natural gas to heat homes during in winter, thousands of years later. So yes, even destruction, when it comes from God is founded upon the same basic principles of love that moved Jesus to die for our sins on Calvary.

Both the cross and the flood have their origin in the principle of love, for whatsoever God does, comes from that same springboard of love. It may not seem so up front, but behind the scenes it is God’s love that’s working things out for the best good of everyone. One day, every person on planet earth together with all the unfallen worlds and even the devil and his angels will confess this singular and sacred truth, that everything God does, or has done, was always done on the basis of love. 

Genesis 7:1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [8] 12/05/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Samuel 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 57] Adam reproached his companion for her folly in leaving his side and permitting herself to be deceived by the serpent. But they both flattered themselves that He who had given them so many evidences of His love, would pardon this one transgression, or that they would not be subjected to so dire a punishment as they had feared. But the great Lawgiver was about to make known to Adam and Eve the consequences of their transgression.

[3] Justice is just as much a part of God’s love and it must never be separated as being an isolated aspect of His character. Even though the execution of justice is described as being a strange act for God, it’s a strange, but loving act, for everything He does is always in the very best interest of His creatures. Even destruction, when it’s done by God, is always a loving act, in the very best interest of all concerned.

When The Lord destroyed the earth by the flood, it was an act of love, done in the best interest of the human family, for if he had not intervened sin would have multiplied to such an extent that righteousness would have been permanently blotted from the face of the earth…. [Patriarchs & Prophets pp 91] Polygamy had been early introduced contrary to the divine arrangement at the beginning. Whoever coveted the wives or the possessions of his neighbor, took them by force, and men exulted in their deeds of violence.

Genesis 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

May the Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!