Muh based neo paganism
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But yeah, a lot of people struggle to reconcile God's justice and His love. Although, if one meditates on on God's holiness, man's sinfulness, and Christ's mercy, there is no contradiction. Thank God for Jesus Christ, who reconciles to God, though we are totally unworthy in ourselves:
> Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, **who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ**, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that **God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself**, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (II Corinthians 5:17-19)
When Christ returns to judge the world, those who tried to separate the holy God from the loving God will find how great their error was. Those who reject God's mercy will reap his wrath.
This shouldn't be so difficult when God describes Himself in ways we can easily understand.
If someone harms an earthly man's family, that loving, gentle, kindly family man may suddenly show wrathful violence towards his enemies the likes of which you've never seen from him - this is not some sudden lack of love on his part, but rather a display of it.
God chooses to describe Himself as our Father and also says He is like a husband to Israel - God is comparing Himself to what a man does for his family and says that He is like that for us.