If anger is a deadly sin...?

Question

How come the Bible is full of God's anger?

Ex. 4:14
...then the Lord's anger burned against Moses...

Ex. 22:24
...My anger will be aroused and I will kill you with the sword...

Answer 1

Honestly if you let anger consume you then you'll die. That's why it's a deadly sin. you could kill yourself or someone else out of anger. It's not God's anger in the Bible that is deadly, it's mortal anger that will kill you. It's like a fire as to when it's out of control it will consume everything in it's path. That is anger to the point of vengence and so on furthur. Vengence and Revenge will consume lives and it will destroy those whom allow it to consume them. The Bible also said, "...and he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the firey pit..." It's all about perception.

Answer 2

Even amongst the most kindly of civilized men there is a concept that we can call "righteous indignation" and amongst gods "righteous wrath".

Amongst men, it is considered righteous indignation usually because it is the anger that results from seeing a "wrong" done and that motivates one to take powerful action (sometimes violent) to "right" that "wrong".

With gods, it is more akin to wrath. The reasoning goes that a God is usually a power that be, or if the only God, he is usually the creator. That means he set up the rules, he created the universe, he is prime mover, causality and the universe are His Cherished Baby .... never get a mother angry. Likewise never rile a papa God by bleeping with his universe.

So ... that's where it comes from. Most of this is from the old testament. God made (depending on whom you speak to) one or more covenants with man in the Old Testament, and with God a promise is a promise is a promise, but it's also more than that. It's prophecy and tells a story we should not forget.

In the Old testament , you can point to several inflection points that can be defined , I guess, by the covenants or promises between man and God. In Genesis, you have the deal to not eat from one of those trees. Later, you have the deal with Abraham. Later again, one could make the case for the deal with Noah. All along you also have the theoretical prophetical hints, clues, whatevers for the coming of the Messiah and what the Messiah may do.

The Old Testament mostly says that Yahweh is the Lord your God, I am your creator, these are the Laws and Rules, break them at your own peril, or keep them and you shall have the Promised Land.

The New Testament talks a lot about breaking the binds of the Law, but talks about Faith and Acts. Of course, if you love the God, if you fully love his creation, if you have full faith, you will do the acts. That's called "having the spirit within you", you are thus "inspired" to act correctly. But if the fig tree does not bear fruit, how will it be known as a fig tree (that which bears fig fruits).

As for what Revelation says? I leave that mostly for others to worry about. When God returns all that is clear is he will be looking to see how we used our talents, he won't be happy to see us storing it in a hole in the ground or acting as moneychangers in his temple. Time of reentry seems a little irrelevant when you've basically been told about a way of life that you are to follow if you want to have a good crack at being heard calling for him when you die or on the day of reckoning.

At any rate, anger cannot be a sin in a God, because as prime mover he must also defend what he has created and what he is. This is also why some Pope's have even defended concepts such as self-defense and righteous war -- TO AN EXTENT.

The real problem for men is that we never know fully the situation, we are not omniscient or immortal, we cannot be anywhere and everywhere at all times, let alone understand fully what we'll find when we are there.

Gods have a higher understanding and calling. When you are talking about a true supreme creator -- it's sort of a semantical error to not call anything he does righteous.

Whether men can ever make the same claim I leave for others to argue over. My answer here is to merely remind you that the Old Testament doesn't often try to readily explain that a God has his prerogatives and privileges. That sort of has to be understood when you are talking of a sole creator.

I wish you well.

Answer 3

Anger isn't a sin but something to be controlled... Each of us should turn from anger and let reason prevail. Let your anger be a catalyst for change, and make that change for justice and freedoms.

Answer 4

Because God is God and He sets rules and He has His limits as to what he will put up with and what He won't. Why do you pick out things like this in the bible with out reading the whole bood of these scriptures? You can't understand it's full contents with out reading it from beginningn to end.

Answer 5

Anger is a mortal sin.

Answer 6

The God in the Old Testament and the God in the Second Testament seem completely different. I'm not sure if I truely believe but it seems that maybe his child changed him and he became more of forgiving God.

Answer 7

Anger is an emotion it shows you have feelings

Answer 8

Anger is simply depression with enthusiasm...tho you might sin under it's influence

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Answer 9

You need to ask yourself why are you a racist bigot and full of anger!

Answer 10

Not all anger is a sin.Unrighteous anger is.