How could God ever be angry?

Question

If he is omniscient, he can't be angry, because anger is a temporary emotion RESULTING from some event. He knew everything ahead of time.

Second, he is outside of time. If he has emotions about us, they are all happening at the same time, and will always be happening for "eternity."

Yet the Bible describes his moodiness up and down in response to different things over time...

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Answer 1

Are you asking or answering this question?

Sounds like you've met "him". All this time I thought God was a woman. Are you sure God is a he?

How about expending this much attention on yourself,
your family and your responsibilities as a human being.
Make waves in waters you ARE familiar with.

Ask and try to find answers to this question: How can we respect one another and finally accomplish world peace?

Do something constructive!
Enjoy life as much as you can - NOW!
Make a contribution to mankind.

Let the unknown remain a mystery.
Stop wasting your time pondering about
what we will never know for sure.

It's time to finally let "God" rest in peace and
get on with life as it is today!

Respect and revere all human beings for their good deeds for which YOU have actually witnessed.

Are you aware of what year the first bible was written? Surely many many many years after the events written about ~ actually took place! We cannot and should not believe everything that is written! Have a mind of your own. Exercise common sense. THINK!

Answer 2

I don't believe God is human, He can't "feel" anything. If he could feel then he'd better have a really good air tank on his back cause the oxygen "out there" ain't!!
Anyone who believes that God is human has really not looked around them very well.
To quote from the book my husband is currently reading: The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan
Page 22,
remember at all times that all words committed to paper have been written by human beings.
And, as all human beings are rules by their emotions, opinions, and political and religious affiliation, subsequently all history is comprised of as much opinion as fact and , in many cases, has been entirely fabricated for the furthering of the author's personal ambitions or secret agenda.
So therefore I question the people who wrote the letters that comprise the Bible, (the OT) that was voted on by 3 Romans.
Books, or letters, not put in the OT and the NT isn't much better, because there are letters left out of it also. So I don't put much store in the Bible, a book written by human beings and I'm sure they had an adgenda at the time.
Very good question.

Answer 3

Good Question. God can be angry. God Hates sin. It's hard for us to understand God because His ways are different than ours. Have you taken this test yet? It's very important:

Have you ever lied, stolen, or used God's name in vain? It's appointed to man, once to die, then judgment. When you die, God will judge you by His Moral Laws. If you stand guilty before God on Judgment day, you will end up in Hell. The good news is that God is so kind that He provided a way for you to be forgiven and accepted into Heaven. Jesus Christ died on a cross and rose again to pay the debt for your sins. What you must do is Repent, which means to turn away from your sins, ask God's Forgiveness, and put your complete Trust in Jesus Christ. Only then will you be forgiven, and granted Eternal life in Heaven.

Answer 4

The doctrine of divine a-temporality (that God exists outside of time) is not universally accepted by Christian theologians (ie William Lane Criag, Robert Raymond, and others). Why cannot God exist in time?

There is no logical necessity forcing one to see temporal emotion as incompatible with omniscience.

God’s emotions are mutable, but determined by virtue of his immutable purpose and decree.

Answer 5

Greetings,
The bible states that God is a jealous God. What could God be Jealous for. By having His Chosen People turn their backs on Him to disobey Him and to worship false imitations of a god. That would invite righteous indignation from God scince there is one and only one God there is not one no not one that is like Him.

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to save the world. Isn't love an emotion?

God delighteth in those that love Him.

God's people continually are turning away from Him and then turning back to Him.When they get to a point of no return then God metes out punishments or judgements(if you like) to point out the error of their ways and to return to the correct way.

Answer 6

The Lord Jesus Christ which was God manifested in the flesh who became a man so He could die for our sins got angry when He was on the eath. Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Answer 7

Yes, and if you subscribe to the psycology portrayed in Analyze This, anger is a blocked wish, which he shouldn't have to worry about either. He must be incompetant, oh the humanity.

Answer 8

Just because you know something is going to happen, don't mean you won't get mad about it. I figure god has emotions. The books of the bible says that he has emotions.

Answer 9

Between the first and second testament he completed a course in anger management. Now he is mellow-yellow.......maybe even more so after the sixties!

Answer 10

If God is love (1st John 4:7-8) then how could He ever be angry?