(cont'd)
As for the following verses you cite, remember, I said taking the Psalms OUT OF CONTEXT. To further elaborate:
Once again, the Jesus of the New Covenant disagrees with you:
Even in the Old Testament, God chastised and punished the Judeans and Isrealites, but never wiped them out. He forgave King David and put him through earthly trials to cleanse him. He gave Samson the opportunity to redeem himself after foolishly breaking his oath. Even someone as stiff-necked and hard-hearted as Pharaoh in Exodus got literally nine warnings from God, before he poured his wrath out upon the firstborn.
Let's also not forget:
By your logic, he hates all of us. Yet do I REALLY have to recite John 3:16 for you?
Yes, you cannot love good without hating evil. Sinners (including you and me, whether you like it or not) perform evil. But sinners can still repent of said evil. By your logic, God should've hated St. Paul of Tarsus for the atrocities he had committed while he was named Saul, and wished for his eternal burning in hell. Yet Paul ultimately turned from his wicked ways and is responsible for writing most of the books of the New Testament. If God is indeed as hateful of sinners as you claim, MOST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WOULD LITERALLY NOT EXIST. Including the parts that drive Liberals mad and spur them to come up with kooky conspiracy theories about Paul twisting God's word or not being a "real" apostle, because Paul, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit condemned the sin of homosexuality and the like in his epistles.
Perhaps the Psalms express God's hatred for UNREPENTANT sinners, as he WILL tell them to depart into the lake of fire at the final judgment. Here's the thing though: you're right, God IS the author of the entire Bible. God is ALSO a perfect judge who can see into the hearts and minds of men and know their innermost essence and being. We are NOT perfect judges. We CANNOT see into the hearts and minds of men as He can. When someone wishes/prays for a sinner to go to Hell, they are essentially taking on the role of God; they are essentially claiming to be a perfect judge and to be able to to see into the hearts and minds of men. Are you a perfect judge and able to see with absolute certainty and clarity into the hearts and minds of men? Are you a man of King David's caliber? I.e. anointed by God and in such a level of a communion with God as to be able to write many of the Psalms, directly inspired by God, as David was? Many of which were very obvious prophecies of the literal coming of the Messiah?
Unless you can lay claim to the above, you must accept that until the final judgment, God clearly loves us sinners enough to die for us. That he tries to save us through evangelization and chastisement, and that in light of this, praying for sinners to go to Hell, rather than praying for their repentance makes no sense and makes one the Unmerciful Servant from the parable outlined in Matthew 18: 21-35.
