I tried this yesterday when I flipped my Bible to Genesis about the aftermath of Sodom and Gomorrah turned to ashes. The point is many people get worried about God being a vengeful, violent character reading this Bible event.
I remembered Jonah's conversation with Jesus in Jonah. I got a pleasant surprising thought. Jonah's story is the key to all the other puzzling things the Lord did during the Old Testament times!
How is that? Look at the compassionate Lord Jesus saying, I didnt want any of your hated enemies Jonah to perish. The Ninevites are your prodigal brothers and sisters, whom I died to save like you too, Jonah! True you understand My ways too well. I care even about the animals lives.
Then I got it. God feels exactly the same way about the Sodomites!
Also try studying Job's story and four in the firey furnace of Daniel 3 right afterwards. You'll remember linking New and Old Testament verse pop into mind
The next morning I put Lord Jesus and Creator God into my Bible reading out loud. Then finished of reading John and Jesus crucifixion and now alive again.
I wasn't looking for any emotional reaction. What happened surprised me. Instead I got more questions to pray about. Its a real eye opener. Try it you'll be blown away by the goodness of our God. The more you love Somebody, the more you eventually start looking and sounding like Them😍That's the hope that kept Jesus on His terrible cross.



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