Jesus' descent into hell was an important part of His sacrifice for humanity. The burnings of the animals symbolized God's consuming fire that burns only deadness and sin. Leviticus 9:24. The sweet savour that God smelled symbolized His recovery from His consuming fire all that He ever created. Leviticus 1:17. Romans 11:36 teaches that all that God has ever created returns to Him. All this together means that one can conclude that the fires of hell serve a different purpose than does the lake of fire. All persons not saved by grace; that is, by faith in the shed blood and water that flowed from Jesus on the cross, God will judge to go to either a place called the sea, a place called death, or a place called hell. Revelation 20:13. But according to I Corinthians 3:12-15, every one of these persons will eventually be tried by God's consuming fire in order to separate and recover all the goodness that God created in them from their sin and deadness destined for the lake of fire. Revelation 21:8.
God directly connects His recovery and recreation of all humans not saved by grace to Christ's descent into hell where He left behind all of the sin and deadness of mankind. But all persons not saved by grace must directly experience this separation by God's consuming fire after their physical deaths just as all believers saved by grace must personally experience their cleansing of sin by the shed blood and water that flowed from Jesus' body on the cross while they are still alive in the flesh. The shed blood of Jesus cleanses the believer's soul and spirit of all sin. The water that flowed from Jesus' body cleanses the believer's flesh from daily sins. God's consuming fire cleanses and recovers the life of the rest of humanity from their sin and deadness.
Sin causes death, and death causes sin. Sin and death are two sides of the same coin. They are integral to each other. Romans 5:12. The original project of Lucifer was to murder God by using sin and death to ruin God's creations forever and thereby weaken God's power and Word which would cause God's eventual death. God met Satan's challenge on the cross, and through His death, burial, and resurrection Christ gained victory over death and sin to prove that His Love for all that He has ever created can never be destroyed. I Corinthians 13:8; Luke 20:38.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Commentary on Hebrews 12:29 part one
Hebrews 12:29 clearly states that "...God is a consuming fire." This statement can only mean that God's fire must be consuming something. The question then becomes: What is God's fire consuming?
In light of Numbers 23:19 and Ecclesiastes 3:14, one can rightly infer that God's fire cannot be consuming anything He has ever created. Since God created humans in His image, then God's fire can never consume humans. In fact, according to Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:15-20; and Revelation 4:11, God created absolutely everything that has positive existence, abstract and material. In addition, these verses, along with Revelation 21:5, teach that God will one day recover and recreate everything that He has ever created that has been sullied by sin, including all humans. Furthermore, Luke 20:38 informs us that all the life that God ever created can never become dead. This truth is further reinforced by the teaching of Revelation 20:11-15 which informs us that God casts only the dead, except for the Devil, into the lake of fire. Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10.
The false trinity called the Devil possesses what can only be called a negative consciousness. God and all of His living creations possess a positive consciousness. The essence of life is a positive consciousness. Exactly how a negative consciousness works cannot be understood by positive consciousness, including that of God's. II Thessalonians 2:7. But we can be certain that negative consciousness always equals total evil and deadness. A negative consciousness would not experience the torment of the lake of fire in the same way a positive consciousness would. For this reason, God will force a positive consciousness into the Devil when He casts him into the lake of fire. In this way, God will create a good system with the Devil that will so preoccupy his mind with horrible pain for eternity that he will never be able to think clearly enough to ever infect God's recreations with sin and deadness again forever. Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10.
Therefore, one can conclude that God's fire never consumes anything He has ever created, but only the dead, except for the Devil. According to Leviticus chapter one, after the blood and water sacrifices had been made, then the priests were to burn the rest of the animals completely. The blood and water sacrifices symbolized God's cleansing and recreation of all life, and the burning of what was left of the animals symbolized God's fire which consumes all that is dead and useless. God cleanses and recreates the souls of all believers saved by grace by the blood and water that flowed from Jesus on the cross. God casts the sin and deadness of believers saved by grace into the sea of forgetfulness. Micah 7:19. But according to Revelation 21:1, God will also eliminate this sea, probably also by His use of His consuming fire.
In light of Numbers 23:19 and Ecclesiastes 3:14, one can rightly infer that God's fire cannot be consuming anything He has ever created. Since God created humans in His image, then God's fire can never consume humans. In fact, according to Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:15-20; and Revelation 4:11, God created absolutely everything that has positive existence, abstract and material. In addition, these verses, along with Revelation 21:5, teach that God will one day recover and recreate everything that He has ever created that has been sullied by sin, including all humans. Furthermore, Luke 20:38 informs us that all the life that God ever created can never become dead. This truth is further reinforced by the teaching of Revelation 20:11-15 which informs us that God casts only the dead, except for the Devil, into the lake of fire. Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10.
The false trinity called the Devil possesses what can only be called a negative consciousness. God and all of His living creations possess a positive consciousness. The essence of life is a positive consciousness. Exactly how a negative consciousness works cannot be understood by positive consciousness, including that of God's. II Thessalonians 2:7. But we can be certain that negative consciousness always equals total evil and deadness. A negative consciousness would not experience the torment of the lake of fire in the same way a positive consciousness would. For this reason, God will force a positive consciousness into the Devil when He casts him into the lake of fire. In this way, God will create a good system with the Devil that will so preoccupy his mind with horrible pain for eternity that he will never be able to think clearly enough to ever infect God's recreations with sin and deadness again forever. Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10.
Therefore, one can conclude that God's fire never consumes anything He has ever created, but only the dead, except for the Devil. According to Leviticus chapter one, after the blood and water sacrifices had been made, then the priests were to burn the rest of the animals completely. The blood and water sacrifices symbolized God's cleansing and recreation of all life, and the burning of what was left of the animals symbolized God's fire which consumes all that is dead and useless. God cleanses and recreates the souls of all believers saved by grace by the blood and water that flowed from Jesus on the cross. God casts the sin and deadness of believers saved by grace into the sea of forgetfulness. Micah 7:19. But according to Revelation 21:1, God will also eliminate this sea, probably also by His use of His consuming fire.
Friday, December 15, 2017
Commentary on Numbers chapter 16
Numbers chapter 16 highly symbolizes how God uses His consuming fire as the final means to separate all of His goodness that He created from its defilement by sin.
Korah and all his company who were in rebellion against Moses and Aaron symbolized all sins of rebellion toward God. Rebellious sins started with Lucifer, and they are totally evil. God will never forgive these types of sins. God can never forgive them because they persist in hatred toward God forever. Sins of rebellion were born from an excessive pride which seeks to murder God. John 8:44. God gave Satan his chance when He went to the cross. John 14:30.
In Numbers 16:16-19, Moses ordered Korah and his company and Aaron and his followers to appear before the tabernacle with censers filled with incense and fire. God accepted for His worship only the burning of certain types of incense. The right incense symbolized those whom God accepts because they obey Him, and the wrong incense symbolized His rejection of those who rebel against Him. Every censer had fire within it which symbolized God's consuming fire as His method for His final separation of all His perfect goodness from all rebellious total evil. Hebrews 12:29.
In Numbers 16:20-35, God separated Moses and Aaron and their followers from the rebels. The Lord then burnt the 250 rebels with fire and caused the earth to swallow them up. These rebels symbolized total rebellion against God, and His consuming fire and the earth swallowing them symbolized God's final judgment when He will consign all total evil to the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15
In Numbers 16:36-40, God told Moses to order Eleazer, the son of Aaron, to scatter the fire and recover the censers left behind by the rebels. Because these censers were hallowed, they symbolized God's goodness within these rebels that He separated from them and recovered by His use of His consuming fire. These censers were made into plates to cover the brazen altar. The brazen altar symbolized the judgment of God covered by the blood of sacrificed animals. The brazen altar and the sacrificed animals, in turn, symbolized the judgment of God falling on Christ to save all humanity from the penalty of sin which is eternal separation of humanity from God. Some of humanity God saves by His grace when they believe that the shed blood of Jesus will cleanse them of all sin. All others God saves by His mercy when He uses His consuming fire to separate His goodness within them from their total evil and recreates them to live on His recreated earth. But God's grace and mercy cannot be effective except through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Through His sacrifice on the cross, Christ saves some humans by His grace. By His descent into hell, He saves the rest of humanity by His mercy. Through His resurrection, He gives eternal life to all humans to whom He has ever given life in the first place. Romans 3:25; I Corinthians 3:12-15; I Timothy 4:10; Luke 20:38; Revelation 21:1-5.
In Numbers 16:41-50, the rebellion of the congregation symbolized the fact that some total evil exists even within the people of God. God wanted to destroy the entire congregation, but Moses ordered Aaron to put incense and fire into censers and go among the people tp placate the wrath of God. God killed 14,700 of the people with a plague which symbolized the total evil within His people. God stayed the plague because Aaron used fire and incense to symbolize that God will forever preserve the goodness He has put into His people, and He will certainly also separate all their total evil from His people. Verse 48 is especially significant because it prophesies that God's final project in the end will be to completely separate all living humans which He created to be good from all dead humans who are totally evil. Life is always good because God created it, and death is always totally evil because it equals the sin which is eternal spiritual separation from God. Hebrews 12:29; Luke 20:38.
Korah and all his company who were in rebellion against Moses and Aaron symbolized all sins of rebellion toward God. Rebellious sins started with Lucifer, and they are totally evil. God will never forgive these types of sins. God can never forgive them because they persist in hatred toward God forever. Sins of rebellion were born from an excessive pride which seeks to murder God. John 8:44. God gave Satan his chance when He went to the cross. John 14:30.
In Numbers 16:16-19, Moses ordered Korah and his company and Aaron and his followers to appear before the tabernacle with censers filled with incense and fire. God accepted for His worship only the burning of certain types of incense. The right incense symbolized those whom God accepts because they obey Him, and the wrong incense symbolized His rejection of those who rebel against Him. Every censer had fire within it which symbolized God's consuming fire as His method for His final separation of all His perfect goodness from all rebellious total evil. Hebrews 12:29.
In Numbers 16:20-35, God separated Moses and Aaron and their followers from the rebels. The Lord then burnt the 250 rebels with fire and caused the earth to swallow them up. These rebels symbolized total rebellion against God, and His consuming fire and the earth swallowing them symbolized God's final judgment when He will consign all total evil to the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15
In Numbers 16:36-40, God told Moses to order Eleazer, the son of Aaron, to scatter the fire and recover the censers left behind by the rebels. Because these censers were hallowed, they symbolized God's goodness within these rebels that He separated from them and recovered by His use of His consuming fire. These censers were made into plates to cover the brazen altar. The brazen altar symbolized the judgment of God covered by the blood of sacrificed animals. The brazen altar and the sacrificed animals, in turn, symbolized the judgment of God falling on Christ to save all humanity from the penalty of sin which is eternal separation of humanity from God. Some of humanity God saves by His grace when they believe that the shed blood of Jesus will cleanse them of all sin. All others God saves by His mercy when He uses His consuming fire to separate His goodness within them from their total evil and recreates them to live on His recreated earth. But God's grace and mercy cannot be effective except through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Through His sacrifice on the cross, Christ saves some humans by His grace. By His descent into hell, He saves the rest of humanity by His mercy. Through His resurrection, He gives eternal life to all humans to whom He has ever given life in the first place. Romans 3:25; I Corinthians 3:12-15; I Timothy 4:10; Luke 20:38; Revelation 21:1-5.
In Numbers 16:41-50, the rebellion of the congregation symbolized the fact that some total evil exists even within the people of God. God wanted to destroy the entire congregation, but Moses ordered Aaron to put incense and fire into censers and go among the people tp placate the wrath of God. God killed 14,700 of the people with a plague which symbolized the total evil within His people. God stayed the plague because Aaron used fire and incense to symbolize that God will forever preserve the goodness He has put into His people, and He will certainly also separate all their total evil from His people. Verse 48 is especially significant because it prophesies that God's final project in the end will be to completely separate all living humans which He created to be good from all dead humans who are totally evil. Life is always good because God created it, and death is always totally evil because it equals the sin which is eternal spiritual separation from God. Hebrews 12:29; Luke 20:38.
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Commentary on Matthew 7:15-20 part two
Total goodness attached itself to the other extreme of Adam's sin. Adam sinned because of self-sacrifice, because of his love for his wife. He desired to be with her and protect her. But like all humans, Adam had no power to restore himself to righteousness again. For this reason, Adam became the figure of Him who was to come, the Savior who would be God and hold the power to love humanity enough to sacrifice Himself by paying the penalty for man's sin, and yet could emerge from death wholly clean and victorious over evil. Christ accomplished what Adam could not. Christ will cleanse all men of their sins of weakness, some by the blood and water that flowed from His riven side, and all others by the consuming fires of hell. Christ will also separate total evil from man and cast it into the lake of fire. Romans 5:12-21; II Corinthians 5:21; I Corinthians 15:22; I Corinthians 15:45-49; I Corinthians 3:12-15; I Timothy 4:10; Revelation 20:15.
Jesus' teaching in the parable of Matthew 7:15-20 reflects this same truth about God's final and complete division of all goodness from all evil. The "ravening wolves" that Jesus said exist within the false prophets symbolizes total evil. In verses 16-18, Jesus taught that the good tree and its fruit are totally righteous while the corrupt tree and its fruit are totally evil. Jesus' teaching reflects the fact that God will one day completely separate total goodness from total evil. Jesus' teaching in verse 19 symbolically prophesies that one day God will cast only total evil into the lake of fire. Revelation 21:8.
In verse 20, Jesus taught that a careful observer will be able to tell the difference between the total evil in man and his total goodness. An astute observer will also be able to tell the often subtle differences between the goodness and the evil within man's sins of weakness.
Jesus' teaching in the parable of Matthew 7:15-20 reflects this same truth about God's final and complete division of all goodness from all evil. The "ravening wolves" that Jesus said exist within the false prophets symbolizes total evil. In verses 16-18, Jesus taught that the good tree and its fruit are totally righteous while the corrupt tree and its fruit are totally evil. Jesus' teaching reflects the fact that God will one day completely separate total goodness from total evil. Jesus' teaching in verse 19 symbolically prophesies that one day God will cast only total evil into the lake of fire. Revelation 21:8.
In verse 20, Jesus taught that a careful observer will be able to tell the difference between the total evil in man and his total goodness. An astute observer will also be able to tell the often subtle differences between the goodness and the evil within man's sins of weakness.
Commentary on Matthew 7:15-20 part one
Jesus taught in Matthew 7:15-20 that there exists an absolute division between goodness and evil. Goodness can be sullied by sin, but the power of goodness can never be diminished by sin. This is true because all goodness comes from God. Isaiah 64:6; Genesis 1:31. Christ immersed Himself in the sin of the whole world while on the cross, but His holy blood and water washed all that sin away, and Christ arose immaculate from the grave. II Corinthians 5:21. In the end, God will effect an absolute division of all goodness from all evil and recreate "new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." II Peter 3:13.
Nothing was wrong with the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It was perfectly good for food. Eve only sinned because she disobeyed God. But her sin was not deliberate. She sinned because of weakness. Her sin became the source of all human sins of weakness. Sins of weakness always consist of goodness that has been sullied by evil. Peter sinned because of weakness when he denied the Lord, but his sin may well have protected his life, which was good. God holds the power to bring a system of total goodness out of a sinful system of weakness as He did in the cases of Judah and Tamar and Joseph and his brothers. The Bible contains many such stories, and they all indicate that in the end, God will effect an absolute division of goodness from evil. For this reason, God always forgives sins of weakness when one repents. Genesis 3:1-7; Luke 23:34.
Adam's sin was completely different from Eve's. Adam's sin consisted of two extremes. At one extreme, Adam's sin was willful and deliberate. Adam knew full well the commandment of God, but he disobeyed anyway. Adam's sin became the source of all total evil within humanity. God never forgives total evil. Matthew 12:31-32; I Timothy 2:14.
Nothing was wrong with the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It was perfectly good for food. Eve only sinned because she disobeyed God. But her sin was not deliberate. She sinned because of weakness. Her sin became the source of all human sins of weakness. Sins of weakness always consist of goodness that has been sullied by evil. Peter sinned because of weakness when he denied the Lord, but his sin may well have protected his life, which was good. God holds the power to bring a system of total goodness out of a sinful system of weakness as He did in the cases of Judah and Tamar and Joseph and his brothers. The Bible contains many such stories, and they all indicate that in the end, God will effect an absolute division of goodness from evil. For this reason, God always forgives sins of weakness when one repents. Genesis 3:1-7; Luke 23:34.
Adam's sin was completely different from Eve's. Adam's sin consisted of two extremes. At one extreme, Adam's sin was willful and deliberate. Adam knew full well the commandment of God, but he disobeyed anyway. Adam's sin became the source of all total evil within humanity. God never forgives total evil. Matthew 12:31-32; I Timothy 2:14.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
An Analysis of Numbers 23:19 part two
In II Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 26:19; Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 106:45; and Jeremiah 18:6-8, God describes how He applies His merciful systems to particular situations. God knows perfectly when to spare punishment or when to apply punishment as the case may be. But in either case, whether God destroys or whether He spares, He is merciful. God may destroy nations or groups of people to spare future generations from their evil influence, or He may spare a nation or group of people when He knows that His use of such a merciful system will better serve His purposes.
In II Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 26:19; and Jeremiah 18:6-8, the Lord uses the phrase "repent of the evil." The word "evil" here does not mean a sinful system. The word "evil" in these verses means the same as it does in Isaiah 45:7 where the Lord states, "I...create evil." These verses simply mean that God allows pain and suffering as a result of sin in order to deter people from committing sins. Good parents may punish their children or withhold punishment according to how they feel about a particular situation. Parents possess these kinds of feelings because they were created in the image of God which causes them to use God's methods. God uses these same kinds of good systems except that God knows how to use them perfectly while parents can make mistakes.
The last half of Numbers 23:19 simply means that God will always make His Word good. God is Almighty, and His Word can never fail. Ecclesiastes 3:14 states the same basic idea. Colossians 1:16 informs us that God created absolutely everything that exists, "visible and invisible." "Visible" refers to the concrete universe of matter and energy. "Invisible" refers to the subjective universe of abstract thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Lucifer never created anything. Lucifer only invented sinful systems by misusing some of God's ideas. Colossians 1:20 clearly states that God will "reconcile all things to Himself." In order to do this, God must recover all things He has ever created that has been sullied by sin. Verses such as Romans 11:36; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 21:5; and Revelation 22:11-12 further support this teaching.
This truth means that God could never cast living humans into the lake of fire because He created them in His image. God will cast humans into hell in order to use the fires of hell to separate His goodness He created in them from the rebellious evil that is foreign in them. God will cast only that part of man which is totally evil, rebellious, and allied with Satan into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:8. God could never cast living humans into the lake of fire because He would lose a part of that which He created. According to Ecclesiastes 3:14, God can never lose anything He has ever created. According to Luke 20:38, God can never lose any life He has ever created. And according to Numbers 23:19, God's Word can never fail.
In II Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 26:19; and Jeremiah 18:6-8, the Lord uses the phrase "repent of the evil." The word "evil" here does not mean a sinful system. The word "evil" in these verses means the same as it does in Isaiah 45:7 where the Lord states, "I...create evil." These verses simply mean that God allows pain and suffering as a result of sin in order to deter people from committing sins. Good parents may punish their children or withhold punishment according to how they feel about a particular situation. Parents possess these kinds of feelings because they were created in the image of God which causes them to use God's methods. God uses these same kinds of good systems except that God knows how to use them perfectly while parents can make mistakes.
The last half of Numbers 23:19 simply means that God will always make His Word good. God is Almighty, and His Word can never fail. Ecclesiastes 3:14 states the same basic idea. Colossians 1:16 informs us that God created absolutely everything that exists, "visible and invisible." "Visible" refers to the concrete universe of matter and energy. "Invisible" refers to the subjective universe of abstract thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Lucifer never created anything. Lucifer only invented sinful systems by misusing some of God's ideas. Colossians 1:20 clearly states that God will "reconcile all things to Himself." In order to do this, God must recover all things He has ever created that has been sullied by sin. Verses such as Romans 11:36; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 21:5; and Revelation 22:11-12 further support this teaching.
This truth means that God could never cast living humans into the lake of fire because He created them in His image. God will cast humans into hell in order to use the fires of hell to separate His goodness He created in them from the rebellious evil that is foreign in them. God will cast only that part of man which is totally evil, rebellious, and allied with Satan into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:8. God could never cast living humans into the lake of fire because He would lose a part of that which He created. According to Ecclesiastes 3:14, God can never lose anything He has ever created. According to Luke 20:38, God can never lose any life He has ever created. And according to Numbers 23:19, God's Word can never fail.
An Analysis of Numbers 23:19 part one
Although Balaam was both a true and a false prophet at the same time, God recorded only his true words in His Word. Balaam constitutes an example of how God can use even a wicked man to speak His true Word. God is Almighty. He can do as He pleases.
Titus 1:2 informs us that God "cannot lie." Numbers 23:19 informs us that God cannot lie in the way men do. Men often lie for sinful reasons. In the context of Titus 1:2, God means that He cannot lie in His promises to His people. God can lie but never for sinful reasons. When God lies, He does it for good and loving reasons. For example, I Kings 18:19-23 records that God sent a lying spirit to King Ahab in order to cause the destruction of this evil king in order to protect His servant, King Jehoshaphat, whom He loved. God holds the power to use even lies to create good and loving systems. Perfect Love always trumps sin. Proverbs 10:12; I Corinthians 13:7-8; Matthew 12:12.
The next phrase of Numbers 23:19 informs us that God never repents like a man does. Men sometimes turn away from sinful practises in order to adopt righteous practises given to them by God. John 3:21. But when God repents, He simply changes His mind. He abandons a particular good system in order to employ a different good system. God may change His methods, but He never changes His eternal purposes. God's eternal project is to destroy all sin and death and to recover and recreate all His goodness in His creations which has been sullied by evil. But God can change His methods of operation in pursuit of His eternal purposes. For example, in Genesis 6:5-7 God simply changed His mind about how He would deal with the wickedness of man that had taken over the earth. God could have stuck with His original good system of being merciful to mankind, but that would have meant that God's project for the total destruction of evil would have taken Him much longer to accomplish and would have entailed a much longer period of suffering for mankind. God intends to make a short work upon the earth to spare mankind from needless suffering. Romans 9:28. Therefore, God changed to another merciful system which entailed the destruction of evil mankind in order to cut short His work and spare future mankind from needless suffering.
A careful reading of Exodus 32:7-14 demonstrates that God thought about using a merciful destructive system against the evil that He found in His people, but He was persuaded by Moses to stick to His original, merciful system of sparing His people. God holds every right to dismantle any of His good systems for the purpose of replacing them with other good systems.
Titus 1:2 informs us that God "cannot lie." Numbers 23:19 informs us that God cannot lie in the way men do. Men often lie for sinful reasons. In the context of Titus 1:2, God means that He cannot lie in His promises to His people. God can lie but never for sinful reasons. When God lies, He does it for good and loving reasons. For example, I Kings 18:19-23 records that God sent a lying spirit to King Ahab in order to cause the destruction of this evil king in order to protect His servant, King Jehoshaphat, whom He loved. God holds the power to use even lies to create good and loving systems. Perfect Love always trumps sin. Proverbs 10:12; I Corinthians 13:7-8; Matthew 12:12.
The next phrase of Numbers 23:19 informs us that God never repents like a man does. Men sometimes turn away from sinful practises in order to adopt righteous practises given to them by God. John 3:21. But when God repents, He simply changes His mind. He abandons a particular good system in order to employ a different good system. God may change His methods, but He never changes His eternal purposes. God's eternal project is to destroy all sin and death and to recover and recreate all His goodness in His creations which has been sullied by evil. But God can change His methods of operation in pursuit of His eternal purposes. For example, in Genesis 6:5-7 God simply changed His mind about how He would deal with the wickedness of man that had taken over the earth. God could have stuck with His original good system of being merciful to mankind, but that would have meant that God's project for the total destruction of evil would have taken Him much longer to accomplish and would have entailed a much longer period of suffering for mankind. God intends to make a short work upon the earth to spare mankind from needless suffering. Romans 9:28. Therefore, God changed to another merciful system which entailed the destruction of evil mankind in order to cut short His work and spare future mankind from needless suffering.
A careful reading of Exodus 32:7-14 demonstrates that God thought about using a merciful destructive system against the evil that He found in His people, but He was persuaded by Moses to stick to His original, merciful system of sparing His people. God holds every right to dismantle any of His good systems for the purpose of replacing them with other good systems.
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