Isaiah 54:7-8: "For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer."
Jeremiah 3:12: "I will
not be angry forever."
Psalm 30:5: "For His anger is
but for a moment, and His favor is for a lifetime."
Psalm 103:9-10: "He will not always chide, nor will He keep His anger forever,
He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities."
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O death, where are your plagues?
O Sheol, where is your sing?"
Hosea 13.14
Why did God create mankind? Temporal, individual and national judgment does not equal endless destruction or endless torture.