Is jealousy natural to God as his anger is? Jesus got angry at the injustice of others, but not at his own injustice. I'm sure he knew that his sufferings were just, because of his great love for us. S o anger is healthy if applied appropriately. OK, think of a bullet cast into a fire... How long would you stand around? But chambered in a gun it's a powerful arm. Catch my drift? Without God to guide and direct our path we are like a crooked arrow in the quiver.
Now this jealousy thing is a bit tougher for me to understand, but I'll give it a shot. Maybe an old paradigm or something but when I think of the word jealousy, I think intense grief, indescribable pain, and suffering to it's ultimate degree. "My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me." Jesus in Matthew 26:36. God also declares he is jealous in the 10 commandments, Exodus 20:5. So if God is perfect, Holy, and loves us with a love our minds can't possibly fathom, then if he's jealous for us it's for good reason. Well that's about all I know, this defiantly needs more study.
Now this jealousy thing is a bit tougher for me to understand, but I'll give it a shot. Maybe an old paradigm or something but when I think of the word jealousy, I think intense grief, indescribable pain, and suffering to it's ultimate degree. "My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me." Jesus in Matthew 26:36. God also declares he is jealous in the 10 commandments, Exodus 20:5. So if God is perfect, Holy, and loves us with a love our minds can't possibly fathom, then if he's jealous for us it's for good reason. Well that's about all I know, this defiantly needs more study.
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Holy Jealousy goes with zealousness. I find it sometimes when I'm praying, and sometimes I get angry for God and His church against Satan.
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