Does the cruelty of God stem from his wanting for us to know his pain or his inability to live up to your expectations or some sort of a jealousy rage thing or sadistic boredom thing or what?

Answer 1

God does not want us to hurt or feel pain. Sometimes we go through hard times because we need to experience certain things to grow and become better. It may be hard to understand while we are experiencing these troubling time, but if we have faith in God's plan for our lives it will work out. Pray to God for faith even in hard times and you will an experience just what he truly has in store for your life.

>> The idea that God is cruel or sadistic is not represented in scripture, it is part of our modern cultural paradigm. God is the same yesterday, today, forever, He does not change! Therefore, if He is a God of love and peace today, He was also on the day He said, "Let there be light." Likewise, if He was a jealous God capable of destroying that which stands in rebellion to Him in the days of old, He is today as well, He does not change. There is a balance to God that humanity lacks, and when things do not go "as we think they should go," we tend to lash out and place blame, generally, on God. We are who has changed, and we are who is in need of change.