Title: The Loving Jehovah and the Angry Jesus

Topic: Word/Trinity

Summary: We examined the longstanding Christian myth that Jehovah is angry and judgmental but Jesus is loving, meek, and mild. Actually Jehovah is loving and Jesus does plenty of rebuking and name-calling. The ultimate conclusion is that Jesus and Jehovah are One, and God is love, not anger.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Mark 3:1-5
Matthew 16:22-23; 12:34-39
Mark 8:38; 9:18-19
Luke 11:39; 24:25-26
Matthew 23:13-33
Mark 11:15
John 2:13-17
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
Zephaniah 3:14-17
Hosea 2:19-20; 3:1
Jeremiah 31:11-14
Isaiah 63:7-9; 43:1-5
2 Chronicles 9:8; 2:11
1 Kings 10:9
2 Samuel 22:4; 12:24
Deuteronomy 33:1-3; 23:5; 7:7-8
Matthew 23:37; 28:18
Genesis 24:3
Isaiah 9:67
1 John 4:8

Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones -- and ultimately from the Lord, who is in a sense the most internal spiritual level of all. This is generally called "influx" and "perception" in the Writings, meaning they are thoughts and feelings that flow in in a complete way from the Lord, rather than being things we have to think about and figure out. On a number of occasions "speak" and "say" are used together; in these cases "speak" refers more to intellectual instruction in matters of thought and "say" refers more to feelings and affections that flow in directly.