Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8
The God of the Old Testament is the same God we serve today
He is not different
Jesus was there throughout the Old Testament
He was and is a part of all creation
God had His reasons for the things He did
It is not up for us to change them
Or condemn them
He did what He did
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9
Will you judge God?
He opened up the earth and swallowed whole clans of people
He sent plagues to those who refused to worship Him in Egypt
He also loved those who loved Him with an unfailing love
The fear of the Lord is still the beginning of wisdom
He still allows suffering
He still lets those who choose to follow other gods do so
He still looks on the heart
He still desires obedience
God changes not
Scriptural References:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses,
and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Numbers 16:32
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up,
for to shew in thee my power;
and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Exodus 9:16
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:
therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Jermiah 31:3
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22
For all those things hath mine hand made,
and all those things have been, saith the LORD:
but to this man will I look,
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Isaiah 66:2
But the Lord said unto Samuel,
Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;
for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Malachi 3:6