Hosea 9:11-15
" 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
14 Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters."
We clearly see an imprecatory prayer being asked, and God blatantly saying to Ephraim, "for there I hated them", and "I will love them no more".
Pslam 11:5
"5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Here again we see God hating the wicked and them that love violence.
Pslam 5:5
"5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity."
Once again we see God hating people.
Not only does God hate, but there are certain people that God commands us to hate.
2 Chronicles 19:2
"2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord
A seer in the Bible is someone who see's something that other people are not seeing. They are preachers. Jehu the Seer gave Jehoshaphat godly advice in regards to loving and hating. Those that hate the Lord are those that we are supposed to hate.
Pslam 139:21-22
"21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies"
King David, a righteous King, said that he hates them that hate the Lord with perfect hatred.
Now many people mistake the God of the old testament for being this hateful tyrant. But when Jesus was on the earth, most of his doctrine came directly from the old testament. For example:
Loving your neighbor: Leviticus 19:18- Matthew 22:39
Loving your enemies: Proverbs 24:17-18- Matthew 5:44 & Romans 12:20-21
Gender Identity: Deuteronomy 22:5- 1 Corinthians 11:13-15
Righteous Judgement: Deuteronomy 1:17- John 7:24
Death for Sodomites: Leviticus 20:13- Romans 1:32
We clearly see that the old as well as the New testament included loving your enemies. So the question has to be asked, "if God told us to love our enemies in the old testament, then who were the prophets and people hating in the old testament?" The answer to that is simple; the enemies of God. Both old and new say love your enemies. So that means that if there are people hating people there is another entity. That entity are the enemies of God to whom I hate with a perfect hatred.
If we let the Bible alone tell us how we are supposed to feel without any preconceived ideas or statutes, we will clearly see as the Children of God, that our Father hates too.
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