There's a reason Ketanji Brown Jackson doesn't know how to 'define things'
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Um, no. How long has evil been existing on Earth? (basically, forever) God is the one who holds back annihilation. In order to give the chance for evil to repent. In order for his children to make the right choice. But at some point, when God no longer holds back the natural force of the laws of the universe, all the annihilation that evil has been accruing to itself will be unleashed, to run its natural course.
To explain in analogy, the weight of evil choices and actions is an inertia generated by those choices. But because of love, God has held back that inertia for millenia. God has been the wall of the dam that contains all that inertia (sort of like evil karma). God has done this in order to conduct his providence of salvation and maximize the possibility for those who choose evil to repent and avoid the inertia they create.
But this cannot be done forever. Why? Because the inertia is real and must be allowed to run its course by the natural laws that God himself created. So at some point, God really has to step aside, and stop being the wall. Otherwise, things will never right themselves and balance will not be restored.
God actually loves his enemy. But at some point, God cannot prevent his enemy from suffering the natural consequences that result from violating the laws of the universe.
This is the real meaning of the judgment. It is self-judgment. Because when one steps and chooses to violate natural and heavenly law, one condemns oneself.
Up until recently i've never really gotten into the bible - but been either seeking it out, or finding exactly what I needed right infront of me once I was welcome to receiving it. (Actually in a big part, because of this community)
That said - before I even made that step, when i'd remember to pray before bed i'd always usually say the same - "bless my family, my friends, strangers, and even my enemies - amen" and never really knew why - but its just what came to mind once and it stuck.
That's a powerful condition.
God is always ready to relate to us, but He requires a few things to do so. One, a common base. A similarity between our thinking and God's thinking allows for significant connection. Two, we always have a portion of responsibility. If God claims or interacts with us, it's because someone, somewhere along the line has done things that satisfy the human responsibility portion. It might be us, it might be someone else, but God takes that effort and that action and uses it as a foundation to interact with us. (Example, even though Paul was persecuting the Christians, Jesus unity with God was such that God could claim Paul and make him into a great instrument. Jesus merit bore fruit in Paul.)
"bless my family, my friends, strangers, and even my enemies - amen" is amazingly powerful. God has a heart to love even his enemies, and if you or I even have the intention to be like that, it's a powerful magnet to God.
While Salvation is a grace from God that we cannot win by earning it, nonetheless, in God's original framework, humans have a portion of responsibility and so that's a factor on HOW God relates to us.