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Whilst studying the Book of Psalms I noticed quite often in battle Christians and Jews thought God was on the victors side. They would blame God for defeat and see it as punishment. I believe God does not punish. We punish ourselves. God does not kill. We kill each other and have done since Cain killed Abel.
 
God says in the ten commandments ‘Thou shall not kill’, but it appears He recognised the sacrifice of animals. I cannot judge; that is God’s heavenly justice. The sacrificed animals were often used for food and as a carnivore I cannot argue with that. I believe with the guidance of the Holy Spirit man suffers mainly from his own actions. We cannot blame God for what we do. Coronavirus is a mutated virus from the way we keep and crowd animals.  The last few ‘flu epidemics as well as the present pandemic is of our doing.
 
I believe God is so inherently good. He cannot punish or kill. It is we who are living in our fallen world. We punish and kill ourselves. God is merciful and eventually saves us from ourselves. God saved the whole world through the power and mercy of His son at Calvary.