Post date: May 4, 2016 12:11:45 PM
Did God love the world sooo much?
No, the word translated "so" into English is the Greek word houtos and it means "thus"
OK so: God thus loved the world!
So John 3 16 is a description of the nature of the love. OK so what is the nature
The nature is "He gave His Son so that that those who believe will have everlasting life"
The love God had for the world is the filter of the cross.
There is no mention of affection or good intention to the world except that they are brought before the cross and they must believe. Those who believe will be saved, and the rest not. That is the nature of the love.
That is it.
The humanistic desire to add affection and sentimentality is simply not the story in the Bible.
If it hadn't been for the cross God would have exterminated all humans just like in the flood in great anger. This is also what we clearly see play out in The Revelation of Jesus Christ.