God Loves You As He Loves Jacob Views
So then that opens the possibility that Jacob himself is another tool of Dharma as is the brainwashing. Imagine a day that some troublesome Dharmanite is strolled into a meadow and in a shack like the proverbial wicked stepchild is he who forgot that God loved him, and so that punishment acts as a warning. Now whether or not they created or just borrowed his image/existance is (like all of lost) a can of worms.
Yes, I believe God loves us all, not our wrong doings. As for beyond being prayed for - no, everybody needs to be prayed for, we are all human with loads of sins to be forgiven on a regular basis. Stepping away from the spiritual side of things; why is it that we see the bad/negative/crooked, seem to truimph over what is good and honest these days? Sometimes life seems so hopeless with the wicked people walking in the sunshine and the law abiding citizen pulling on the shortest end of the string.
Humans appear to lack faith to worship a god they cannot see so they choose to worship other humans. Some worship Buddha, some Jesus, and some other avatars. Creator apparently knew humans would have this problem, therefore he chose Jacob's descendants as a special people who would be a light to the world.
John, in his first letter, is writing about the love of god, but he does this after he has written that god is light. How can you be afraid of someone you love? As soon as John mentions all this he moves right on to the day of judgement. One day, every one will stand before god and appear before Almighty god, whether they want to or not - whether or not they think it is a good thing - whether or not they believe it. When the Love of god is flowing in a person's life, then even on the day of judgement, there will be a confidence before god.