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==Preservation is an attribute of God.==
Preservation is an attribute of God. He preserves the souls of the righteous for His Eternal Kingdom (CP Gen 45:4-8; Psa 31:23; 35:6; 37:28; 145:20). In the New Testament God's preserving power is accomplished through His Son, Jesus (CP Jn 6:37:40; 1Th 5:23; 2Ti 4:18; Jude 1:1). Anger is also an attribute of God, but God does not get angry without just cause (CP Ex 4:10-14; Nu 20:7-11; De 4:23-25; Isa 5:24-25; Mic 5:15; Zeph 1:17-18; 3:1-8; Zech 10:3; Mk 3:5; 11:15-16; Jn 2:13-17). God was angry with Moses in Nu 20:7-11 because Moses disobeyed Him. He told Moses to talk to the rock and it would give forth water - an Old Testament type of Christ, the living water, or water of life (CP Ex 17:1-6 with Jn 4:10-14 and 1Cor 10:1-4) - but Moses completely disregarded what God told him and smote the rock twice with his rod because he was angry with the Israelites. God then got angry with Moses and would not allow him to cross over Jordan and take the Israelites into the Promised Land (CP De 3:23-27). In Mk 11:15-16 and Jn 2:13-17 Jesus was also angry with righteous indignation toward the moneychangers and traders who desecrated the temple. God is by nature slow to anger (CP Neh 9:13, 16-17; Psa 103:8; 145:8); and His anger lasts for but a moment (CP Psa 30:5; 103:9).

Another attribute of God is Glory, which denotes the revelation of His being, nature and presence to mankind. God's glory is both physical and spiritual. It is the display of His Divine attributes and perfections, as well as the physical manifestation of His presence. The glory of God went with the Israelites out of Egypt into the wilderness as a pillar of cloud by day to lead the Israelites, and a pillar of light by night to light up their camp (CP Ex 13:21-22; 14:17-20; 16:7, 10; Nu 9:15-23). Honour in Ex 14:17-18 means glory. God's glory was manifest here in the Egyptians all being drowned in the Red Sea (CP Ex 24:16-17). The glory of God here, as seen with human eyes was like a consuming fire devouring highly inflammable material (CP Ex 33:18-23). Here we learn that when Moses besought God to show him His glory, God could only let him see His back parts because no man could see the glory of His face and live. God dwells in a light which no man can approach (CP 1Ti 6:16). Moses became an example of this himself when his own face could not be looked upon by the Israelites for its brightness, when he came down from the mountain (CP Ex 34:29-35; 2Cor 3:6-13). God's glory was also so overwhelming in the Old Testament that Moses could not enter the tabernacle (CP Ex 40:34-38). A similar glory appeared when Solomon finished the temple (CP 1Ki 8:10-11). God's glory is manifest in His original creation and in sustaining it for all His creatures (CP Psa 104:10-28, 31).

In the New Testament God's glory describes the revelation of the character and the presence of God in the person and the work of Christ. He is the outshining of the Divine glory (CP Jn 1:14; He 1:1-3). Christ radiates God's glory because He shares God's nature and essence. Whatever God is in character and nature, is expressed in Christ. He is the express image of God's glory (CP Col 1:15). The glory of God was seen by the shepherd's at the birth of Christ (CP Lu 2:8-14). The first manifestation of God's glory in Christ was at the wedding in Cana when Christ turned the water into wine (CP Jn 2:1-11), then at the transfiguration of Christ (CP Lu 9:28-36), after that when Christ raised up Lazarus from the dead (CP Jn 11:1, 3-7, 17, 32-34, 38-45), finally, at Christ's resurrection and ascension to heaven (CP Lu 24:26; Ac 3:13; Ro 6:4; 1Ti 3:16). It is reasonable to say that God's glory was manifest in Christ in all His miracles, as it will be for Christians too who do the same works, as Christ promises they can (CP Mk 16:17-18; Jn 14:12-14).

Goodness, another attribute of God is experienced in the goodness of His creative work (CP Gen 1:31; 2:9); in the good that He does (CP Gen 50:19-21; Ex 18:9; Psa 65:11; 119:68; Ro 2:3-4; 8:28; 11:22; Jas 1:17); in those that do good (CP Psa 37:27; 1Pe 2:11-12; 1Jn 2:9; 3:6-10; 3Jn 11). God's original creation was good and He continues to sustain it on behalf of all His creatures (CP Psa 104:10-28; 145:9-10). Another of God's attributes is His mercy. God's mercy is expressed by His actions. It is never just a feeling with God, but is the outward expression of His active compassion, and is the very source of life for His children (CP Psa 5:12 with 103:4, 6-17; 119:41, 77, 156). God's mercy cannot be separated from His love, His grace, and His faithfulness (CP Psa 37:24). In the New Testament God is called the Father of Mercies (CP 2Cor 1:3). Jesus is the ultimate manifestation of God's mercy and the assurance of that mercy for believers (CP He 2:14-18). God's mercy is over all that He has made (CP Psa 145:9), and it is because of His mercy that one can be saved (CP Eph 2:4; Tit 3:5).

[[Another of God's attributes is patience]]

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