Not if there are issues that were raised, that need to be settled. And that’s what we read about in Genesis 3: the serpent (later ID’d in Revelation 12:9 as the Devil) raised the issue, ie., questioned, whether God’s right to rule over humans was just & necessary, or if mankind can rule themselves by making their own decisions. (Please read it, at Genesis 3:1-6, with these issues in mind.) Adam gave those issues validity, by rebelling.
Remember please, that according to the Bible, there are millions of angels. And they were watching this rebellion unfold, instigated by one of their own (who had become rebellious- Satan). So Jehovah, in His wisdom, has allowed humans to rule themselves… and Jehovah hasn’t stepped in. If every time humans “messed up” and He Intervened, God would be defeating
His side of the issue, namely, that humans
can’t rule themselves. (Jeremiah 10:23) So —
except when it came to helping His worshippers,
especially protecting the lineage through whom the Messiah would come — Jehovah has stayed
out of human affairs, allowing man to make his own mistakes. (To,
once and for all, settle the issues of God’s sovereignty and its justness.)
Intervening in human affairs, other than protecting His people, would not only defeat His side of the issues, but would also prolong man’s suffering more than is necessary to settle those issues.
@Subduction Zone said,
“one cannot have a moral God that is omnipotent and omniscient.”
We are close to agreeing here! So apparently, He doesn’t choose to know; rather, He respects each individual’s privacy to freedom of thought & choice (Free Will). 2 Peter 3:9 states what God
wants, but He’s aware it won’t happen, from
everyone!
The Bible also states that God was “hurt” by some of the decisions His people made. (Psalm 78:40-41) Doesn’t sound like an omniscient Person in this instance, to me.
Why does omniscience
have to include “knowing the future,” anyway? Just knowing ‘everything that’s ever happened’ is enough.
This got me to thinking about the penalty in the Mosaic Law for Israel that Jehovah set for breaking the Sabbath… it was death. And the Bible records that an Israelite man, began picking up sticks on the Sabbath! Jehovah God told Moses to execute him! Seems extreme,
until we grasp what death is: it’s simply “resting in peace”. (As Jesus put it regarding Lazarus, “sleeping” -John 11:11-14). Isn’t “RIP” what many engrave on tombstones? I guess most religious people don’t believe that, though.
But that Israelite man will be resurrected (Acts 24:15). I’ll tell you this: When he is brought back to life, I bet he’ll think twice before he picks up any sticks! Lol.
The promise is that God can & will restore life, according to the Bible. Even for “the unrighteous”.
The point / argument is this: when a human takes another person’s life, he can’t restore that life; it’s gone.
But our Creator can. And promises to do so.
And furthermore, God’s actions set a precedent for others: when a penalty is set for breaking a certain Law, He means it. You know where you stand.
If you’d like, we can discuss Jehovah God’s dealings with the Canaanites. I assumed that’s who you had in mind when you wrote about God’s morality.