Why Are They So Mean?

This has got to be the proverbial question of the ages. Of course the answer would depend on who was asking the question, but the Bible has insider information to offer us.

Here are my own results from my investigation into this phenomenon. The Lord has shown me, personally, that the virulent hatred of those who do not even know me, is nothing but, and no more than, jealousy. The reason that this was a revelation to me was that I had always assumed (like most people do) that hatred has to have a cause, a reason for it's existence! (In other words, I've done something to deserve it!) Falling into line with this "fallacy", those who hate will always be able to justify their emotional response, either from fantasy, or by twisting reality, but they have no excuse.

What can be said about those where the association starts out pleasant, and then over time starts to degrade, becoming increasingly negative as to their opinion and treatment of us? What about those who know us very well, and use it to take advantage? That see humbleness as a means for opportunity and entitlement? Just remember how the Bible says that we are not battling humans, but wicked spirits that influence. It's not the person, but another entity entirely, that takes envy to a whole new level. Their malevolence is reserved for the servants of the Most High King, who fill an office(despite the weakness) that the spirits are no longer qualified for. They are angry at their replacements. Their pride says that they are better than us!

So how could the Lord let us be exposed to these diabolically minded individuals who definitely do not want us to live up to our calling? Simple. He does not want us to commit the same errors. God wants us to see what happens when we are not like minded with Him. The other beings thought they had better ideas than God. It becomes a contest of gods, a war for supremacy. The artwork of the Creator is despoiled by the battle.

There can only be One. He only wants you to see the Blessedness of Who He Is, to have you participate in the Compassion which Is His Person. He wants us to recognize the destruction that is anything that is not of Him. We must reject all but Him as God!

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,