THE FOUNDATION "If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a strict adherence to the rules of distributive justice.".
It may seem that God was more wrathful in the Old Testament than in the New Testament, but that is not the case when we study the whole story of the Bible.