God's punishment is collective, God's mercy is individual.
Humanity's punishment is individual, Humanity's mercy is collective.
God destroys the entire city, but he spares Lot and his family. Humanity must punish sin in individuals, before it can metastasize into collective corruption and weakness.
The purest manifestation of God's judgment is in war, where God vanquishes the wicked, and delivers them to their enemies. If we take E.O. Wilson's comments seriously, then we can see that God brings salvation to an altruistic people, but tears down the selfish nation.
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