The Lord repented that he had made man on the earth:

[VictoryinJesus]

Fully realize we all have different perspectives so this is only one perspective out of many. Only want to share what “the Lord repented” has revealed to me in my heart. why it matters(Imo) is because it has helped me to see Him as “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8
As odd as that may sound in to have “a change of mind” ...His unwavering, unchanging “Godly sorrow works repentance to Salvation” Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life not to be repented of.

The Lord repented. To begin this study or looking at “the Lord repented” consider 2 Corinthians 7:8-13 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

pausing there. In the above “though I made you sorry...I do not repent, though I did repent.” To be made sorry...and at the time to repent of one being made sorrowful ... but though I did repent, I don’t repent that you were made sorrowful “For Godly sorrow worketh repentance (a change of mind) to salvation not to be repented of.” And “I perceive the same letter that made you sorry, for a season” has had an effect (a change)in you unto Life ...not to be repented of, though I did repent, I do not repent.”

[9] Now I rejoice, ( not in your suffering)not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: (you sorrowed into a change of mind) for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. [10] For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. [11] For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! (What Vengeance! “vengeance belongs unto Me says the Lord”) In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. [12] Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. [13] Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

Also “repent” to be made sorrowful after Godly sorrow which worketh repentance unto Life (salvation IS of the Lord) not to be repented of: “a change of mind, to console, comfort” with “Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. [13] Therefore we were comforted in your comfort:”

“The Lord repented”
The Lord was sorry or sorrowful. consider Which sorry or sorrowful was The Lord?

Godly sorrow working repentance to salvation not to be repented of? Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life?

Or the sorrow of the world worketh death?
Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

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[VictoryinJesus]

Speaking of “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:”

Can not help but consider with this study:

“Jesus wept.”

lupeó: to distress, to grieve
Original Word: λυπέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: lupeó
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-peh'-o)
Definition: to distress, to grieve
Usage: I pain, grieve, vex.
HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 3076 lypéō (from 3077 /lýpē, "deep grief") – to experience deep, emotional pain (sadness), i.e. severesorrow (grief). 3076 (lypéō) is very intense and hence even used of the pain of childbirth (see Gen 3:16, LXX). See 3077 (lypē).

John 11:33-38 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, [34] And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. [35] Jesus wept. [36] Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! [37] And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? [38] Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

Upon looking up in lexicon the above gets confusing because it comes off as not sorrowful but instead to be angered. “he was deeply moved” Strong's Greek: 1690. ἐμβριμάομαι (embrimaomai) -- to be moved with anger, to admonish sternly

I had to pause in it going from Jesus wept to He was deeply moved. As if “Jesus wept” “groaned” becomes Jesus was angered. Anger and weeping, indignation... remember “that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! (What Vengeance! “vengeance belongs unto Me says the Lord”)
In “you sorrowed after a godly sort to repentance—to Life—not to be repented of.”

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[VictoryinJesus]

“The Lord repented”
The Lord was sorry or sorrowful. consider Which sorry or sorrowful was The Lord?

Godly sorrow working repentance to salvation not to be repented of? Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life?

Or the sorrow of the world worketh death?
Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.


Genesis 6:5-8 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. [6] And it repented the Lord (the Lord was sorrowful, Godly sorrow working repentance to salvation) that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. [7] And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me (Godly sorrow) that I have made them. [8] But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.


Exodus 32:14 And the Lord repented (the Lord was sorrowful, Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life) of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Deuteronomy 32:35-36 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. [36] For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself (to be sorry, to console, comfort. Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life.) for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.


Psalm 90:13-14 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. “Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life not to be repented of.” [14] O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

-2 Corinthians 7:8-9 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. [9] Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

-1 Peter 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:


Godly sorrow working repentance unto Life not to be repented of. Psalm 110:4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, (change His mind, or be sorry) Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

“Jesus wept.”

lupeó: to distress, to grieve
Original Word: λυπέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: lupeó
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-peh'-o)
Definition: to distress, to grieve
Usage: I pain, grieve, vex.
HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 3076 lypéō (from 3077 /lýpē, "deep grief") – to experience deep, emotional pain (sadness), i.e. severesorrow (grief). 3076(lypéō) is very intense and hence even used of the pain of childbirth (see Gen 3:16, LXX). See 3077 (lypē).

John 16:19-22 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? [20] Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. [21] A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. [22] And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8

 

[101G]

Addressing the OP, another Good topic. I have one word for God's repentance, and of Sorrow...."LOVE". what POWER, as you said, he made a way to save MAN. either in ANGER, or SORROW, LOVE shine through, oh the power of LOVE... UNCHANGING, LOVE, the same yesterday, today, and forever more, THIS IS WHAT MAKES GOD SO GREAT. his never changing "LOVE". it maks no difference what comes up God always overcome, because of his GREAT "LOVE". his GREAT LOVE for all humanity is the key to everything. LOVE is why he repented, LOVE is why he became Sorrowful.

this is what makes GOD, GOD, his Great LOVE. I'm at times as the Psalmist, just in awh of his magnificent, Oh the beauity of the Lord. Psalms 50:2 "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.", and his siginture move of mine, Micah 6:8 "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" THIS IS MY PERSONAL BEST. to "LOVE" MERCY. that MERCY and his GRACE, that sums it up for me.

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." ... why? because of his "LOVE".

ANOTHER GOOD TOPIC, keep up the Good work.

PICJAG
101G

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Addressing the OP, another Good topic. I have one word for God's repentance, and of Sorrow...."LOVE". what POWER, as you said, he made a way to save MAN. either in ANGER, or SORROW, LOVE shine through, oh the power of LOVE... UNCHANGING, LOVE, the same yesterday, today, and forever more, THIS IS WHAT MAKES GOD SO GREAT. his never changing "LOVE". it maks no difference what comes up God always overcome, because of his GREAT "LOVE". his GREAT LOVE for all humanity is the key to everything. LOVE is why he repented, LOVE is why he became Sorrowful.

this is what makes GOD, GOD, his Great LOVE. I'm at times as the Psalmist, just in awh of his magnificent, Oh the beauity of the Lord. Psalms 50:2 "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.", and his siginture move of mine, Micah 6:8 "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" THIS IS MY PERSONAL BEST. to "LOVE" MERCY. that MERCY and his GRACE, that sums it up for me.

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." ... why? because of his "LOVE".

ANOTHER GOOD TOPIC, keep up the Good work.

PICJAG
101G

well said. One word: LOVE. I find myself saying “I don’t know” a lot. But I also am in awe “Lord, You are beautiful.” So beautiful sometimes it makes me want to look away. (i don’t know why.)

 

[101G]

well said. One word: LOVE. I find myself saying “I don’t know” a lot. But I also am in awe “Lord, You are beautiful.” So beautiful sometimes it makes me want to look away. (i don’t know why.)

well join the club, Proverbs 9:10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." this fear is not as in HATE, but in Love, because when we began to try to understand, just as you said, "sometimes it makes me want to look away. (i don’t know why.)", it's because when we look at God in all his magnificent we feel not worthy.
but let me tell you something, listen carefully, in while we are trying to turn away at times, God is drawing us toward him. God started to build my Faith when I was reading in Isaiah 6:1 "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."
Isaiah 6:2 "Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly."
Isaiah 6:3 "And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory."
Isaiah 6:4 "And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke."
Isaiah 6:5 "Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."

that verse 5, I, just as you said, was not worthy to even be in the present of the Lord. but let me tell you how God started to build my faith, (even when I thought I was not worthy). when I first got serious with God in to know him, he drew me to him, and this is my experience of him drawing me to him. picture in your mind the super dome, and it was to full capacity, all kinds and type of people was there. and I, 101G, was at the very top of the dome in the cheapest seat, way, way up, (not Worthy). well all of a sudden, the crowd got quite. and from way up I could see someone come in, and I knew from the quietness of the crowd it was the Lord Jesus God almighty, himself. so being way up, God at this time in history had planted a seed in me, that defied the norm, just like the women with the issue of blood, that brave the crowd and came to JESUS, and touched the hem of his garment, so was I ... to take the brave route, and was making my way down, and through the crowd. now picture this, I was dirty, rag tag clothing, as the Jews would call the outcast, and GENTILES, dogs. well when I was reading Isaiah, I felt like this was not for me but for the Jews ONLY, for they... the so called, was the chosen people of God. (not knowing I was Jewish INWARD... smile), as said, "I felt like I was an OUTCAST. but something in me kept me moving forward toward the front. and to a point, I didn't care what the crowd thought of me, but this driving force kept me moving forward. well when I made it to the very front of the crowd. but the Lord himself, by then, had passed by where I came out the crowd at, only his train was in front me. as I looked toward him, (he had step up on this platform where his throne was, and was in turning, about to sit. well I dove out on his train, and locked myself into a fetal position and said unto myself, not angel, nor man will be able to pry me away from God.... (see I was quoting Romans 8:39, without even knowing it, at the time). this was God building my FAITH, because he LOVED ME. and check this out VJ, I got so bold, until I said this, "Not even God himself could pry me away, (which I knew he could), but this this is how God builds your faith, nothing can stand in you way for the LOVE of God, now that's "POWER", unsearchable POWER.

well while in the fetal position on the edge of his train, of his royal robe, reality kicked in. I knew that the strong angels would be coming and remove me, but I dug in the more. being black, yes, my knuckles turned white in grasping so hard on his train. and just when that thought went trough my head, I could hear these strong angels coming for me. but before they got to me, I heard the most satifying words ever, "LEAVE HIM ALONE, HE WILL EAT AT MY TABLE WITH ME". Boy oh boy was I relieved, lol. see, when God speak, just a few words, it means so much more. A. in what he said, restrained the strong angels, and B. at the same time restrained me form graspening his train, and C. it allowed me to submit to be cleaned up by his attending angels, who wait on us night and day, and D. I was accepted of God, and E. I now know it, because I was invited to his table for supper.

it was a wonderful experience. I knew that I was no longer a GENTILE, nor an outcast from God. and at dinner he feed me good.... with his word of wisdom, and natural substance. two feeding at one time, and he's still feeding me today... one of the benefit of being his son. Oh yes, the LOVE of JESUS, God almighty, is fantastic, oh the JOY. as said when you encounter God, and Yes, I have had my Damascus Road experience also, if you are a child of his you will too. but evey time, every time, GOD "GREAT LOVE", alway shine through", thank God for his LOVE.

PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"

 

[amadeus]

well said. One word: LOVE. I find myself saying “I don’t know” a lot. But I also am in awe “Lord, You are beautiful.” So beautiful sometimes it makes me want to look away. (i don’t know why.)

Consider the result when a man looks directly at the sun with the unprotected natural eye.

What did they see here?

"And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face." Exodus 34:30-33


See the following early opening of the eyes perhaps a bit more than a type or shadow of Reality:

"And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." II Kings 6:15-17

And now what do we see? The following verses speak perhaps as some say of the natural children of Israel, but do they not also apply to the gentiles converted or being converted?

"For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.II Cor 3:11-16

That is to say, when our heart turns to the Lord our eyes are opened to see Reality!

"For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness." Psalm 18:28

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" Psalm 119:105

Can we, the carnal 'we' by means of the natural eye, now look at the face of the sun? Hmmm? But then can we now look at the face of the Son? Are we seeking His face?

"When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek." Psalm 27:8

"And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength." Rev 1:16

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." I Cor 13:12