if we are using the cat as an analogy to God,
We're not (but someone else'll have to explain to you why that is 'cause I really must go, now).
Are you suggesting that kitty has set a trap to punish those that didn’t find him because he hid from them and were unaware of the need to look?
Absolutely NOT. You're mistaking me (still, and that's curious, after all this time... as in your statement above) for someone who believes the GOOD news of the kingdom has something to do with God arbitrarily destroying people He doesn't "like." Never may that happen! That is an UNRIGHTEOUS act! And what is the WORLD is good about that kind of news??
Okay, I really gotta go, now. I mean, this could keep on all day... if we let it... and I really don't wanna let it. 'Cause it usually deteriorates into something horrible (given the players) and I'm just not up for that. I've been to where more "peaceful waters" flow... and I like it there, so...
"I'm going home, I've done my tiiiiimmmmmeeeee!"
A slave of Christ,
SA