In 'Who is your God' we listed some of the negative character traits of God asserted by the Old Testament. 

The Character of the God of the Old Testament

These traits included:

Anger, fierce wrath, fury, cursing,  scorn, derision, jealousy, revenge, a justice system weighted towards males, returning evil for evil, able to be provoked, non-specific and disproportionate retribution, including on children, genocide, hatred, revulsion, humiliation and shaming, violence, cruelty, dealing in terror and death.

Whilst these could be seen as just a random bunch of vices, they could also be seen as part of a frighteningly coherent and recurring pattern of Character traits associated with jealous males where a relationship with a intimate partner has failed, and they have been unable to cope.

It is important to note that these vices are attributed to God in either his expectation or the his experience of 'unfaithfulness' in his relationship to the nation of Israel.  With Israel being described as his spouse, (or alternatively as a 'whore')

The divine 'love' for Israel portrayed in the Old Testament is scary, but was never hidden. It could be clearly seen 'at the wedding' (ie the covenanting) in Deuteronomy 28.

In Deuteronomy 28 he clearly states that if his people (his spouse) do not do everything he asks of them and if they do not remain faithful to him, then his curse will hunt them down and he will 'enjoy' (verse 63) to see them 'destroyed'.

The Character of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is a Redeemer on a level many Christians would not even dare to consider.

He not only redeems humanity, He redeems the whole notion of both 'God' and 'male female love' from that portrayed in the Old Testament.

Love

In the New Testament Jesus is also described as a Bridegroom, but he is not a loser in love.  His reaction to betrayal or anticipated betrayal in love, is to pour out a love that is  sacrificial, and in its complete giving, is a love that redeems.  Jesus expresses confidence His act of love will eventually result in all people being drawn to Himself (John 12 v 32).

A primary word for male female love in the old Testament was translated into Greek in the Old Testament as agape. (see agape definition)

At its outset, Christianity took this word and gave it a totally new spin.  From the vice-ridden fleshly love of the old Testament (- a love that just quickly turns to hatred) Jesus instigated a corporate male female love that was truly spiritual and virtue based. A love that is the foundation of the Kingdom he preached.

The Trinity

It is in honestly looking at both Jesus character and the character the Old Testament's God, that we see that the character of God portrayed in the Old Testament falls far short of the Trinity. Far short of the God who is revealed to us when we accept that Jesus and his Father are one (John 10 v 30).

When Jesus portrays the Father as the shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep, going off into the mountains in search of the one who has gone astray, the shepherd is not hunting the lost sheep down to kill it.

Jesus portrays the true nature of the Father in the parable of the prodigal son and in the rescue of the woman caught in adultery.

Christianity is not Judaism.